Most-cited articles by year
Scientific Reports
Nature Portfolio · ISSN 2045-2322 · 319,061 works in OpenAlex · h-index 463
Lists by publication year
Each list ranks the articles Scientific Reports published that year by citations counted in OpenAlex on the snapshot date. Ranks are frozen once published.
- 2024Top 100 of 30,930 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2023Top 100 of 22,121 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2022Top 100 of 21,825 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2021Top 100 of 23,256 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2020Top 100 of 21,174 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2019Top 100 of 19,840 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2018Top 100 of 17,129 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2017Top 100 of 24,761 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2016Top 100 of 20,487 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
About these lists
Scientific Reports published between 17,129 and 30,930 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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