Most-cited articles by year
Frontiers in Microbiology
Frontiers Media · ISSN 1664-302X · 42,297 works in OpenAlex · h-index 345
Lists by publication year
Each list ranks the articles Frontiers in Microbiology published that year by citations counted in OpenAlex on the snapshot date. Ranks are frozen once published.
- 2024Top 100 of 3,010 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2023Top 100 of 3,819 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2022Top 100 of 5,315 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2021Top 100 of 4,062 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2020Top 100 of 3,432 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2019Top 100 of 2,953 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2018Top 100 of 3,203 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2017Top 100 of 2,559 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2016Top 100 of 2,166 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
About these lists
Frontiers in Microbiology published between 2,166 and 5,315 eligible articles a year in the years covered, so each list shows the top 100. 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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