| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Exaptation—a Missing Term in the Science of Form | Paleobiology | 1982 | 4,401 |
| 2 | (null) | Journal of Paleolimnology | 2001 | 3,646 |
| 3 | XV.—The Correlation between Relatives on the Supposition of Mendelian Inheritance. | Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | 1919 | 3,312 |
| 4 | Punctuated equilibria: the tempo and mode of evolution reconsidered | Paleobiology | 1977 | 2,414 |
| 5 | Taphonomic and ecologic information from bone weathering | Paleobiology | 1978 | 2,025 |
| 6 | Glossary of pollen and spore terminology | Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology | 2007 | 1,573 |
| 7 | Size and shape in ontogeny and phylogeny | Paleobiology | 1979 | 1,440 |
| 8 | Supporting Red List threat assessments with GeoCAT: geospatial conservation assessment tool | ZooKeys | 2011 | 1,435 |
| 9 | Age constraint on Burmese amber based on U–Pb dating of zircons | Cretaceous Research | 2012 | 1,215 |
| 10 | Present-day South American climate | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 2009 | 1,156 |
| 11 | Results of PMIP2 coupled simulations of the Mid-Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum – Part 1: experiments and large-scale features | Climate of the Past | 2007 | 1,089 |
| 12 | Analysis of daily, monthly, and annual burned area using the fourth‐generation global fire emissions database (GFED4) | Journal of Geophysical Research G: Biogeosciences | 2013 | 1,086 |
| 13 | Supplementary modification and introduction of code numbers to the low-latitude coccolith biostratigraphic zonation (Bukry, 1973; 1975) | Marine Micropaleontology | 1980 | 1,074 |
| 14 | Oxygen isotope and palaeotemperature records from six Greenland ice-core stations: Camp Century, Dye-3, GRIP, GISP2, Renland and NorthGRIP | Journal of Quaternary Science | 2001 | 936 |
| 15 | A 60 000 year Greenland stratigraphic ice core chronology | Climate of the Past | 2008 | 910 |
| 16 | A conceptual model explaining benthic foraminiferal microhabitats | Marine Micropaleontology | 1995 | 906 |
| 17 | The Mesozoic marine revolution: evidence from snails, predators and grazers | Paleobiology | 1977 | 900 |
| 18 | A factor analytic description of the Phanerozoic marine fossil record | Paleobiology | 1981 | 850 |
| 19 | Family-Group Names In Coleoptera (Insecta) | ZooKeys | 2011 | 839 |
| 20 | Nutrient Excess and the Demise of Coral Reefs and Carbonate Platforms | Palaios | 1986 | 806 |
| 21 | Microbialites: Organosedimentary Deposits of Benthic Microbial Communities | Palaios | 1987 | 790 |
| 22 | (null) | Journal of Paleolimnology | 1998 | 785 |
| 23 | Late Wisconsinan and Holocene History of the Laurentide Ice Sheet* | Géographie Physique Et Quaternaire | 1987 | 775 |
| 24 | Lacustrine Sedimentary Organic Matter Records of Late Quaternary Paleoclimates | Journal of Paleolimnology | 1999 | 758 |
| 25 | High-resolution palaeoclimatic records for the last millennium: interpretation, integration and comparison with General Circulation Model control-run temperatures | Holocene | 1998 | 728 |
| 26 | The trace metal content of recent organic carbon-rich sediments: Implications for Cretaceous black shale formation | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 2006 | 727 |
| 27 | The middle Miocene climatic transition: East Antarctic ice sheet development, deep ocean circulation and global carbon cycling | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 1994 | 713 |
| 28 | How old is the Asian monsoon system?—Palaeobotanical records from China | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 2005 | 709 |
| 29 | The North Atlantic Ocean during the last deglaciation | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 1981 | 700 |
| 30 | Secular oscillations in the carbonate mineralogy of reef-building and sediment-producing organisms driven by tectonically forced shifts in seawater chemistry | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 1998 | 699 |
| 31 | A palaeoecological study of holocene peat bog sections in Germany and The Netherlands, based on the analysis of pollen, spores and macro- and microscopic remains of fungi, algae, cormophytes and animals | Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology | 1978 | 684 |
| 32 | Formal subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch: a Discussion Paper by a Working Group of INTIMATE (Integration of ice‐core, marine and terrestrial records) and the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy (International Commission on Stratigraphy) | Journal of Quaternary Science | 2012 | 671 |
| 33 | Loess stratigraphy in Central China | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 1989 | 666 |
| 34 | 'Little Ice Age' summer temperature variations: their nature and relevance to recent global warming trends | Holocene | 1993 | 663 |
| 35 | Is a new and general theory of evolution emerging? | Paleobiology | 1980 | 659 |
| 36 | A kinetic model of Phanerozoic taxonomic diversity. III. Post-Paleozoic families and mass extinctions | Paleobiology | 1984 | 654 |
| 37 | Magnetic properties of modern soils and Quaternary loessic paleosols: paleoclimatic implications | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 1998 | 630 |
| 38 | Bangiomorpha pubescens n. gen., n. sp.: implications for the evolution of sex, multicellularity, and the Mesoproterozoic/Neoproterozoic radiation of eukaryotes | Paleobiology | 2000 | 630 |
| 39 | Estimating carbon accumulation rates of undrained mires in Finland–application to boreal and subarctic regions | Holocene | 2002 | 611 |
| 40 | The early medieval warm epoch and its sequel | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 1965 | 602 |
| 41 | The 'segment length curse' in long tree-ring chronology development for palaeoclimatic studies | Holocene | 1995 | 602 |
| 42 | Fossil in situ spores and pollen grains: an annotated catalogue | Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology | 1995 | 601 |
| 43 | Formal ratification of the Quaternary System/Period and the Pleistocene Series/Epoch with a base at 2.58 Ma | Journal of Quaternary Science | 2010 | 601 |
| 44 | High-resolution palaeoclimatology of the last millennium: a review of current status and future prospects | Holocene | 2009 | 588 |
| 45 | Calculating unbiased tree-ring indices for the study of climatic and environmental change | Holocene | 1997 | 579 |
| 46 | Microbial Mats in Terminal Proterozoic Siliciclastics: Ediacaran Death Masks | Palaios | 1999 | 579 |
| 47 | Mediterranean Quaternary sapropels, an immediate response of the African monsoon to variation of insolation | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 1985 | 575 |
| 48 | Sun, ocean, climate and atmospheric 14CO2 : an evaluation of causal and spectral relationships | Holocene | 1993 | 575 |
| 49 | Palynology of tertiary sediments from tropical areas | Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology | 1968 | 574 |
| 50 | The environmental and climatic distribution of dinoflagellate cysts in modern marine sediments from regions in the North and South Atlantic Oceans and adjacent seas | Marine Micropaleontology | 1977 | 574 |
| 51 | Formal definition and dating of the GSSP (Global Stratotype Section and Point) for the base of the Holocene using the Greenland NGRIP ice core, and selected auxiliary records | Journal of Quaternary Science | 2009 | 552 |
| 52 | Archaeological and palaeoecological indications of an abrupt climate change in The Netherlands, and evidence for climatological teleconnections around 2650 BP | Journal of Quaternary Science | 1996 | 550 |
| 53 | Calculation and uncertainty analysis of 210Pb dates for PIRLA project lake sediment cores | Journal of Paleolimnology | 1990 | 539 |
| 54 | The coexistence approach — a method for quantitative reconstructions of Tertiary terrestrial palaeoclimate data using plant fossils | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 1997 | 539 |
| 55 | Responses of plant populations and communities to environmental changes of the late Quaternary | Paleobiology | 2000 | 537 |
| 56 | The Pre-Quaternary history of fire | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 2000 | 533 |
| 57 | Theory of quantitative reconstruction of vegetation I: pollen from large sites REVEALS regional vegetation composition | Holocene | 2007 | 533 |
| 58 | Glacier and lake-level variations in west-central Europe over the last 3500 years | Holocene | 2005 | 532 |
| 59 | The climate of the Altiplano: observed current conditions and mechanisms of past changes | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 2003 | 522 |
| 60 | Benthic foraminifera in oxygen-poor habitats | Marine Micropaleontology | 1993 | 520 |
| 61 | EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGIC SIGNIFICANCE OF OXYGEN‐DEFICIENT MARINE BASINS | Lethaia | 1971 | 519 |
| 62 | Palaeoecology and stratigraphy of the lateglacial type section at Usselo (the Netherlands) | Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology | 1989 | 519 |
| 63 | XI.—On q-Functions and a certain Difference Operator | Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | 1909 | 516 |
| 64 | The use of Rarefaction Analysis for Estimating Palynological Richness from Quaternary Pollen-Analytical Data | Holocene | 1992 | 508 |
| 65 | X. Theory of the Earth; or an Investigation of the Laws observable in the Composition, Dissolution, and Restoration of Land upon the Globe. | Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | 1788 | 505 |
| 66 | The new chronostratigraphic classification of the Ordovician System and its relations to major regional series and stages and to δ 13 C chemostratigraphy | Lethaia | 2009 | 503 |
| 67 | Sedimentary Corg:P ratios, paleocean ventilation, and Phanerozoic atmospheric pO2 | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 2007 | 499 |
| 68 | Evidence of Lateglacial and Holocene climatic change and human impact in eastern Anatolia: high-resolution pollen, charcoal, isotopic and geochemical records from the laminated sediments of Lake Van, Turkey | Holocene | 2003 | 497 |
| 69 | Correlation of Early Cretaceous carbon isotope stratigraphy and platform drowning events: a possible link? | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 1998 | 493 |
| 70 | Comparative Taphonomy: A Key to Paleoenvironmental Interpretation Based on Fossil Preservation | Palaios | 1986 | 488 |
| 71 | South and southeast Brazilian grasslands during Late Quaternary times: a synthesis | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 2002 | 484 |
| 72 | A REVISED TROPICAL TO SUBTROPICAL PALEOGENE PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERAL ZONATION | Journal of Foraminiferal Research | 2005 | 479 |
| 73 | A major reorganization of Asian climate by the early Miocene | Climate of the Past | 2008 | 471 |
| 74 | Hydrocarbon seep and hydrothermal vent paleoenvironments and paleontology: Past developments and future research directions | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 2006 | 470 |
| 75 | (null) | Journal of Paleolimnology | 1997 | 465 |
| 76 | Mesozoic plate tectonic reconstruction of the Carpathian region | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 2004 | 463 |
| 77 | Benthic foraminiferal responses to estuarine pollution; a review | Journal of Foraminiferal Research | 1995 | 462 |
| 78 | Definition, diagnosis, and origin of Mammalia | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | 1988 | 461 |
| 79 | A kinetic model of Phanerozoic taxonomic diversity I. Analysis of marine orders | Paleobiology | 1978 | 458 |
| 80 | Conceptual Framework for the Analysis and Classification of Fossil Concentrations | Palaios | 1986 | 455 |
| 81 | Biomat-Related Lifestyles in the Precambrian | Palaios | 1999 | 455 |
| 82 | Taphonomy and paleobiology | Paleobiology | 2000 | 452 |
| 83 | Holocene land- and sea-level changes in Great Britain | Journal of Quaternary Science | 2002 | 452 |
| 84 | Holocene carbon emissions as a result of anthropogenic land cover change | Holocene | 2011 | 452 |
| 85 | The Miocene Climatic Optimum: evidence from ectothermic vertebrates of Central Europe | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 2003 | 447 |
| 86 | Variability of the large scale general circulation of the Mediterranean Sea from observations and modelling: a review | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 2000 | 446 |
| 87 | Methodology of the last climatic cycle reconstruction in France from pollen data | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 1990 | 441 |
| 88 | Lake Qinghai, China: closed-basin like levels and the oxygen isotope record for ostracoda since the latest Pleistocene | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 1991 | 440 |
| 89 | Atlas of modern organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst distribution | Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology | 2003 | 434 |
| 90 | Calcareous nannofossils and Mesozoic oceanic anoxic events | Marine Micropaleontology | 2004 | 433 |
| 91 | Evolution of Cenozoic seaways in the circum-Antarctic region | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 2003 | 431 |
| 92 | A Late Pleistocene sea level stack | Climate of the Past | 2016 | 430 |
| 93 | Palynology of Recent Orinoco Delta and Shelf Sediments: Reports of the Orinoco Shelf Expedition; Volume 5 | Micropaleontology | 1959 | 424 |
| 94 | Landscape openness and pollen records: a simulation approach | Holocene | 1999 | 423 |
| 95 | Arabia–Eurasia collision and the forcing of mid-Cenozoic global cooling | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 2008 | 418 |
| 96 | DUACS DT2014: the new multi-mission altimeter data set reprocessed over 20 years | Ocean Science | 2016 | 414 |
| 97 | A Theory-Driven Approach to Tree-Ring Standardization: Defining the Biological Trend from Expected Basal Area Increment | Tree-Ring Research | 2008 | 408 |
| 98 | Morphology and microhabitat preferences of benthic foraminifera from the northwest Atlantic Ocean | Marine Micropaleontology | 1991 | 405 |
| 99 | A palaeoecological study of an upper late glacial and holocene sequence from “de borchert”, The Netherlands | Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology | 1980 | 404 |
| 100 | A database and synthesis of northern peatland soil properties and Holocene carbon and nitrogen accumulation | Holocene | 2014 | 404 |
