Most-cited articles by year
eLife
eLife Sciences Publications Ltd · ISSN 2050-084X · 114,973 works in OpenAlex · h-index 311
Lists by publication year
Each list ranks the articles eLife published that year by citations counted in OpenAlex on the snapshot date. Ranks are frozen once published.
- 2024Top 50 of 1,660 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2023Top 100 of 2,344 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2022Top 50 of 1,927 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2021Top 100 of 2,135 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2020Top 100 of 2,044 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2019Top 50 of 1,641 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2018Top 50 of 1,368 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2017Top 50 of 1,430 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2016Top 50 of 1,201 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
About these lists
eLife published between 1,201 and 2,344 eligible articles a year in the years covered, so each list shows the top 50. Every entry shows its rank, the share of the year’s cohort it beats, its citation count and, where OpenAlex has one, the abstract. Authors can claim an entry for a badge and a CV line, or ask to have their name withheld.
Read the methodology for cohort rules, exclusions and the snapshot policy.
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