Most-cited articles by year
Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science · ISSN 0036-8075 · 374,208 works in OpenAlex · h-index 1754
Lists by publication year
Each list ranks the articles Science published that year by citations counted in OpenAlex on the snapshot date. Ranks are frozen once published.
- 2024Top 50 of 1,669 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2023Top 50 of 1,611 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2022Top 50 of 1,680 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2021Top 100 of 2,853 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2020Top 100 of 3,732 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2019Top 100 of 3,824 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2018Top 100 of 3,907 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2017Top 100 of 3,540 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2016Top 100 of 3,828 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
About these lists
Science published between 1,611 and 3,907 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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