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# Nature 2021: all accepted papers

3,641 papers · page 16 of 37 · the most cited first · [← Nature 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/nature/2021/)

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1501. **[Breaking through the unknowns of the human reference genome ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00293-8)**Karen H. Miga*10 citations*
1502. **[Build a registry of results that students can replicate ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03707-9)**Yusuf Awni Hannun*10 citations*
1503. **[COVID scientists in the public eye need protection from threats ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02757-3)***10 citations*
1504. **[Can COVID spread from frozen wildlife? Scientists probe pandemic origins ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00495-0)**Dyani Lewis*10 citations*
1505. **[Cash payments in Africa could boost vaccine uptake ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02086-5)**Rabah Arezki*10 citations*
1506. **[Cells use loop extrusion to weave and tie the genome ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00351-1)**Leonid A. Mirny*10 citations*
1507. **[China has landed its first rover on Mars — here’s what happens next ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01301-7)**Smriti Mallapaty*10 citations*
1508. **[China is vaccinating a staggering 20 million people a day ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01545-3)**Smriti Mallapaty*10 citations*
1509. **[China’s clampdown on fake-paper factories picks up speed ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02587-3)**Holly Else*10 citations*
1510. **[Delta’s rise is fuelled by rampant spread from people who feel fine ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02259-2)**Smriti Mallapaty*10 citations*
1511. **[Does the fight against hunger need its own IPCC? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01904-0)***10 citations*
1512. **[Embrace open-source sensors for local climate studies ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02981-x)**Elad Levintal, Kosana Suvočarev, Gail Taylor et al.*10 citations*
1513. **[Five keys to writing a reproducible lab protocol ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02428-3)**Monya Baker*10 citations*
1514. **[From one human genome to a complex tapestry of ancestry ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00237-2)**Charles N. Rotimi, Adebowale Adeyemo*10 citations*
1515. **[Funders need to credit open science ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03418-1)**Hans de Jonge, María Cruz, Stephanie Holst*10 citations*
1516. **[It’s time to expand the definition of ‘women’s health’ ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02085-6)***10 citations*
1517. **[Landmark CRISPR trial shows promise against deadly disease ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01776-4)**Heidi K. Ledford*10 citations*
1518. **[New rules will make UK gene-edited crop research easier ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01572-0)**Heidi K. Ledford*10 citations*
1519. **[Nitrogen deletion offers fresh strategy for organic synthesis ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01205-6)**William P. Unsworth, Alyssa‐Jennifer Avestro*10 citations*
1520. **[Policy, drought and fires combine to affect biodiversity in the Amazon basin ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02320-0)**Thomas Welch Gillespie*10 citations*
1521. **[Research managers are essential to a healthy research culture ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01823-0)***10 citations*
1522. **[Role of bile acids and gut bacteria in healthy ageing of centenarians ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02196-0)**Bipin Rimal, Andrew D. Patterson*10 citations*
1523. **[Six reasons to launch a Young Academy ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01682-9)**Erika Bálint, Dorottya Csuka, Viktória Venglovecz et al.*10 citations*
1524. **[Statistics: unify ecosystems valuation ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01309-z)**Nils W.O. Brown, Aldo Femia, Dennis J. Fixler et al.*10 citations*
1525. **[Sustainability at the crossroads ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03781-z)***10 citations*
1526. **[Test quantum mechanics in space — invest US$1 billion ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02091-8)**Alessio Belenchia, Matteo Carlesso, Sandro Donadi et al.*10 citations*
1527. **[The Colon Cancer Conundrum ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03405-6)**Cassandra Willyard*10 citations*
1528. **[The WHO is right to call a temporary halt to COVID vaccine boosters ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02219-w)***10 citations*
1529. **[The mysterious microbes that gave rise to complex life ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01316-0)**Amber Dance*10 citations*
1530. **[The pandemic has pushed citizen panels online ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00046-7)**Claudia Chwalisz*10 citations*
1531. **[The race to curb the spread of COVID vaccine disinformation ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00997-x)**Jeff Tollefson*10 citations*
1532. **[This COVID-vaccine designer is tackling vaccine hesitancy — in churches and on Twitter ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00338-y)**Nidhi Subbaraman*10 citations*
1533. **[Triple-decker layered perovskite materials ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02433-6)**Roman Krahne, Milena P. Arciniegas*10 citations*
1534. **[Understand the real reasons reproducibility reform fails ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03617-w)**Nicole Christine Nelson*10 citations*
1535. **[What COVID vaccines for young kids could mean for the pandemic ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02947-z)**Max Kozlov*10 citations*
1536. **[What’s next for PARP inhibitors? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03714-w)**Simon J. Makin*10 citations*
1537. **[What’s next for lab-grown human embryos? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02343-7)**Kendall Powell*10 citations*
1538. **[Why sports concussions are worse for women ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02089-2)**Katharine Sanderson*10 citations*
1539. **[Women must not be obscured in science’s history ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00770-0)***10 citations*
1540. **[‘It’s a minefield’: COVID vaccine safety poses unique communication challenge ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01257-8)**Ariana Remmel*10 citations*
1541. **[A spotlight on seafood for global human nutrition ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02436-3)**Lotte Lauritzen*9 citations*
1542. **[AI uses patient data to optimize selection of eligibility criteria for clinical trials ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00845-y)**Chunhua Weng, James R. Rogers*9 citations*
1543. **[Artificial heavy fermions in a van der Waals heterostructure ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04021-0)**Viliam Vaňo, Mohammad Amini, Somesh Chandra Ganguli et al.*9 citations*
1544. **[Cells or drugs? The race to regenerate the heart ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01457-2)**Benjamin Plackett*9 citations*
1545. **[China’s data-driven dream to overhaul health care ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02694-1)**Sarah O’Meara*9 citations*
1546. **[China’s pledge on overseas coal — by the numbers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02645-w)**Quirin Schiermeier*9 citations*
1547. **[Clues that natural killer cells help to control COVID ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02778-y)**Émilie Narni-Mancinelli, Éric Vivier*9 citations*
1548. **[Contact-tracing app curbed the spread of COVID in England and Wales ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01354-8)**Chih-Hung Jason Wang*9 citations*
1549. **[Context is key for learning motor skills ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03028-x)**Anne Gabrielle Eva Collins, Samuel D. McDougle*9 citations*
1550. **[Daily briefing: Omicron was already spreading in Europe ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03610-3)**Flora Graham*9 citations*
1551. **[Depression and anxiety ‘the norm’ for UK PhD students ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03761-3)**Chris Woolston*9 citations*
1552. **[Do you obey public-access mandates? Google Scholar is watching ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00873-8)**Richard Van Noorden*9 citations*
1553. **[Dynamics of polarization vortices revealed in a ferroelectric material ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00887-2)**Igor A. Luk’yanchuk, V. M. Vinokur*9 citations*
1554. **[Fructose in the diet expands the surface of the gut and promotes nutrient absorption ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02195-1)**Patrícia M. Nunes, Dimitrios Anastasiou*9 citations*
1555. **[India, Brazil and the human cost of sidelining science ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01166-w)***9 citations*
1556. **[It’s time to consider a patent reprieve for COVID vaccines ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00863-w)***9 citations*
1557. **[Robotic sample return reveals lunar secrets ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03547-7)**Richard W. Carlson*9 citations*
1558. **[Russian academics decry law change that threatens scientific outreach ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00385-5)**Quirin Schiermeier*9 citations*
1559. **[Stem-cell start-ups seek to crack the mass-production problem ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02627-y)**Eric Bender*9 citations*
1560. **[Stop the emerging AI cold war ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01244-z)**Denise Garcia*9 citations*
1561. **[Swiss funder draws lots to make grant decisions ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01232-3)**Dalmeet Singh Chawla*9 citations*
1562. **[Tackling systemic racism requires the system of science to change ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01312-4)***9 citations*
1563. **[The fluoride wars rage on ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02924-6)**Lauren Gravitz*9 citations*
1564. **[The hunt for red fluorescent proteins ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02093-6)**Amber Dance*9 citations*
1565. **[The replication crisis won’t be solved with broad brushstrokes ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01509-7)**David Peterson*9 citations*
1566. **[To quell misinformation, use carrots — not just sticks ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00657-0)**Tali Sharot*9 citations*
1567. **[What Sci-Hub’s latest court battle means for research ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03659-0)**Holly Else*9 citations*
1568. **[‘Climate neutral’ is a lie — abandon it as a goal ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00543-9)**Claudia Kemfert*9 citations*
1569. **[‘Polluter pays’ policy could speed up emission reductions and removal of atmospheric CO2 ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02192-4)**David A. Stainforth*9 citations*
1570. **[‘We’re problem solvers’: research administrators offer guidance to working scientists ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01829-8)**Sara Reardon*9 citations*
1571. **[A machine-learning algorithm to target COVID testing of travellers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02556-w)**Ziad Obermeyer*8 citations*
1572. **[A stem-cell basis for skeletal ageing ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02118-0)**Matthew Blake Greenblatt, Shawon Debnath*8 citations*
1573. **[A step towards therapeutics for dengue ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02638-9)**Scott B. Biering, Eva Harris*8 citations*
1574. **[After malaria: which parasitic disease will China eliminate next? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02188-0)**Men‐Bao Qian, Shi‐Zhu Li, Xiao-nong Zhou*8 citations*
1575. **[Base editor treats progeria in mice ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01114-8)**Luke W. Koblan, Michael R. Erdos, Leslie B. Gordon et al.*8 citations*
1576. **[Benzene rings broken for chemical synthesis ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02322-y)**Mark R. Crimmin*8 citations*
1577. **[COVID-19: release approved vaccines for trials of new ones ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02398-6)**Melanie K. Saville*8 citations*
1578. **[COVID’s lessons for climate, sustainability and more from Our World in Data ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02691-4)**Hannah Ritchie*8 citations*
1579. **[Cancer stem cells in the gut have a bad influence on neighbouring cells ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01379-z)**Shi Biao Chia, James V. DeGregori*8 citations*
1580. **[China’s space station is preparing to host 1,000 scientific experiments ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02018-3)**Smriti Mallapaty*8 citations*
1581. **[Controversial forestry experiment will be largest-ever in United States ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01256-9)**Jeff Tollefson*8 citations*
1582. **[Daily briefing: Pfizer’s COVID pill looks promising ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03379-5)**Flora Graham*8 citations*
1583. **[DeepMind’s AI for protein structure is coming to the masses ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01968-y)**Ewen Callaway*8 citations*
1584. **[Dentists and doctors need to play on the same team ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02919-3)**Shervin Molayem*8 citations*
1585. **[First monkey–human embryos reignite debate over hybrid animals ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01001-2)**Nidhi Subbaraman*8 citations*
1586. **[Give African research participants more say in genomic data, say scientists ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00400-9)**Linda Nordling*8 citations*
1587. **[Heat management with a twist in layered materials ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02572-w)**Mariusz Zdrojek*8 citations*
1588. **[Homing in on an oral link to inflammatory disease ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02918-4)**Michael S. Eisenstein*8 citations*
1589. **[How can countries stretch COVID vaccine supplies? Scientists are divided over dosing strategies ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00001-6)**Heidi K. Ledford*8 citations*
1590. **[How nanotechnology can flick the immunity switch ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01790-6)**Bianca Nogrady*8 citations*
1591. **[How stem cells could fix type 1 diabetes ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01842-x)**Liam Drew*8 citations*
1592. **[How the world failed to curb COVID ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01284-5)**Amy Maxmen*8 citations*
1593. **[How the world’s biggest brain maps could transform neuroscience ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02661-w)**Alison Abbott*8 citations*
1594. **[Hurricane Ida forces Louisiana researchers to rethink their future ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02456-z)**Max Kozlov*8 citations*
1595. **[Hurricane Ida shows the one-two punch of poverty and climate change ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02520-8)**Catherine Coleman Flowers*8 citations*
1596. **[J&J’s single-dose COVID vaccine raises hopes for faster rollout ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00526-w)**Heidi K. Ledford*8 citations*
1597. **[Latest results put Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID vaccine back on track ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00836-z)**Ewen Callaway, Smriti Mallapaty*8 citations*
1598. **[Machine learning reveals the complexity of dense amorphous silicon ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03574-w)**P. Mc Millan*8 citations*
1599. **[Massive Google-funded COVID database will track variants and immunity ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00490-5)**Amy Maxmen*8 citations*
1600. **[More women than ever are starting careers in science ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02147-9)**Katharine Sanderson*8 citations*

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