Below is an Altmetrics ranking of August's most popular papers in the natural sciences, published by the 82 high-quality journals tracked by the Nature Index.
1. "Large-scale GWAS reveals insights into the genetic architecture of same-sex sexual behaviour" (Science)
2. "A three-dimensional map of the Milky Way using classical Cepheid variable stars" (Science Advances)
3. "White and wonderful? Microplastics prevail in snow from the Alps to the Arctic" (Science Advances)
4. "A 3.8-million-year-old hominin cranium from Woranso-Mille, Ethiopia" (Nature)
5. "Specialized cutaneous Schwann cells initiate pain sensation" (Science)
(Fonte: www.natureindex.com 05-09-19)