Nature Catalysis

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Catalysis is 60. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Greenwashed catalysis?809
PASADENA NMR684
N-between the aryls636
Bioproduction from methanol580
Localized thermal levering events drive spontaneous kinetic oscillations during CO oxidation on Rh/Al2O3534
Double alkyl–alkyl bond construction across alkenes enabled by nickel electron-shuttle catalysis516
Structure and mechanism of haem-dependent nitrogen–nitrogen bond formation in piperazate synthase496
Red light is ‘Go!’ for protein labelling480
Enhancing the connection between computation and experiments in electrocatalysis475
Enzyme-like water preorganization in a synthetic molecular cleft for homogeneous water oxidation catalysis461
Exploration of the bio-analogous asymmetric C–C coupling mechanism in tandem CO2 electroreduction456
Electrosynthesis of amino acids from NO and α-keto acids using two decoupled flow reactors444
Organic electrolyte cations promote non-aqueous CO2 reduction by mediating interfacial electric fields435
Enantio- and diastereoselective construction of vicinal C(sp3) centres via nickel-catalysed hydroalkylation of alkenes361
Imagine polypropylene352
Zn2+-mediated catalysis for fast-charging aqueous Zn-ion batteries340
Role of the human-in-the-loop in emerging self-driving laboratories for heterogeneous catalysis320
Neither H2 nor O2 in hydrogenative oxidations with water319
Silver linings312
Methanotrophic catalysis for methane oxidation to formaldehyde305
Density control298
Electrochemistry-inspired design of thermocatalysts291
Programmed exosome fusion for energy generation in living cells287
Identifying and avoiding dead ends in the characterization of heterogeneous catalysts at the gas–solid interface281
The iron-catalysed Suzuki coupling of aryl chlorides279
RNA-catalysed guanosine methylation277
The synchronized catalytic dance of CRISPR-Cas9273
Author Correction: Epistasis arises from shifting the rate-limiting step during enzyme evolution of a β-lactamase271
Motorized catalysis271
Pulsed away269
H2-reduced phosphomolybdate promotes room-temperature aerobic oxidation of methane to methanol267
Behind the curtain265
Ternary platinum–cobalt–indium nanoalloy on ceria as a highly efficient catalyst for the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane using CO2263
Unified mechanistic understanding of CO2 reduction to CO on transition metal and single atom catalysts258
Valence oscillation and dynamic active sites in monolayer NiCo hydroxides for water oxidation256
Electrocatalytic hydrogenation of alkenes with Pd/carbon nanotubes at an oil–water interface253
Understanding the interplay between electrocatalytic C(sp3)‒C(sp3) fragmentation and oxygenation reactions233
Direct conversion of methane with O2 at room temperature over edge-rich MoS2230
Light-induced Pd catalyst enables C(sp2)–C(sp2) cross-electrophile coupling bypassing the demand for transmetalation215
Symbiotic oxides in catalysts215
Peripheral-nitrogen effects on the Ru1 centre for highly efficient propane dehydrogenation214
Room temperature photo-promoted iron-catalysed arene C–H alkenylation without Grignard reagents211
Choreography of a self-splicing ribozyme209
O2 so good208
Optimizing iridium sites206
Heavy labels from gas surrogates204
Retro Hits202
Iminium catalysis in natural Diels–Alderase201
Pulsed electrolysis through neutron lenses197
Active sites overcrowding194
Iron-catalysed cooperative redox mechanism for the simultaneous conversion of nitrous oxide and nitric oxide193
Metabolic network remodelling enhances yeast’s fitness on xylose using aerobic glycolysis189
A non-carboxylative route for the efficient synthesis of central metabolite malonyl-CoA and its derived products186
Remote site-selective arene C–H functionalization enabled by N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis181
Photoelectrochemical asymmetric dehydrogenative [2 + 2] cycloaddition between C–C single and double bonds via the activation of two C(sp3)–H bonds180
Steam methane reforming using a regenerable antenna–reactor plasmonic photocatalyst177
The rise of ab initio surface thermodynamics172
Probing electrolyte effects on cation-enhanced CO2 reduction on copper in acidic media172
Dinuclear Cu(I) molecular electrocatalyst for CO2-to-C3 product conversion171
Exploring mesoscopic mass transport effects on electrocatalytic selectivity170
Current state and future prospects of liquid metal catalysis170
Enzymatic catalysis favours eight-membered over five-membered ring closure in bicyclomycin biosynthesis168
Solution-based Cu+ transient species mediate the reconstruction of copper electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction166
The role of Cu1–O3 species in single-atom Cu/ZrO2 catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation160
One, two, three, four, five!158
Organocatalytic acylation of remote arene C–H bonds157
Catalysing rate and capacity157
Bubble trouble152
Wireless potentiometry of thermochemical heterogeneous catalysis149
Reassessment of the catalytic activity of bismuth for aqueous nitrogen electroreduction147
Concerted methane fixation at ambient temperature and pressure mediated by an alcohol oxidase and Fe-ZSM-5 catalytic couple146
Modulation to probe the interface141
In situ lysosomal proteomics enabled by bioorthogonal photocatalytic proximity labelling139
Catalytic borylation of tertiary C–H bonds138
Ligand binding to a Ni–Fe cluster orchestrates conformational changes of the CO-dehydrogenase–acetyl-CoA synthase complex136
Organocatalytic olefin C–H functionalization for enantioselective synthesis of atropisomeric 1,3-dienes134
Durable MnO2 electrocatalysts by stronger Mn–O bonds132
Germanium-enriched double-four-membered-ring units inducing zeolite-confined subnanometric Pt clusters for efficient propane dehydrogenation130
Lengthened by ethylene128
Frustration-driven efficiency127
Author Correction: Stereoselective alkyl–alkyl cross-coupling126
CYP screening for a better terpenoid world125
Tailored for semi-hydrogenation122
Dissolved Fe species enable a cooperative solid–molecular mechanism for the oxygen evolution reaction on NiFe-based catalysts121
Blowing in the tube120
High-purity carbon monoxide production via photothermal formic acid decomposition over fluorite ZrO2120
Publisher Correction: Parahydrogen-enhanced magnetic resonance identification of intermediates in [Fe]-hydrogenase catalysis118
Bridging catalysis118
Regioselective silyl installation for arene diversification118
Understanding Mn-modulated restructuring of Fe-based catalysts for controlling selectivity in CO2 hydrogenation to olefins118
A fine adjustment117
Cobalt-catalysed alkene hydronitration enabled by anomeric nitroamide116
Ammonia synthesis via an engineered nitrogenase assembly pathway in Escherichia coli115
Active-site isolation in intermetallics enables precise identification of elementary reaction kinetics during olefin hydrogenation114
Nickel-electrocatalysed C(sp3)–C(sp3) cross-coupling of unactivated alkyl halides112
A synthetic methylotrophic Escherichia coli as a chassis for bioproduction from methanol112
Reactant-induced dynamics of lithium imide surfaces during the ammonia decomposition process110
Step bunching instability and its effects in electrocatalysis on platinum surfaces110
Uniting biological and chemical strategies for selective CO2 reduction109
The role of ruthenium in improving the kinetics of hydrogen oxidation and evolution reactions of platinum109
Enantioselective Chan–Lam S-arylation of sulfenamides109
Synthesis of tri- and tetrasubstituted stereocentres by nickel-catalysed enantioselective olefin cross-couplings108
Cationic-group-functionalized electrocatalysts enable stable acidic CO2 electrolysis107
An efficient Morita–Baylis–Hillmanase107
A hydrogenative oxidation strategy for the single-step synthesis of lactams from N-heteroarenes using water106
Divide and conquer towards synthetic autotrophy103
Shining light to break planarity101
Identifying restructured motifs on iridium oxide catalyst surfaces for water electrolysis101
Terpene synthases in giant viruses101
Cations in alkaline hydrogen electrocatalysis99
Understanding two voltammetric features of water reduction and water oxidation in mild pH solutions97
Monitoring catalytic nanosites in action96
Author Correction: Oxygen evolution reaction over catalytic single-site Co in a well-defined brookite TiO2 nanorod surface96
Boron clusters as efficient shuttles for electrocatalytic deuterium labelling via radical H/D exchange95
Thioester-mediated biocatalytic amide bond synthesis with in situ thiol recycling95
The STRENDA Biocatalysis Guidelines for cataloguing metadata95
Metastable nickel–oxygen species modulate rate oscillations during dry reforming of methane93
Cobalt hydride-mediated photocatalytic semihydrogenation of acetylene impurities for continuous-flow production of polymer-grade ethylene93
Photoinduced gold-catalyzed divergent dechloroalkylation of gem-dichloroalkanes93
The shape of water in zeolites and its impact on epoxidation catalysis92
Operando visualization of the hydrogen evolution reaction with atomic-scale precision at different metal–graphene interfaces91
Identifying high-spin hydroxyl-coordinated Fe3+N4 as the active centre for acidic oxygen reduction using molecular model catalysts90
Long-range enhancements of micropollutant adsorption on metal-promoted photocatalysts90
Generative machine learning produces kinetic models that accurately characterize intracellular metabolic states90
Iron-only Fe-nitrogenase underscores common catalytic principles in biological nitrogen fixation88
The catalytic role of glutathione transferases in heterologous anthocyanin biosynthesis88
Atomically dispersed iridium on MgO(111) nanosheets catalyses benzene–ethylene coupling towards styrene87
Identifying and alleviating the durability challenges in membrane-electrode-assembly devices for high-rate CO electrolysis87
Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli with electron channelling for the production of natural products87
Atomically dispersed ruthenium hydride on beta zeolite as catalysts for the isomerization of muconates84
Methyl formate as a hydrogen energy carrier84
Electrocatalytic dual hydrogenation of organic substrates with a Faradaic efficiency approaching 200%84
Mass-based biocatalyst metrics to guide protein engineering and bioprocess development84
Key role of paracrystalline motifs on iridium oxide surfaces for acidic water oxidation83
Enhanced CO2 utilization in dry reforming of methane achieved through nickel-mediated hydrogen spillover in zeolite crystals83
Optimizing the p charge of S in p-block metal sulfides for sulfur reduction electrocatalysis82
Upcycling CO2 into energy-rich long-chain compounds via electrochemical and metabolic engineering82
A strongly coupled Ru–CrOx cluster–cluster heterostructure for efficient alkaline hydrogen electrocatalysis82
Stereoselective construction of β-, γ- and δ-lactam rings via enzymatic C–H amidation81
Scatter and conquer81
Ultralow overpotential nitrate reduction to ammonia via a three-step relay mechanism81
Recharge your batteries81
Acetylene hydrogenation to ethylene by water at low temperature on a Au/α-MoC catalyst81
Intramolecular hydroxyl nucleophilic attack pathway by a polymeric water oxidation catalyst with single cobalt sites79
Coupling electrochemical CO2 conversion with CO2 capture78
An antidote for chemical reaction networks77
Epistasis arises from shifting the rate-limiting step during enzyme evolution of a β-lactamase77
Challenges and prospects in precision medicine with RNA-based biocatalysts75
Shape matters too75
Author Correction: Origin of active sites on silica–magnesia catalysts and control of reactive environment in the one-step ethanol-to-butadiene process75
Precision installation of silyl synthetic handles within arenes by regiocontrolled ruthenium C(sp2)–H functionalization74
Site-selective arene C–H amination with iron-aminyl radical74
Complex behaviour of isotopes in CO2 electroreduction74
Critical insights into the steam electrolysis electrode in protonic ceramic cells for hydrogen production73
Amorphizing noble metal chalcogenide catalysts at the single-layer limit towards hydrogen production72
Achieving maximum overall light enhancement in plasmonic catalysis by combining thermal and non-thermal effects72
Privileged Brønsted acid organocatalysis71
Photoenzymatic enantioselective intermolecular radical hydroamination71
Deciphering electrochemical methanol production70
Self-correcting science at work69
Benign hyperpolarization69
Seeking selectivity in alkene couplings69
Defying thermodynamics to synthetize hydrazine68
Chiral phosphorus compounds by catalytic asymmetric C–P coupling68
Effective anions68
Unlocking iron spin states for oxygen reduction67
Operando probing dynamic migration of copper carbonyl during electrocatalytic CO2 reduction67
Publisher Correction: Gas-balancing adsorption strategy towards noble-metal-based nanowire electrocatalysts67
Methane oxidation by catalyst reduction67
Organocatalytic regio- and stereoselective cyclopropanation of olefins66
Organocatalytic asymmetric α-C–H functionalization of alkyl amines65
A radical way to ethylene65
A pyridoxal 5′-phosphate-dependent Mannich cyclase65
Generating alkyl carbanions for organic synthesis64
Revealing in-plane movement of platinum in polymer electrolyte fuel cells after heavy-duty vehicle lifetime64
Alkene 1,1-difunctionalizations via organometallic-radical relay64
Eliminating redox-mediated electron transfer mechanisms on a supported molecular catalyst enables CO2 conversion to ethanol63
High-purity and high-concentration liquid fuels through CO2 electroreduction63
The 3D secrets of fuel cell catalyst layers61
Nickel-catalysed enantioselective alkene dicarbofunctionalization enabled by photochemical aliphatic C–H bond activation60
Rising to the surface60
Regioselective hydroformylation with subnanometre Rh clusters in MFI zeolite60
Biocatalytic synthesis of non-standard amino acids by a decarboxylative aldol reaction60
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