Nature Catalysis

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Catalysis is 13. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
N-heteroarenes via transmutation795
Multimodal in situ X-ray mechanistic studies of a bimetallic oxide electrocatalyst in alkaline media791
Stereoselective construction of β-, γ- and δ-lactam rings via enzymatic C–H amidation709
Work in tandem676
Greenwashed catalysis?651
Cations galore609
Recharge your batteries505
Oxide mixology485
Red light is ‘Go!’ for protein labelling474
Lanthanide chemodivergence473
Scatter and conquer466
A precious pair for aldols428
Seeing double422
Setting the standard407
Oxygen evolving atoms403
Author Correction: Coupling electrochemical CO2 conversion with CO2 capture392
Repurposing organic pollutants384
N-between the aryls360
Author Correction: Denary oxide nanoparticles as highly stable catalysts for methane combustion357
Ammonia to chiral α-amino acid313
Feeling the weight310
O2-tolerant CO dehydrogenase via tunnel redesign for the removal of CO from industrial flue gas302
Pushing hybrids to the limits296
Nickel catalysts for affordable fuel cells274
Reply to: Reassessment of the catalytic activity of bismuth for aqueous nitrogen electroreduction267
ML helps predict enzyme turnover rates265
Imagine polypropylene257
Publisher Correction: Switching of metal–oxygen hybridization for selective CO2 electrohydrogenation under mild temperature and pressure251
Epistasis arises from shifting the rate-limiting step during enzyme evolution of a β-lactamase247
Without that crystalline touch245
Photobiocatalysts tame nitrogen-centred radicals244
Drug design via single-carbon atom insertion242
Bioproduction from methanol236
Publisher Correction: Solid–liquid phase transition induced electrocatalytic switching from hydrogen evolution to highly selective CO2 reduction234
PASADENA NMR234
Deconvoluting the cation effect on carbon monoxide electroreduction234
Publisher Correction: Catalyst control over sixfold stereogenicity231
Non-innocent electrophiles unlock exogenous base-free coupling reactions227
Harnessing the ambiphilicity of silyl nitronates in a catalytic asymmetric approach to aliphatic β3-amino acids226
Stereodefined rhodium-catalysed 1,4-H/D delivery for modular syntheses and deuterium integration222
Double alkyl–alkyl bond construction across alkenes enabled by nickel electron-shuttle catalysis220
Zeolites as equilibrium-shifting agents in shuttle catalysis217
Enantioconvergent and regioselective reductive coupling of propargylic esters with chlorogermanes by nickel catalysis214
Modifying Fe–N interaction to boost catalytic performance207
Four on the floor204
1,3-Butadiene formation through selective acetylene electrolysis on partially oxidized copper195
Surface (dis)order sleuthing190
Structure and engineering of miniature Acidibacillus sulfuroxidans Cas12f1189
Catalysts made from vapour189
Organic electrolyte cations promote non-aqueous CO2 reduction by mediating interfacial electric fields187
An efficient catalytic route in haem peroxygenases mediated by O2/small-molecule reductant pairs for sustainable applications184
Mind the gaps in CO2-to-methanol180
Highly selective hydrogenation of CO2 to propane over GaZrOx/H-SSZ-13 composite179
Mo3+ hydride as the common origin of H2 evolution and selective NADH regeneration in molybdenum sulfide electrocatalysts178
Oxygenate-based routes regulate syngas conversion over oxide–zeolite bifunctional catalysts177
Performance evaluation and multidisciplinary analysis of catalytic fixation reactions by material–microbe hybrids172
Metallaphotoredox catalysis for sp3 C–H functionalizations through single-electron transfer169
Nickel-catalysed enantioselective hydrosulfenation of alkynes165
Enzyme-like water preorganization in a synthetic molecular cleft for homogeneous water oxidation catalysis163
CO2 fixation into carbon nanofibres using electrochemical–thermochemical tandem catalysis160
Harnessing electron-rich arenes in nickel photoredox catalysis159
Lighten the holes158
A MOF-supported Pd1–Au1 dimer catalyses the semihydrogenation reaction of acetylene in ethylene with a nearly barrierless activation energy157
Regulating oxygen activity of perovskites to promote NOx oxidation and reduction kinetics157
Acetylene hydrogenation to ethylene by water at low temperature on a Au/α-MoC catalyst153
Catalytic synthesis of β-lactam derivatives by carbonylative cycloaddition of acylsilanes with imines via a palladium Fischer-carbene intermediate150
Atomic metal–non-metal catalytic pair drives efficient hydrogen oxidation catalysis in fuel cells149
Enhancing the connection between computation and experiments in electrocatalysis147
Evidence of substrate binding and product release via belt-sulfur mobilization of the nitrogenase cofactor146
Modulating the dynamics of Brønsted acid sites on PtWOx inverse catalyst144
Electrified synthesis of n-propanol using a dilute alloy catalyst143
Metallaphotoredox-enabled aminocarboxylation of alkenes with CO2142
A heterogeneous iridium single-atom-site catalyst for highly regioselective carbenoid O–H bond insertion141
Pickering emulsion droplets and solid microspheres acting synergistically for continuous-flow cascade reactions139
Structure and mechanism of haem-dependent nitrogen–nitrogen bond formation in piperazate synthase135
Critical role of solvent-modulated hydrogen-binding strength in the catalytic hydrogenation of benzaldehyde on palladium135
Enantioselective C–H annulations enabled by either nickel- or cobalt-electrocatalysed C–H activation for catalyst-controlled chemodivergence134
Enantioselective C–C cross-coupling of unactivated alkenes132
Localized thermal levering events drive spontaneous kinetic oscillations during CO oxidation on Rh/Al2O3132
Reaction environment impacts charge transfer but not chemical reaction steps in hydrogen evolution catalysis131
High-performance anion-exchange membrane water electrolysers using NiX (X = Fe,Co,Mn) catalyst-coated membranes with redox-active Ni–O ligands130
Selective deoxygenation of biomass-derived carbonyl compounds on Zn via electrochemical Clemmensen reduction130
Radical control for enantioselective Csp3–Csp3 cross-coupling129
Gas-balancing adsorption strategy towards noble-metal-based nanowire electrocatalysts129
Operando proton-transfer-reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry of carbon dioxide reduction electrocatalysis126
Interplay of electrochemical and electrical effects induces structural transformations in electrocatalysts123
Role of the human-in-the-loop in emerging self-driving laboratories for heterogeneous catalysis120
Interfacial tuning of electrocatalytic Ag surfaces for fragment-based electrophile coupling120
Selectively monitoring the operando temperature of active metal nanoparticles during catalytic reactions by X-ray absorption nanothermometry119
Decreasing the catalytic ignition temperature of diesel soot using electrified conductive oxide catalysts118
Exploration of the bio-analogous asymmetric C–C coupling mechanism in tandem CO2 electroreduction113
Maximizing light-driven CO2 and N2 fixation efficiency in quantum dot–bacteria hybrids109
Self-adaptive dual-metal-site pairs in metal-organic frameworks for selective CO2 photoreduction to CH4108
Coupling electrochemical CO2 conversion with CO2 capture107
Atomically dispersed antimony on carbon nitride for the artificial photosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide107
Enantio- and diastereoselective construction of vicinal C(sp3) centres via nickel-catalysed hydroalkylation of alkenes106
Metal-free organocatalytic S-formylation of thiols using CO2106
Light-driven CO2 methanation over Au-grafted Ce0.95Ru0.05O2 solid-solution catalysts with activities approaching the thermodynamic limit105
Cation-doped ZnS catalysts for polysulfide conversion in lithium–sulfur batteries104
Selective production of ethylene glycol at high rate via cascade catalysis102
Bacteria–photocatalyst sheet for sustainable carbon dioxide utilization101
Intermetallic synergy in platinum–cobalt electrocatalysts for selective C–O bond cleavage101
Zn2+-mediated catalysis for fast-charging aqueous Zn-ion batteries101
Ring expansion of indene by photoredox-enabled functionalized carbon-atom insertion101
Engineering catalyst supports to stabilize PdOx two-dimensional rafts for water-tolerant methane oxidation100
Intramolecular hydroxyl nucleophilic attack pathway by a polymeric water oxidation catalyst with single cobalt sites100
Redox-mediated electrosynthesis of ethylene oxide from CO2 and water98
Ensemble effect for single-atom, small cluster and nanoparticle catalysts98
Ultralow overpotential nitrate reduction to ammonia via a three-step relay mechanism96
Electrosynthesis of amino acids from NO and α-keto acids using two decoupled flow reactors95
Methanotrophic catalysis for methane oxidation to formaldehyde95
Concentrating on ethanol94
Density control93
Ancient fixations92
A breath of fresh air92
An antidote for chemical reaction networks91
Motorized catalysis89
Big Al for In88
Silver linings87
Learning by osmosis87
A titanic breakthrough86
Acid solution86
Deacylation-aided C–H alkylative annulation through C–C cleavage of unstrained ketones85
Author Correction: Design and evolution of chimeric streptavidin for protein-enabled dual gold catalysis85
Reshaping catalysis beyond the conventional84
[Fe]-hydrogenase intermediates revealed84
Synergistic role for CO83
Olefin functionalization/isomerization enables stereoselective alkene synthesis81
Reply to: Distinguishing thermal from non-thermal contributions to plasmonic hydrodefluorination81
Electrocatalyst nanoparticles go with the flow80
Boron-catalysed hydrogenolysis of unactivated C(aryl)–C(alkyl) bonds80
RNA-catalysed guanosine methylation80
Understanding organic electrosynthesis79
On the role of metal cations in CO2 electrocatalytic reduction79
The synchronized catalytic dance of CRISPR-Cas979
Author Correction: Origin of active sites on silica–magnesia catalysts and control of reactive environment in the one-step ethanol-to-butadiene process79
Electrochemistry-inspired design of thermocatalysts77
Identifying and avoiding dead ends in the characterization of heterogeneous catalysts at the gas–solid interface77
Author Correction: Epistasis arises from shifting the rate-limiting step during enzyme evolution of a β-lactamase76
A radical strategy towards ortho-amination reactions75
Identifying the activity of nanocatalyst sites75
Understanding the interplay between electrocatalytic C(sp3)‒C(sp3) fragmentation and oxygenation reactions75
Publisher Correction: Bacteria–photocatalyst sheet for sustainable carbon dioxide utilization75
Room temperature photo-promoted iron-catalysed arene C–H alkenylation without Grignard reagents74
Author Correction: Stabilization of layered lithium-rich manganese oxide for anion exchange membrane fuel cells and water electrolysers73
New tricks for old plastics72
Stereoselective alkyl–alkyl cross-coupling72
A boronic enzyme71
Metal–support cooperation in Al(PO3)3-supported platinum nanoparticles for the selective hydrogenolysis of phenols to arenes70
Site- and enantioselective allylic and propargylic C–H oxidation enabled by copper-based biomimetic catalysis70
Privileged Brønsted acid organocatalysis70
Neither H2 nor O2 in hydrogenative oxidations with water70
Molecular water oxidation catalysts based on first-row transition metal complexes69
Achieving maximum overall light enhancement in plasmonic catalysis by combining thermal and non-thermal effects68
Unified mechanistic understanding of CO2 reduction to CO on transition metal and single atom catalysts68
Light on peroxide68
Amorphizing noble metal chalcogenide catalysts at the single-layer limit towards hydrogen production67
Atomically dispersed Pt and Fe sites and Pt–Fe nanoparticles for durable proton exchange membrane fuel cells67
Electrocatalytic hydrogenation of alkenes with Pd/carbon nanotubes at an oil–water interface67
Halide-guided active site exposure in bismuth electrocatalysts for selective CO2 conversion into formic acid66
Coupled catalytic states and the role of metal coordination in Cas966
Origin of active sites on silica–magnesia catalysts and control of reactive environment in the one-step ethanol-to-butadiene process65
Ternary ruthenium complex hydrides for ammonia synthesis via the associative mechanism64
Cascade electrosynthesis of LiTFSI and N-containing analogues via a looped Li–N2 battery64
An electrochemical way to pure ethylene63
Nickel-catalysed asymmetric heteroarylative cyclotelomerization of isoprene63
An electrochemical approach for designing thermochemical bimetallic nitrate hydrogenation catalysts63
Regulation of the electrocatalytic nitrogen cycle based on sequential proton–electron transfer63
Engineering the Cu/Mo2CTx (MXene) interface to drive CO2 hydrogenation to methanol62
Alkali metal cations act as homogeneous cocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction in aqueous electrolytes62
Chemodivergent C(sp3)–H and C(sp2)–H cyanomethylation using engineered carbene transferases61
Standardized protocols for evaluating platinum group metal-free oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysts in polymer electrolyte fuel cells60
The identification and characterization of a selected SAM-dependent methyltransferase ribozyme that is present in natural sequences60
Enantioconvergent nucleophilic substitution via synergistic phase-transfer catalysis60
Electrochemical acetate production from high-pressure gaseous and liquid CO260
Identification of the active sites in supported subnanometric metal catalysts59
Direct methane activation by atomically thin platinum nanolayers on two-dimensional metal carbides58
DYW domain structures imply an unusual regulation principle in plant organellar RNA editing catalysis58
Ultrasmall amorphous zirconia nanoparticles catalyse polyolefin hydrogenolysis57
Plasmonic bimetallic two-dimensional supercrystals for H2 generation57
Machine learning-enabled retrobiosynthesis of molecules57
Site-selective arene C–H amination with iron-aminyl radical57
Critical insights into the steam electrolysis electrode in protonic ceramic cells for hydrogen production57
Programmed exosome fusion for energy generation in living cells56
Deep learning-based kcat prediction enables improved enzyme-constrained model reconstruction56
Room-temperature electrochemical acetylene reduction to ethylene with high conversion and selectivity55
Au-ZSM-5 catalyses the selective oxidation of CH4 to CH3OH and CH3COOH using O255
Synergistic interactions between PtRu catalyst and nitrogen-doped carbon support boost hydrogen oxidation55
Steering the structure and selectivity of CO2 electroreduction catalysts by potential pulses54
Carbon monoxide enabling synergistic carbonylation and (hetero)aryl migration53
The iron-catalysed Suzuki coupling of aryl chlorides53
Rational design of perovskite ferrites as high-performance proton-conducting fuel cell cathodes53
Light-driven CO2 sequestration in Escherichia coli to achieve theoretical yield of chemicals53
On the origin of multihole oxygen evolution in haematite photoanodes52
Symbiotic oxides in catalysts51
Enantioselective alkylation of α-amino C(sp3)−H bonds via photoredox and nickel catalysis51
Directed evolution of an efficient and thermostable PET depolymerase51
H2-reduced phosphomolybdate promotes room-temperature aerobic oxidation of methane to methanol51
Dicarboxylation of alkenes, allenes and (hetero)arenes with CO2 via visible-light photoredox catalysis50
Light-induced Pd catalyst enables C(sp2)–C(sp2) cross-electrophile coupling bypassing the demand for transmetalation50
Tuning the thermal activation atmosphere breaks the activity–stability trade-off of Fe–N–C oxygen reduction fuel cell catalysts49
Ternary platinum–cobalt–indium nanoalloy on ceria as a highly efficient catalyst for the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane using CO249
Photoenzymatic enantioselective intermolecular radical hydroamination49
Urea synthesis via electrocatalytic oxidative coupling of CO with NH3 on Pt48
Best practices for experiments and reporting in photocatalytic CO2 reduction47
Valence oscillation and dynamic active sites in monolayer NiCo hydroxides for water oxidation47
Modulating electric field distribution by alkali cations for CO2 electroreduction in strongly acidic medium46
Direct conversion of methane with O2 at room temperature over edge-rich MoS246
Acid-stable manganese oxides for proton exchange membrane water electrolysis45
Dynamic and reversible transformations of subnanometre-sized palladium on ceria for efficient methane removal45
Peripheral-nitrogen effects on the Ru1 centre for highly efficient propane dehydrogenation45
Benign hyperpolarization45
Hydrogen bond network connectivity in the electric double layer dominates the kinetic pH effect in hydrogen electrocatalysis on Pt45
Eliminating redox-mediated electron transfer mechanisms on a supported molecular catalyst enables CO2 conversion to ethanol44
Core strength44
Electrify to decarbonize44
Development of a versatile and efficient C–N lyase platform for asymmetric hydroamination via computational enzyme redesign44
The quest for correlations43
Heavy labels from gas surrogates43
Biocatalytic polymer synthesis with β-amino acids43
A Janus concept against flooding43
Scaling it up43
Plasmonic polemic43
An enantioselective HAT for diols42
Generating alkyl carbanions for organic synthesis42
Reaching out42
Effective anions42
Chiral phosphorus compounds by catalytic asymmetric C–P coupling42
Engineering yeast metabolism for the discovery and production of polyamines and polyamine analogues41
High-throughput activity screening and sorting of single catalyst particles with a droplet microreactor using dielectrophoresis41
Retraction Note: Theory-guided Sn/Cu alloying for efficient CO2 electroreduction at low overpotentials41
Author Correction: Atomically dispersed antimony on carbon nitride for the artificial photosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide40
Iron-catalysed regioselective thienyl C–H/C–H coupling40
Author Correction: Solar methanol energy storage40
Striking gold with chimeric proteins40
Electrocatalytic cyclic deracemization enabled by a chemically modified electrode39
LimF is a versatile prenyltransferase for histidine-C-geranylation on diverse non-natural substrates39
Author Correction: Steering post-C–C coupling selectivity enables high efficiency electroreduction of carbon dioxide to multi-carbon alcohols39
An enzyme to cure age-related diseases39
Spectroscopy predicts catalyst functionality38
In the zeolite zone38
Cations play an essential role in CO2 reduction37
Defying thermodynamics to synthetize hydrazine35
Alkene 1,1-difunctionalizations via organometallic-radical relay35
Choreography of a self-splicing ribozyme35
The 3D secrets of fuel cell catalyst layers35
Methane oxidation by catalyst reduction34
Nitrogenase loosens its belt to fix dinitrogen34
Publisher Correction: Gas-balancing adsorption strategy towards noble-metal-based nanowire electrocatalysts34
Parallel experiments in electrochemical CO2 reduction enabled by standardized analytics34
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