text: user33: As a newcomer, what are some influential research papers published in the past few years that I should read to catch up in the field?
  Edit: @Devon Ryan answered it perfectly. I tried a google search but it turned up a bunch of opinionated articles that varied. The biostar discussions are perfect and was the link I was searching for. I hope someone else new to the field finds this useful!
  
  user77: Over on biostars there's a thread like this every year or so. I'll link to the 2016 edition and the (much shorter) 2015 edition.
  My personal picks from those would be:
  
  ExAC
  salmon, which is now published
  kallisto, which is also now published
  
  
original_text: 33: <p>As a newcomer, what are some influential research papers published in the past few years that I should read to catch up in the field?</p>
  
  <p>Edit: @Devon Ryan answered it perfectly. I tried a google search but it turned up a bunch of opinionated articles that varied. The biostar discussions are perfect and was the link I was searching for. I hope someone else new to the field finds this useful!</p>
   77: <p>Over on biostars there's a thread like this every year or so. I'll link to <a href="https://www.biostars.org/p/229807/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the 2016 edition</a> and the (much shorter) <a href="https://www.biostars.org/p/171860/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">2015 edition</a>.</p>
  
  <p>My personal picks from those would be:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v536/n7616/full/nature19057.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ExAC</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2015/06/27/021592" rel="nofollow noreferrer">salmon</a>, which is now published</li>
  <li><a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1505.02710" rel="nofollow noreferrer">kallisto</a>, which is also now published</li>
  </ul>
  