Table 3. The top 10 high-cited papers in coronavirus research during 2000 to 2020.

Rank	Title	Journal	Corresponding authors	Publication year	Total citations
1	A novel coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome	New England Journal of Medicine	Perlman S	2003	1,827
2	Identification of a novel coronavirus in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome	New England Journal of Medicine	Drosten C	2003	1,734
3	Characterization of a novel coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome	Science	Rota PA	2003	1,488
4	Coronavirus as a possible cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome	Lancet	Yuen KY	2003	1,437
5	Isolation of a Novel Coronavirus from a Man with Pneumonia in Saudi Arabia	New England Journal of Medicine	Chan KH	2012	1,276
6	The genome sequence of the SARS-associated coronavirus	Science	Marra MA	2003	1,274
7	Cloning of a human parvovirus by molecular screening of respiratory tract samples	Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America	Allander T	2005	1,012
8	Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 is a functional receptor for the SARS coronavirus	Nature	Choe H & Farzan M	2003	968
9	Isolation and characterization of viruses related to the SARS coronavirus from animals in Southern China	Science	Guan Y	2003	882
10	Bats are natural reservoirs of SARS-like coronaviruses	Science	Shi ZL & Zhang SY & Wang LF	2005	841