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# Nature 2021: all accepted papers

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1201. **[‘Unprecedented achievement’: who received the first billion COVID vaccinations? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01136-2)**Freda Kreier*33 citations*
1202. **[Glowing nanocrystals enable 3D X-ray imaging ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00350-2)**Albano N. Carneiro Neto, Oscar L. Malta*32 citations*
1203. **[How COVID is derailing the fight against HIV, TB and malaria ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02469-8)**Leslie Roberts*32 citations*
1204. **[On the liquid–liquid phase transition of dense hydrogen ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04078-x)**Valentin V. Karasiev, Joshua Hinz, S. X. Hu et al.*32 citations*
1205. **[COVID lesson: trust the public with hard truths ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02758-2)**Michael Bang Petersen*31 citations*
1206. **[Collaborations with artists go beyond communicating the science ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00469-2)***31 citations*
1207. **[English is the language of science — but precision is tough as a non-native speaker ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00899-y)**Roey Elnathan*31 citations*
1208. **[Gaseous atomic nickel in the coma of interstellar comet 2I/Borisov ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03485-4)**Piotr Guzik, Michał Drahus*31 citations*
1209. **[Structural basis of malaria RIFIN binding by LILRB1-containing antibodies ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03378-6)**Yiwei Chen, Kai Y. Xu, Luca Piccoli et al.*31 citations*
1210. **[The fraction of the global population at risk of floods is growing ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01974-0)**Brenden Jongman*31 citations*
1211. **[Too many scientists still say Caucasian ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02288-x)**Alice B. Popejoy*31 citations*
1212. **[Forensic database challenged over ethics of DNA holdings ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01584-w)**Quirin Schiermeier*30 citations*
1213. **[Give research into solar geoengineering a chance ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01243-0)***30 citations*
1214. **[Glass is the hidden gem in a carbon-neutral future ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02992-8)***30 citations*
1215. **[How microbes in permafrost could trigger a massive carbon bomb ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00659-y)**Monique Brouillette*30 citations*
1216. **[Mental health: build predictive models to steer policy ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02581-9)**Jo‐An Occhipinti, Adam Skinner, Pudugramam Murali Doraiswamy et al.*30 citations*
1217. **[Possible overestimation of isomer depletion due to contamination ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03333-5)**S. Guo, Yong-De Fang, Xin‐Hui Zhou et al.*30 citations*
1218. **[The COVID pandemic’s lingering impact on clinical trials ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01569-9)**Heidi K. Ledford*30 citations*
1219. **[Colour me better: fixing figures for colour blindness ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02696-z)**Alla Katsnelson*29 citations*
1220. **[Discrimination still plagues science ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03043-y)**Chris Woolston*29 citations*
1221. **[High-entropy alloys expand their range ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01788-0)**Neil J. Savage*29 citations*
1222. **[How ancient people fell in love with bread, beer and other carbs ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01681-w)**Andrew E. Curry*29 citations*
1223. **[How burnout and imposter syndrome blight scientific careers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03042-z)**Chris Woolston*29 citations*
1224. **[How to shape a productive scientist–artist collaboration ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00397-1)**Virginia L. Gewin*29 citations*
1225. **[The secret forces that squeeze and pull life into shape ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00018-x)**Amber Dance*29 citations*
1226. **[COVID vaccines and kids: five questions as trials begin ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01061-4)**Ewen Callaway*28 citations*
1227. **[Cardiopharyngeal deconstruction and ancestral tunicate sessility ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04041-w)**Alfonso Ferrández‐Roldán, Marc Fabregà-Torrus, Gaspar Sánchez-Serna et al.*28 citations*
1228. **[Centromeres are dismantled by foundational meiotic proteins Spo11 and Rec8 ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03279-8)**Haitong Hou, Eftychia Kyriacou, Rahul Thadani et al.*28 citations*
1229. **[Daily briefing: Omicron coronavirus variant puts scientists on alert ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03564-6)**Flora Graham*28 citations*
1230. **[Earthquakes indicated magma viscosity during Kīlauea’s 2018 eruption ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03400-x)**Diana C. Roman, Arianna Soldati, Donald Bruce Dingwell et al.*28 citations*
1231. **[Mice with disrupted mitochondria used to model Parkinson’s disease ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02955-z)**Zak Doric, Ken Nakamura*28 citations*
1232. **[Nuclear energy, ten years after Fukushima ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00580-4)**Aditi Verma, Ali Ahmad, Francesca Giovannini*28 citations*
1233. **[The US is boosting funding for research monkeys in the wake of COVID ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01894-z)**Nidhi Subbaraman*28 citations*
1234. **[The nightside cloud-top circulation of the atmosphere of Venus ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03636-7)**Kiichi Fukuya, Takeshi Imamura, Makoto Taguchi et al.*28 citations*
1235. **[COVID antibody treatments show promise for preventing severe disease ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00650-7)**Heidi K. Ledford*27 citations*
1236. **[China’s five-year plan focuses on scientific self-reliance ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00638-3)**Smriti Mallapaty*27 citations*
1237. **[Is one vaccine dose enough if you’ve had COVID? What the science says ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01609-4)**Elie Dolgin*27 citations*
1238. **[Long-acting capsid inhibitor protects macaques from repeat SHIV challenges ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04279-4)**Samuel J. Vidal, Elena Bekerman, Derek Hansen et al.*27 citations*
1239. **[Perovskite decomposition and missing crystal planes in HRTEM ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03423-4)**Yu‐Hao Deng*27 citations*
1240. **[Phantom epistasis between unlinked loci ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03765-z)**Gibran Hemani, Joseph E. Powell, Huanwei Wang et al.*27 citations*
1241. **[Reply to: Old-growth forest carbon sinks overestimated ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03267-y)**Sebastiaan Luyssaert, Ernst‐Detlef Schulze, Alexander Knohl et al.*27 citations*
1242. **[Rich countries should tithe their vaccines ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00470-9)**Gavin Yamey*27 citations*
1243. **[Why autoimmunity is most common in women ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01836-9)**Emily Sohn*27 citations*
1244. **[Exploding and weeping ceramics ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03975-5)**Hanlin Gu, Jascha Rohmer, Justin Jetter et al.*26 citations*
1245. **[Genomics data: the broken promise is to Indigenous people ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00758-w)**Krystal S. Tsosie, Keolu Fox, Joseph Yracheta*26 citations*
1246. **[High-performance plastic made from renewable oils is chemically recyclable by design ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00349-9)**Charlotte K. Williams, Georgina L. Gregory*26 citations*
1247. **[How could a COVID vaccine cause blood clots? Scientists race to investigate ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00940-0)**Heidi K. Ledford*26 citations*
1248. **[How philosophy is making me a better scientist ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01103-x)**Rasha Shraim*26 citations*
1249. **[Mathematicians welcome computer-assisted proof in ‘grand unification’ theory ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01627-2)**Davide Castelvecchi*26 citations*
1250. **[Origins of SARS-CoV-2: window is closing for key scientific studies ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02263-6)**Marion Koopmans, Peter Daszak, Vladimir G. Dedkov et al.*26 citations*
1251. **[The Definition of Gene Therapy Has Changed ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02736-8)**Esther Wei-Yun Landhuis*26 citations*
1252. **[‘Elegant’ catalysts that tell left from right scoop chemistry Nobel ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02704-2)**Davide Castelvecchi, Emma Stoye*26 citations*
1253. **[Drowning in the literature? These smart software tools can help ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02346-4)**David Richard Matthews*25 citations*
1254. **[Episodic deluges in simulated hothouse climates ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03919-z)**Jacob T. Seeley, Robin Wordsworth*25 citations*
1255. **[How to get started in quantum computing ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00533-x)**David Matthews*25 citations*
1256. **[On the measured dielectric constant of amorphous boron nitride ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-03162-y)**Lei Li, Xiang Ming Chen*25 citations*
1257. **[Reply to Wernick, I. K. et al.; Palahí, M. et al. ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03294-9)**Guido Ceccherini, Grégory Duveiller, Giacomo Grassi et al.*25 citations*
1258. **[US health agency will invest $1 billion to investigate ‘long COVID’ ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00586-y)**Nidhi Subbaraman*25 citations*
1259. **[Universal pair polaritons in a strongly interacting Fermi gas ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03731-9)**Hideki Konishi, Kevin Roux, Victor Helson et al.*25 citations*
1260. **[Ancient-DNA researchers write their own rules ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03542-y)**Krystal S. Tsosie, Alyssa C. Bader, Keolu Fox et al.*24 citations*
1261. **[COP26 climate pledges: What scientists think so far ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03034-z)**Ehsan Masood, Jeff Tollefson*24 citations*
1262. **[Canada is right to classify single-use plastics as toxic ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01701-9)**Tony Robert Walker*24 citations*
1263. **[Carbon monoxide gas produced by a giant impact in the inner region of a young system ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03872-x)**Tajana Schneiderman, Luca Matrà, Alan P. Jackson et al.*24 citations*
1264. **[Fevers are plaguing the oceans — and climate change is making them worse ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01142-4)**Giuliana A. Viglione*24 citations*
1265. **[How the arts can help you to craft a successful research career ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00334-2)**Amber Dance*24 citations*
1266. **[In shock move, US backs waiving patents on COVID vaccines ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01224-3)**Amy Maxmen*24 citations*
1267. **[Omicron blindspots: why it’s hard to track coronavirus variants ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03698-7)**Amy Maxmen*24 citations*
1268. **[Repeat DNA expands our understanding of autism spectrum disorder ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03658-7)**Anthony John Hannan*24 citations*
1269. **[Reply to: Possible overestimation of isomer depletion due to contamination ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03334-4)**Christopher J. Chiara, J. J. Carroll, Michael P. Carpenter et al.*24 citations*
1270. **[Spectroscopic evidence for a gold-coloured metallic water solution ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03646-5)**Philip E. Mason, H. Christian Schewe, Tillmann Buttersack et al.*24 citations*
1271. **[The shifting sands of ‘gain-of-function’ research ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02903-x)**Amber Dance*24 citations*
1272. **[Are COVID vaccination programmes working? Scientists seek first clues ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00140-w)**Smriti Mallapaty*23 citations*
1273. **[Carbon emissions rapidly rebounded following COVID pandemic dip ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03036-x)**Jeff Tollefson*23 citations*
1274. **[Dynamics of large effusive eruptions driven by caldera collapse ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03414-5)**Alberto Roman, P. Lundgren*23 citations*
1275. **[Long COVID and kids: scientists race to find answers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01935-7)**Dyani Lewis*23 citations*
1276. **[Scammers impersonate guest editors to get sham papers published ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03035-y)**Holly Else*23 citations*
1277. **[The world’s largest radio telescope should open its skies to all ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00468-3)***23 citations*
1278. **[Brazil’s scientists face 90% budget cut ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02882-z)**Alicia Juliana Kowaltowski*22 citations*
1279. **[COVID vaccines cut the risk of transmitting Delta — but not for long ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02689-y)**Smriti Mallapaty*22 citations*
1280. **[Coronavirus is in the air — there’s too much focus on surfaces ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00277-8)***22 citations*
1281. **[Delta threatens rural regions that dodged earlier COVID waves ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02146-w)**Smriti Mallapaty*22 citations*
1282. **[Illegal mining in the Amazon hits record high amid Indigenous protests ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02644-x)**Jeff Tollefson*22 citations*
1283. **[J&J’s one-shot COVID vaccine offers hope for faster protection ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00119-7)**Heidi K. Ledford*22 citations*
1284. **[Non-trivial role of internal climate feedback on interglacial temperature evolution ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03930-4)**Xu Zhang, Fahu Chen*22 citations*
1285. **[Scientists hail historic malaria vaccine approval — but point to challenges ahead ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02755-5)**Amy Maxmen*22 citations*
1286. **[The cost of changes in energy use in a warming world ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02721-1)**Katrina Jessoe, Frances C. Moore*22 citations*
1287. **[Why US coronavirus tracking can’t keep up with concerning variants ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00908-0)**Amy Maxmen*22 citations*
1288. **[African swine fever ravaging Borneo’s wild pigs ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01189-3)**Robert M. Ewers, Senthilvel K. S. S. Nathan, Peter A. K. Lee*21 citations*
1289. **[Call to join the decentralized science movement ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03642-9)**Sarah Hamburg*21 citations*
1290. **[Cities must protect people from extreme heat ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01903-1)***21 citations*
1291. **[How science can put the Sustainable Development Goals back on track ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00104-0)***21 citations*
1292. **[Iodine powers low-cost engines for satellites ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03384-8)**Igor Levchenko, Kateryna Bazaka*21 citations*
1293. **[Iran hopes to defeat COVID with home-grown crop of vaccines ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02216-z)**Smriti Mallapaty*21 citations*
1294. **[Machine learning made easy for optimizing chemical reactions ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00209-6)**Jason E. Hein*21 citations*
1295. **[Overlooked and underfunded: neglected diseases exert a toll ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02912-w)**Michael S. Eisenstein*21 citations*
1296. **[Rethinking travel in a post-pandemic world ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03649-8)**Josie Glausiusz*21 citations*
1297. **[Systems-level effects of allosteric perturbations to a model molecular switch ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03982-6)**Tina Perica, Christopher J.P. Mathy, Jiewei Xu et al.*21 citations*
1298. **[A cocktail of pesticides, parasites and hunger leaves bees down and out ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02079-4)**Adam J. Vanbergen*20 citations*
1299. **[A complete human genome sequence is close: how scientists filled in the gaps ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01506-w)**Sara Reardon*20 citations*
1300. **[Blanket bans on fossil-fuel funds will entrench poverty ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01020-z)**Vijaya Ramachandran*20 citations*

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