| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | A DNA barcode for land plants | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2009 | 2,120 |
| 2 | Plant Species Richness and Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Global Drylands | Science | 2012 | 1,043 |
| 3 | Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Antimicrobial Activity and Food Packaging Applications | Food and Bioprocess Technology | 2012 | 1,016 |
| 4 | Zika virus in the Americas: Early epidemiological and genetic findings | Science | 2016 | 877 |
| 5 | A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny: The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG) | Taxon | 2017 | 803 |
| 6 | Decoupling of soil nutrient cycles as a function of aridity in global drylands | Nature | 2013 | 733 |
| 7 | Obesity and vitamin D deficiency: a systematic review and meta‐analysis | Obesity Reviews | 2015 | 622 |
| 8 | Reconstructing Three Decades of Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Brazilian Biomes with Landsat Archive and Earth Engine | Remote Sensing | 2020 | 589 |
| 9 | Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas | Nature | 2017 | 515 |
| 10 | Ecology and evolution of plant diversity in the endangered campo rupestre: a neglected conservation priority | Plant and Soil | 2016 | 467 |
| 11 | Antioxidant enzymes responses to cadmium in radish tissues | Phytochemistry | 2001 | 362 |
| 12 | Observation of a large-scale anisotropy in the arrival directions of cosmic rays above 8 × 10 18 eV | Science | 2017 | 261 |
| 13 | Amazon plant diversity revealed by a taxonomically verified species list | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2017 | 253 |
| 14 | Does mobility decrease cooperation? | Journal of Theoretical Biology | 2007 | 244 |
| 15 | Fungal diversity notes 253–366: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa | Fungal Diversity | 2016 | 239 |
| 16 | High proportion of cactus species threatened with extinction | Nature Plants | 2015 | 224 |
| 17 | Notes for genera: Ascomycota | Fungal Diversity | 2017 | 213 |
| 18 | Prediction of compressive strength of concrete containing construction and demolition waste using artificial neural networks | Construction and Building Materials | 2013 | 208 |
| 19 | Nodulation and nitrogen fixation by Mimosa spp. in the Cerrado and Caatinga biomes of Brazil | New Phytologist | 2010 | 170 |
| 20 | Anti-inflammatory effects of carvacrol: Evidence for a key role of interleukin-10 | European Journal of Pharmacology | 2013 | 161 |
| 21 | Monocot plastid phylogenomics, timeline, net rates of species diversification, the power of multi‐gene analyses, and a functional model for the origin of monocots | American Journal of Botany | 2018 | 161 |
| 22 | The evolutionary history of Mimosa (Leguminosae): Toward a phylogeny of the sensitive plants | American Journal of Botany | 2011 | 160 |
| 23 | The study of cardiovascular risk in adolescents – ERICA: rationale, design and sample characteristics of a national survey examining cardiovascular risk factor profile in Brazilian adolescents | BMC Public Health | 2015 | 151 |
| 24 | SEARCHES FOR ANISOTROPIES IN THE ARRIVAL DIRECTIONS OF THE HIGHEST ENERGY COSMIC RAYS DETECTED BY THE PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY | Astrophysical Journal | 2015 | 146 |
| 25 | Specialization in Plant-Hummingbird Networks Is Associated with Species Richness, Contemporary Precipitation and Quaternary Climate-Change Velocity | PLoS ONE | 2011 | 142 |
| 26 | Phenolic compounds, melissopalynological, physicochemical analysis and antioxidant activity of jandaíra (Melipona subnitida) honey | Journal of Food Composition and Analysis | 2013 | 141 |
| 27 | Chemical Composition and Biological Activity of Extracts Obtained by Supercritical Extraction and Ethanolic Extraction of Brown, Green and Red Propolis Derived from Different Geographic Regions in Brazil | PLoS ONE | 2016 | 141 |
| 28 | Search for High-energy Neutrinos from Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 with ANTARES, IceCube, and the Pierre Auger Observatory | Astrophysical Journal Letters | 2017 | 135 |
| 29 | Total Mercury in Muscle Tissue of Five Shark Species from Brazilian Offshore Waters: Effects of Feeding Habit, Sex, and Length | Environmental Research | 2002 | 129 |
| 30 | ΛCDMmodel">Rastall cosmology and theΛCDMmodel | Physical Review D | 2012 | 128 |
| 31 | Flavonoids as Therapeutic Agents in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases: A Systematic Review of Preclinical Evidences | Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity | 2018 | 127 |
| 32 | Effects of Cadmium on Antioxidant Enzyme Activities in Sugar Cane | Biologia Plantarum | 2002 | 126 |
| 33 | Identity and relationships of the Arboreal Caatinga among other floristic units of seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTFs) of north‐eastern and Central Brazil | Ecology and Evolution | 2012 | 126 |
| 34 | Fungal Planet description sheets: 951–1041 | Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi | 2019 | 126 |
| 35 | Phylogenetic relationships withinSenna(Leguminosae, Cassiinae) based on three chloroplast DNA regions: patterns in the evolution of floral symmetry and extrafloral nectaries | American Journal of Botany | 2006 | 123 |
| 36 | Intrahepatic Fat Accumulation and Alterations in Lipoprotein Composition in Obese Adolescents | Diabetes Care | 2007 | 123 |
| 37 | Animal-based medicines: biological prospection and the sustainable use of zootherapeutic resources | Anais Da Academia Brasileira De Ciencias | 2005 | 122 |
| 38 | Biodiversity and Conservation of Plants in Brazil | Conservation Biology | 2005 | 121 |
| 39 | Inclusion of terpenes in cyclodextrins: Preparation, characterization and pharmacological approaches | Carbohydrate Polymers | 2016 | 121 |
| 40 | ERICA: prevalences of hypertension and obesity in Brazilian adolescents | Revista De Saude Publica | 2016 | 120 |
| 41 | Brazilian Microbiome Project: Revealing the Unexplored Microbial Diversity—Challenges and Prospects | Microbial Ecology | 2014 | 119 |
| 42 | Chemical composition and free radical scavenging activity of pollen loads from stingless bee Melipona subnitida Ducke | Journal of Food Composition and Analysis | 2006 | 116 |
| 43 | Copper slag waste as a supplementary cementing material to concrete | Journal of Materials Science | 2007 | 115 |
| 44 | Effects of umbelliferone in a murine model of allergic airway inflammation | European Journal of Pharmacology | 2009 | 111 |
| 45 | CHANGES IN ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME ACTIVITIES IN SOYBEAN UNDER CADMIUM STRESS | Journal of Plant Nutrition | 2002 | 104 |
| 46 | Cardiac Magnetic Resonance–Measured Left Atrial Volume and Function and Incident Atrial Fibrillation | Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging | 2016 | 104 |
| 47 | Diversity and Evolution of Flowering Plants of the Caatinga Domain | | 2017 | 101 |
| 48 | The macroecology of phylogenetically structured hummingbird–plant networks | Global Ecology and Biogeography | 2015 | 100 |
| 49 | Interglacial microrefugia and diversification of a cactus species complex: phylogeography and palaeodistributional reconstructions for Pilosocereus aurisetus and allies | Molecular Ecology | 2014 | 99 |
| 50 | Multiclonal Leishmania braziliensis Population Structure and Its Clinical Implication in a Region of Endemicity for American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis | Infection and Immunity | 2004 | 98 |
