| Cell culture: biology's new dimension A Abbott Nature 424 (6951), 870-873, 2003 | 1631 | 2003 |
| Education: the PhD factory D Cyranoski, N Gilbert, H Ledford, A Nayar, M Yahia Nature 472 (7343), 276-279, 2011 | 727* | 2011 |
| CRISPR gene-editing tested in a person for the first time D Cyranoski Nature 539 (7630), 2016 | 574 | 2016 |
| China's crystal cache: a Chinese laboratory is the only source of a valuable crystal. David Cyranoski investigates why it won't share its supplies D Cyranoski Nature 457 (7232), 953-956, 2009 | 420 | 2009 |
| Coronavirus by the numbers E Callaway, D Cyranoski, S Mallapaty, E Stoye, J Tollefson Nature 579 (7800), 482-483, 2020 | 322 | 2020 |
| Do metrics matter? Many researchers believe that quantitative metrics determine who gets hired and who gets promoted at their institutions. With an exclusive poll and … A Abbott, D Cyranoski, N Jones, B Maher, Q Schiermeier, R Van Noorden Nature 465 (7300), 860-863, 2010 | 315 | 2010 |
| Profile of a killer: the complex biology powering the coronavirus pandemic. D Cyranoski Nature 581 (7806), 22-27, 2020 | 244 | 2020 |
| Mystery deepens over animal source of coronavirus. D Cyranoski Nature 579 (7797), 18-20, 2020 | 239 | 2020 |
| Genome-edited baby claim provokes international outcry D Cyranoski, H Ledford Nature 563 (7731), 607-609, 2018 | 235 | 2018 |
| Chinese scientists genetically modify human embryos D Cyranoski, S Reardon Nature 22, 2015, 2015 | 212 | 2015 |
| Chinese scientists to pioneer first human CRISPR trial. D Cyranoski Nature 535 (7613), 476-477, 2016 | 194 | 2016 |
| Why Chinese medicine is heading for clinics around the world D Cyranoski Nature 561 (7724), 448-448, 2018 | 178 | 2018 |
| The CRISPR-baby scandal: what's next for human gene-editing D Cyranoski Nature 566 (7745), 440-443, 2019 | 170 | 2019 |
| COVID vaccines: what scientists now want to know H Ledford, D Cyranoski, R Van Noorden Nature 588 (7837), 205-6, 2020 | 160 | 2020 |
| What China's coronavirus response can teach the rest of the world D Cyranoski Nature 579 (7800), 479-481, 2020 | 153 | 2020 |
| Japan stem-cell trial stirs envy: researchers elsewhere can't wait to test iPS cells in humans S Reardon, D Cyranoski Nature 513 (7518), 287-289, 2014 | 152 | 2014 |
| Chinese scientists fix genetic disorder in cloned human embryos D Cyranoski Nature News 550 (7674), 15, 2017 | 149* | 2017 |
| Alarming COVID variants show vital role of genomic surveillance. D Cyranoski Nature 589 (7842), 337-339, 2021 | 135 | 2021 |
| Stem cells cruise to clinic: Japanese study of induced pluripotent stem cells aims to demonstrate safety in humans D Cyranoski Nature 494 (7438), 413-414, 2013 | 135 | 2013 |
| 'Reprogrammed'stem cells approved to mend human hearts for the first time D Cyranoski Nature 557 (7706), 619-619, 2018 | 134 | 2018 |
