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As 2025 draws to a close, we’re excited to reveal the top 10 most popular papers from across the Royal Society’s journals, ranked by Altmetric attention scores. These studies captured global interest, sparking conversations in news outlets, social media, and beyond.

Our mission as a not-for-profit society publisher is to recognise, publish, and promote excellence in science. In celebration of outstanding scientific achievements and the researchers behind them, we are proud to present the top-cited articles from each of the Royal Society journals published in 2023.

Thank you to everyone who chose to read our papers and publish in our journals this year! As we count down to 2025, we’re celebrating the top 10 most popular articles of the year according to Altmetric.

At the heart of our mission as a non-profit society publisher, we uphold the values of recognising, publishing, and promoting excellence in the field of science. In commemoration of outstanding scientific contributions and the researchers who contribute to them, we are pleased to present the most cited articles from each of our journals in the year 2022.

As we count down to 2024, we’re celebrating the top 10 most popular articles of the year according to Altmetric.

Recognising, publishing, and promoting excellence in science are part of our core values as a not-for-profit society publisher. To celebrate brilliant science and the researchers behind it, we're sharing the top-cited article from each of our journals in 2021.

As we count down to 2023, we’re celebrating the top 10 most popular articles of the year according to Altmetric.

A recent paper in Philosophical Transactions B looking at the impact of the ‘open’ workspace on human collaboration has achieved our highest Altmetric score to date in a very short time.