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 March 2019, 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.
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ACS Applied Energy Materials
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Mesoporous Ultrathin Cobalt Oxides Nanosheets Grown on Carbon Cloth as a High-Performance Electrode for Oxygen Evolution Reaction
ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2019, 2 (3), pp 1977–1987
DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.8b02074
Ultrathin NiCo-MOF Nanosheets for High-Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes
ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2019, 2 (3), pp 2063–2071
DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.8b02128
Lithium Insertion Mechanism in Iron Fluoride Nanoparticles Prepared by Catalytic Decomposition of Fluoropolymer
ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2019, 2 (3), pp 1832–1843
DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.8b01983
Hyperbranched PEO-Based Hyperstar Solid Polymer Electrolytes with Simultaneous Improvement of Ion Transport and Mechanical Strength
ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2019, 2 (3), pp 1608–1615
DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.8b02188
Simultaneous Formation of FeOx Electrocatalyst Coating within Hematite Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting
ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2019, 2 (3), pp 2043–2052
DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.8b02113
ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
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Real-Time Detection of Gas-Phase Organohalogens from Aqueous Photochemistry Using Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry
ACS Earth Space Chem., 2019, 3 (3), pp 329–334
DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.8b00209
Analyses of Aliphatic Aldehydes and Ketones in Carbonaceous Chondrites
ACS Earth Space Chem., 2019, 3 (3), pp 463–472
DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.9b00006
Production of Atmospheric Organosulfates via Mineral-Mediated Photochemistry
ACS Earth Space Chem., 2019, 3 (3), pp 424–431
DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.8b00178
Effect of the Hydroxyl Group on Yields and Composition of Organic Aerosol Formed from OH Radical-Initiated Reactions of Alcohols in the Presence of NOx
ACS Earth Space Chem., 2019, 3 (3), pp 413–423
DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.9b00015
Classical Molecular Dynamics Study of Small-Chain Carboxylic Acid Aerosol Particles
ACS Earth Space Chem., 2019, 3 (3), pp 380–389
DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.8b00172
ACS Energy Letters
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Ten Tips for Capturing Figures with Captions
ACS Energy Lett., 2019, 4 (3), pp 637–638
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.9b00253
Introductory Guide to Assembling and Operating Gas Diffusion Electrodes for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
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ACS Energy Lett., 2019, 4 (3), pp 639–643
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.9b00137
CO2 Electrochemical Reduction As Probed through Infrared Spectroscopy
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ACS Energy Lett., 2019, 4 (3), pp 682–689
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.8b02525
Unlocking the Effect of Trivalent Metal Doping in All-Inorganic CsPbBr3 Perovskite
ACS Energy Lett., 2019, 4 (3), pp 789–795
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.9b00209
Absence of Oxidized Phases in Cu under CO Reduction Conditions
ACS Energy Lett., 2019, 4 (3), pp 803–804
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.9b00172
ACS Photonics
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Experimental Demonstration of Ultrafast THz Modulation in a Graphene-Based Thin Film Absorber through Negative Photoinduced Conductivity
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ACS Photonics, 2019, 6 (3), pp 720–727
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.8b01595
Surface Plasmon Coupling in Dimers of Gold Nanoparticles: Experiment and Theory for Ideal (Spherical) and Nonideal (Faceted) Building Blocks
ACS Photonics, 2019, 6 (3), pp 642–648
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.8b01424
High-Efficiency Red Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Multiple Quantum Wells of Phenylbutylammonium-Cesium Lead Iodide Perovskites
ACS Photonics, 2019, 6 (3), pp 587–594
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.8b01435
Nonreciprocal Emission in Magnetized Epsilon-Near-Zero Metamaterials
ACS Photonics, 2019, 6 (3), pp 581–586
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.8b01391
Highly Efficient Deep Blue Aggregation-Induced Emission Organic Molecule: A Promising Multifunctional Electroluminescence Material for Blue/Green/Orange/Red/White OLEDs with Superior Efficiency and Low Roll-Off
ACS Photonics, 2019, 6 (3), pp 767–778
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.8b01724
Energy & Fuels
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Carbon Dioxide Capture and Utilization—Closing the Carbon Cycle
Energy Fuels, 2019, 33 (3), pp 1693–1693
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b04502
Comparative Study of the Effect of Fuel Deoxygenation and Polar Species Removal on Jet Fuel Surface Deposition
Energy Fuels, 2019, 33 (3), pp 1825–1836
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b03468
Integrated CO2 Capture, Conversion, and Storage To Produce Calcium Carbonate Using an Amine Looping Strategy
Energy Fuels, 2019, 33 (3), pp 1722–1733
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b02803
Experimental Investigation of Oxy-coal Combustion in a 15 kWth Pressurized Fluidized Bed Combustor
Energy Fuels, 2019, 33 (3), pp 1694–1703
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b02654
Investigation of Supercritical Methane Adsorption of Overmature Shale in Wufeng-Longmaxi Formation, Southern Sichuan Basin, China
Energy Fuels, 2019, 33 (3), pp 2078–2089
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b04344
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
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Virtual Special Issue: Invited Papers from the 255th ACS National Meeting in New Orleans
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58 (9), pp 3561–3561
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b00819
Carbon–Carbon Allotropic Hybrids and Composites: Synthesis, Properties, And Applications
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58 (10), pp 3921–3948
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b05857
Highly Effective Removal of Pharmaceutical Compounds from Aqueous Solution by Magnetic Zr-Based MOFs Composites
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58 (9), pp 3876–3884
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b05244
110th Anniversary: Unleashing the Full Potential of Quinones for High Performance Aqueous Organic Flow Battery
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58 (10), pp 3994–3999
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b06391
Colloid Chemical Approach for Fabricating Cu–Fe–S Nanobulk Thermoelectric Materials by Blending Cu2S and FeS Nanoparticles as Building Blocks
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58 (9), pp 3688–3697
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b05569
Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data
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Graphene and Graphene Oxide-Based Composites for Removal of Organic Pollutants: A Review
J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2019, 64 (3), pp 833–867
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jced.8b01057
Solubility Measurement and Thermodynamic Properties Calculation for Several CO2 + Ether Absorbent Systems
J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2019, 64 (3), pp 1020–1028
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jced.8b00936
Equilibrium Adsorption Isotherms for H2O on Zeolite 13X
J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2019, 64 (3), pp 1063–1071
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jced.8b00961
Solid–Liquid Equilibria for (NaNO3 + NaCl + H2O) and (NaNO3 + Na2CO3 + H2O) Systems at 313.15 K
J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2019, 64 (3), pp 884–894
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jced.8b00415
Fabrication of a Magnetic Poly(aspartic acid)-Poly(acrylic acid) Hydrogel: Application for the Adsorptive Removal of Organic Dyes from Aqueous Solution
J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2019, 64 (3), pp 1228–1236
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jced.8b01117
Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
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GuacaMol: Benchmarking Models for de Novo Molecular Design
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J. Chem. Inf. Model., 2019, 59 (3), pp 1096–1108
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.8b00839
Machine Learning in Drug Discovery
J. Chem. Inf. Model., 2019, 59 (3), pp 945–946
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.9b00136
Improved Method of Structure-Based Virtual Screening via Interaction-Energy-Based Learning
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J. Chem. Inf. Model., 2019, 59 (3), pp 1050–1061
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.8b00673
In Need of Bias Control: Evaluating Chemical Data for Machine Learning in Structure-Based Virtual Screening
J. Chem. Inf. Model., 2019, 59 (3), pp 947–961
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.8b00712
Shape-Based Generative Modeling for de Novo Drug Design
J. Chem. Inf. Model., 2019, 59 (3), pp 1205–1214
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.8b00706
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
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GFN2-xTB—An Accurate and Broadly Parametrized Self-Consistent Tight-Binding Quantum Chemical Method with Multipole Electrostatics and Density-Dependent Dispersion Contributions
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J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2019, 15 (3), pp 1652–1671
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.8b01176
Systematic Coarse-Grained Lipid Force Fields with Semiexplicit Solvation via Virtual Sites
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J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2019, 15 (3), pp 2087–2100
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.8b01033
Local Energy Decomposition of Open-Shell Molecular Systems in the Domain-Based Local Pair Natural Orbital Coupled Cluster Framework
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J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2019, 15 (3), pp 1616–1632
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.8b01145
Evolutionary Approach to Constructing a Deep Feedforward Neural Network for Prediction of Electronic Coupling Elements in Molecular Materials
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J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2019, 15 (3), pp 1777–1784
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.8b01285
Top-down Multiscale Approach To Simulate Peptide Self-Assembly from Monomers
J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2019, 15 (3), pp 1514–1522
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.8b01025
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
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Photo- and Electro-Driven Molecular Switching System of Aryl-Bridged Photochromic Radical Complexes
J. Phys. Chem. A, 2019, 123 (10), pp 1945–1952
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b12384
Reinvestigation of Acetophenones Oxidation by Performic Acid in Formic Acid
J. Phys. Chem. A, 2019, 123 (10), pp 1968–1972
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b11256
Theoretical Study on Criegee Intermediate’s Role in Ozonolysis of Acrylic Acid
J. Phys. Chem. A, 2019, 123 (10), pp 1929–1936
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b11671
Insights into the Trends in the Acidity Strength of Organic and Inorganic Compounds: A Valence-Bond Perspective
J. Phys. Chem. A, 2019, 123 (9), pp 1851–1860
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b01095
Identifying Free Energy Hot-Spots in Molecular Transformations
J. Phys. Chem. A, 2019, 123 (10), pp 2163–2170
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b12309
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
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Unbiased Atomistic Insight into the Mechanisms and Solvent Role for Globular Protein Dimer Dissociation
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J. Phys. Chem. B, 2019, 123 (9), pp 1883–1895
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b10005
Single-Molecule FRET Kinetics of the Mn2+ Riboswitch: Evidence for Allosteric Mg2+ Control of “Induced-Fit” vs “Conformational Selection” Folding Pathways
J. Phys. Chem. B, 2019, 123 (9), pp 2005–2015
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b11841
Lipid Rafts: Buffers of Cell Membrane Physical Properties
J. Phys. Chem. B, 2019, 123 (9), pp 2050–2056
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b12126
How Water Permutes the Structural Organization and Microscopic Dynamics of Cholinium Glycinate Biocompatible Ionic Liquid
J. Phys. Chem. B, 2019, 123 (9), pp 2057–2069
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b10235
Raman Spectroscopic Study of the Effect of Aqueous Salt Solutions on the Inhibition of Carbon Dioxide Gas Hydrates
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J. Phys. Chem. B, 2019, 123 (10), pp 2354–2361
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b11040
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
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Universal Fermi-Level Pinning in Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides
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J. Phys. Chem. C, 2019, 123 (9), pp 5411–5420
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b10971
GeSe/BP van der Waals Heterostructures as Promising Anode Materials for Potassium-Ion Batteries
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2019, 123 (9), pp 5157–5163
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b08909
Water Dynamics in Nanoporous Silica: Ultrafast Vibrational Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2019, 123 (9), pp 5790–5803
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b00593
An In Situ Surface-Enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy Study of Electrochemical CO2 Reduction: Selectivity Dependence on Surface C-Bound and O-Bound Reaction Intermediates
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2019, 123 (10), pp 5951–5963
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b09598
Insight into the Formation of Nanostructured MFI Sheets and MEL Needles Driven by Molecular Recognition
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J. Phys. Chem. C, 2019, 123 (9), pp 5326–5335
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b08251
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
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Interaction between Colloidal Quantum Dots and Halide Perovskites: Looking for Constructive Synergies
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2019, 10 (5), pp 1099–1108
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b03657
Thermally Stable Copper(II)-Doped Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots with Strong Blue Emission
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2019, 10 (5), pp 943–952
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00290
Contrasting Behavior of Antifreeze Proteins: Ice Growth Inhibitors and Ice Nucleation Promoters
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2019, 10 (5), pp 966–972
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b03719
Room-Temperature Phosphorescence from Metal-Free Organic Materials in Solution: Origin and Molecular Design
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2019, 10 (5), pp 1037–1042
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00221
Potential Applications of Halide Double Perovskite Cs2AgInX6 (X = Cl, Br) in Flexible Optoelectronics: Unusual Effects of Uniaxial Strains
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2019, 10 (5), pp 1120–1125
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00134