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|---|
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| 2 | Organometal Halide Perovskites as Visible-Light Sensitizers for Photovoltaic Cells | Journal of the American Chemical Society | 2009 | 17,777 |
| 3 | A metal-free polymeric photocatalyst for hydrogen production from water under visible light | Nature Materials | 2009 | 10,442 |
| 4 | A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 | Lancet, The | 2012 | 9,397 |
| 5 | Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 | Lancet, The | 2014 | 9,122 |
| 6 | The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary | Astronomical Journal | 2000 | 8,099 |
| 7 | Statistical-Mechanical Theory of Irreversible Processes. I. General Theory and Simple Applications to Magnetic and Conduction Problems | Journal of the Physical Society of Japan | 1957 | 7,826 |
| 8 | Titanium dioxide photocatalysis | Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews | 2000 | 6,961 |
| 9 | The worldwide leaf economics spectrum | Nature | 2004 | 6,489 |
| 10 | GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral | Physical Review Letters | 2017 | 6,413 |
| 11 | Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 | Lancet, The | 2012 | 6,376 |
| 12 | Metal-insulator transitions | Reviews of Modern Physics | 1998 | 6,370 |
| 13 | AERONET—A Federated Instrument Network and Data Archive for Aerosol Characterization | Remote Sensing of Environment | 1998 | 6,370 |
| 14 | Toward defining the preclinical stages of Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease | Alzheimer's and Dementia | 2011 | 5,550 |
| 15 | Identification of the transforming EML4–ALK fusion gene in non-small-cell lung cancer | Nature | 2007 | 4,920 |
| 16 | Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) | Autophagy | 2016 | 4,701 |
| 17 | The fat-derived hormone adiponectin reverses insulin resistance associated with both lipoatrophy and obesity | Nature Medicine | 2001 | 4,370 |
| 18 | Bounding the role of black carbon in the climate system: A scientific assessment | Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres | 2013 | 4,319 |
| 19 | Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-years for 32 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2015 | JAMA Oncology | 2017 | 4,254 |
| 20 | Magnetic control of ferroelectric polarization | Nature | 2003 | 4,204 |
| 21 | Materials and Mechanics for Stretchable Electronics | Science | 2010 | 4,135 |
| 22 | Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018 | Cell Death and Differentiation | 2018 | 4,036 |
| 23 | Commensal microbe-derived butyrate induces the differentiation of colonic regulatory T cells | Nature | 2013 | 3,901 |
| 24 | Global variation in copy number in the human genome | Nature | 2006 | 3,831 |
| 25 | Induction of Intestinal Th17 Cells by Segmented Filamentous Bacteria | Cell | 2009 | 3,818 |
| 26 | Recent advances in semiconductors for photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical water splitting | Chemical Society Reviews | 2014 | 3,748 |
| 27 | Adiponectin stimulates glucose utilization and fatty-acid oxidation by activating AMP-activated protein kinase | Nature Medicine | 2002 | 3,692 |
| 28 | Detection of the Baryon Acoustic Peak in the Large‐Scale Correlation Function of SDSS Luminous Red Galaxies | Astrophysical Journal | 2005 | 3,564 |
| 29 | The complete genome sequence of the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis | Nature | 1997 | 3,519 |
| 30 | The RNA helicase RIG-I has an essential function in double-stranded RNA-induced innate antiviral responses | Nature Immunology | 2004 | 3,433 |
| 31 | Evolution of Organic Aerosols in the Atmosphere | Science | 2009 | 3,374 |
| 32 | Colossal magnetoresistant materials: the key role of phase separation | Physics Reports | 2001 | 3,346 |
| 33 | ColabFold: making protein folding accessible to all | Nature Methods | 2022 | 3,242 |
| 34 | Multidimensional quantum well laser and temperature dependence of its threshold current | Applied Physics Letters | 1982 | 3,197 |
| 35 | Mutation of the mouse klotho gene leads to a syndrome resembling ageing | Nature | 1997 | 3,181 |
| 36 | Review of Particle Physics | Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics | 2020 | 3,177 |
| 37 | Light-induced amphiphilic surfaces | Nature | 1997 | 3,161 |
| 38 | Induction of Colonic Regulatory T Cells by Indigenous Clostridium Species | Science | 2011 | 3,144 |
| 39 | Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy | Autophagy | 2012 | 3,122 |
| 40 | TheSwiftGamma‐Ray Burst Mission | Astrophysical Journal | 2004 | 3,117 |
| 41 | Block copolymer micelles for drug delivery: design, characterization and biological significance | Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews | 2001 | 3,107 |
| 42 | Functional Supramolecular Polymers | Science | 2012 | 3,065 |
| 43 | Global Hydrological Cycles and World Water Resources | Science | 2006 | 3,042 |
| 44 | Sarcopenia in Asia: Consensus Report of the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia | Journal of the American Medical Directors Association | 2014 | 3,035 |
| 45 | The International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD) | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2000 | 2,981 |
| 46 | Evidence for stripe correlations of spins and holes in copper oxide superconductors | Nature | 1995 | 2,910 |
| 47 | TiO2Photocatalysis: A Historical Overview and Future Prospects | Japanese Journal of Applied Physics | 2005 | 2,895 |
| 48 | Topological properties and dynamics of magnetic skyrmions | Nature Nanotechnology | 2013 | 2,887 |
| 49 | An Active Pulse Transmission Line Simulating Nerve Axon | Proceedings of the IEEE | 1962 | 2,851 |
| 50 | Considerations on Double Exchange | Physical Review | 1955 | 2,808 |
