There are lots of different ways to look at the reach of an article. You can look at citations, Altmetric Attention Scores, awards, and more. One way to consider the influence of an article is just by looking at how many people chose to read it. To that end, we’ve compiled lists of the five most-read chemistry articles that appeared in each ACS Publications journal in 2018, including research, reviews, perspectives, and editorial pieces. These lists were not chosen by the journal’s editors and should not be taken as a “best of” list, but as another perspective on where the chemistry community allocated their attention over the past year.
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ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
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Kinetics and Mechanisms of Dehydration of Secondary Alcohols Under Hydrothermal Conditions
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ACS Earth Space Chem., 2018, 2 (8), pp 821–832
DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.8b00030
The Role of Organic Aerosol in Atmospheric Ice Nucleation: A Review
ACS Earth Space Chem., 2018, 2 (3), pp 168–202
DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.7b00120
Structures and Transport Properties of CaCO3 Melts under Earth’s Mantle Conditions
ACS Earth Space Chem., 2018, 2 (1), pp 1–8
DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.7b00100
Mercury Pollution in Amapá, Brazil: Mercury Amalgamation in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining or Land-Cover and Land-Use Changes?
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ACS Earth Space Chem., 2018, 2 (5), pp 441–450
DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.7b00089
Fracture Evolution in Multimineral Systems: The Role of Mineral Composition, Flow Rate, and Fracture Aperture Heterogeneity
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ACS Earth Space Chem., 2018, 2 (2), pp 112–124
DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.7b00130
ACS Sensors
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Recent Advances in the Development of Chromophore-Based Chemosensors for Nerve Agents and Phosgene
ACS Sens., 2018, 3 (1), pp 27–43
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.7b00816
Developing Microfluidic Sensing Devices Using 3D Printing
ACS Sens., 2018, 3 (3), pp 522–526
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.8b00079
Water-Soluble Fluorescent Probe with Dual Mitochondria/Lysosome Targetability for Selective Superoxide Detection in Live Cells and in Zebrafish Embryos
ACS Sens., 2018, 3 (1), pp 59–64
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.7b00831
Hacking CD/DVD/Blu-ray for Biosensing
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ACS Sens., 2018, 3 (7), pp 1222–1232
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.8b00340
Superwettable Electrochemical Biosensor toward Detection of Cancer Biomarkers
ACS Sens., 2018, 3 (1), pp 72–78
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.7b00868
Analytical Chemistry
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Sniffing Entrapped Humans with Sensor Arrays
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Anal. Chem., 2018, 90 (8), pp 4940–4945
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b00237
Detection of Pathogenic Microorganisms by Microfluidics Based Analytical Methods
Anal. Chem., 2018, 90 (9), pp 5512–5520
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b00399
Deciphering Protein O-Glycosylation: Solid-Phase Chemoenzymatic Cleavage and Enrichment
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Anal. Chem., 2018, 90 (13), pp 8261–8269
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b01834
Water Analysis: Emerging Contaminants and Current Issues
This article is part of the Fundamental and Applied Reviews in Analytical Chemistry 2018 special issue.
Anal. Chem., 2018, 90 (1), pp 398–428
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b04577
DNAzyme-Mediated Assays for Amplified Detection of Nucleic Acids and Proteins
This article is part of the Fundamental and Applied Reviews in Analytical Chemistry 2018 special issue.
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Anal. Chem., 2018, 90 (1), pp 190–207
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b04926
Chemical Research in Toxicology
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Association of Type 2 Diabetes with Submicron Titanium Dioxide Crystals in the Pancreas
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Chem. Res. Toxicol., 2018, 31 (6), pp 506–509
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.8b00047
Free-Base Nicotine Determination in Electronic Cigarette Liquids by 1H NMR Spectroscopy
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Chem. Res. Toxicol., 2018, 31 (6), pp 431–434
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.8b00097
Who Are the New Editors of Chemical Research in Toxicology?
Chem. Res. Toxicol., 2018, 31 (2), pp 67–67
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.8b00015
The Wild West of E-Cigarettes
Chem. Res. Toxicol., 2018, 31 (9), pp 823–824
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.8b00214
Simple Determination of Gaseous and Particulate Compounds Generated from Heated Tobacco Products
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Chem. Res. Toxicol., 2018, 31 (7), pp 585–593
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.8b00024
Environmental Science & Technology
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Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Aquatic Environments: Aggregation, Deposition, and Enhanced Contaminant Transport
Environ. Sci. Technol., 2018, 52 (4), pp 1704–1724
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b05559
Pollutants in Plastics within the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre
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Environ. Sci. Technol., 2018, 52 (2), pp 446–456
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b04682
Drinking Water Disinfection Byproducts (DBPs) and Human Health Effects: Multidisciplinary Challenges and Opportunities
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Environ. Sci. Technol., 2018, 52 (4), pp 1681–1689
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b05440
What is the Best Biological Process for Nitrogen Removal: When and Why?
Environ. Sci. Technol., 2018, 52 (7), pp 3835–3841
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b05832
Global Survey of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Air
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Environ. Sci. Technol., 2018, 52 (19), pp 10975–10984
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b02204
Environmental Science & Technology Letters
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Ambient PM2.5 Reduces Global and Regional Life Expectancy
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Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett., 2018, 5 (9), pp 546–551
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.8b00360
Source Apportionment of Brown Carbon Absorption by Coupling Ultraviolet–Visible Spectroscopy with Aerosol Mass Spectrometry
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Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett., 2018, 5 (6), pp 302–308
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.8b00118
Get Personal: The Author Impact Factor
Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett., 2018, 5 (1), pp 1–2
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.7b00546
Reinventing Fenton Chemistry: Iron Oxychloride Nanosheet for pH-Insensitive H2O2 Activation
Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett., 2018, 5 (3), pp 186–191
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.8b00065
High-Pressure Reverse Osmosis for Energy-Efficient Hypersaline Brine Desalination: Current Status, Design Considerations, and Research Needs
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Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett., 2018, 5 (8), pp 467–475
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.8b00274
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
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Inhibition of Oral Pathogens Adhesion to Human Gingival Fibroblasts by Wine Polyphenols Alone and in Combination with an Oral Probiotic
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J. Agric. Food Chem., 2018, 66 (9), pp 2071–2082
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b05466
Time-Resolved Gravimetric Method To Assess Degassing of Roasted Coffee
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J. Agric. Food Chem., 2018, 66 (21), pp 5293–5300
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b03310
Transcriptome Analysis of Hepatopancreas from the Cr (VI)-Stimulated Mantis Shrimp (Oratosquilla oratoria) by Illumina Paired-End Sequencing: Assembly, Annotation, and Expression Analysis
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J. Agric. Food Chem., 2018, 66 (11), pp 2598–2606
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b05074
Yeast Metabolites of Glycated Amino Acids in Beer
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J. Agric. Food Chem., 2018, 66 (28), pp 7451–7460
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b01329
Heterologous and High Production of Ergothioneine in Escherichia coli
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J. Agric. Food Chem., 2018, 66 (5), pp 1191–1196
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b04924
Journal of Proteome Research
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Performance Evaluation of the Q Exactive HF-X for Shotgun Proteomics
J. Proteome Res., 2018, 17 (1), pp 727–738
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00602
Deep Learning Accurately Predicts Estrogen Receptor Status in Breast Cancer Metabolomics Data
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J. Proteome Res., 2018, 17 (1), pp 337–347
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00595
Polylysine is a Proteostasis Network-Engaging Structural Determinant
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J. Proteome Res., 2018, 17 (5), pp 1967–1977
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.8b00108
Extending the Compatibility of the SP3 Paramagnetic Bead Processing Approach for Proteomics
J. Proteome Res., 2018, 17 (4), pp 1730–1740
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00913
Comparison of Internal Standard Approaches for SRM Analysis of Alpha-Synuclein in Cerebrospinal Fluid
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J. Proteome Res., 2018, 17 (1), pp 516–523
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00660