Nature

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature is 14. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Hello, this is Automatic Antigrief: what problem can I solve for you today?5359
How volcanoes shaped our planet — and why we need to be ready for the next big eruption2828
US chemical engineer avoids prison after conviction for hiding ties to China2416
The race to make a variant-proof COVID vaccine1926
AI predicts how many earthquake aftershocks will strike — and their strength1640
Daily briefing: Watch spines form in an artificial human embryos1610
From the archive1504
Daily briefing: Made-up words communicate across cultures1453
Missing genomes, flexible microphone — the week in infographics1415
Clever orangutans invent nutcrackers from scratch1317
The AI historian: A new tool to decipher ancient texts1297
Daily briefing: Huge ancient civilization discovered in the Amazon1184
Giving thanks for a glovebox: helping to make medicines from natural substances1172
Daily briefing: Iron-Age woman had the earliest-known case of Turner syndrome1164
Origami mini-robot does gymnastics for a good cause1150
Daily briefing: These polar bears can survive without sea ice1131
Structure sheds light on a lipid-transport machine in mycobacteria1128
The sickle-cell drug boon1115
I advocate an African research agenda for African development1017
Flood risk rises as people surge into vulnerable regions992
Landmark Webb observatory is now officially a telescope977
How the daddy-long-legs gets long legs948
Daily briefing: How an Alzheimer’s gene ravages the brain938
A guide to the Nature Index932
Daily briefing: COVID ‘super-immunity’ might wane over time910
The world’s most expensive dinosaur and more — July’s best science images901
How we boosted female faculty numbers in male-dominated departments883
A century of quantum physics879
Chronically lonely flies overeat and lose sleep869
India’s pioneering mission bolsters idea that Moon’s surface was molten806
First pig kidneys transplanted into people: what scientists think791
Control of human protein-degradation machinery revealed763
Leader of WHO’s new pandemic hub: improve data flow to extinguish outbreaks736
Trees are dying much faster in northern Australia — climate change is probably to blame729
A sea change in craft brewing725
Maize under threat, and morality for cars: Books in brief723
India’s first Sun mission will investigate the origins of space weather697
Daily briefing: ‘Killer’ T cells still recognize Omicron694
Ten billion COVID vaccines, deadly bacteria and high-risk research689
The surprising genes behind a fingerprint’s unique swirls684
In search of body682
Goodnight, Moon674
Laser-induced vibrations probe microscale metamaterials without contacting them673
AI & robotics briefing: AlphaFold predicts thousands of possible psychedelics671
Daily briefing: Where long COVID is understudied and ignored670
Twisted system makes nanolasers shine together666
Daily briefing: You’ve got space mail! Asteroid sample delivered to Earth658
China’s mysterious spaceplane returns to Earth — what we know655
Armoured dinosaurs of the Southern Hemisphere643
Portugal: female science leaders could speed up change643
How rich countries skew the fossil record635
From the archive: biological clocks, and a pollen puzzle about flies629
Daily briefing: Oldest DNA ever found reveals big, furry surprises628
How coaching could help tackle toxic research cultures625
Ukrainian mathematician becomes second woman to win prestigious Fields Medal624
How to measure the brain of an octopus619
How 'megastudies' are changing behavioural science613
From the archive: a shared motivation for scientists, and mirages611
Daily briefing: Santorini volcano let off a prehistoric mega-blast602
Daily briefing: Mysterious lizard fossil revealed to be mostly black paint596
A funding adviser’s guide to writing a great grant application594
The hunt for drugs for mild COVID: scientists seek to treat those at lower risk592
How a US government shutdown could disrupt science592
The impact of protected areas on waterbird populations worldwide590
From process to outcome: working toward health equity590
My life at the helm of a top African cancer-treatment centre587
Daily briefing: Do we really need a room-temperature superconductor?584
Japan launches preprint server — but will scientists use it?578
The skilled ecosystem engineers with big teeth and paddle tails578
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is redrawing the geopolitics of space572
‘Virgin birth’ genetically engineered into female animals for the first time564
Why does fat return after dieting? The microbiome might have a hand563
The ebb and flow of the biomedical sciences in the pandemic era559
Soft X-rays capture the dance of the organelles558
What triggers severe COVID? Infected immune cells hold clues552
Where baby birds thrive: plush but precarious hangouts542
Classroom assistance: the scientists turning the tools of their trade to education541
Himalayan glaciers are losing weight faster than thought537
High-precision genomic tool tackles deadly mutation537
Kyoto review: ‘thrilling’ play shows fight for landmark climate treaty535
The plastic that biodegrades in your home compost532
Black holes, love and poetry — an artistic exploration of intimacy and adventure530
Audio long-read: why sports concussions are worse for women527
African leadership underpins success of malaria drug trial526
Communication tools for scientists who stammer523
What Xi Jinping’s third term means for science523
After COVID, African countries vow to take the fight to malaria520
Titanium alloy gains super strength with a long bake518
Daily briefing: Melting Himalayan glaciers will affect more than one billion people513
Structural insights into how a blood-pressure drug inhibits an ion transporter509
Babies collect their own viruses rather than relying on Mum’s509
A journey into the causes and effects of depression506
I’m a Palestinian scientist building a more inclusive future500
Webb telescope wows with first image of an exoplanet500
Satellite images show the widespread impact of mining on tropical rivers493
Shining a light on mysterious underwater cave creatures489
Collegiality pays and biodiversity struggles489
How to make the workplace fairer for female researchers482
Staring at the Sun — close-up images from space rewrite solar science480
Daily briefing: Deep-diving seals led scientists to an undiscovered underwater canyon478
Soft ‘electronic skin’ mimics our sense of touch477
How to keep wildcats wild: ancient DNA offers fresh insights477
The sleight-of-hand trick that can simplify scientific computing475
Bonobo apes pout and throw tantrums — and gain sympathy473
Neuronal culprits of sickness behaviours472
A chocoholic’s best friends are the birds and the bats472
Painkillers are dispensed less freely by night-shift doctors470
Infancy of sterol biosynthesis hints at extinct eukaryotic species469
France’s research minister has a plan to shake up science469
Prehistoric events might explain European multiple sclerosis risk468
Yo-yo dieting accelerates cardiovascular disease by reprogramming the immune system466
Author Correction: Life-cycle-coupled evolution of mitosis in close relatives of animals465
Publisher Correction: Single-crystalline metal-oxide dielectrics for top-gate 2D transistors463
How the grid came to shape the US landscape462
Japan needs a fresh approach to innovation451
Using sound to explore events of the Universe446
Volcano that built an island paradise is attuned to the sea445
Medicine in the blood445
Publisher Correction: Demonstration of reduced neoclassical energy transport in Wendelstein 7-X444
UK’s rupture with Horizon Europe is totally unnecessary444
AI rapidly diagnoses brain tumours during surgery442
US election has profound implications for science in Ukraine441
Global conservation priorities for island plant diversity440
Marsupial genomes reveal how a skin membrane for gliding evolved439
Fossils found far from the Equator point to globetrotting tetrapods435
Daily briefing: How scientists balance work and faith434
Black holes made from light? Impossible, say physicists433
US to end race-based university admissions: what now for diversity in science?431
I study small organisms to tackle big climate problems430
The ‘Asian water tower’ is brimming — with glacial melt water428
Daily briefing: A planetary budget to survive and thrive426
AI & robotics briefing: First non-human on Nature’s 10 list424
Do climate lawsuits lead to action? Researchers assess their impact421
25th anniversary of the first known feathered dinosaurs420
Community science draws on the power of the crowd420
Daily briefing: Diabetes drug shows promise against Parkinson’s417
‘They went to the bar at noon’: what this virtual AI village is teaching researchers417
Lifting the veil on the oldest-known animals416
Self-assembling synthetic polymer forms liquid-like droplets411
New pill helps COVID smell and taste loss fade quickly411
I peer into volcanoes to see when they’ll blow410
Melaku Worede, crop genetics leader (1936–2023)409
Ancient DNA reveals origins of multiple sclerosis in Europe406
Stars hint at an unusual black hole lurking in our Galaxy406
Unlocking the mysteries of the brain’s neocortex402
A 27,000-year-old pyramid? Controversy hits an extraordinary archaeological claim401
Moon mission failure: why is it so hard to pull off a lunar landing?401
How to develop a good writing style400
Daily briefing: Super hot plasma made easy with stabilizing fibres400
First sighting of ‘neutrino fog’ sparks excitement – but is it bad news for dark matter?398
Huge randomized trial of AI boosts discovery — at least for good scientists397
Author Correction: TP53 loss creates therapeutic vulnerability in colorectal cancer396
A step-by-step guide to landing your next job in science396
The United States, as a marine superpower, must ratify the high seas biodiversity treaty now395
Why Asia is leading the field in green materials391
A guide to the Nature Index389
Bone repair supported by flexible films made using an innovative method389
Daily briefing: Squid-inspired pills squirt drugs straight into your gut387
New lasso-shaped antibiotic kills drug-resistant bacteria386
Author Correction: The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer386
Ferocity of Atlantic hurricanes surges as the ocean warms386
How five researchers fared after their ‘great resignation’ from academia385
‘I thought I had forgotten this horror’: Ukrainian scientists stand in defiance383
Retraction Note: Evidence of near-ambient superconductivity in a N-doped lutetium hydride380
Should Alzheimer’s be diagnosed with a blood test? Proposal sparks controversy379
Author Correction: Comparative and demographic analysis of orang-utan genomes379
Tracking the collaborative networks of five leading science nations377
The astonishing scientists who starved to protect plants during the Second World War377
Cycles377
Federico Mayor Zaragoza obituary: former UNESCO chief who championed neonatal screening376
Author Correction: Synthetic GPCRs for programmable sensing and control of cell behaviour374
Kids’ real-world arithmetic skills don’t transfer to the classroom374
A sustainable ocean needs thriving ocean societies373
What are the best AI tools for research? Nature’s guide372
Plasmas primed for rapid pulse production369
Daily briefing: Meet the recipient of the first whole-eye transplant369
Satellite images reveal untracked human activity on the oceans368
Science communication will benefit from research integrity standards367
All we are is our memories366
Mysterious radio bursts mostly come from massive galaxies365
Months away at sea to protect China’s only population of Bryde’s whales363
Why do obesity drugs seem to treat so many other ailments?362
Deglacial increase of seasonal temperature variability in the tropical ocean361
Author Correction: Rewiring cancer drivers to activate apoptosis361
A DIY ‘bionic pancreas’ is changing diabetes care — what's next?361
Taiwan hit by biggest earthquake in 25 years: why scientists weren’t surprised359
Publisher Correction: The future transistors359
A ‘killswitch’ peptide solidifies protein droplets in living cells355
The evolution of private reputations in information-abundant landscapes355
First public statue of female scientist in Italy celebrates astronomer352
Early grant success attracts more funding: study of 100,000 applicants hints at why352
UK research assessment is being reformed — but the changes miss the mark352
The world’s biggest animal migration and more — July’s best science images351
Why a cheap, effective treatment for diarrhoea is underused349
My brief appearance in Downton Abbey: Nature readers share stories of side gigs348
How wildfires deplete ozone in the stratosphere347
Addiction: expand diagnostic borders with care347
Colour blindness: journals should enable image redisplay346
A whale of an appetite revealed by analysis of prey consumption345
Who needs qubits? Physicists make light-based ‘qumodes’ for quantum computing344
Missing data mean we’ll probably never know how many people died of COVID343
The United States needs a department of technology and science policy343
Author Correction: Neutralizing GDF-15 can overcome anti-PD-1 and anti-PD-L1 resistance in solid tumours343
Immune molecule links COVID‑19 with severe inflammatory disorder in children342
Old electric-vehicle batteries can find new purpose — on the grid340
Cancer’s power harnessed — lymphoma mutations supercharge T cells339
Do elephants have names for each other?339
I took my case to Nepal’s highest court to improve conservation337
Splendid squirrel sneezes at will336
Daily briefing: Gaze upon the most detailed Moon maps ever made335
Brain implants help people to recover after severe head injury335
The Correctives334
Did ‘alien’ debris hit Earth? Startling claim sparks row at scientific meeting333
So … you’ve been hacked333
Mystery of huge ancient engravings of snakes solved at last333
Verbose robots, and why some people love Bach: Books in Brief332
Superstar porous materials get salty thanks to computer simulations332
Can giant surveys of scientists fight misinformation on COVID, climate change and more?332
Stretched skin cells divide without DNA replication331
Major ocean database that will guide deep-sea mining has flaws, scientists warn331
Drowning in seaweed: How to stop invasive Sargassum330
Allen J. Bard obituary: electrochemist whose techniques underpin clinical diagnostics, materials discovery and more330
Ancient humans used bone tools one million years earlier than thought330
Author Correction: Spatiotemporal dissection of the cell cycle with single-cell proteogenomics329
Extreme heat harms health — what is the human body’s limit?329
Coral giants sound the alarm for the Great Barrier Reef329
Iran and India: work together to save cheetahs328
Early-career researchers help Wellcome funding panel328
Publisher Correction: Indo-Pacific Walker circulation drove Pleistocene African aridification328
Plastics treaty — research must inform action328
Chile: elect a president to strengthen climate action, not weaken it328
Bioeconomy: game changer for climate action327
Daily briefing: The infinite optimism of polymath Gottfried Leibniz326
Author Correction: Inherent mosaicism and extensive mutation of human placentas326
Build your own receptor: modular system can be tailored to any antigen325
The Nature Podcast festive spectacular 2024322
Daily briefing: Infamous ‘hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19’ paper has been retracted322
Quantum feat: physicists observe entangled quarks for first time322
World's first wooden satellite could herald era of greener space exploration321
Einstein in Oxford: the untold story of an unlikely friendship321
What the Silicon Valley Bank collapse means for science start-ups320
Amazonian deforestation makes the wet season wetter, and the dry season drier318
Nearly half of China’s major cities are sinking — some ‘rapidly’318
RSV wave hammers hospitals — but vaccines and treatments are coming318
How flight helped bats become invincible to viruses317
Speeding up ginseng growth to aid drug discovery317
Arctic sea ice hits 2021 minimum317
Disaster relief needs community trust — authorities must earn it316
Frugal innovation: why low cost doesn’t have to mean low impact315
Seasonality dominates changes in lake-surface extent and aligns with human residence313
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