Stay up to date with a selection of recently published articles from ACS journals that were among the most read in August 2024.

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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 August 2024, showcasing influential and trending research across ACS journals.*

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Most-Read ACS Journal Articles: August 2024
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Self-Driving Laboratories for Chemistry and Materials Science

Gary Tom*, Stefan P. Schmid, Sterling G. Baird, Yang Cao, Kourosh Darvish, Han Hao, Stanley Lo, Sergio Pablo-García, Ella M. Rajaonson, Marta Skreta, Naruki Yoshikawa, Samantha Corapi, Gun Deniz Akkoc, Felix Strieth-Kalthoff*, Martin Seifrid*, and Alán Aspuru-Guzik*
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.4c00055

*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 recently published research attracted the most attention in a particular month.

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