Top 50 in Earth, environmental, and planetary sciences

We are pleased to announce the most downloaded* Nature Communications articles from 2020 in the fields of Earth, environmental, and planetary sciences. Featuring authors from around the world, these papers highlight valuable research from an international community.
Top 50 in Earth, environmental, and planetary sciences
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In 2020, Nature Communications published over 6,400 articles. We have put together a collection of the Top 50 articles across Earth, environmental, and planetary sciences from last year, covering the fields of climate change, natural hazards, geology, ecology and much more.

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

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* Data obtained from SN Insights (based on Digital Science's Dimensions) and has been normalised to account for articles published later in the year.

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