Fixed by updating to pandoc version 2.11.4. My previous version installed 
by conda was 2.11, which had a bug with sorting numeric citations.

On Monday, February 8, 2021 at 9:51:07 AM UTC-5 MV wrote:

> I am trying to use a numeric style (nature.csl) for citations. Everything 
> works OK but for the sorting order of the citations. The sort order matches 
> the order of the citation's appearance in the .bib file and not the order 
> in which they are cited. How do I get the order to match the citation order?
>
> I have attached all the files that I use to test this. The compilation 
> command was:
>
> pandoc --standalone --citeproc -o test.html test.md
>
> Thank you!
>

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