Most-cited articles by year
Journal watch
Massachusetts Medical Society · ISSN 0896-7210 · 50,371 works in OpenAlex · h-index 33
Lists by publication year
Each list ranks the articles Journal watch published that year by citations counted in OpenAlex on the snapshot date. Ranks are frozen once published.
- 2021Top 50 of 966 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2020Top 50 of 1,862 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2019Top 50 of 1,826 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2018Top 50 of 1,810 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2017Top 50 of 1,880 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2016Top 100 of 2,031 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
About these lists
Journal watch published between 966 and 2,031 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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