Most-cited articles by year
Nature
Nature Portfolio · ISSN 0028-0836 · 449,072 works in OpenAlex · h-index 1842
Lists by publication year
Each list ranks the articles Nature published that year by citations counted in OpenAlex on the snapshot date. Ranks are frozen once published.
About these lists
Nature published between 3,267 and 3,412 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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