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Most cited papers from Union of Concerned Scientists
What are the most cited papers from Union of Concerned Scientists?
The most cited paper from Union of Concerned Scientists is "Assessing the Vulnerability of Social-Environmental Systems" (Hallie C. Eakin, Amy Lynd Luers, 2006), with 1,159 citations. Next come "The Impacts of Oil Palm on Recent Deforestation and Biodiversity Loss" (789) and "Reducing hazard vulnerability: towards a common approach between disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation" (690).
Showing 50 of 60 papers. Every paper with more than 85 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Assessing the Vulnerability of Social-Environmental Systems Hallie C. Eakin, Amy Lynd Luers · Annual Review of Environment and Resources | 7 Jul 2006 | 1,159 |
| 2 | The Impacts of Oil Palm on Recent Deforestation and Biodiversity Loss Varsha Vijay, Stuart L. Pimm, Clinton N. Jenkins et al. · PLoS ONE | 27 Jul 2016 | 789 |
| 3 | Reducing hazard vulnerability: towards a common approach between disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation Frank Thomalla, Tom Downing, Erika Spanger‐Siegfried et al. · Disasters | Mar 2006 | 690 |
| 4 | Cumulative Human Impacts on Mediterranean and Black Sea Marine Ecosystems: Assessing Current Pressures and Opportunities Fiorenza Micheli, Benjamin S. Halpern, Shaun Walbridge et al. · PLoS ONE | 4 Dec 2013 | 597 |
| 5 | Tropical Forests and Climate Policy Raymond E. Gullison, Peter C. Frumhoff, Josep G. Canadell et al. · Science | 11 May 2007 | 503 |
| 6 | Attributing human mortality during extreme heat waves to anthropogenic climate change Dann Mitchell, Clare Heaviside, Sotiris Vardoulakis et al. · Environmental Research Letters | Jul 2016 | 453 |
| 7 | Ruminants, climate change and climate policy William J. Ripple, Pete Smith, Helmut Haberl et al. · Nature Climate Change | 19 Dec 2013 | 397 |
| 8 | Introduced species policy, management, and future research needs Daniel Simberloff, Ingrid M. Parker, Phyllis N. Windle · Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment | Feb 2005 | 368 |
| 9 | The surface of vulnerability: An analytical framework for examining environmental change Amy Lynd Luers · Global Environmental Change | 28 Jul 2005 | 365 |
| 10 | The rise in global atmospheric CO2, surface temperature, and sea level from emissions traced to major carbon producers B. Ekwurzel, J. Boneham, M. W. Dalton et al. · Climatic Change | 24 Aug 2017 | 357 |
| 11 | Compound climate risks in the COVID-19 pandemic Carly A. Phillips, Astrid Caldas, Rachel Cleetus et al. · Nature Climate Change | 15 May 2020 | 309 |
| 12 | Investing in the transition to sustainable agriculture Marcia Susan DeLonge, Albie F. Miles, Liz Carlisle · Environmental Science & Policy | 13 Nov 2015 | 306 |
| 13 | The trouble with cover crops: Farmers’ experiences with overcoming barriers to adoption Gabrielle Elan Roesch-McNally, Andrea Basche, J. Gordon Arbuckle et al. · Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems | 13 Mar 2017 | 302 |
| 14 | Quantifying carbon for agricultural soil management: from the current status toward a global soil information system Keith H. Paustian et al. · Carbon Management | 3 Sep 2019 | 273 |
| 15 | Impacts of soil carbon sequestration on life cycle greenhouse gas emissions in Midwestern USA beef finishing systems Paige L. Stanley, Jason E. Rowntree, David K. Beede et al. · Agricultural Systems | 24 Feb 2018 | 265 |
| 16 | Meeting Report: Hazard Assessment for Nanoparticles—Report from an Interdisciplinary Workshop John M. Balbus, Andrew David Maynard, Vicki L. Colvin et al. · Environmental Health Perspectives | 13 Aug 2007 | 264 |
| 17 | The climate responsibilities of industrial carbon producers Peter C. Frumhoff, Richard Heede, Наоми Орескес · Climatic Change | 22 Jul 2015 | 257 |
| 18 | Circularity of Lithium-Ion Battery Materials in Electric Vehicles Jessica Dunn, Margaret Slattery, Alissa M Kendall et al. · Environmental Science & Technology | 25 Mar 2021 | 243 |
| 19 | Comparing infiltration rates in soils managed with conventional and alternative farming methods: A meta-analysis Andrea Basche, Marcia Susan DeLonge · PLoS ONE | 19 Sep 2019 | 234 |
| 20 | A Systematic Review of Biochar Research, with a Focus on Its Stability in situ and Its Promise as a Climate Mitigation Strategy Noel P. Gurwick, Lisa A. Schulte Moore, Charlene N. Kelly et al. · PLoS ONE | 30 Sep 2013 | 230 |
| 21 | Indigenous Lands, Protected Areas, and Slowing Climate Change Taylor H. Ricketts, Britaldo Silveira Soares-Filho, Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca et al. · PLoS Biology | 15 Mar 2010 | 229 |
| 22 | The climate policy narrative for a dangerously warming world Todd J. Sanford, Peter C. Frumhoff, Amy Lynd Luers et al. · Nature Climate Change | 25 Feb 2014 | 217 |
| 23 | Staying cool in a changing climate: Reaching vulnerable populations during heat events Natalie Sampson, Carina J. Gronlund, Miatta A. Buxton et al. · Global Environmental Change | 24 Jan 2013 | 216 |
| 24 | A synopsis of land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) under the Kyoto Protocol and Marrakech Accords Bernhard Schlamadinger et al. · Environmental Science & Policy | 27 Mar 2007 | 206 |
| 25 | Large-Scale Assessment of Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas Effects on Fish Assemblages Paolo Guidetti, Pasquale Baiata, Enric Ballesteros et al. · PLoS ONE | 16 Apr 2014 | 202 |
| 26 | Improving Conservation Outcomes with a New Paradigm for Understanding Species’ Fundamental and Realized Adaptive Capacity Erik A. Beever, John F. O’Leary, Claudia Mengelt et al. · Conservation Letters | 19 Jun 2015 | 191 |
| 27 | Thermal effluent from the power sector: an analysis of once-through cooling system impacts on surface water temperature Nadia Madden, Alexander Lewis, Mariam Davis · Environmental Research Letters | 3 Jul 2013 | 187 |
| 28 | The climatic impacts of land surface change and carbon management, and the implications for climate-change mitigation policy Gregg H. Marland, Roger A. Pielke, Mike Apps et al. · Climate Policy | 2003 | 186 |
| 29 | Proper accounting for time increases crop-based biofuels’ greenhouse gas deficit versus petroleum Michael O’Hare, Richard J. Plevin, Jeremy I. Martin et al. · Environmental Research Letters | Apr 2009 | 185 |
| 30 | Biomass enables the transition to a carbon-negative power system across western North America Daniel L. Sanchez, J.H. Nelson, Josiah Johnston et al. · Nature Climate Change | 5 Feb 2015 | 185 |
| 31 | The water implications of generating electricity: water use across the United States based on different electricity pathways through 2050 Jordan Macknick, Sandra Sattler, Kristen B. Averyt et al. · Environmental Research Letters | Dec 2012 | 185 |
| 32 | Increased frequency of and population exposure to extreme heat index days in the United States during the 21st century Kristina Dahl, Rachel Licker, John T. Abatzoglou et al. · Environmental Research Communications | 16 Jul 2019 | 172 |
| 33 | Networking our science to characterize the state, vulnerabilities, and management opportunities of soil organic matter J. W. Harden et al. · Global Change Biology | 5 Oct 2017 | 172 |
| 34 | US drinking water quality: exposure risk profiles for seven legacy and emerging contaminants Ronnie Levin, Cristina M. Villanueva, Daniel Beene et al. · Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology | 22 Sep 2023 | 169 |
| 35 | Power system balancing for deep decarbonization of the electricity sector Ana Mileva, Josiah Johnston, J.H. Nelson et al. · Applied Energy | 13 Nov 2015 | 164 |
| 36 | Applying levelized cost of storage methodology to utility-scale second-life lithium-ion battery energy storage systems Tobiah Steckel, Alissa M Kendall, Hanjiro Ambrose · Applied Energy | 12 Jul 2021 | 162 |
| 37 | A General Business Model for Marine Reserves Enric Sala, Christopher Costello, Dawn T. Dougherty et al. · PLoS ONE | 3 Apr 2013 | 157 |
| 38 | The Impact of Continuous Living Cover on Soil Hydrologic Properties: A Meta‐Analysis Andrea Basche, Marcia Susan DeLonge · Soil Science Society of America Journal | Sep 2017 | 154 |
| 39 | Classification of congenital vascular defects. S Belov · PubMed | 31 May 1991 | 144 |
| 40 | Climate change and the deteriorating archaeological and environmental archives of the Arctic Jørgen Hollesen, Martin Eugene Callanan, Tom Dawson et al. · Antiquity | Jun 2018 | 143 |
| 41 | Modeling relationships between water table depth and peat soil carbon loss in Southeast Asian plantations Kimberly M. Carlson, Lael K Goodman, Calen May-Tobin · Environmental Research Letters | Jul 2015 | 142 |
| 42 | Patterns and Emerging Trends in Global Ocean Health Benjamin S. Halpern, Catherine Longo, Julia Stewart Lowndes et al. · PLoS ONE | 16 Mar 2015 | 141 |
| 43 | Escalating carbon emissions from North American boreal forest wildfires and the climate mitigation potential of fire management Carly A. Phillips, Brendan M. Rogers, Molly Elder et al. · Science Advances | 27 Apr 2022 | 135 |
| 44 | Transitioning to Sustainable Agriculture Requires Growing and Sustaining an Ecologically Skilled Workforce Liz Carlisle, Maywa Montenegro de Wit, Marcia Susan DeLonge et al. · Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems | Nov 2019 | 135 |
| 45 | Complex dynamics may limit prediction in marine fisheries Sarah M. Glaser, Michael J. Fogarty, Hui Liu et al. · Fish and Fisheries | 2 Apr 2013 | 128 |
| 46 | Water use for electricity in the United States: an analysis of reported and calculated water use information for 2008 Kristen B. Averyt, Jordan Macknick, John Rogers et al. · Environmental Research Letters | 9 Jan 2013 | 121 |
| 47 | Sectoral contributions to surface water stress in the coterminous United States Kristen B. Averyt, James R. Meldrum, Peter V. Caldwell et al. · Environmental Research Letters | Sep 2013 | 119 |
| 48 | Sea level rise drives increased tidal flooding frequency at tide gauges along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts: Projections for 2030 and 2045 Kristina Dahl, Melanie F. Fitzpatrick, Erika Spanger‐Siegfried · PLoS ONE | 3 Feb 2017 | 114 |
| 49 | Principles for Thinking about Carbon Dioxide Removal in Just Climate Policy David R. Morrow, Michael S. Thompson, Angela Anderson et al. · One Earth | Aug 2020 | 110 |
| 50 | Using markets to leverage investment in forest and landscape restoration in the tropics Pedro H. S. Brancalion, David Alex Lamb, Eliane Ceccon et al. · Forest Policy and Economics | 22 Sep 2017 | 109 |
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