Topic · Polar Research and Ecology
Most cited papers in Polar Research and Ecology
What are the most cited papers in Polar Research and Ecology?
The most cited paper in Polar Research and Ecology is "Climate and atmospheric history of the past 420,000 years from the Vostok ice core, Antarctica" (Jean‐Robert Petit, Jean Jouzel, Dominique Raynaud et al., 1999), with 6,729 citations. Next come "The biomass distribution on Earth" (3,799) and "MICROBIAL STRESS-RESPONSE PHYSIOLOGY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION" (3,103).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 474 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Climate and atmospheric history of the past 420,000 years from the Vostok ice core, Antarctica Jean‐Robert Petit, Jean Jouzel, Dominique Raynaud et al. · Nature | Jun 1999 | 6,729 |
| 2 | The biomass distribution on Earth Yinon Moise Bar-On, Rob Phillips, Ron Milo · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 21 May 2018 | 3,799 |
| 3 | MICROBIAL STRESS-RESPONSE PHYSIOLOGY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION Joshua P. Schimel, Teri C. Balser, Matthew David Wallenstein · Ecology | Jun 2007 | 3,103 |
| 4 | A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity Luke Thompson et al. · Nature | 30 Oct 2017 | 2,968 |
| 5 | Life in extreme environments Lynn J. Rothschild, Rocco L. Mancinelli · Nature | Feb 2001 | 2,266 |
| 6 | UV-induced DNA damage and repair: a review Rajeshwar Prasad Sinha, Donat-P. Häder · Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences | 13 Mar 2002 | 1,992 |
| 7 | Variations in microbial community composition through two soil depth profiles Noah Fierer, Joshua P. Schimel, Patricia Ann Holden · Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2003 | 1,857 |
| 8 | Soil microbiomes and climate change Janet K Jansson, Kirsten Hofmockel · Nature Reviews Microbiology | 4 Oct 2019 | 1,702 |
| 9 | A Model for the Spectral Albedo of Snow. I: Pure Snow Warren J. Wiscombe, Stephen G. Warren · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences | Dec 1980 | 1,693 |
| 10 | Cross-biome metagenomic analyses of soil microbial communities and their functional attributes Noah Fierer, Jonathan W. Leff, Byron J. Adams et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 10 Dec 2012 | 1,691 |
| 11 | A telomeric sequence in the RNA of Tetrahymena telomerase required for telomere repeat synthesis Carol W. Greider, Elizabeth Helen Blackburn · Nature | 1989 | 1,686 |
| 12 | Glacial/interglacial variations in atmospheric carbon dioxide Daniel M. Sigman, Edward A. Boyle · Nature | Oct 2000 | 1,501 |
| 13 | Responses of Arctic Tundra to Experimental and Observed Changes in Climate F. Stuart Chapin, Gaius R. Shaver, Anne E. Giblin et al. · Ecology | Apr 1995 | 1,445 |
| 14 | Examining the global distribution of dominant archaeal populations in soil Scott Thomas Bates, Donna Berg-Lyons, J. Gregory Caporaso et al. · The ISME Journal | 18 Nov 2010 | 1,348 |
| 15 | Rapid Cenozoic glaciation of Antarctica induced by declining atmospheric CO2 Robert M. DeConto, David Pollard · Nature | 2003 | 1,263 |
| 16 | Antarctic climate change during the last 50 years John C. Turner, Steve R. Colwell, Gareth J. Marshall et al. · International Journal of Climatology | 2005 | 1,240 |
| 17 | Defining trait-based microbial strategies with consequences for soil carbon cycling under climate change Ashish A. Malik, Jennifer B. H. Martiny, Eoin Brodie et al. · The ISME Journal | 25 Sep 2019 | 1,184 |
| 18 | Psychrophilic enzymes: hot topics in cold adaptation Georges Feller, Charles Gerday · Nature Reviews Microbiology | Dec 2003 | 1,169 |
| 19 | Life and death in the soil microbiome: how ecological processes influence biogeochemistry Noah W. Sokol et al. · Nature Reviews Microbiology | 28 Feb 2022 | 1,159 |
| 20 | Soil moisture is the major factor influencing microbial community structure and enzyme activities across seven biogeoclimatic zones in western Canada Beth Brockett, Cindy E. Prescott, S. J. Grayston · Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 18 Sep 2011 | 1,142 |
| 21 | Modelling West Antarctic ice sheet growth and collapse through the past five million years David Pollard, Robert M. DeConto · Nature | Mar 2009 | 1,112 |
| 22 | Sympatric cryptic species in New Zealand Onychophora Steven A. Trewick · Biological Journal of the Linnean Society | Mar 1998 | 1,107 |
| 23 | Late Wisconsinan and Holocene History of the Laurentide Ice Sheet* Arthur S. Dyke, Victor K. Prest · Géographie physique et Quaternaire | 15 Jan 2008 | 1,053 |
| 24 | Pot1, the Putative Telomere End-Binding Protein in Fission Yeast and Humans Peter Baumann, Thomas R. Cech · Science | 11 May 2001 | 1,039 |
| 25 | Higher plants and UV-B radiation: balancing damage, repair and acclimation Marcel A. K. Jansen, Victor P. Gaba, Bruce M. Greenberg · Trends in Plant Science | Apr 1998 | 1,034 |
| 26 | Pacific margins of Laurentia and East Antarctica-Australia as a conjugate rift pair: Evidence and implications for an Eocambrian supercontinent Ian W. D. Dalziel · Geology | 1991 | 989 |
| 27 | Contribution of cryptogamic covers to the global cycles of carbon and nitrogen Wolfgang Elbert, Bettina Weber, Susannah Marie Burrows et al. · Nature Geoscience | 3 Jun 2012 | 988 |
| 28 | Ozone Depletion: Ultraviolet Radiation and Phytoplankton Biology in Antarctic Waters Ray C. Smith, Barbara B. Prézelin, Karen S. Baker et al. · Science | 21 Feb 1992 | 959 |
| 29 | Microbes on mountainsides: Contrasting elevational patterns of bacterial and plant diversity Jessica A. M. Bryant, Christine A. Lamanna, Hélène Morlon et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 11 Aug 2008 | 908 |
| 30 | Retreating Glacier Fronts on the Antarctic Peninsula over the Past Half-Century Alison J. Cook, A. J. Fox, David G. Vaughan et al. · Science | 21 Apr 2005 | 890 |
| 31 | Psychrophilic microorganisms: challenges for life Salvino D’Amico, Tony Collins, Jean‐Claude Marx et al. · EMBO Reports | Apr 2006 | 855 |
| 32 | Telomeres and telomerase: their mechanisms of action and the effects of altering their functions Elizabeth Helen Blackburn · FEBS Letters | 26 Nov 2004 | 848 |
| 33 | Temperature dependence of metabolic rates for microbial growth, maintenance, and survival P. Buford Price, Todd Sowers · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 30 Mar 2004 | 846 |
| 34 | Endolithic Microorganisms in the Antarctic Cold Desert E. Imre Friedmann · Science | 26 Feb 1982 | 832 |
| 35 | Microbial life under extreme energy limitation Tori M. Hoehler, Bo Barker Jørgensen · Nature Reviews Microbiology | 16 Jan 2013 | 826 |
| 36 | Specialized metabolic functions of keystone taxa sustain soil microbiome stability Weibing Xun, Yunpeng Liu, Wei Li et al. · Microbiome | 31 Jan 2021 | 806 |
| 37 | Obliquity-paced Pliocene West Antarctic ice sheet oscillations T. Naish et al. · Nature | Mar 2009 | 785 |
| 38 | Testing the functional significance of microbial community composition Michael S. Strickland, Christian L. Lauber, Noah Fierer et al. · Ecology | Feb 2009 | 782 |
| 39 | Simultaneous Assessment of Soil Microbial Community Structure and Function through Analysis of the Meta-Transcriptome Tim Urich, Anders Lanzén, Ji Qi et al. · PLoS ONE | 24 Jun 2008 | 778 |
| 40 | UV-B as an environmental factor in plant life: stress and regulation J. Rozema, Jos van de Staaij, Lars Olof Björn et al. · Trends in Ecology & Evolution | 1997 | 776 |
| 41 | Lipid Analysis in Microbial Ecology J. Robie Vestal, David C. S. White · BioScience | Sep 1989 | 775 |
| 42 | A latitudinal diversity gradient in planktonic marine bacteria Jed A. Fuhrman, Joshua A. Steele, Ian Hewson et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 28 May 2008 | 767 |
| 43 | The endosymbiotic origin, diversification and fate of plastids Patrick J. Keeling · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences | 2 Feb 2010 | 767 |
| 44 | The Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica Ian M. Howat, Claire C. Porter, B. E. Smith et al. · The cryosphere | 26 Feb 2019 | 762 |
| 45 | Open‐top designs for manipulating field temperature in high‐latitude ecosystems Giles M. Marion, Greg H. R. Henry, Diana W. Freckman et al. · Global Change Biology | Dec 1997 | 762 |
| 46 | Metagenomic analysis of a permafrost microbial community reveals a rapid response to thaw Rachel Mackelprang, Mark P. Waldrop, Kristen M. DeAngelis et al. · Nature | 4 Nov 2011 | 753 |
| 47 | Ultraviolet radiation screening compounds Charles S. Cockell, John Knowland · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society | Aug 1999 | 751 |
| 48 | The under-recognized dominance of Verrucomicrobia in soil bacterial communities Gaddy T. Bergmann, Scott Thomas Bates, Kathryn G. Eilers et al. · Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 15 Apr 2011 | 742 |
| 49 | Biological invasions in the Antarctic: extent, impacts and implications Yves Frénot, Steven L. Chown, Jennie Whinam et al. · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society | 12 Jan 2005 | 724 |
| 50 | Abundance, composition, diversity and novelty of soil Proteobacteria Anne M. Spain, Lee R. Krumholz, Mostafa S. Elshahed · The ISME Journal | 30 Apr 2009 | 688 |
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