| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Update on the environmental and economic costs associated with alien-invasive species in the United States | Ecological Economics | 2005 | 3,536 |
| 2 | A typology for the classification, description and valuation of ecosystem functions, goods and services | Ecological Economics | 2002 | 3,305 |
| 3 | Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis: A Survey | Ecological Economics | 2004 | 2,593 |
| 4 | Defining and classifying ecosystem services for decision making | Ecological Economics | 2009 | 2,263 |
| 5 | Ecosystem services in urban areas | Ecological Economics | 1999 | 2,101 |
| 6 | Circular Economy: The Concept and its Limitations | Ecological Economics | 2018 | 2,001 |
| 7 | Redefining innovation — eco-innovation research and the contribution from ecological economics | Ecological Economics | 2000 | 1,960 |
| 8 | Economic valuation of the vulnerability of world agriculture confronted with pollinator decline | Ecological Economics | 2009 | 1,940 |
| 9 | Designing payments for environmental services in theory and practice: An overview of the issues | Ecological Economics | 2008 | 1,689 |
| 10 | STIRPAT, IPAT and ImPACT: analytic tools for unpacking the driving forces of environmental impacts | Ecological Economics | 2003 | 1,648 |
| 11 | What are ecosystem services? The need for standardized environmental accounting units | Ecological Economics | 2007 | 1,468 |
| 12 | Ecological goods and services of coral reef ecosystems | Ecological Economics | 1999 | 1,442 |
| 13 | Classifying and valuing ecosystem services for urban planning | Ecological Economics | 2013 | 1,209 |
| 14 | Energy consumption, carbon emissions, and economic growth in China | Ecological Economics | 2009 | 1,186 |
| 15 | Ecosystem services and dis-services to agriculture | Ecological Economics | 2007 | 1,151 |
| 16 | Rethinking ecosystem services to better address and navigate cultural values | Ecological Economics | 2012 | 1,111 |
| 17 | A tale of two market failures: Technology and environmental policy | Ecological Economics | 2005 | 1,093 |
| 18 | The history of ecosystem services in economic theory and practice: From early notions to markets and payment schemes | Ecological Economics | 2010 | 1,092 |
| 19 | Categorising tools for sustainability assessment | Ecological Economics | 2007 | 1,059 |
| 20 | Energy consumption, income, and carbon emissions in the United States | Ecological Economics | 2007 | 1,049 |
| 21 | Determinants of eco-innovations by type of environmental impact — The role of regulatory push/pull, technology push and market pull | Ecological Economics | 2012 | 1,011 |
| 22 | Spatial scales, stakeholders and the valuation of ecosystem services | Ecological Economics | 2006 | 990 |
| 23 | Does urbanization lead to less energy use and lower CO2 emissions? A cross-country analysis | Ecological Economics | 2010 | 958 |
| 24 | Toward some operational principles of sustainable development | Ecological Economics | 1990 | 945 |
| 25 | The sharing economy: A pathway to sustainability or a nightmarish form of neoliberal capitalism? | Ecological Economics | 2016 | 936 |
| 26 | Income, inequality, and pollution: a reassessment of the environmental Kuznets Curve | Ecological Economics | 1998 | 934 |
| 27 | Squaring the circle? Some thoughts on the idea of sustainable development | Ecological Economics | 2004 | 920 |
| 28 | Trade, the pollution haven hypothesis and the environmental Kuznets curve: examining the linkages | Ecological Economics | 2004 | 908 |
| 29 | National natural capital accounting with the ecological footprint concept | Ecological Economics | 1999 | 906 |
| 30 | A review of recent multi-region input–output models used for consumption-based emission and resource accounting | Ecological Economics | 2009 | 906 |
| 31 | From production-based to consumption-based national emission inventories | Ecological Economics | 2008 | 901 |
| 32 | Taking stock: A comparative analysis of payments for environmental services programs in developed and developing countries | Ecological Economics | 2008 | 894 |
| 33 | Barriers to the Circular Economy: Evidence From the European Union (EU) | Ecological Economics | 2018 | 886 |
| 34 | Growth in global materials use, GDP and population during the 20th century | Ecological Economics | 2009 | 873 |
| 35 | The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital | Ecological Economics | 1998 | 860 |
| 36 | The concept of scale and the human dimensions of global change: a survey | Ecological Economics | 2000 | 830 |
| 37 | Economic and ecological concepts for valuing ecosystem services | Ecological Economics | 2002 | 824 |
| 38 | Capital theory and the measurement of sustainable development: an indicator of “weak” sustainability | Ecological Economics | 1993 | 809 |
| 39 | Reconciling theory and practice: An alternative conceptual framework for understanding payments for environmental services | Ecological Economics | 2010 | 808 |
| 40 | Energy consumption, economic growth, and carbon emissions: Challenges faced by an EU candidate member | Ecological Economics | 2009 | 799 |
| 41 | Ecosystem services: From eye-opening metaphor to complexity blinder | Ecological Economics | 2010 | 788 |
| 42 | The value of wetlands: importance of scale and landscape setting | Ecological Economics | 2000 | 771 |
| 43 | Sustainable food consumption among young adults in Belgium: Theory of planned behaviour and the role of confidence and values | Ecological Economics | 2008 | 765 |
| 44 | The impact of urbanization on CO2 emissions: Evidence from developing countries | Ecological Economics | 2011 | 755 |
| 45 | On the causal dynamics between emissions, nuclear energy, renewable energy, and economic growth | Ecological Economics | 2010 | 734 |
| 46 | Transdisciplinarity: Between mainstreaming and marginalization | Ecological Economics | 2012 | 719 |
| 47 | A framework for classifying and quantifying the natural capital and ecosystem services of soils | Ecological Economics | 2010 | 708 |
| 48 | The coasts of our world: Ecological, economic and social importance | Ecological Economics | 2007 | 700 |
| 49 | Soil biota, ecosystem services and land productivity | Ecological Economics | 2007 | 699 |
| 50 | Economic growth, trade and energy: implications for the environmental Kuznets curve | Ecological Economics | 1998 | 690 |
| 51 | Determinants of CO2 emissions in a small open economy | Ecological Economics | 2003 | 690 |
| 52 | Quality of life: An approach integrating opportunities, human needs, and subjective well-being | Ecological Economics | 2007 | 672 |
| 53 | Foundations of transdisciplinarity | Ecological Economics | 2005 | 661 |
| 54 | Measuring the immeasurable — A survey of sustainability indices | Ecological Economics | 2007 | 659 |
| 55 | The rebound effect: Microeconomic definitions, limitations and extensions | Ecological Economics | 2008 | 644 |
| 56 | In defence of degrowth | Ecological Economics | 2011 | 641 |
| 57 | Determinants of Consumers' Green Purchase Behavior in a Developing Nation: Applying and Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior | Ecological Economics | 2017 | 639 |
| 58 | Payments for ecosystem services as commodity fetishism | Ecological Economics | 2010 | 625 |
| 59 | Why farmers continue to use pesticides despite environmental, health and sustainability costs | Ecological Economics | 2001 | 619 |
| 60 | Jevons' paradox | Ecological Economics | 2005 | 608 |
| 61 | A framework for the practical application of the concepts of critical natural capital and strong sustainability | Ecological Economics | 2003 | 602 |
| 62 | Lost in Transition? Drivers and Barriers in the Eco-innovation Road to the Circular Economy | Ecological Economics | 2018 | 596 |
| 63 | Payments for environmental services in Costa Rica | Ecological Economics | 2008 | 588 |
| 64 | Modelling and measuring sustainable wellbeing in connection with the UN Sustainable Development Goals | Ecological Economics | 2016 | 587 |
| 65 | Different Types of Environmental Regulations and Heterogeneous Influence on “Green” Productivity: Evidence from China | Ecological Economics | 2017 | 585 |
| 66 | Measuring the total economic value of restoring ecosystem services in an impaired river basin: results from a contingent valuation survey | Ecological Economics | 2000 | 583 |
| 67 | A review of transdisciplinary research in sustainability science | Ecological Economics | 2013 | 582 |
| 68 | Valuing nature: lessons learned and future research directions | Ecological Economics | 2003 | 572 |
| 69 | The water footprint of cotton consumption: An assessment of the impact of worldwide consumption of cotton products on the water resources in the cotton producing countries | Ecological Economics | 2006 | 568 |
| 70 | The economic value of wetland services: a meta-analysis | Ecological Economics | 2001 | 565 |
| 71 | Economic growth and emissions: reconsidering the empirical basis of environmental Kuznets curves | Ecological Economics | 1998 | 564 |
| 72 | An institutional analysis of payments for environmental services | Ecological Economics | 2010 | 562 |
| 73 | Beyond GDP: Measuring and achieving global genuine progress | Ecological Economics | 2013 | 550 |
| 74 | Weak comparability of values as a foundation for ecological economics | Ecological Economics | 1998 | 549 |
| 75 | Drivers of different types of eco-innovation in European SMEs | Ecological Economics | 2013 | 547 |
| 76 | Technological progress and sustainable development: what about the rebound effect? | Ecological Economics | 2001 | 542 |
| 77 | Pollution haven hypothesis and environmental impacts of foreign direct investment: The case of industrial emission of sulfur dioxide (SO2) in Chinese provinces | Ecological Economics | 2006 | 542 |
| 78 | Examining the global environmental impact of regional consumption activities — Part 2: Review of input–output models for the assessment of environmental impacts embodied in trade | Ecological Economics | 2007 | 541 |
| 79 | The worth of a songbird: ecological economics as a post-normal science | Ecological Economics | 1994 | 537 |
| 80 | An adaptive learning process for developing and applying sustainability indicators with local communities | Ecological Economics | 2006 | 536 |
| 81 | The state of the art of environmental valuation with discrete choice experiments | Ecological Economics | 2010 | 532 |
| 82 | Payments for ecosystem services: From local to global | Ecological Economics | 2010 | 527 |
| 83 | The impact of population pressure on global carbon dioxide emissions, 1975–1996: evidence from pooled cross-country data | Ecological Economics | 2003 | 523 |
| 84 | Economic growth, carrying capacity, and the environment | Ecological Economics | 1995 | 521 |
| 85 | Shared producer and consumer responsibility — Theory and practice | Ecological Economics | 2007 | 505 |
| 86 | Social Norms and Pro-environmental Behavior: A Review of the Evidence | Ecological Economics | 2017 | 502 |
| 87 | Mapping regional economic activity from night-time light satellite imagery | Ecological Economics | 2006 | 501 |
| 88 | A systemic framework for sustainability assessment | Ecological Economics | 2015 | 500 |
| 89 | Causal relationship between energy consumption and GDP growth revisited: A dynamic panel data approach | Ecological Economics | 2008 | 497 |
| 90 | Ecological-economic analysis of wetlands: scientific integration for management and policy | Ecological Economics | 2000 | 496 |
| 91 | Environmental attitudes, motivations, and contingent valuation of nonuse values: a case study involving endangered species | Ecological Economics | 2000 | 491 |
| 92 | Environment and happiness: Valuation of air pollution using life satisfaction data | Ecological Economics | 2006 | 490 |
| 93 | Fair adaptation to climate change | Ecological Economics | 2006 | 489 |
| 94 | Do fair trade and eco-labels in coffee wake up the consumer conscience? | Ecological Economics | 2005 | 488 |
| 95 | Mapping community values for natural capital and ecosystem services | Ecological Economics | 2009 | 484 |
| 96 | Digitalization and energy consumption. Does ICT reduce energy demand? | Ecological Economics | 2020 | 484 |
| 97 | Spatial landscape indices in a hedonic framework: an ecological economics analysis using GIS | Ecological Economics | 1997 | 483 |
| 98 | The human development index: a critical review | Ecological Economics | 1998 | 482 |
| 99 | Implications of transdisciplinarity for sustainability research | Ecological Economics | 2006 | 479 |
| 100 | A comparison of stated preference methods for environmental valuation | Ecological Economics | 1996 | 476 |
