In 2018, Nature Communications published over 5,000 articles. We have put together a collection of our Top 50 articles across the Earth and planetary sciences from last year, covering the fields of ecology, climate change, astronomy and much more.

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

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_{*Based on data from altmetric.com, covering January-December 2018.}

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