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Most cited papers in Marine and environmental studies

Marine and environmental studies

What are the most cited papers in Marine and environmental studies?

The most cited paper in Marine and environmental studies is "The chemical basis of morphogenesis" (Alan Mathison Turing, 1952), with 11,847 citations. Next come "Persistent Solar Influence on North Atlantic Climate During the Holocene" (3,504) and "REPRODUCTIVE and LARVAL ECOLOGY OF MARINE BOTTOM INVERTEBRATES" (2,408).

Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 514 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 The chemical basis of morphogenesis Alan Mathison Turing · Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 14 Aug 1952 11,847
2 Persistent Solar Influence on North Atlantic Climate During the Holocene Gérard C. Bond, Bernd Kromer, J. Beer et al. · Science 7 Dec 2001 3,504
3 REPRODUCTIVE and LARVAL ECOLOGY OF MARINE BOTTOM INVERTEBRATES Gunnar Thorson · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Review 1950 2,408
4 POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF ORGANISMS AS PHYSICAL ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS Clive G. Jones, John Hartley Lawton, Moshe Shachak · Ecology Oct 1997 2,344
5 Mesozoic and Cenozoic Chronostratigraphy and Cycles of Sea-Level Change Bilal Ul Haq, Jan Hardenbol, Peter R. Vail et al. · SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) eBooks Book chapter 1988 2,129
6 Plastics on the Sargasso Sea Surface Edward J. Carpenter, K.L. Smith · Science 17 Mar 1972 1,670
7 Geological evolution of the tethys belt from the atlantic to the pamirs since the LIAS Jean Dercourt, Lev P. Zonenshain, Luc-Emmanuel Ricou et al. · Tectonophysics Mar 1986 1,658
8 An oscillation in the global climate system of period 65–70 years Michael E. Schlesinger, Navin Ramankutty · Nature Feb 1994 1,601
9 Eutrophication of Chesapeake Bay: historical trends and ecological interactions WM Kemp, Walter R. Boynton, JE Adolf et al. · Marine Ecology Progress Series Open access 21 Nov 2005 1,486
10 Eustatic Controls on Clastic Deposition I—Conceptual Framework Henry W. Posamentier, Macomb T. Jervey, Peter R. Vail · SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) eBooks Book chapter 1988 1,464
11 Ocean circulation and climate during the past 120,000 years Stefan Rahmstorf · Nature Sep 2002 1,311
12 Ice Age Paleotopography W. R. Peltier · Science 8 Jul 1994 1,267
13 ON THE RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF BIRD SPECIES Robert H. MacArthur · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 15 Mar 1957 1,200
14 Mo–total organic carbon covariation in modern anoxic marine environments: Implications for analysis of paleoredox and paleohydrographic conditions Thomas J. Algeo, Timothy W. Lyons · Paleoceanography Mar 2006 1,184
15 Anoxia vs. Productivity: What Controls the Formation of Organic-Carbon-Rich Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks? T. F. Pedersen, S. E. Calvert · AAPG Bulletin Apr 1990 1,177
16 Calibration of unsaturation patterns in long-chain ketone compositions for palaeotemperature assessment F. G. Prahl, Stuart G. Wakeham · Nature Nov 1987 1,119
17 Anthropogenic causes of jellyfish blooms and their direct consequences for humans: a review JE Purcell, Shin-ichi Uye, W.S. Lo · Marine Ecology Progress Series Open access 22 Nov 2007 1,103
18 Modeling the Climatic Response to Orbital Variations John Z Imbrie, John Z Imbrie · Science 29 Feb 1980 1,092
19 Diversity of Planktonic Foraminifera in Deep-Sea Sediments Wolfgang Berger, Frances L. Parker · Science 12 Jun 1970 1,061
20 Late Miocene Desiccation of the Mediterranean K. J. Hsü, William B. F. Ryan, Maria Bianca Cita · Nature Mar 1973 1,019
21 Fluctuating asymmetry analyses: a primer A. Richard Palmer · Contemporary issues in genetics and evolution Book chapter 1994 994
22 THE SUPRAMOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF HUMIC SUBSTANCES Alessandro Piccolo · Soil Science Nov 2001 989
23 The Last Glacial Termination George H. Denton, Robert F. Anderson, J. R. Toggweiler et al. · Science 24 Jun 2010 984
24 Interactions and Self-Organization in the Soil-Microbe Complex Iain M. Young, John W. Crawford · Science 10 Jun 2004 948
25 Links between climate and sea levels for the past three million years Kurt Lambeck, Tezer M. Esat, Emma-Kate Potter · Nature Sep 2002 919
26 Bioturbation: a fresh look at Darwin's last idea Filip J. R. Meysman, Jack J. Middelburg, C.H.R. Heip · Trends in Ecology & Evolution 10 Aug 2006 918
27 Thermohaline Circulation, the Achilles Heel of Our Climate System: Will Man-Made CO 2 Upset the Current Balance? Wallace S. Broecker · Science 28 Nov 1997 889
28 A review of the history of the Baltic Sea, 13.0-8.0 ka BP Svante Björck · Quaternary International 1995 853
29 The Earth as Transformed by Human Action Billie Lee Turner · The Professional Geographer Aug 1988 845
30 Correlation between Arabian Sea and Greenland climate oscillations of the past 110,000 years H. Schulz, Ulrich von Rad, Helmut Erlenkeuser et al. · Nature May 1998 837
31 The supramolecular structure of humic substances: A novel understanding of humus chemistry and implications in soil science Alessandro Piccolo · Advances in agronomy Book chapter 2002 827
32 The Cimmeride Orogenic System and the Tectonics of Eurasia A. M. Celâl Şengör · Geological Society of America Special Papers Book chapter 1984 826
33 A review of tufa and travertine deposits of the world Tom Ford, H.M. Pedley · Earth-Science Reviews Nov 1996 800
34 Humic Substances in Soil, Sediment, and Water. Geochemistry, Isolation, and Characterization Charles A. Fewson · Geoderma Dec 1986 798
35 River discharges of water and nutrients to the Mediterranean and Black Sea: Major drivers for ecosystem changes during past and future decades? Wolfgang Ludwig, Egon Dumont, Michel Meybeck et al. · Progress In Oceanography 22 Feb 2009 793
36 Evolution of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea Manik Talwani, Olav Eldholm · Geological Society of America Bulletin 1977 787
37 A possible response of the atmospheric Hadley circulation to equatorial anomalies of ocean temperature J. Bjerknes · Tellus Nov 1966 778
38 Microbial Reefs in the Black Sea Fueled by Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane Walter Michaelis, RICHARD M. SEIFERT, Katja Nauhaus et al. · Science Open access 9 Aug 2002 774
39 Smallest Algae Thrive As the Arctic Ocean Freshens William K. W. Li, Fiona A. McLaughlin, Connie Lovejoy et al. · Science 22 Oct 2009 772
40 Are we now living in the Anthropocene Jan Zalasiewicz et al. · GSA Today Open access 2008 767
41 Subtropical Arctic Ocean temperatures during the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum the Expedition 302 Scientists, Appy Sluijs, Stefan Schouten et al. · Nature Open access 31 May 2006 756
42 Climate Change and Latitudinal Patterns of Intertidal Thermal Stress Brian S. T. Helmuth, Christopher D. G. Harley, Patricia M. Halpin et al. · Science 31 Oct 2002 748
43 Effect of Danube River dam on Black Sea biogeochemistry and ecosystem structure Christoph Humborg, V. Ittekkot, Adriana Cociasu et al. · Nature Mar 1997 746
44 Lunar sourcebook : a user's guide to the moon Grant H. Heiken, David T. Vaniman, Bevan M. French 1991 738
45 The Aral Sea Disaster Philip Micklin · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences Review 27 Nov 2006 728
46 Synopsis of the Medusae of the World Peter Kramp · Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom Nov 1961 722
47 Coherent High- and Low-Latitude Climate Variability During the Holocene Warm Period Peter B deMenocal, Joseph D. Ortiz, Tom Guilderson et al. · Science 23 Jun 2000 721
48 Mechanical properties of mother of pearl in tension John Donald Currey · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 4 Apr 1977 717
49 Deoxygenation of the Baltic Sea during the last century Jacob Carstensen, Jesper H. Andersen, Bo Gustav Gustafsson et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 31 Mar 2014 712
50 An Atlas of Phanerozoic Paleogeographic Maps: The Seas Come In and the Seas Go Out Christopher R. Scotese · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences ReviewOpen access 22 Mar 2021 696

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