Stay up to date with a selection of recently published articles from ACS journals that were among the most read in September 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 September 2026, showcasing influential and trending research across ACS journals.*
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Browse Highly Read ACS Journal Articles in September 2026
AbSynth: A Century of Total Syntheses as a Machine-Readable Resource for Analyzing Strategic Logic in Organic Chemistry
Maciej Czuba; Konrad Barnowski; Karol Molga; Zofia Pławecka; Agnieszka Wołos; Szymon Stodółkiewicz; Sebastian Baś; Wojciech Petrykowski; Wiktor Beker; Evan Saillard et al.
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c08434
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c08434
Prioritizing and Grouping Food Contact Chemicals: From Chaos to Clarity
Helene Wiesinger; Lindsey V. Parkinson; Birgit Geueke; Albert Anguera Sempere; Justin M. Boucher; Etienne Cabane; Martin Scheringer; Jane Muncke
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c15186
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c15186
Direct Decarboxylative Borylation
Paula Visiedo-Jiménez; Quentin Ordan; Sarah-Jayne Burlingham; Francisco Juliá-Hernández
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c13635
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c13635
Cryo-Electron Tomography Reveals Nanoscale Thick Filament Disorganization in MYH7 P710R Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Cardiomyocytes
Magda Zaoralová; Joseph Yoniles; Prerna Giri; Richard G. Held; Alison Vander Roest; Peter D. Dahlberg; Daniel Bernstein; Alexander R. Dunn; Leeya Engel
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6c03369
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6c03369
A Convenient Conversion of Amides to Ketones
Amy J. Su; Andrew W. Chen; Chunge Li; Nick R. Wierich; Brenda Wu; Clare L. Phelps; Todd J. Martínez; Noah Z. Burns
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c15781
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c15781
Guiding Risk Reduction for Breast Cancer-Relevant Chemicals (BC-Chems): Chemical Production Volumes, Sources, Intake Levels, Emissions, and Regulations
Jennifer E. Kay; Rashmi Shakti; Jillian T. McEneaney; Claudia Polsky; Megan Schwarzman; Ruthann A. Rudel
DOI: 10.1021/EHP.6c00022
DOI: 10.1021/EHP.6c00022
A Synthetic Method to Hydrogen Radicals
Nils J. Flodén; Alberto Collauto; Peter H. Seeberger; Roopender Kumar
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c07870
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c07870
Some Items of Interest to Process R&D Chemists and Engineers
Thomas Verheyen; Paul F. Richardson; Andrei A. Zlota; Christopher C. Nawrat; Robert B. Kargbo; Alan Steven; Carlos Mateos; Alexandre Barthelme; David S. B. Daniels; John Kremers; John Knight
DOI: 10.1021/acs.oprd.6c00097
DOI: 10.1021/acs.oprd.6c00097
A General Photoredox Platform for the Hydroarylation of Olefins
Yi-Lun Li; Johnny Z. Wang; David W. C. MacMillan
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c14333
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c14333
“Store-and-Release” Strategy Enables Nickel-Catalyzed Deaminative Migratory Arylation of Aliphatic Amines
Abhishek A. Kadam; Kevin Lee; Yumeng Liao; Aleksandr Knyazev; M. Joana Lourenço; Pinku Tung; Anthony N. Cauley; Jesús M. Dones; Martins S. Oderinde; James Kempson; Jose B. Roque
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c09936
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c09936
*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.
