Most-cited articles by year
PLoS ONE
Public Library of Science · ISSN 1932-6203 · 343,766 works in OpenAlex · h-index 594
Lists by publication year
Each list ranks the articles PLoS ONE published that year by citations counted in OpenAlex on the snapshot date. Ranks are frozen once published.
- 2024Top 100 of 16,511 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2023Top 100 of 14,471 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2022Top 100 of 15,520 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2021Top 100 of 15,971 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2020Top 100 of 16,014 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2019Top 100 of 15,309 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2018Top 100 of 17,870 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2017Top 100 of 20,372 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2016Top 100 of 22,069 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
About these lists
PLoS ONE published between 14,471 and 22,069 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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