Stay up to date with a selection of recently published articles from ACS journals that were among the most read in January 2026.
The impact of a scientific article can be assessed in many ways, and one key indicator of reach and influence is its readership. Here, we present a curated list of 10 most-read chemistry articles during January 2026, showcasing influential and trending research across ACS journals.*
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Browse Highly Read ACS Journal Articles in January 2026
Quality over Quantity: Organic Compounds Altering the Antarctic Sea Spray Aerosol Concentrations
Manuel Dall’osto*, Matteo Rinaldi, Marta Estrada, Maria Dolors Vaqué Vidal, Elisa Berdalet, Ana Sotomayor, Miguel Cabrera-Brufau, Sebastian Zeppenfeld, David C. S. Beddows, Roy M. Harrison, Manuela Van Pinxteren, Hartmut Herrmann, Stefano Decesari, and Marco Paglione
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c07574
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c07574
Cross-Electrophile Coupling of N-Hydroxyphthalimide Esters with Aryl Bromides Using an Inner-Sphere Homogeneous Reductant
Kasturi Ganguli, Alexandro R. Cruz, Justin B. Diccianni, Pablo García-Reynaga*, and Daniel J. Weix*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c18451
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c18451
Allosteric PROTACs: Expanding the Horizon of Targeted Protein Degradation
Aileen Frost, Suzanne O’Connor, and Alessio Ciulli*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c14840
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c14840
What Do Oral Drugs Really Look Like? Dose Regimen, Pharmacokinetics, and Safety of Recently Approved Small-Molecule Oral Drugs
Dean G. Brown*
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c02863
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c02863
Unified Synthesis Platform for 1,2,3-Trisubstituted Cyclopentadienyl Ligands Decouples Sterics from Electronics
Bram Van Den Bossche and Nicolai Cramer*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c20631
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c20631
Best Practices for Using AI When Writing Scientific Manuscripts
Jillian M. Buriak*, Deji Akinwande, Natalie Artzi, C. Jeffrey Brinker, Cynthia Burrows, Warren C. W. Chan, Chunying Chen, Xiaodong Chen, Manish Chhowalla, Lifeng Chi et al.
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c01544
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c01544
Photolysis of CO2 Carbamate for Hydrocarboxylation Reactions
Emanuele Azzi, Manuel Rodríguez-Martínez, Sai Rohini Narayanan Kolusu, Jacopo Scarfiello, Jesus A. Varela, and Manuel Nappi*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c21208
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c21208
Room-Temperature Metal-Catalyzed Hydrogen Borrowing Alkylation
Elliot P. Bailey*, Timothy J. Donohoe*, and Martin D. Smith*
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c07305
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c07305
16-Step Scalable Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Tetrodotoxin
Chen Peng, Weilin Wu, Yuxuan Ye*, and Pengfei Hu*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c20700
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c20700
Electrochemical Indole Skeletal Editing via Single-Carbon Atom Insertion
Yuqi Chen, Guanzheng Feng, Yisan Shen, Zhihao Liu, Chenghui Sun, Weixiao Ji*, He Huang*, and Siping Pang*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c19912
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c19912
*These lists are not chosen by the journals’ editors and should not be taken as a “best of” collection, but as another perspective on what articles attracted the most attention in a particular month.
