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 Energy Letters
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Addressing the Challenge of Carbon-Free Energy
ACS Energy Lett., 2018, 3 (7), pp 1521–1522
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.8b00889
Semiconductor Photocatalysis: “Tell Us the Complete Story!”
ACS Energy Lett., 2018, 3 (3), pp 622–623
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.8b00196
Earth-Abundant Nontoxic Titanium(IV)-based Vacancy-Ordered Double Perovskite Halides with Tunable 1.0 to 1.8 eV Bandgaps for Photovoltaic Applications
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ACS Energy Lett., 2018, 3 (2), pp 297–304
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.7b01167
Colloidal CsPbX3 (X = Cl, Br, I) Nanocrystals 2.0: Zwitterionic Capping Ligands for Improved Durability and Stability
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ACS Energy Lett., 2018, 3 (3), pp 641–646
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.8b00035
Low-Dimensional Organometal Halide Perovskites
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ACS Energy Lett., 2018, 3 (1), pp 54–62
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00926
ACS Photonics
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Novel Nanostructures and Materials for Strong Light–Matter Interactions
This article is part of the Strong Coupling of Molecules to Cavities special issue.
ACS Photonics, 2018, 5 (1), pp 24–42
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.7b00674
Plasmonic Cavity Coupling
This article is part of the Strong Coupling of Molecules to Cavities special issue.
ACS Photonics, 2018, 5 (1), pp 43–53
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.7b01139
Strong Light–Matter Interaction in Quantum Emitter/Metal Hybrid Nanostructures
This article is part of the Strong Coupling of Molecules to Cavities special issue.
ACS Photonics, 2018, 5 (1), pp 2–23
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.7b00650
Active Control of Surface Plasmon–Emitter Strong Coupling
This article is part of the Strong Coupling of Molecules to Cavities special issue.
ACS Photonics, 2018, 5 (1), pp 54–64
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.7b00655
Time-Resolved Nonlinear Ghost Imaging
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ACS Photonics, 2018, 5 (8), pp 3379–3388
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.8b00653
Energy & Fuels
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Catalytic Exhaust Gas Recirculation-Loop Reforming for High Efficiency in a Stoichiometric Spark-Ignited Engine through Thermochemical Recuperation and Dilution Limit Extension, Part 2: Engine Performance
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Energy Fuels, 2018, 32 (2), pp 2257–2266
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b02565
Separation of Landfill Gas CH4 from N2 Using Pressure Vacuum Swing Adsorption Cycles with Heavy Reflux
Energy Fuels, 2018, 32 (3), pp 3488–3498
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b03534
Carbon Dioxide Methanation over Nickel-Based Catalysts Supported on Various Mesoporous Material
Energy Fuels, 2018, 32 (3), pp 3681–3689
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b03826
A Combined Overview of Combustion, Pyrolysis, and Gasification of Biomass
Energy Fuels, 2018, 32 (7), pp 7294–7318
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b01678
Emission Modeling of an Interturbine Burner Based on Flameless Combustion
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Energy Fuels, 2018, 32 (1), pp 822–838
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b02473
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
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Announcing the 2018 Class of Influential Researchers
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2018, 57 (38), pp 12601–12601
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b04315
I&EC Research 2018 Excellence in Review Awards
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2018, 57 (36), pp 12017–12017
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b04050
A Review on Superhydrophobic Polymer Nanocoatings: Recent Development and Applications
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2018, 57 (8), pp 2727–2745
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b04887
Colloidal Synthesis of Semiconductor Quantum Dots toward Large-Scale Production: A Review
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2018, 57 (6), pp 1790–1802
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b04836
Mussel Inspired Modification for Aluminum Oxide/Silicone Elastomer Composites with Largely Improved Thermal Conductivity and Low Dielectric Constant
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Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2018, 57 (9), pp 3255–3262
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b04970
Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data
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Introducing the “Emerging Investigators” Special Issue
This article is part of the Emerging Investigators special issue.
J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2018, 63 (7), pp 2335–2340
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jced.8b00507
Solubility of the Proteinogenic α-Amino Acids in Water, Ethanol, and Ethanol–Water Mixtures
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J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2018, 63 (3), pp 488–497
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jced.7b00486
Palladium(II) Chloride Complex Ion Recovery from Aqueous Solutions Using Adsorption on Activated Carbon
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J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2018, 63 (3), pp 702–711
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jced.7b00885
Cross Second Virial Coefficients and Dilute Gas Transport Properties of the (CH4 + C3H8) and (CO2 + C3H8) Systems from Accurate Intermolecular Potential Energy Surfaces
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J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2018, 63 (1), pp 246–257
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jced.7b00886
Festschrift Honoring Cor J. Peters
This article is part of the In Honor of Cor Peters special issue.
J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2018, 63 (4), pp 859–859
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jced.8b00149
Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
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Machine Learning of Partial Charges Derived from High-Quality Quantum-Mechanical Calculations
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J. Chem. Inf. Model., 2018, 58 (3), pp 579–590
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.7b00663
Reinforced Adversarial Neural Computer for de Novo Molecular Design
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J. Chem. Inf. Model., 2018, 58 (6), pp 1194–1204
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.7b00690
KDEEP: Protein–Ligand Absolute Binding Affinity Prediction via 3D-Convolutional Neural Networks
J. Chem. Inf. Model., 2018, 58 (2), pp 287–296
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.7b00650
Mol2vec: Unsupervised Machine Learning Approach with Chemical Intuition
J. Chem. Inf. Model., 2018, 58 (1), pp 27–35
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.7b00616
Predicted Biological Activity of Purchasable Chemical Space
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J. Chem. Inf. Model., 2018, 58 (1), pp 148–164
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.7b00316
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
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Where Does the Density Localize in the Solid State? Divergent Behavior for Hybrids and DFT+U
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J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2018, 14 (2), pp 670–683
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.7b01061
Estimation of Drug-Target Residence Times by τ-Random Acceleration Molecular Dynamics Simulations
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J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2018, 14 (7), pp 3859–3869
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.8b00230
Force Field Parametrization of Metal Ions from Statistical Learning Techniques
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J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2018, 14 (1), pp 255–273
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00779
Machine Learning Adaptive Basis Sets for Efficient Large Scale Density Functional Theory Simulation
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J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2018, 14 (8), pp 4168–4175
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.8b00378
Avoiding False Positive Conclusions in Molecular Simulation: The Importance of Replicas
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J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2018, 14 (12), pp 6127–6138
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.8b00391
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
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Machine Learning
J. Phys. Chem. A, 2018, 122 (4), pp 879–879
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b00034
The Virial Theorem and Covalent Bonding
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J. Phys. Chem. A, 2018, 122 (39), pp 7880–7893
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b08234
Ice Clouds: Atmospheric Ice Nucleation Concept versus the Physical Chemistry of Freezing Atmospheric Drops
J. Phys. Chem. A, 2018, 122 (39), pp 7777–7781
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b07926
Information-Theoretic Approaches to Atoms-in-Molecules: Hirshfeld Family of Partitioning Schemes
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J. Phys. Chem. A, 2018, 122 (17), pp 4219–4245
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b08966
Keiji Morokuma
J. Phys. Chem. A, 2018, 122 (4), pp 880–881
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b00070
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
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The Bend+Libration Combination Band Is an Intrinsic, Collective, and Strongly Solute-Dependent Reporter on the Hydrogen Bonding Network of Liquid Water
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J. Phys. Chem. B, 2018, 122 (9), pp 2587–2599
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b09641
Virtual Issue on Physical Chemistry in South Korea
J. Phys. Chem. B, 2018, 122 (35), pp 8315–8316
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b07245
Dynamics of Long-Distance Hydrogen-Bond Networks in Photosystem II
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J. Phys. Chem. B, 2018, 122 (17), pp 4625–4641
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b00649
Exploring GPCR–Lipid Interactions by Molecular Dynamics Simulations: Excitements, Challenges, and the Way Forward
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J. Phys. Chem. B, 2018, 122 (22), pp 5727–5737
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b01657
Structure from Dynamics: Vibrational Dynamics of Interfacial Water as a Probe of Aqueous Heterogeneity
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J. Phys. Chem. B, 2018, 122 (14), pp 3667–3679
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b10574
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
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Electrolyte Composition in Li/O2 Batteries with LiI Redox Mediators: Solvation Effects on Redox Potentials and Implications for Redox Shuttling
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J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122 (3), pp 1522–1534
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b11859
Visualizing the Effect of Partial Oxide Formation on Single Silver Nanoparticle Electrodissolution
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J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122 (5), pp 3138–3145
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b11824
Atomic-Scale Structure of the Hematite α-Fe2O3(11̅02) “R-Cut” Surface
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J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122 (3), pp 1657–1669
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b10515
Charge Carrier Dynamics in Cs2AgBiBr6 Double Perovskite
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J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122 (9), pp 4809–4816
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b00572
Intrinsic Point Defects in Inorganic Cesium Lead Iodide Perovskite CsPbI3
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122 (2), pp 1345–1350
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b10045
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
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Accelerating Chemical Discovery with Machine Learning: Simulated Evolution of Spin Crossover Complexes with an Artificial Neural Network
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J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2018, 9 (5), pp 1064–1071
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b00170
Zero-Dimensional Cesium Lead Halides: History, Properties, and Challenges
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J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2018, 9 (9), pp 2326–2337
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b00572
Atomic Layer Etching: Rethinking the Art of Etch
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J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2018, 9 (16), pp 4814–4821
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b00997
Molecular Insight into the Slipperiness of Ice
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J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2018, 9 (11), pp 2838–2842
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01188
Lead-Free Perovskite Nanocrystals for Light-Emitting Devices
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2018, 9 (7), pp 1573–1583
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b00301