Nature

Article	Citations
Babies collect their own viruses rather than relying on Mum’s	15089
Structural insights into how a blood-pressure drug inhibits an ion transporter	3752
Daily briefing: Melting Himalayan glaciers will affect more than one billion people	3308
How to make the workplace fairer for female researchers	2115
Shining a light on mysterious underwater cave creatures	1957
Staring at the Sun — close-up images from space rewrite solar science	1692
Webb telescope wows with first image of an exoplanet	1619
Daily briefing: Deep-diving seals led scientists to an undiscovered underwater canyon	1579
How to keep wildcats wild: ancient DNA offers fresh insights	1528
The ebb and flow of the biomedical sciences in the pandemic era	1379
Where baby birds thrive: plush but precarious hangouts	1316
Classroom assistance: the scientists turning the tools of their trade to education	1288
High-precision genomic tool tackles deadly mutation	1284
Himalayan glaciers are losing weight faster than thought	1274
How the grid came to shape the US landscape	1163
Prehistoric events might explain European multiple sclerosis risk	1138
The ‘Asian water tower’ is brimming — with glacial melt water	1136
Fossils found far from the Equator point to globetrotting tetrapods	1127
Daily briefing: A planetary budget to survive and thrive	1118
I study small organisms to tackle big climate problems	1116
My life at the helm of a top African cancer-treatment centre	1085
Daily briefing: Do we really need a room-temperature superconductor?	1009
From process to outcome: working toward health equity	1007
A chocoholic’s best friends are the birds and the bats	996
Bonobo apes pout and throw tantrums — and gain sympathy	982

Soft ‘electronic skin’ mimics our sense of touch	943
Community science draws on the power of the crowd	927
25th anniversary of the first known feathered dinosaurs	927
New pill helps COVID smell and taste loss fade quickly	925
I peer into volcanoes to see when they’ll blow	911
Lifting the veil on the oldest-known animals	895
Daily briefing: Diabetes drug shows promise against Parkinson’s	892
Black holes made from light? Impossible, say physicists	890
The plastic that biodegrades in your home compost	888
Communication tools for scientists who stammer	883
I’m a Palestinian scientist building a more inclusive future	857
Black holes, love and poetry — an artistic exploration of intimacy and adventure	830
Kyoto review: ‘thrilling’ play shows fight for landmark climate treaty	827
Why does fat return after dieting? The microbiome might have a hand	818
‘Virgin birth’ genetically engineered into female animals for the first time	816
US chemical engineer avoids prison after conviction for hiding ties to China	813
The race to make a variant-proof COVID vaccine	803
Daily briefing: Huge ancient civilization discovered in the Amazon	803
Daily briefing: Watch spines form in an artificial human embryos	794
AI predicts how many earthquake aftershocks will strike — and their strength	788
How volcanoes shaped our planet — and why we need to be ready for the next big eruption	774
Structure sheds light on a lipid-transport machine in mycobacteria	767
Daily briefing: Iron-Age woman had the earliest-known case of Turner syndrome	761
Giving thanks for a glovebox: helping to make medicines from natural substances	751
I advocate an African research agenda for African development	747
Daily briefing: How an Alzheimer’s gene ravages the brain	744
From the archive: a shared motivation for scientists, and mirages	744
A guide to the Nature Index	744
How coaching could help tackle toxic research cultures	723
How to measure the brain of an octopus	721
From the archive: biological clocks, and a pollen puzzle about flies	717
Daily briefing: Oldest DNA ever found reveals big, furry surprises	708
India’s first Sun mission will investigate the origins of space weather	706
How a US government shutdown could disrupt science	705
The world’s most expensive dinosaur and more — July’s best science images	693
How we boosted female faculty numbers in male-dominated departments	692
Daily briefing: You’ve got space mail! Asteroid sample delivered to Earth	688
China’s mysterious spaceplane returns to Earth — what we know	688
Laser-induced vibrations probe microscale metamaterials without contacting them	681
AI & robotics briefing: AlphaFold predicts thousands of possible psychedelics	675
Daily briefing: Where long COVID is understudied and ignored	673
Daily briefing: Mysterious lizard fossil revealed to be mostly black paint	643
Daily briefing: Santorini volcano let off a prehistoric mega-blast	642
A century of quantum physics	638
India’s pioneering mission bolsters idea that Moon’s surface was molten	635
Why I use Notion to organize my PhD research	634
Kids’ real-world arithmetic skills don’t transfer to the classroom	632
Scientists everywhere must be protected	630
AI and misinformation are supercharging the risk of nuclear war	625
Why I co-developed a research career launchpad for first generation students	622

‘Wind droughts’ driven by climate change put green power at risk	622
The world’s biggest animal migration and more — July’s best science images	620
Daily briefing: Gaze upon the most detailed Moon maps ever made	612
The Correctives	597
Mystery of huge ancient engravings of snakes solved at last	596
Superstar porous materials get salty thanks to computer simulations	596
Did ‘alien’ debris hit Earth? Startling claim sparks row at scientific meeting	592
So … you’ve been hacked	590
Verbose robots, and why some people love Bach: Books in Brief	589
Do elephants have names for each other?	585
Missing data mean we’ll probably never know how many people died of COVID	584
Splendid squirrel sneezes at will	583
Brain implants help people to recover after severe head injury	582
Cancer’s power harnessed — lymphoma mutations supercharge T cells	582
I took my case to Nepal’s highest court to improve conservation	577
Why a cheap, effective treatment for diarrhoea is underused	574
Who needs qubits? Physicists make light-based ‘qumodes’ for quantum computing	573
My brief appearance in Downton Abbey: Nature readers share stories of side gigs	569
Immune molecule links COVID‑19 with severe inflammatory disorder in children	561
Coral giants sound the alarm for the Great Barrier Reef	560
Daily briefing: The infinite optimism of polymath Gottfried Leibniz	558
Iran and India: work together to save cheetahs	556
Ancient humans used bone tools one million years earlier than thought	552
Bioeconomy: game changer for climate action	550
Melaku Worede, crop genetics leader (1936–2023)	549
Ancient DNA reveals origins of multiple sclerosis in Europe	547
Stars hint at an unusual black hole lurking in our Galaxy	547
Unlocking the mysteries of the brain’s neocortex	546
Moon mission failure: why is it so hard to pull off a lunar landing?	544
Daily briefing: Meet the recipient of the first whole-eye transplant	536
The astonishing scientists who starved to protect plants during the Second World War	533
Daily briefing: Super hot plasma made easy with stabilizing fibres	531
How to develop a good writing style	528
The United States, as a marine superpower, must ratify the high seas biodiversity treaty now	526
Cycles	526
A step-by-step guide to landing your next job in science	525
Why Asia is leading the field in green materials	523
Bone repair supported by flexible films made using an innovative method	520
A guide to the Nature Index	515
Daily briefing: Squid-inspired pills squirt drugs straight into your gut	514
France’s research minister has a plan to shake up science	512
Japan needs a fresh approach to innovation	509
A sustainable ocean needs thriving ocean societies	508
Federico Mayor Zaragoza obituary: former UNESCO chief who championed neonatal screening	508
Mysterious radio bursts mostly come from massive galaxies	507
All we are is our memories	506
Months away at sea to protect China’s only population of Bryde’s whales	499
New lasso-shaped antibiotic kills drug-resistant bacteria	495
First sighting of ‘neutrino fog’ sparks excitement – but is it bad news for dark matter?	494
‘They went to the bar at noon’: what this virtual AI village is teaching researchers	489
A 27,000-year-old pyramid? Controversy hits an extraordinary archaeological claim	488
A ‘killswitch’ peptide solidifies protein droplets in living cells	485
Early grant success attracts more funding: study of 100,000 applicants hints at why	485
How flight helped bats become invincible to viruses	483
Taiwan hit by biggest earthquake in 25 years: why scientists weren’t surprised	483
Nearly half of China’s major cities are sinking — some ‘rapidly’	482
Daily briefing: How scientists balance work and faith	481
Marsupial genomes reveal how a skin membrane for gliding evolved	477
AI rapidly diagnoses brain tumours during surgery	475
‘For AI to change how economies work, it has to represent all of us’	473
Global conservation priorities for island plant diversity	473
US election has profound implications for science in Ukraine	473
First images from world’s largest digital camera leave astronomers in awe	469
How the brain’s amygdala reacts when making decisions to avoid losses	463
Daily briefing: Different people’s brains process colours in the same way	462
Newfound immune cell in mice hints at why inflammation spikes with old age	460
Earth’s capacity to store carbon could max out surprisingly soon	460
Your time is valuable. Don’t give it away just for ‘exposure’	458
Retractions can reshape scientists’ careers in unexpected ways	456
Self-assembling synthetic polymer forms liquid-like droplets	456
How a tick-borne virus enters human cells	452
Tree islands boost biodiversity in oil-palm plantations	450
Ultrashort laser pulse amplified by back-and-forth propagation	449
It’s not wokeness — it’s human rights	448
Titanium alloy gains super strength with a long bake	448
‘Big leap’ for Parkinson’s treatment: symptoms improve in stem-cell trials	447
Forget formalism: mathematics was built on infighting and emotional turmoil	443
Ferocity of Atlantic hurricanes surges as the ocean warms	442
Huge randomized trial of AI boosts discovery — at least for good scientists	442
Planning for life on Mars	439

Twisted system makes nanolasers shine together	438
Should Alzheimer’s be diagnosed with a blood test? Proposal sparks controversy	438
Satellite images show the widespread impact of mining on tropical rivers	437
The race to uncover snow’s many mysteries before it disappears forever	435
Creative hobbies could slow brain ageing at the molecular level	434
What the Silicon Valley Bank collapse means for science start-ups	433
Satellite images reveal untracked human activity on the oceans	432
The sleight-of-hand trick that can simplify scientific computing	432
Allen J. Bard obituary: electrochemist whose techniques underpin clinical diagnostics, materials discovery and more	432
Quantum feat: physicists observe entangled quarks for first time	431
Einstein in Oxford: the untold story of an unlikely friendship	429
The Nature Podcast festive spectacular 2024	429
DNA circuits store data — with heat as their power source	427
Daily briefing: Infamous ‘hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19’ paper has been retracted	427
‘The wolf is not the bad guy’: working with farmers to protect a reintroduced species	427
Build your own receptor: modular system can be tailored to any antigen	427
Preprint sites bioRxiv and medRxiv launch new era of independence	427
Mind-reading machines are coming — how can we keep them in check?	426
Trust and science: the essential elements missing from plastics treaty talks	423
By the time you hear these bats, it’s too late	422
Why coastal megacities should look inland for research collaborations	421
A breathalyser-style test for detecting pancreatic cancer	419
How wildfires deplete ozone in the stratosphere	417
Five important financial moves for PhD students	416
UK research assessment is being reformed — but the changes miss the mark	416
Nature’s 10: Ten people who shaped science in 2025	413
Asteroids, antibiotics and ants: a year of remarkable science	409
Seasonality dominates changes in lake-surface extent and aligns with human residence	407
Exclusive: Documents raise questions about UCLA’s suspension of ecologist	405
Bird brains help scientists to unveil the secrets of speech	404
Blood of man who’s had 200 snake bites helps make a potent antivenom	403
Storm of seizures in a baby’s brain calms after trial therapy	403
Ancient shackles testify to brutality of Egypt’s gold mines	403
Canada’s election: what Mark Carney’s win means for science	401
Creating an ‘all comers’ research group in quantitative history	401
‘Dark matter’, 'Big Bang' and ‘spin’: how physics terms can confuse researchers	397
Young physicists say ethics rules are being ignored	394
Dazzling auroras are just a warm-up as more solar storms are likely, scientists say	393
Plastic polymers split into reusable monomers using an electrical heating method	391
A protein tunnel that shuttles lipids around the cell	389
‘Landmark’ evolution study shows how rice inherits tolerance to cold without DNA changes	389
Cell classification should be based on more than just DNA	389
Journal targeted by paper mill still grappling with the aftermath years later	389
Einstein hated entanglement — and five other quantum myths	388
Addiction: expand diagnostic borders with care	387
Speeding up ginseng growth to aid drug discovery	387
Google Scholar-based tool gives extra credit to first and last authors	387
World's first wooden satellite could herald era of greener space exploration	384
See the intricate worlds of parasites and algae — March’s best science images	381
Tweeting your research paper boosts engagement but not citations	381
Do climate lawsuits lead to action? Researchers assess their impact	379
Publisher Correction: The future transistors	378
Light from cosmic dawn hints at how interstellar dust is made	378
Author Correction: Autoimmune response to C9orf72 protein in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis	377
Plastics treaty — research must inform action	376
Dogs have deep genetic roots in ice-age Europe	374
A fellowship of the rings in plant defence	373
Science’s carbon footprint: how health research can cut emissions	370
Retraction Note: Evidence of near-ambient superconductivity in a N-doped lutetium hydride	369
Neuronal culprits of sickness behaviours	367
The Moon belongs to all of us — not just countries that can afford to reach it	366
What Xi Jinping’s third term means for science	366
Shared genetic risk in psychiatric disorders	363
Audio long read: Will blockbuster obesity drugs revolutionize addiction treatment?	363
Author Correction: Comparative and demographic analysis of orang-utan genomes	361
Author Correction: Like-minded sources on Facebook are prevalent but not polarizing	361
Author Correction: Spatiotemporal dissection of the cell cycle with single-cell proteogenomics	361
Author Correction: Life-cycle-coupled evolution of mitosis in close relatives of animals	360
Author Correction: Synthetic GPCRs for programmable sensing and control of cell behaviour	358
Author Correction: Neutralizing GDF-15 can overcome anti-PD-1 and anti-PD-L1 resistance in solid tumours	352
Author Correction: The oldest known lepidosaur and origins of lepidosaur feeding adaptations	351
Use space technology to help tackle public-health events	351
Shape-shifting electrodes tune optical-frequency converter	350
RSV wave hammers hospitals — but vaccines and treatments are coming	349
A troubleshooting guide to your flat-pack planet	346
Making progress on global health will need high-quality evidence	343
Yo-yo dieting accelerates cardiovascular disease by reprogramming the immune system	343
Ancient pottery reveals early evidence of mathematical thinking	342
An innovative way for whales to sing	339
Ice age wolf pup’s stomach yields rare DNA from woolly rhino	339
Extreme heat harms health — what is the human body’s limit?	338
Dear Donald Trump: A letter from Nature on how to make science thrive	338
Daily briefing: Scientists delve into the smells of history	337
Quantum spinning effect observed in a levitating magnet	336
US to end race-based university admissions: what now for diversity in science?	335
Amazonian deforestation makes the wet season wetter, and the dry season drier	335
What is the science behind ‘science-backed’ supplements?	334
Why universities need to radically rethink exams in the age of AI	334
Daily briefing: A daily multivitamin slows the signs of biological ageing	333
COVID drug Paxlovid was hailed as a game-changer. What happened?	332
Editorial Expression of Concern: Opposing roles for calcineurin and ATF3 in squamous skin cancer	332
Missile defence won’t prevent the health crises that rock global security	330
How your brain controls ageing — and why zombie cells could be key	327
Infancy of sterol biosynthesis hints at extinct eukaryotic species	326
Why do obesity drugs seem to treat so many other ailments?	326