Most-cited articles by year
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences · ISSN 0027-8424 · 173,344 works in OpenAlex · h-index 1167
Lists by publication year
Each list ranks the articles Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published that year by citations counted in OpenAlex on the snapshot date. Ranks are frozen once published.
- 2024Top 100 of 3,764 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2023Top 100 of 3,466 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2022Top 100 of 3,747 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2021Top 100 of 3,984 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2020Top 100 of 4,103 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2019Top 100 of 3,795 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2018Top 100 of 3,856 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2017Top 100 of 3,811 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2016Top 100 of 3,658 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
About these lists
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published between 3,466 and 4,103 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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