Most-cited articles by year
Nature Communications
Nature Portfolio · ISSN 2041-1723 · 93,766 works in OpenAlex · h-index 746
Lists by publication year
Each list ranks the articles Nature Communications published that year by citations counted in OpenAlex on the snapshot date. Ranks are frozen once published.
- 2024Top 100 of 10,421 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2023Top 100 of 8,102 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2022Top 100 of 7,555 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2021Top 100 of 6,976 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2020Top 100 of 6,066 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2019Top 100 of 5,445 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2018Top 100 of 5,114 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2017Top 100 of 4,405 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2016Top 100 of 3,541 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
About these lists
Nature Communications published between 3,541 and 10,421 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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