Nature Reviews Chemistry

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Reviews Chemistry is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Proteins turn up the contrast999
From hardship to scholarship745
Pregnancy in the lab563
Setting the zirconocene for radical selectivity556
Watching RNA in action with a green lantern429
Cracking the Z-scheme water-splitting puzzles414
A story of chance and collaboration386
Fabricating functionalized fibres356
Rings make more room356
Ni-catalysed remote C(sp3)–H functionalization using chain-walking strategies326
Expanding the catalytic landscape of metalloenzymes with lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases315
Room-temperature phosphorescent materials derived from natural resources294
Weighing up solvent effects292
Selenium chemistry for spatio-selective peptide and protein functionalization272
Boosting band structure263
Ultrafast spectroscopy of liquids using extreme-ultraviolet to soft-X-ray pulses261
Boosting solid stability256
Spearheading a new era in complex colloid synthesis with TPM and other silanes244
A comparison of RAFT and ATRP methods for controlled radical polymerization244
Miniaturizing chemistry and biology using droplets in open systems234
CACHE (Critical Assessment of Computational Hit-finding Experiments): A public–private partnership benchmarking initiative to enable the development of computational methods for hit-finding233
Omniphobic liquid-like surfaces230
Advancing lithium-mediated ammonia synthesis221
Is educational research science, superstition or confidence trick?205
Hot electrodes, cool reduction200
Improving the quantum cycle194
Meditations on mentorship and legacy193
The ideal recyclable solar cell190
The future of chemistry is language190
Synthetic molecular cage receptors for carbohydrate recognition178
Understanding covalency in molecular f-block compounds from the synergy of spectroscopy and quantum chemistry172
Mechanistic interpretation of orders in catalyst greater than one171
Coupling experiment and theory to push the state-of-the-art in X-ray spectroscopy167
The cosmochemistry of planetary systems166
Charge-transfer dynamics in S-scheme photocatalyst151
Cleaning up with catalysts146
Plastics from proteins138
You can judge a book by its spectra136
Picking an inter-locked cage135
Bugging out for jet fuel133
Author Correction: Near ambient N2 fixation on solid electrodes versus enzymes and homogeneous catalysts128
Supramolecular approaches for the treatment of hypoxic regions in tumours126
Presenting the tactile periodic table124
Prospects and challenges for nitrogen-atom transfer catalysis119
Non-specificity as the sticky problem in therapeutic antibody development116
The future of reviews writing in the AI era115
Light-empowered contra-thermodynamic stereochemical editing112
Light my fire102
Inclusive teaching at your fingertips101
A life of leaving the door open100
Gender equity in funding100
Microplastics that don’t come out in the wash98
Direct air capture: fledgling technology or world saviour?97
Examining actinides with X-ray spectroscopy97
A new actinide sandwich on the menu95
Halogen chemistry of solid electrolytes in all-solid-state batteries94
Accessing monomers from lignin through carbon–carbon bond cleavage94
Opening the flood gates93
Solar utilization beyond photosynthesis93
Staying alive91
Look what the catenane dragged in91
The need to normalize failure85
Author Correction: Closing the loop with reactions at the N-terminus83
The role and structure of molecular glues in plant signalling networks77
Go with the flow for high-throughput electrochemistry77
Unchained power77
Studying protein structure and function by native separation–mass spectrometry75
Scintillating observations74
Fluorinated solvents for better batteries71
Reviving antibiotic power71
Strategies to improve hydrogen activation on gold catalysts68
Continuous monitoring of chemical signals in plants under stress68
Chemical approaches to cryopreservation67
Sulfonyl fluorides as targets and substrates in the development of new synthetic methods66
Stabilization of photoactive phases for perovskite photovoltaics66
Wearable chemical sensors for biomarker discovery in the omics era66
Cap and release63
Holding your nerve in academia whilst managing multiple sclerosis62
An algorithmic looking glass for transitions61
The synthesis behind the 2023 Nobel Prize60
A career in pursuit of the fundamentals60
Element sets for schools59
Complementary probes for the electrochemical interface58
Unveiling the final nitrogenase58
Intercalation in 2D materials and in situ studies58
Molecular chameleons in drug discovery56
Radical C(sp3)–H functionalization and cross-coupling reactions56
Metals to combat antimicrobial resistance56
Hierarchical pore assembly55
Super on-surface synthesis55
Photochemistry of interstellar ice forming complex organic molecules52
How to drink like a liposome52
Graphene oxide for photonics, electronics and optoelectronics51
Threading career skills into classrooms50
A silicon solution49
Making and breaking cages49
Pump up the ultrasound48
Reflections on the pigments of life47
Radically new reactivity47
Chiral and magnetic butterflies47
Another side of side chains46
Snooping on the conical intersection45
Motile behaviour of droplets in lipid systems42
Developing a tool for teaching chemistry to people with visual impairments42
Reconfigurable microfluidics42
Optimizing the semiconductor–metal-single-atom interaction for photocatalytic reactivity41
Recent advances in visible light-induced C(sp3)–N bond formation41
Secrets from a spin-out success story39
A glass of half and half38
Interfacial interpretation36
Turning solvents into something36
Carbon on the move36
The dawn of solar ethylene35
Battered and bruised, but not broken35
Core mission: mRNA endosomal escape34
Publisher Correction: Chemistry advances driving industrial carbon capture technologies33
From autocatalysis to survival of the fittest in self-reproducing lipid systems33
Chemical strategies to engineer hydrogels for cell culture32
A US perspective on closing the carbon cycle to defossilize difficult-to-electrify segments of our economy31
Making cells from bacteria28
Solid state synthesis sustains28
Publisher Correction: Fluorinated solvents for better batteries28
The future is light28
Converting benzene to pyridine27
Hybrid bilayer membranes as platforms for biomimicry and catalysis27
Steering towards safe self-driving laboratories26
Asymmetric reactions involving aryne intermediates26
Exploiting non-covalent interactions in selective carbohydrate synthesis26
A practical guide to electrosynthesis25
Chemical syntheses of bioinspired and biomimetic polymers toward biobased materials25
Clarifying the four core effects of high-entropy materials25
Following proteins with fluorine24
Biological and environmental degradation of two-dimensional materials24
Sweet 17O23
Forensic science is more than a test result22
A career with an eye to the sky21
Self-assembled inorganic chiral superstructures21
Lipopeptides as tools in catalysis, supramolecular, materials and medicinal chemistry21
Synthetically encoded complementary oligomers20
NMR deconvolution in the blink of an AI19
Exploiting chemical bonding principles to design high-performance thermoelectric materials19
Empowering women and young people in STEM15
Electrochemical cell for neutron scattering15
Strategic application of C–H oxidation in natural product total synthesis15
In an exoplanet atmosphere far, far away15
Publisher Correction: Omniphobic liquid-like surfaces15
Spectrum of the past15
Another Lindlar catalyst? I don’t zinc so15
Bonds in all the right places14
Gaming stereochemistry14
Decoupled aqueous batteries using pH-decoupling electrolytes12
Closing the loop with reactions at the N-terminus12
The story of a structural sage12
Hole utilization in solar hydrogen production12
The role of biomolecular condensates in protein aggregation12
Robust scientific advisory mechanisms future-proof disarmament treaties12
Physicochemical reactions in e-waste recycling 12
Evaluation guidelines for machine learning tools in the chemical sciences12
Cracking the triple helix11
Publisher Correction: DNA synthesis technologies to close the gene writing gap10
Modern chemistry is rubbish10
Engineering chemistry to meet COP26 targets10
Voltammetric drug testing makes sense at the border10
Exploiting photoredox catalysis for carbohydrate modification through C–H and C–C bond activation10
Synthesis and applications of mirror-image proteins9
Molecular-scale mechanisms of CO2 mineralization in nanoscale interfacial water films9
The current utility and future potential of multiborylated alkanes9
DNA-empowered synthetic cells as minimalistic life forms9
The Science of the Modern Kitchen8
Later but better peptide modulations8
Ensemble determination by NMR data deconvolution8
Hit, miss or maybe8
The quest for safer nuclear fuels8
Haemostatic materials for wound healing applications8
Self-reproducing catalytic micelles as nanoscopic protocell precursors7
Light-assisted functionalization of aryl radicals towards metal-free cross-coupling7
Rethinking carbanion chemistry from donor substituents to weakly coordinating carbanions7
Nanoscale molecular rectifiers6
Taking dynamic covalent chemistry out of the lab and into reprocessable industrial thermosets6
Anion chemistry in energy storage devices6
Carboranes in drug discovery, chemical biology and molecular imaging6
Editing of polymer backbones6
Collaborative catalysis5
Let’s twist again5
Cages within cages5
Electrochemical hydrogenation and oxidation of organic species involving water5
Tricycles from bicycles5
Emerging chemistries and molecular designs for flow batteries5
MOFs in the time domain4
Author Correction: Natural product anticipation through synthesis4
Investigating the function and design of molecular materials through terahertz vibrational spectroscopy4
Co-solvent strategy for rechargeable post-lithium metal batteries4
Recognizing the best catalyst for a reaction4
Origins of non-ideal behaviour in voltammetric analysis of redox-active monolayers4
Finding reverse3
Targeting TAMs3
Looking at your lab through a new lens3
Publisher Correction: Loop dynamics and the evolution of enzyme activity3
On the aqueous origins of the condensation polymers of life3
Designing electrolytes and interphases for high-energy lithium batteries3
The power of putting education first3
Emerging mechanically interlocked cages3
Planning a family3
Fear the worst, smell the best3
Visible and near-infrared light-induced photoclick reactions3
Boosting reactions with microbubbles3
Bridging the gap3
Protein–ligand data at scale to support machine learning3
The Not Voodoo website after twenty dynamic years3
Counterintuitive chemoselectivity in the reduction of carbonyl compounds3
Detection of protein oligomers with nanopores 2
Construction of C–N bonds from small-molecule precursors through heterogeneous electrocatalysis2
Computational design of magnetic molecules and their environment using quantum chemistry, machine learning and multiscale simulations2
The Li-ion battery industry and its challenges2
Neurodiverse scientists in the workplace2
Properties and applications of photoexcited chromophore–radical systems2
Three-dimensional saturated C(sp3)-rich bioisosteres for benzene2
A radiant start to life2
Detection and analysis of chiral molecules as disease biomarkers2
Ions go in and new phases appear2
Demystifying racemic natural products in the homochiral world2
Catalytically faster power2
The man of MOFs and more2
Direct synthesis of amorphous coordination polymers and metal–organic frameworks2
Inhibiting and rejuvenating dead lithium in battery materials2
Tailor-made glycans2
Opportunities with calcium Grignard reagents and other heavy alkaline-earth organometallics2
Pushing the limits2
Molecular pyramids — from tetrahedranes to [6]pyramidanes2
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The experiment is the limit2
Inclusive chemistry begins with you2
Publisher Correction: Extending machine learning beyond interatomic potentials for predicting molecular properties2
Advancing mechanochemical synthesis by combining milling with different energy sources2
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