Stay up to date with a selection of recently published articles from ACS journals that were among the most read in October 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 highly read chemistry articles during October 2026, showcasing influential and trending research across ACS journals.*
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Browse Highly Read ACS Journal Articles in October 2026
Complex Fragment Coupling via O-Mesyl Hydroxylamines: Direct Conversion of Primary Amines to Electrophilic Aminating Agents
Mats Georg, Young-Do Kwon, Mathias Boeckle, Dongdong Yang, Daniel H. Ess, László Kürti*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c14811
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c14811
Photochemical Hetero-cycloadditions
Cristian Rosso, Vasco Corti, Giulio Goti, Sara Cuadros, Enrico Marcantonio, Luca Dell’Amico*
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6c00681
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6c00681
Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Sestermobaraene F
Manuel J. Scharf, Sander Folkerts, Moritz E. Hansen, Lorenzo A. A. Fitze, Douglas Strasoldo-Graffemberg, Claudia S. Zhang, Erick M. Carreira*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c14482
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c14482
In Vivo Blood Kinetics and Transcript Integrity of Three mRNA–Lipid Nanoparticle Vaccines in Humans
Stephen J. Kent*, Shiyao Li, Thakshila H. Amarasena, Arnold Reynaldi, Michael G. Leeming, Jennifer A. Juno, Adam K. Wheatley, Georgia Deliyannis, Dale I. Godfrey, Terry Nolan, Colin W. Pouton, Miles P. Davenport, Yi Ju*
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6c09226
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6c09226
Copper-Mediated Nitrogen-Atom Migration into Saturated Carbocycles
Michael J. Zeiler, Matthieu F. Maciejewski, Cade A. MacAllister, Tehshik P. Yoon*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c15884
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c15884
Mapping the Molecular Universe
Daniel Hannah, Yumin Zhang, Stanley Whittingham*, Martin Winter*, Y. Shirley Meng*, Qichao Hu*, Kang Xu*
DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.6c01250
DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.6c01250
Aliphatic Diazonium Chemistry through Hydroquinone-Based Nitrate Reduction for Deaminative Halogenation and Nitrate Ester Formation
Tim Schulte, Marco Fattalini, Ahmet Altun, Felix Waldbach, Tobias Ritter*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c14581
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c14581
Rethinking logP: Lipophilicity =̷ Hydrophobicity
Michael D. Shultz*, Eric J. Martin
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6c01917
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6c01917
Regio- and Enantioselective Functionalization of Gaseous Alkanes via Nickel-Catalyzed Alkene Dicarbofunctionalization
Sergio Barbeira-Arán, Akshay M. Nair, Jose M. Malga, Xia Hu, Ángel Rentería-Gómez, Yaning Liu, Achyut R. Gogoi, Osvaldo Gutierrez*, Cristina Nevado*, Martín Fañanás-Mastral*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c15886
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c15886
Ki Revisited: Principles, Pitfalls, and Best Practices for Measuring Enzyme Inhibitor Affinity
Bharath Srinivasan*, Matthew D. Lloyd*
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6c02860
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6c02860
*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.
