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Top 100 in 2022| Scientific Reports

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The Scientific Reports team is pleased to announce the most read* articles from 2022. Featuring authors from around the world and from research fields across the scope of the journal, these papers highlight valuable research from an international community.

The journal's overall top 100 can be found here. In 2022, reflecting a much needed focus on research in sustainability, some of our most  accessed papers include how to fabricate a disposable paper battery for single use applications to reduce e-waste, and a look at the composition of the North Pacific Garbage Patch.

Congratulations to all authors who contributed to these highly valuable research papers!

*Data obtained from SN Insights, which is based on Digital Science's Dimensions.

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Elizabeth Mann, PhD
Deputy Editor, Springer Nature

I have a background in pharmacology and neuroscience, completing my PhD in neuropharmacology at King's College London in 2018. I'm passionate about improving the standards of reporting research and am thrilled to have been at Scientific Reports since January 2019.

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