| Rank | Title | Journal | Year | PubWeight™‹?› |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deciphering the biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the complete genome sequence. | Nature | 1998 | 60.62 |
| 2 | The genome sequence of the food-borne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni reveals hypervariable sequences. | Nature | 2000 | 17.14 |
| 3 | Complete genome sequence of a multiple drug resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi CT18. | Nature | 2001 | 15.44 |
| 4 | Genome sequence of Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague. | Nature | 2001 | 14.36 |
| 5 | The genome sequence of Schizosaccharomyces pombe. | Nature | 2002 | 14.26 |
| 6 | Massive gene decay in the leprosy bacillus. | Nature | 2001 | 11.98 |
| 7 | Complete DNA sequence of a serogroup A strain of Neisseria meningitidis Z2491. | Nature | 2000 | 9.86 |
| 8 | The complete nucleotide sequence of chromosome 3 of Plasmodium falciparum. | Nature | 1999 | 3.44 |
| 9 | The complete genome sequence and analysis of Corynebacterium diphtheriae NCTC13129. | Nucleic Acids Res | 2003 | 2.82 |
| 10 | Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 1, 3-9 and 13. | Nature | 2002 | 2.59 |