| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | An Earth-system perspective of the global nitrogen cycle | Nature | 2008 | 2,602 |
| 2 | Ocean Deoxygenation in a Warming World | Annual Review of Marine Science | 2010 | 1,277 |
| 3 | Anthropogenic perturbation of the carbon fluxes from land to ocean | Nature Geoscience | 2013 | 937 |
| 4 | Marine heatwaves under global warming | Nature | 2018 | 821 |
| 5 | Definitions and guidelines for research on antibiotic persistence | Nature Reviews Microbiology | 2019 | 748 |
| 6 | An overview of the uses of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) | Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impacts | 2020 | 632 |
| 7 | Global Carbon Budget 2015 | Earth System Science Data | 2015 | 616 |
| 8 | Recent trends and drivers of regional sources and sinks of carbon dioxide | Biogeosciences | 2015 | 587 |
| 9 | The oceanic sink for anthropogenic CO 2 from 1994 to 2007 | Science | 2019 | 505 |
| 10 | Oceanic sources, sinks, and transport of atmospheric CO2 | Global Biogeochemical Cycles | 2009 | 455 |
| 11 | Nanomaterials in the environment: Behavior, fate, bioavailability, and effects—An updated review | Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry | 2018 | 429 |
| 12 | Warming up, turning sour, losing breath: ocean biogeochemistry under global change | Philosophical Transactions Series A, Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences | 2011 | 427 |
| 13 | Rapid Progression of Ocean Acidification in the California Current System | Science | 2012 | 353 |
| 14 | Global ocean storage of anthropogenic carbon | Biogeosciences | 2013 | 348 |
| 15 | Metal Stable Isotope Signatures as Tracers in Environmental Geochemistry | Environmental Science & Technology | 2015 | 338 |
| 16 | Strategies to Characterize Polar Organic Contamination in Wastewater: Exploring the Capability of High Resolution Mass Spectrometry | Environmental Science & Technology | 2014 | 333 |
| 17 | The reinvigoration of the Southern Ocean carbon sink | Science | 2015 | 331 |
| 18 | Methods for reactive oxygen species (ROS) detection in aqueous environments | Aquatic Sciences | 2012 | 330 |
| 19 | Imprint of Southern Ocean eddies on winds, clouds and rainfall | Nature Geoscience | 2013 | 324 |
| 20 | Selenium Cycling Across Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Interfaces: A Critical Review | Nutrients | 2015 | 319 |
| 21 | Recent variability of the global ocean carbon sink | Global Biogeochemical Cycles | 2014 | 313 |
| 22 | Biodegradation of synthetic polymers in soils: Tracking carbon into CO 2 and microbial biomass | Science Advances | 2018 | 284 |
| 23 | Global ocean carbon uptake: magnitude, variability and trends | Biogeosciences | 2013 | 276 |
| 24 | Extended Suspect and Non-Target Strategies to Characterize Emerging Polar Organic Contaminants in Raw Wastewater with LC-HRMS/MS | Environmental Science & Technology | 2015 | 263 |
| 25 | Chemical Oxidation of Dissolved Organic Matter by Chlorine Dioxide, Chlorine, And Ozone: Effects on Its Optical and Antioxidant Properties | Environmental Science & Technology | 2013 | 244 |
| 26 | Mercury Deposition and Re-emission Pathways in Boreal Forest Soils Investigated with Hg Isotope Signatures | Environmental Science & Technology | 2015 | 242 |
| 27 | Decadal variations and trends of the global ocean carbon sink | Global Biogeochemical Cycles | 2016 | 241 |
| 28 | Exploring the link between climate change and migration | Climatic Change | 2008 | 238 |
| 29 | Spectroscopic Evidence for Ternary Complex Formation between Arsenate and Ferric Iron Complexes of Humic Substances | Environmental Science & Technology | 2011 | 234 |
| 30 | Equilibrium Mercury Isotope Fractionation between Dissolved Hg(II) Species and Thiol-Bound Hg | Environmental Science & Technology | 2010 | 230 |
| 31 | Redox-Controlled Changes in Cadmium Solubility and Solid-Phase Speciation in a Paddy Soil As Affected by Reducible Sulfate and Copper | Environmental Science & Technology | 2013 | 222 |
| 32 | Predicting the Partitioning Behavior of Various Highly Fluorinated Compounds | Environmental Science & Technology | 2006 | 217 |
| 33 | The Cost of Virulence: Retarded Growth of Salmonella Typhimurium Cells Expressing Type III Secretion System 1 | PLoS Pathogens | 2011 | 213 |
| 34 | Impact of circulation on export production, dissolved organic matter, and dissolved oxygen in the ocean: Results from Phase II of the Ocean Carbon‐cycle Model Intercomparison Project (OCMIP‐2) | Global Biogeochemical Cycles | 2007 | 211 |
| 35 | Photooxidation-Induced Changes in Optical, Electrochemical, and Photochemical Properties of Humic Substances | Environmental Science & Technology | 2014 | 211 |
| 36 | Sea-ice transport driving Southern Ocean salinity and its recent trends | Nature | 2016 | 203 |
| 37 | Toward a mechanistic understanding of the decadal trends in the Southern Ocean carbon sink | Global Biogeochemical Cycles | 2008 | 202 |
| 38 | Arsenic sequestration by organic sulphur in peat | Nature Geoscience | 2012 | 201 |
| 39 | Antagonism between Bacteriostatic and Bactericidal Antibiotics Is Prevalent | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy | 2014 | 198 |
| 40 | Assessing the Contribution of Free Hydroxyl Radical in Organic Matter-Sensitized Photohydroxylation Reactions | Environmental Science & Technology | 2011 | 191 |
| 41 | Large benefits to marine fisheries of meeting the 1.5°C global warming target | Science | 2016 | 191 |
| 42 | The role of microorganisms at different stages of ecosystem development for soil formation | Biogeosciences | 2013 | 189 |
| 43 | Weathering-Associated Bacteria from the Damma Glacier Forefield: Physiological Capabilities and Impact on Granite Dissolution | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 2010 | 186 |
| 44 | Dissolution mechanisms of goethite in the presence of siderophores and organic acids | Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta | 2007 | 184 |
| 45 | Changes in Ocean Heat, Carbon Content, and Ventilation: A Review of the First Decade of GO-SHIP Global Repeat Hydrography | Annual Review of Marine Science | 2016 | 183 |
| 46 | Temperature Dependence and Coupling of Iron and Arsenic Reduction and Release during Flooding of a Contaminated Soil | Environmental Science & Technology | 2010 | 182 |
| 47 | Simple Absolute Quantification Method Correcting for Quantitative PCR Efficiency Variations for Microbial Community Samples | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 2012 | 179 |
| 48 | The Cenomanian/Turonian anoxic event at the Bonarelli Level in Italy and Spain: enhanced productivity and/or better preservation? | Cretaceous Research | 2007 | 178 |
| 49 | Abundances and potential activities of nitrogen cycling microbial communities along a chronosequence of a glacier forefield | ISME Journal | 2011 | 174 |
| 50 | Increasing anthropogenic nitrogen in the North Pacific Ocean | Science | 2014 | 174 |
