(post updated December 28 with some good additions suggested by voters – thank you all!

(Post open till Friday 30 December)

It’s the end of another year chockfull of microbiome papers, and I’ve seen them all! But which one do you think were the best? I’ll take nominations, and I will post the best 5 or 10 next week.

Here are some of 2016’s most discussed research papers to refresh your memories. I tried to pick a range of papers from different environments and hosts, including some very controversial ones. I also included a couple that were nominated through Twitter.

While I was going through the past Microbiome Digests from this year, I had many “Oh, yes, I forgot about that one” moments, and I hope you have those too! And, if you have not been keeping up with the literature this year, this will be a great list to start. So take a look at the list below, also think of papers I forgot to include, and vote of your three favorite papers by using this form.

At the bottom of this post, you can vote for a maximum of three papers (unranked), and the paper(s) do not have to be on the list below. Yes, you may self-nominate (I did that too – see February). No, I will not misuse your email address!

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Nominate your favorites for Best Microbiome Papers of 2016 using this form. Rules: Vote for a maximum of 3 papers published in 2016, research papers only (no reviews), self-nominations are acceptable, and you can also nominate papers not included on the list above. I promise I will not use your email address for evil purposes 🙂