Nature

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature is 1. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Hello, this is Automatic Antigrief: what problem can I solve for you today?30459
How volcanoes shaped our planet — and why we need to be ready for the next big eruption4081
US chemical engineer avoids prison after conviction for hiding ties to China2756
The race to make a variant-proof COVID vaccine2422
AI predicts how many earthquake aftershocks will strike — and their strength2187
Daily briefing: Watch spines form in an artificial human embryos1929
From the archive1814
Daily briefing: Made-up words communicate across cultures1699
Mini ‘metavehicles’ zip and swerve on light power1591
Missing genomes, flexible microphone — the week in infographics1540
Clever orangutans invent nutcrackers from scratch1423
The AI historian: A new tool to decipher ancient texts1348
Daily briefing: Huge ancient civilization discovered in the Amazon1308
Giving thanks for a glovebox: helping to make medicines from natural substances1270
Daily briefing: Iron-Age woman had the earliest-known case of Turner syndrome1236
Origami mini-robot does gymnastics for a good cause1128
Daily briefing: These polar bears can survive without sea ice1125
Structure sheds light on a lipid-transport machine in mycobacteria1116
The sickle-cell drug boon1099
I advocate an African research agenda for African development1094
Flood risk rises as people surge into vulnerable regions1084
Landmark Webb observatory is now officially a telescope1080
How the daddy-long-legs gets long legs972
WHO should lead on genome-editing policy, advisers say924
Daily briefing: How an Alzheimer’s gene ravages the brain923
A guide to the Nature Index907
Daily briefing: COVID ‘super-immunity’ might wane over time873
The world’s most expensive dinosaur and more — July’s best science images844
How we boosted female faculty numbers in male-dominated departments836
A century of quantum physics827
Chronically lonely flies overeat and lose sleep823
India’s pioneering mission bolsters idea that Moon’s surface was molten771
First pig kidneys transplanted into people: what scientists think755
Control of human protein-degradation machinery revealed748
Leader of WHO’s new pandemic hub: improve data flow to extinguish outbreaks732
Trees are dying much faster in northern Australia — climate change is probably to blame718
A sea change in craft brewing715
Maize under threat, and morality for cars: Books in brief714
India’s first Sun mission will investigate the origins of space weather711
Hunting the strongest accelerators in our Galaxy696
Coronapod: the biomarker that could change COVID vaccines692
Daily briefing: Mini Moderna dose rouses big immune response680
Daily briefing: ‘Killer’ T cells still recognize Omicron676
Ten billion COVID vaccines, deadly bacteria and high-risk research674
The surprising genes behind a fingerprint’s unique swirls643
In search of body643
Goodnight, Moon639
Laser-induced vibrations probe microscale metamaterials without contacting them638
AI & robotics briefing: AlphaFold predicts thousands of possible psychedelics635
Daily briefing: Where long COVID is understudied and ignored632
Twisted system makes nanolasers shine together624
Daily briefing: You’ve got space mail! Asteroid sample delivered to Earth620
China’s mysterious spaceplane returns to Earth — what we know613
Armoured dinosaurs of the Southern Hemisphere611
How rich countries skew the fossil record610
Portugal: female science leaders could speed up change610
From the archive: biological clocks, and a pollen puzzle about flies595
Daily briefing: Oldest DNA ever found reveals big, furry surprises590
How coaching could help tackle toxic research cultures584
Ukrainian mathematician becomes second woman to win prestigious Fields Medal583
How to measure the brain of an octopus583
How 'megastudies' are changing behavioural science580
From the archive: a shared motivation for scientists, and mirages578
Daily briefing: Santorini volcano let off a prehistoric mega-blast575
Daily briefing: ‘Inflammation clock’ shows your immune system’s age575
Daily briefing: Mysterious lizard fossil revealed to be mostly black paint571
A funding adviser’s guide to writing a great grant application569
How a US government shutdown could disrupt science565
The hunt for drugs for mild COVID: scientists seek to treat those at lower risk560
From process to outcome: working toward health equity558
The impact of protected areas on waterbird populations worldwide558
My life at the helm of a top African cancer-treatment centre558
Daily briefing: Do we really need a room-temperature superconductor?556
World Bank grants for global vaccination — why so slow?552
The skilled ecosystem engineers with big teeth and paddle tails545
Japan launches preprint server — but will scientists use it?544
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is redrawing the geopolitics of space540
‘Virgin birth’ genetically engineered into female animals for the first time537
Why does fat return after dieting? The microbiome might have a hand524
ISSCR guidelines uphold human right to science for benefit of all521
The ebb and flow of the biomedical sciences in the pandemic era521
Soft X-rays capture the dance of the organelles519
What triggers severe COVID? Infected immune cells hold clues515
Where baby birds thrive: plush but precarious hangouts514
Classroom assistance: the scientists turning the tools of their trade to education512
High-precision genomic tool tackles deadly mutation511
Himalayan glaciers are losing weight faster than thought511
Kyoto review: ‘thrilling’ play shows fight for landmark climate treaty510
The plastic that biodegrades in your home compost501
Black holes, love and poetry — an artistic exploration of intimacy and adventure493
Audio long-read: why sports concussions are worse for women491
African leadership underpins success of malaria drug trial486
What Xi Jinping’s third term means for science485
Communication tools for scientists who stammer479
After COVID, African countries vow to take the fight to malaria476
Titanium alloy gains super strength with a long bake475
Daily briefing: Melting Himalayan glaciers will affect more than one billion people473
Babies collect their own viruses rather than relying on Mum’s469
Structural insights into how a blood-pressure drug inhibits an ion transporter467
A journey into the causes and effects of depression466
I’m a Palestinian scientist building a more inclusive future464
Webb telescope wows with first image of an exoplanet464
Satellite images show the widespread impact of mining on tropical rivers463
Shining a light on mysterious underwater cave creatures462
Collegiality pays and biodiversity struggles462
How to make the workplace fairer for female researchers461
Staring at the Sun — close-up images from space rewrite solar science460
Daily briefing: Deep-diving seals led scientists to an undiscovered underwater canyon457
How to keep wildcats wild: ancient DNA offers fresh insights456
Soft ‘electronic skin’ mimics our sense of touch454
The sleight-of-hand trick that can simplify scientific computing449
A chocoholic’s best friends are the birds and the bats448
Bonobo apes pout and throw tantrums — and gain sympathy448
Neuronal culprits of sickness behaviours444
Painkillers are dispensed less freely by night-shift doctors444
France’s research minister has a plan to shake up science440
Infancy of sterol biosynthesis hints at extinct eukaryotic species436
Author Correction: Bacterial cGAS senses a viral RNA to initiate immunity435
Prehistoric events might explain European multiple sclerosis risk434
Signatures of magnetism control by flow of angular momentum434
Author Correction: Life-cycle-coupled evolution of mitosis in close relatives of animals432
Yo-yo dieting accelerates cardiovascular disease by reprogramming the immune system432
Publisher Correction: Single-crystalline metal-oxide dielectrics for top-gate 2D transistors431
Publisher Correction: The future transistors429
How the grid came to shape the US landscape427
Japan needs a fresh approach to innovation426
Using sound to explore events of the Universe425
Volcano that built an island paradise is attuned to the sea425
Daily briefing: Malaria vaccine made of live parasites shows early success424
UK’s rupture with Horizon Europe is totally unnecessary423
Medicine in the blood423
Publisher Correction: Demonstration of reduced neoclassical energy transport in Wendelstein 7-X421
Daily briefing: Why asthma attacks dropped during the pandemic421
What polar researchers have learnt from the pandemic421
US election has profound implications for science in Ukraine418
AI rapidly diagnoses brain tumours during surgery418
Global conservation priorities for island plant diversity417
Marsupial genomes reveal how a skin membrane for gliding evolved417
Fossils found far from the Equator point to globetrotting tetrapods416
Daily briefing: How scientists balance work and faith413
Taiwan hit by biggest earthquake in 25 years: why scientists weren’t surprised412
Planning for life on Mars411
Black holes made from light? Impossible, say physicists411
US to end race-based university admissions: what now for diversity in science?409
The ‘Asian water tower’ is brimming — with glacial melt water406
I study small organisms to tackle big climate problems406
Daily briefing: A planetary budget to survive and thrive404
Do climate lawsuits lead to action? Researchers assess their impact402
AI & robotics briefing: First non-human on Nature’s 10 list402
Community science draws on the power of the crowd398
25th anniversary of the first known feathered dinosaurs395
Daily briefing: Diabetes drug shows promise against Parkinson’s394
‘They went to the bar at noon’: what this virtual AI village is teaching researchers394
Lifting the veil on the oldest-known animals393
New pill helps COVID smell and taste loss fade quickly390
Self-assembling synthetic polymer forms liquid-like droplets389
I peer into volcanoes to see when they’ll blow387
Melaku Worede, crop genetics leader (1936–2023)387
Stars hint at an unusual black hole lurking in our Galaxy386
Ancient DNA reveals origins of multiple sclerosis in Europe385
Unlocking the mysteries of the brain’s neocortex377
A 27,000-year-old pyramid? Controversy hits an extraordinary archaeological claim376
Moon mission failure: why is it so hard to pull off a lunar landing?376
Daily briefing: Super hot plasma made easy with stabilizing fibres375
How to develop a good writing style374
First sighting of ‘neutrino fog’ sparks excitement – but is it bad news for dark matter?373
Huge randomized trial of AI boosts discovery — at least for good scientists371
A step-by-step guide to landing your next job in science370
Author Correction: TP53 loss creates therapeutic vulnerability in colorectal cancer370
The United States, as a marine superpower, must ratify the high seas biodiversity treaty now369
Why Asia is leading the field in green materials368
Bone repair supported by flexible films made using an innovative method367
A guide to the Nature Index367
Daily briefing: Squid-inspired pills squirt drugs straight into your gut366
Ferocity of Atlantic hurricanes surges as the ocean warms365
Author Correction: The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer365
New lasso-shaped antibiotic kills drug-resistant bacteria364
How five researchers fared after their ‘great resignation’ from academia362
‘I thought I had forgotten this horror’: Ukrainian scientists stand in defiance361
Science’s carbon footprint: how health research can cut emissions361
Retraction Note: Evidence of near-ambient superconductivity in a N-doped lutetium hydride356
Author Correction: Comparative and demographic analysis of orang-utan genomes354
Should Alzheimer’s be diagnosed with a blood test? Proposal sparks controversy352
Tracking the collaborative networks of five leading science nations352
The astonishing scientists who starved to protect plants during the Second World War351
Cycles351
Kids’ real-world arithmetic skills don’t transfer to the classroom350
Federico Mayor Zaragoza obituary: former UNESCO chief who championed neonatal screening350
Author Correction: Synthetic GPCRs for programmable sensing and control of cell behaviour349
A sustainable ocean needs thriving ocean societies347
What are the best AI tools for research? Nature’s guide347
Plasmas primed for rapid pulse production347
Daily briefing: Meet the recipient of the first whole-eye transplant347
Mysterious radio bursts mostly come from massive galaxies345
Satellite images reveal untracked human activity on the oceans345
All we are is our memories345
Months away at sea to protect China’s only population of Bryde’s whales345
Science communication will benefit from research integrity standards345
A DIY ‘bionic pancreas’ is changing diabetes care — what's next?344
Why do obesity drugs seem to treat so many other ailments?344
Deglacial increase of seasonal temperature variability in the tropical ocean342
Author Correction: Rewiring cancer drivers to activate apoptosis342
First public statue of female scientist in Italy celebrates astronomer341
Why a cheap, effective treatment for diarrhoea is underused339
The world’s biggest animal migration and more — July’s best science images339
UK research assessment is being reformed — but the changes miss the mark339
My brief appearance in Downton Abbey: Nature readers share stories of side gigs338
Addiction: expand diagnostic borders with care336
How wildfires deplete ozone in the stratosphere335
Colour blindness: journals should enable image redisplay333
A whale of an appetite revealed by analysis of prey consumption332
Who needs qubits? Physicists make light-based ‘qumodes’ for quantum computing330
The United States needs a department of technology and science policy330
Missing data mean we’ll probably never know how many people died of COVID328
Author Correction: Neutralizing GDF-15 can overcome anti-PD-1 and anti-PD-L1 resistance in solid tumours327
Immune molecule links COVID‑19 with severe inflammatory disorder in children325
Three AI-powered steps to faster, smarter peer review325
Tweeting your research paper boosts engagement but not citations324
Do elephants have names for each other?323
Old electric-vehicle batteries can find new purpose — on the grid323
Cancer’s power harnessed — lymphoma mutations supercharge T cells322
I took my case to Nepal’s highest court to improve conservation321
Splendid squirrel sneezes at will321
Daily briefing: Gaze upon the most detailed Moon maps ever made321
Brain implants help people to recover after severe head injury321
So … you’ve been hacked320
The Correctives320
Mystery of huge ancient engravings of snakes solved at last320
Did ‘alien’ debris hit Earth? Startling claim sparks row at scientific meeting320
Verbose robots, and why some people love Bach: Books in Brief319
Superstar porous materials get salty thanks to computer simulations319
Can giant surveys of scientists fight misinformation on COVID, climate change and more?318
Major ocean database that will guide deep-sea mining has flaws, scientists warn318
Ancient humans used bone tools one million years earlier than thought317
Stretched skin cells divide without DNA replication317
Drowning in seaweed: How to stop invasive Sargassum316
Coral giants sound the alarm for the Great Barrier Reef316
Allen J. Bard obituary: electrochemist whose techniques underpin clinical diagnostics, materials discovery and more316
Extreme heat harms health — what is the human body’s limit?316
Author Correction: Spatiotemporal dissection of the cell cycle with single-cell proteogenomics315
Early-career researchers help Wellcome funding panel314
Iran and India: work together to save cheetahs313
Plastics treaty — research must inform action313
Publisher Correction: Indo-Pacific Walker circulation drove Pleistocene African aridification311
Chile: elect a president to strengthen climate action, not weaken it311
Bioeconomy: game changer for climate action310
Author Correction: Inherent mosaicism and extensive mutation of human placentas309
Daily briefing: The infinite optimism of polymath Gottfried Leibniz309
Daily briefing: Infamous ‘hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19’ paper has been retracted308
Build your own receptor: modular system can be tailored to any antigen308
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