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# Nature 2021: all accepted papers

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1101. **[Anisotropic satellite galaxy quenching modulated by black hole activity ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03545-9)**Ignacio Martín-Navarro, Annalisa Pillepich, Dylan Nelson et al.*47 citations*
1102. **[COVID and the brain: researchers zero in on how damage occurs ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01693-6)**Michael Marshall*47 citations*
1103. **[China prepares to test thorium-fuelled nuclear reactor ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02459-w)**Smriti Mallapaty*47 citations*
1104. **[Reproducibility: expect less of the scientific paper ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02486-7)**Olavo B. Amaral, Kleber Neves*47 citations*
1105. **[Researchers fear growing COVID vaccine hesitancy in developing nations ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03830-7)**Smriti Mallapaty*47 citations*
1106. **[‘We are being ignored’: Brazil’s researchers blame anti-science government for devastating COVID surge ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01031-w)**Luke Taylor*47 citations*
1107. **[A guide to Plan S: the open-access initiative shaking up science publishing ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00883-6)**Holly Else*46 citations*
1108. **[Anthropocene: event or epoch? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02448-z)**Andrew M. Bauer, Matt Edgeworth, Lucy E. Edwards et al.*46 citations*
1109. **[How antiviral pill molnupiravir shot ahead in the COVID drug hunt ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02783-1)**Cassandra Willyard*46 citations*
1110. **[Iron and nickel atoms in cometary atmospheres even far from the Sun ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03435-0)**Jean Manfroid, Damien Hutsemékers, Emmanuël Jehin*46 citations*
1111. **[National COVID debts: climate change imperils countries’ ability to repay ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00871-w)**Arjuna Dibley, Thom Wetzer, Cameron J. Hepburn*46 citations*
1112. **[Omicron-variant border bans ignore the evidence, say scientists ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03608-x)**Smriti Mallapaty*46 citations*
1113. **[Quantum gas magnifier for sub-lattice-resolved imaging of 3D quantum systems ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04011-2)**Luca Asteria, Henrik P. Zahn, Marcel N. Kosch et al.*46 citations*
1114. **[Racism is magnifying the deadly impact of rising city heat ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01881-4)**Alexandra Witze*46 citations*
1115. **[Scientific success by numbers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01169-7)**Cassidy R. Sugimoto*46 citations*
1116. **[Neural dynamics underlying birdsong practice and performance ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04004-1)**Jonnathan Singh Alvarado, Jack Goffinet, Valerie Michael et al.*45 citations*
1117. **[Why some researchers oppose unrestricted sharing of coronavirus genome data ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01194-6)**Amy Maxmen*45 citations*
1118. **[A long-term perspective on immunity to COVID ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01557-z)**Andreas Radbruch, Hyun‐Dong Chang*44 citations*
1119. **[Community–academic partnerships helped Flint through its water crisis ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01586-8)**Emily Lewis, Richard Casey Sadler*44 citations*
1120. **[Cotranslational prolyl hydroxylation is essential for flavivirus biogenesis ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03851-2)**Ranen Aviner, Kathy H. Li, Judith Frydman et al.*44 citations*
1121. **[Ebola virus antibody decay–stimulation in a high proportion of survivors ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-03146-y)**Charlene Adaken, Janet T. Scott, Raman Sharma et al.*44 citations*
1122. **[Functional refolding of the penetration protein on a non-enveloped virus ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-03124-4)**Tobias Herrmann, Raúl Torres, Eric N. Salgado et al.*44 citations*
1123. **[How to include Indigenous researchers and their knowledge ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00022-1)**Virginia L. Gewin*44 citations*
1124. **[Pregnancy and COVID: what the data say ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00578-y)**Nidhi Subbaraman*44 citations*
1125. **[A Triassic stem lepidosaur illuminates the origin of lizard-like reptiles ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03834-3)**Ricardo Nestor Martínez, Tiago R. Simões, Gabriela Sobral et al.*43 citations*
1126. **[Everyone should decide how their digital data are used — not just tech companies ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01812-3)**Jathan Sadowski, Salomé Viljoen, Meredith Whittaker*43 citations*
1127. **[Hemispheric black carbon increase after the 13th-century Māori arrival in New Zealand ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03858-9)**Joseph R. McConnell, Nathan J. Chellman, Robert Mulvaney et al.*43 citations*
1128. **[Human genetic variants identified that affect COVID susceptibility and severity ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01773-7)**Samira Asgari, Lionel A. Pousaz*43 citations*
1129. **[Kainate receptor modulation by NETO2 ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03936-y)**Lingli He, Jiahui Sun, Yiwei Gao et al.*43 citations*
1130. **[Structural basis of cytokine-mediated activation of ALK family receptors ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03959-5)**Steven De Munck, Mathias Provost, Michiko Kurikawa et al.*43 citations*
1131. **[Thermally reconfigurable monoclinic nematic colloidal fluids ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03249-0)**Haridas Mundoor, Jin-Sheng Wu, H. H. Wensink et al.*43 citations*
1132. **[Type III-A CRISPR immunity promotes mutagenesis of staphylococci ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03440-3)**Charlie Y. Mo, Jacob Mathai, Jakob T. Rostøl et al.*43 citations*
1133. **[Vaccines are curbing COVID: Data from Israel show drop in infections ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00316-4)**Smriti Mallapaty*43 citations*
1134. **[Where did COVID come from? Five mysteries that remain ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00502-4)**Smriti Mallapaty*43 citations*
1135. **[A white-knuckle ride of open COVID drug discovery ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01571-1)**F. von Delft, Mark Calmiano, John D. Chodera et al.*42 citations*
1136. **[COVID’s toll on smell and taste: what scientists do and don’t know ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00055-6)**Michael Marshall*42 citations*
1137. **[Contact-tracing apps help reduce COVID infections, data suggest ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00451-y)**Dyani Lewis*42 citations*
1138. **[Mix-and-match COVID vaccines: the case is growing, but questions remain ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01805-2)**Dyani Lewis*42 citations*
1139. **[The importance of lake breach floods for valley incision on early Mars ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03860-1)**Timothy Andrew Goudge, Alexander M. Morgan, Gaia Stucky de Quay et al.*42 citations*
1140. **[A mitochondrial gatekeeper that helps cells escape death by ferroptosis ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01203-8)**Javier García‐Bermúdez, Kıvanç Birsoy*41 citations*
1141. **[Artificial intelligence powers protein-folding predictions ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03499-y)**Michael S. Eisenstein*41 citations*
1142. **[Controversial Alzheimer’s drug approval could affect other diseases ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01763-9)**Asher Mullard*41 citations*
1143. **[Limit on lab-grown human embryos dropped by stem-cell body ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01423-y)**Nidhi Subbaraman*41 citations*
1144. **[Quantitative lineage analysis identifies a hepato-pancreato-biliary progenitor niche ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03844-1)**David Willnow, Uwe Benary, Anca Margineanu et al.*41 citations*
1145. **[Researchers from global south under-represented in development research ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02549-9)**Layal Liverpool*41 citations*
1146. **[Structural architecture of the human NALCN channelosome ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04313-5)**Marc Kschonsak, Han Chow Chua, Claudia Weidling et al.*41 citations*
1147. **[Variant-proof vaccines — invest now for the next pandemic ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00340-4)**Dennis R. Burton, Eric J. Topol*41 citations*
1148. **[Build solar-energy systems to last — save billions ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03626-9)**Dirk C. Jordan, Teresa M. Barnes, N. M. Haegel et al.*40 citations*
1149. **[Chemistry can help make plastics sustainable — but it isn’t the whole solution ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00391-7)***40 citations*
1150. **[Fossoriality and evolutionary development in two Cretaceous mammaliamorphs ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03433-2)**Fangyuan Mao, Chi Zhang, LIU Cunyu et al.*40 citations*
1151. **[How scientists are embracing NFTs ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01642-3)**Nicola Jones*40 citations*
1152. **[Merck’s COVID pill loses its lustre: what that means for the pandemic ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03667-0)**Max Kozlov*40 citations*
1153. **[Protective efficacy of Ad26.COV2.S against SARS-CoV-2 B.1.351 in macaques ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03732-8)**Jingyou Yu, Lisa H. Tostanoski, Noe B. Mercado et al.*40 citations*
1154. **[Revolutionary view of two ways to split a mitochondrion ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01173-x)**Rajarshi Chakrabarti, Henry N. Higgs*40 citations*
1155. **[Sulfur sequestration promotes multicellularity during nutrient limitation ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03270-3)**Beth L. Kelly, Gustavo Carrizo, Joy Edwards-Hicks et al.*40 citations*
1156. **[Tracking the origin of Transeurasian languages ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03037-w)**Peter S. Bellwood*40 citations*
1157. **[Beyond coronavirus: the virus discoveries transforming biology ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01749-7)**Amber Dance*39 citations*
1158. **[Carbon implications of marginal oils from market-derived demand shocks ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03932-2)**Mohammad S. Masnadi, Giacomo Benini, Hassan M. El-Houjeiri et al.*39 citations*
1159. **[Net-zero carbon pledges must be meaningful to avert climate disaster ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00864-9)***39 citations*
1160. **[Very-high-frequency oscillations in the main peak of a magnetar giant flare ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04101-1)**Alberto Javier Castro-Tirado, Nikolai Østgaard, Ersin Göğüş et al.*39 citations*
1161. **[cAMP binding to closed pacemaker ion channels is non-cooperative ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03686-x)**David S. White, Sandipan Roy Chowdhury, Vinay Kumar Idikuda et al.*39 citations*
1162. **[A monotreme-like auditory apparatus in a Middle Jurassic haramiyidan ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-03137-z)**Junyou Wang, John R. Wible, Bin Guo et al.*38 citations*
1163. **[How ‘killer’ T cells could boost COVID immunity in face of new variants ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00367-7)**Heidi K. Ledford*38 citations*
1164. **[Jets from MRC 0600-399 bent by magnetic fields in the cluster Abell 3376 ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03434-1)**James O. Chibueze, Haruka Sakemi, Takumi Ohmura et al.*38 citations*
1165. **[Observation of the onset of a blue jet into the stratosphere ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-03122-6)**Torsten Neubert, Olivier Chanrion, Matthias Heumesser et al.*38 citations*
1166. **[Sympathetic cooling of a trapped proton mediated by an LC circuit ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03784-w)**M. Bohman, V. Grunhofer, C. Smorra et al.*38 citations*
1167. **[What humanity should eat to stay healthy and save the planet ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03565-5)**Gayathri Vaidyanathan*38 citations*
1168. **[Closest known relatives of virus behind COVID-19 found in Laos ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02596-2)**Smriti Mallapaty*37 citations*
1169. **[Dispatched uses Na+ flux to power release of lipid-modified Hedgehog ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03996-0)**Qianqian Wang, Daniel E. Asarnow, Ke Ding et al.*37 citations*
1170. **[Measuring the density structure of an accretion hot spot ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03751-5)**Catherine C. Espaillat, C. Robinson, Marina M. Romanova et al.*37 citations*
1171. **[Pliocene decoupling of equatorial Pacific temperature and pH gradients ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03884-7)**Madison G. Shankle, Natalie Burls, Alexey V. Fedorov et al.*37 citations*
1172. **[Can artificially altered clouds save the Great Barrier Reef? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02290-3)**Jeff Tollefson*36 citations*
1173. **[High-entropy ejecta plumes in Cassiopeia A from neutrino-driven convection ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03391-9)**Toshiki Sato, Keiichi Maeda, Shigehiro Nagataki et al.*36 citations*
1174. **[How protein-based COVID vaccines could change the pandemic ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03025-0)**Elie Dolgin*36 citations*
1175. **[India’s COVID-vaccine woes — by the numbers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00996-y)**T. V. Padma*36 citations*
1176. **[Molecular basis for control of antibiotic production by a bacterial hormone ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03195-x)**Shanshan Zhou, Hussain Bhukya, Nicolas Malet et al.*36 citations*
1177. **[Replication stress promotes cell elimination by extrusion ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03526-y)**Vivek K. Dwivedi, Carlos Pardo-Pastor, Rita Droste et al.*36 citations*
1178. **[WHO report into COVID pandemic origins zeroes in on animal markets, not labs ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00865-8)**Amy Maxmen*36 citations*
1179. **[A thin mantle transition zone beneath the equatorial Mid-Atlantic Ridge ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-03139-x)**Matthew R. Agius, Catherine A. Rychert, Nicholas Harmon et al.*35 citations*
1180. **[COVID vaccines protect against Delta, but their effectiveness wanes ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02261-8)**Katharine Sanderson*35 citations*
1181. **[How COVID hurt the fight against other dangerous diseases ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01022-x)**Leslie Roberts*35 citations*
1182. **[How COVID spurred Africa to plot a vaccines revolution ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01048-1)**Aisling Irwin*35 citations*
1183. **[Indo-Pacific Walker circulation drove Pleistocene African aridification ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03896-3)**J.J.L. van der Lubbe, I.R. Hall, Stephen Barker et al.*35 citations*
1184. **[Single-year radiocarbon dating anchors Viking Age trade cycles in time ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04240-5)**Bente Philippsen, Claus Feveile, Jesper Olsen et al.*35 citations*
1185. **[The authorship rows that sour scientific collaborations ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01574-y)**Nic Fleming*35 citations*
1186. **[A finding of sex similarities rather than differences in COVID-19 outcomes ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03644-7)**Heather Shattuck‐Heidorn, Ann Caroline Danielsen, Annika D. Gompers et al.*34 citations*
1187. **[COVID vaccines slash viral spread – but Delta is an unknown ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02054-z)**Smriti Mallapaty*34 citations*
1188. **[How epidemiology has shaped the COVID pandemic ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00183-z)***34 citations*
1189. **[Reconstruction of Bloch wavefunctions of holes in a semiconductor ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03940-2)**Joseph B. Costello, Seamus D. O'Hara, Qile Wu et al.*34 citations*
1190. **[Structural basis for ligand reception by anaplastic lymphoma kinase ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04141-7)**Tongqing Li, Steven E. Stayrook, Yuko Tsutsui et al.*34 citations*
1191. **[The search for animals harbouring coronavirus — and why it matters ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00531-z)**Smriti Mallapaty*34 citations*
1192. **[COVID super-immunity: one of the pandemic’s great puzzles ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02795-x)**Ewen Callaway*33 citations*
1193. **[DeepMind’s AI predicts structures for a vast trove of proteins ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02025-4)**Ewen Callaway*33 citations*
1194. **[Half of top cancer studies fail high-profile reproducibility effort ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03691-0)**Asher Mullard*33 citations*
1195. **[How do vaccinated people spread Delta? What the science says ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02187-1)**Nidhi Subbaraman*33 citations*
1196. **[Hundreds of ‘predatory’ journals indexed on leading scholarly database ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00239-0)**Dalmeet Singh Chawla*33 citations*
1197. **[Kids and COVID: why young immune systems are still on top ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02423-8)**Smriti Mallapaty*33 citations*
1198. **[Omicron overpowers key COVID antibody treatments in early tests ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03829-0)**Max Kozlov*33 citations*
1199. **[Structural and spectroscopic characterization of an einsteinium complex ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-03179-3)**Korey Prescott Carter, Katherine M. Shield, Kurt F. Smith et al.*33 citations*
1200. **[The parenting penalties faced by scientist mothers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01993-x)**Kendall Powell*33 citations*

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