Stay up to date with a selection of recently published articles from ACS journals that were among the most read in January 2025.
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 2025, showcasing influential and trending research across ACS journals.*
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Most-Read ACS Journal Articles: January 2025
Temperature Cycling Induced Deracemization of p-Synephrine in the Presence of Degradation
Po Sang Lo, Madiha Nisar, and Richard Lakerveld*
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c06807
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c06807
Ni-Catalyzed Enantioselective Desymmetrization: Development of Divergent Acyl and Decarbonylative Cross-Coupling Reactions
Ángel D. Hernández-Mejías, Alexander M. Shimozono, Avijit Hazra, Sven Richter, Zhengjia Tong, Neil F. Langille, Kyle Quasdorf, Andrew T. Parsons, Matthew S. Sigman*, and Sarah E. Reisman*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c14767
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c14767
Single Dose of a Small Molecule Leads to Complete Regressions of Large Breast Tumors in Mice
Michael P. Mulligan, Matthew W. Boudreau, Brooke A. Bouwens, Yoongyeong Lee, Hunter W. Carrell, Junyao Zhu, Spyro Mousses, David J. Shapiro, Erik R. Nelson, Timothy M. Fan, and Paul J. Hergenrother*
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.4c01628
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.4c01628
Selective Reduction of Esters to Access Aldehydes Using Fiddler Crab-Type Boranes
Ádám Dudás, Ádám Gyömöre, Bence Balázs Mészáros, Stefánia Gondár, Renáta Adamik, Dániel Fegyverneki, Dávid Papp, Konrad Bernhard Otte, Sergio Ayala Jr., János Daru, József Répási, and Tibor Soós*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c14596
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c14596
Effects of Microplastic Exposure on Human Digestive, Reproductive, and Respiratory Health: A Rapid Systematic Review
Nicholas Chartres*, Courtney B. Cooper, Garret Bland, Katherine E. Pelch, Sheiphali A. Gandhi, Abena BakenRa, and Tracey J. Woodruff*
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c09524
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c09524
Real-World Applications and Experiences of AI/ML Deployment for Drug Discovery
Will R. Pitt*, Jonathan Bentley, Christophe Boldron, Lionel Colliandre, Carmen Esposito, Elizabeth H. Frush, Jola Kopec, Stéphanie Labouille, Jerome Meneyrol, David A. Pardoe, Ferruccio Palazzesi, Alfonso Pozzan, Jacob M. Remington, René Rex, Michelle Southey, Sachin Vishwakarma, and Paul Walker
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c03044
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c03044
Aminoalkylation of Alkenes Enabled by Triple Radical Sorting
William L. Lyon, Johnny Z. Wang, Jesús Alcázar, and David W. C. MacMillan*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c14965
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c14965
Site-Selective Copper(I)-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Amides
Dimitrios-Ioannis Tzaras, Mahadeb Gorai, Thomas Jacquemin, Thiemo Arndt, Birte M. Zimmermann, Martin Breugst, and Johannes F. Teichert*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c14174
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c14174
Cryo-ePDF: Overcoming Electron Beam Damage to Study the Local Atomic Structure of Amorphous ALD Aluminum Oxide Thin Films within a TEM
Ahmed M. Jasim, Xiaoqing He, Yangchuan Xing, Tommi A. White*, and Matthias J. Young*
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c06124
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c06124
Triphenylphosphine Oxide-Derived Anolyte for Application in Nonaqueous Redox Flow Battery
Emily R. Mahoney, Maxime Boudjelel, Henry Shavel, Matthew D. Krzyaniak, Michael R. Wasielewski, and Christian A. Malapit*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c07750
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c07750
*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.
