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Most cited papers from World Resources Institute
What are the most cited papers from World Resources Institute?
The most cited paper from World Resources Institute is "Natural climate solutions" (Bronson W. Griscom et al., 2017), with 3,490 citations. Next come "Paris Agreement climate proposals need a boost to keep warming well below 2 °C" (3,464) and "Classifying drivers of global forest loss" (2,373).
Showing 50 of 60 papers. Every paper with more than 225 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural climate solutions Bronson W. Griscom et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 16 Oct 2017 | 3,490 |
| 2 | Paris Agreement climate proposals need a boost to keep warming well below 2 °C Joeri Rogelj, Michel G.J. den Elzen, Niklas Höhne et al. · Nature | 29 Jun 2016 | 3,464 |
| 3 | Classifying drivers of global forest loss Philip G. Curtis, Christy M. Slay, Nancy L. Harris et al. · Science | 13 Sep 2018 | 2,373 |
| 4 | A Theory of Access* Jesse Ribot, Nancy Lee Peluso · Rural Sociology | Jun 2003 | 2,312 |
| 5 | Pollution and health: a progress update Richard Fuller et al. · The Lancet Planetary Health | 17 May 2022 | 2,132 |
| 6 | Overcoming the tragedy of super wicked problems: constraining our future selves to ameliorate global climate change Kelly Levin, Benjamin William Cashore, Steven Bernstein et al. · Policy Sciences | 22 May 2012 | 1,848 |
| 7 | Global maps of twenty-first century forest carbon fluxes Nancy L. Harris, David A. Gibbs, Alessandro Baccini et al. · Nature Climate Change | 21 Jan 2021 | 1,215 |
| 8 | Global priority areas for ecosystem restoration Bernardo B. N. Strassburg et al. · Nature | 14 Oct 2020 | 1,159 |
| 9 | Moment of truth for the Cerrado hotspot Bernardo B. N. Strassburg, Thomas M. Brooks, Rafael Feltran‐Barbieri et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution | 23 Mar 2017 | 1,101 |
| 10 | Primary forest cover loss in Indonesia over 2000–2012 Belinda Arunarwati Margono, Peter V. Potapov, Svetlana A. Turubanova et al. · Nature Climate Change | 27 Jun 2014 | 1,045 |
| 11 | Technologies and policies to decarbonize global industry: Review and assessment of mitigation drivers through 2070 Jeffrey Rissman et al. · Applied Energy | 29 Mar 2020 | 1,043 |
| 12 | Recentralizing While Decentralizing: How National Governments Reappropriate Forest Resources Jesse Ribot, Arun Agrawal, Anne Larson · World Development | 21 Sep 2006 | 955 |
| 13 | The last frontiers of wilderness: Tracking loss of intact forest landscapes from 2000 to 2013 Peter V. Potapov, Matthew C. Hansen, Lars Laestadius et al. · Science Advances | 6 Jan 2017 | 882 |
| 14 | Mapping the global value and distribution of coral reef tourism Mark D. Spalding, Lauretta Burke, Spencer A. Wood et al. · Marine Policy | 17 May 2017 | 702 |
| 15 | Humid tropical forest clearing from 2000 to 2005 quantified by using multitemporal and multiresolution remotely sensed data Matthew C. Hansen, Stephen V. Stehman, Peter V. Potapov et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 30 Jun 2008 | 700 |
| 16 | Missing Food, Missing Data? A Critical Review of Global Food Losses and Food Waste Data Li Xue, Gang Liu, Julian P. Parfitt et al. · Environmental Science & Technology | 11 May 2017 | 685 |
| 17 | Mapping carbon accumulation potential from global natural forest regrowth Susan C. Cook‐Patton et al. · Nature | 23 Sep 2020 | 646 |
| 18 | When is a forest a forest? Forest concepts and definitions in the era of forest and landscape restoration Robin L. Chazdon, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Lars Laestadius et al. · AMBIO | 9 Mar 2016 | 644 |
| 19 | Contribution of the land sector to a 1.5 °C world Stephanie Roe, Charlotte Streck, Michael H. Obersteiner et al. · Nature Climate Change | 21 Oct 2019 | 632 |
| 20 | The Global 2000-2020 Land Cover and Land Use Change Dataset Derived From the Landsat Archive: First Results Peter V. Potapov, Matthew C. Hansen, Amy Pickens et al. · Frontiers in Remote Sensing | 13 Apr 2022 | 622 |
| 21 | Assessing the efficiency of changes in land use for mitigating climate change Timothy D. Searchinger, Stefan Wirsenius, Tim Beringer et al. · Nature | Dec 2018 | 618 |
| 22 | One Hundred Questions of Importance to the Conservation of Global Biological Diversity William J. Sutherland et al. · Conservation Biology | 22 Apr 2009 | 594 |
| 23 | Disentangling the numbers behind agriculture-driven tropical deforestation Florence Pendrill et al. · Science | 8 Sep 2022 | 569 |
| 24 | Dangerous targets? Unresolved issues and ideological clashes around marine protected areas Tundi S. Agardy, Peter B. Bridgewater, Michael P. Crosby et al. · Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems | 8 Apr 2003 | 540 |
| 25 | Biodiversity hotspots Walter V. Reid · Trends in Ecology & Evolution | Jul 1998 | 538 |
| 26 | Mapping the World's Intact Forest Landscapes by Remote Sensing Peter V. Potapov, Aleksey Yaroshenko, Svetlana A. Turubanova et al. · Ecology and Society | 2008 | 537 |
| 27 | Climate change exacerbates the environmental impacts of agriculture Yi Yang et al. · Science | 5 Sep 2024 | 531 |
| 28 | Building Resilience to Climate Change in Informal Settlements David Satterthwaite, Diane Archer, Sarah Colenbrander et al. · One Earth | Feb 2020 | 531 |
| 29 | A Pilot Global Assessment of Environmental Water Requirements and Scarcity Vladimir Smakhtin, Carmen Revenga, Petra Döll · Water International | Sep 2004 | 498 |
| 30 | Global restoration opportunities in tropical rainforest landscapes Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Aidin Niamir, Eben North Broadbent et al. · Science Advances | 3 Jul 2019 | 497 |
| 31 | A global inventory of photovoltaic solar energy generating units Lucas Kruitwagen, K. T. Story, Jürgen Friedrich et al. · Nature | 27 Oct 2021 | 487 |
| 32 | A new global 1‐km dataset of percentage tree cover derived from remote sensing Ruth DeFries, Matthew C. Hansen, J. R. G. Townshend et al. · Global Change Biology | Feb 2000 | 484 |
| 33 | Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity Hedley S. Grantham et al. · Nature Communications | 8 Dec 2020 | 475 |
| 34 | The extent of forest in dryland biomes Jean‐François Bastin et al. · Science | 11 May 2017 | 469 |
| 35 | A Policy‐Driven Knowledge Agenda for Global Forest and Landscape Restoration Robin L. Chazdon, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, David Alex Lamb et al. · Conservation Letters | 8 Dec 2015 | 449 |
| 36 | Competitive advantage on a warming planet. Jonathan Lash, Fred Wellington · PubMed | Mar 2007 | 423 |
| 37 | Urban land expansion: the role of population and economic growth for 300+ cities Richa Mahtta, Michail Fragkias, Burak Güneralp et al. · npj Urban Sustainability | 11 Feb 2022 | 404 |
| 38 | Global Trends of Forest Loss Due to Fire From 2001 to 2019 Alexandra Tyukavina, Peter V. Potapov, Matthew C. Hansen et al. · Frontiers in Remote Sensing | 15 Mar 2022 | 389 |
| 39 | Changes in global terrestrial live biomass over the 21st century Liang Xu, Sassan S Saatchi, Yan Yang et al. · Science Advances | Jul 2021 | 374 |
| 40 | Democratic decentralisation of natural resources: institutional choice and discretionary power transfers in Sub‐Saharan Africa Jesse C. Ribot · Public Administration and Development | Feb 2003 | 368 |
| 41 | Irrigation in the Earth system Sonali McDermid et al. · Nature Reviews Earth & Environment | 20 Jun 2023 | 366 |
| 42 | Conditions affecting the success of fisheries co-management: lessons from Asia Robert S. Pomeroy, B.M. Katon, Ingvild H.T. Harkes · Marine Policy | May 2001 | 364 |
| 43 | Very high resolution canopy height maps from RGB imagery using self-supervised vision transformer and convolutional decoder trained on aerial lidar Jamie Tolan, Hung-I Yang, Benjamin Nosarzewski et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment | 7 Nov 2023 | 362 |
| 44 | Food systems for sustainable development: proposals for a profound four-part transformation Patrick Caron et al. · Agronomy for Sustainable Development | Aug 2018 | 345 |
| 45 | Global analysis of the protection status of the world’s forests Christine Brigitte Schmitt, Neil D. Burgess, Lauren Coad et al. · Biological Conservation | 20 May 2009 | 332 |
| 46 | Strategic approaches to restoring ecosystems can triple conservation gains and halve costs Bernardo B. N. Strassburg et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution | 11 Dec 2018 | 331 |
| 47 | Reduced Ratio of Male to Female Births in Several Industrial Countries Devra Lee Davis, Michelle B. Gottlieb, Julie R. Stampnitzky · JAMA | Apr 1998 | 319 |
| 48 | Humid tropical forest disturbance alerts using Landsat data Matthew C. Hansen, Alexander Krylov, Alexandra Tyukavina et al. · Environmental Research Letters | Mar 2016 | 308 |
| 49 | Managing Water for People and Nature Nels Johnson, Carmen Revenga, Jaime Echeverría · Science | 11 May 2001 | 301 |
| 50 | Climate change and soil salinity: The case of coastal Bangladesh Susmita Dasgupta, Md. Moqbul Hossain, Mainul Huq et al. · AMBIO | 7 Jul 2015 | 300 |
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