| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 | Lancet, The | 2012 | 9,397 |
| 2 | Bounding the role of black carbon in the climate system: A scientific assessment | Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres | 2013 | 4,319 |
| 3 | Estimates and 25-year trends of the global burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2015 | Lancet, The | 2017 | 4,187 |
| 4 | Occurrence, genotoxicity, and carcinogenicity of regulated and emerging disinfection by-products in drinking water: A review and roadmap for research | Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research | 2007 | 2,531 |
| 5 | Tree allometry and improved estimation of carbon stocks and balance in tropical forests | Oecologia | 2005 | 2,346 |
| 6 | Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: report of The Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission on planetary health | Lancet, The | 2015 | 1,703 |
| 7 | Collapse of a fish population after exposure to a synthetic estrogen | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2007 | 1,669 |
| 8 | Dissolved organic carbon trends resulting from changes in atmospheric deposition chemistry | Nature | 2007 | 1,471 |
| 9 | Persistent DDT metabolite p,p'–DDE is a potent androgen receptor antagonist | Nature | 1995 | 1,450 |
| 10 | Global estimates of mortality associated with long-term exposure to outdoor fine particulate matter | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2018 | 1,407 |
| 11 | Arsenic toxicity and potential mechanisms of action | Toxicology Letters | 2002 | 1,355 |
| 12 | The inhibitory effects of silver nanoparticles, silver ions, and silver chloride colloids on microbial growth | Water Research | 2008 | 1,190 |
| 13 | Root biomass allocation in the world's upland forests | Oecologia | 1997 | 1,153 |
| 14 | SUDS, LID, BMPs, WSUD and more – The evolution and application of terminology surrounding urban drainage | Urban Water Journal | 2015 | 1,134 |
| 15 | Nano-magnetite (Fe3O4) as a support for recyclable catalysts in the development of sustainable methodologies | Chemical Society Reviews | 2013 | 1,079 |
| 16 | Nanomaterials and Water Purification: Opportunities and Challenges | Journal of Nanoparticle Research | 2005 | 1,017 |
| 17 | Ecoenzymatic stoichiometry of microbial organic nutrient acquisition in soil and sediment | Nature | 2009 | 1,013 |
| 18 | Sulfate radical-based ferrous–peroxymonosulfate oxidative system for PCBs degradation in aqueous and sediment systems | Applied Catalysis B: Environmental | 2009 | 953 |
| 19 | Acidification of subsurface coastal waters enhanced by eutrophication | Nature Geoscience | 2011 | 928 |
| 20 | Core–shell nanoparticles: synthesis and applications in catalysis and electrocatalysis | Chemical Society Reviews | 2015 | 906 |
| 21 | The Mann-Kendall Test Modified by Effective Sample Size to Detect Trend in Serially Correlated Hydrological Series | Water Resources Management | 2004 | 883 |
| 22 | Comparative toxicity of trivalent and pentavalent inorganic and methylated arsenicals in rat and human cells | Archives of Toxicology | 2000 | 881 |
| 23 | Coal mine methane: A review of capture and utilization practices with benefits to mining safety and to greenhouse gas reduction | International Journal of Coal Geology | 2011 | 875 |
| 24 | The integrated WRF/urban modelling system: development, evaluation, and applications to urban environmental problems | International Journal of Climatology | 2011 | 875 |
| 25 | The Infectivity ofCryptosporidium parvumin Healthy Volunteers | New England Journal of Medicine | 1995 | 850 |
| 26 | SETTING EXPECTATIONS FOR THE ECOLOGICAL CONDITION OF STREAMS: THE CONCEPT OF REFERENCE CONDITION | New England Journal of Medicine | 2006 | 823 |
| 27 | Review of methods for in situ leaf area index (LAI) determination | Agricultural and Forest Meteorology | 2004 | 793 |
| 28 | Surface functional groups of carbon-based adsorbents and their roles in the removal of heavy metals from aqueous solutions: A critical review | Chemical Engineering Journal | 2019 | 790 |
| 29 | A review of Secondary Organic Aerosol (SOA) formation from isoprene | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics | 2009 | 750 |
| 30 | Resource-based niches provide a basis for plant species diversity and dominance in arctic tundra | Nature | 2002 | 749 |
| 31 | Human Health Risk Assessment for Aluminium, Aluminium Oxide, and Aluminium Hydroxide | Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part B: Critical Reviews | 2007 | 741 |
| 32 | Combining sources in stable isotope mixing models: alternative methods | Oecologia | 2005 | 697 |
| 33 | Per‐ and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Toxicity and Human Health Review: Current State of Knowledge and Strategies for Informing Future Research | Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry | 2021 | 697 |
| 34 | Paradox lost: genetic diversity and the success of aquatic invasions | Trends in Ecology and Evolution | 2007 | 692 |
| 35 | Cancer potential in liver, lung, bladder and kidney due to ingested inorganic arsenic in drinking water | British Journal of Cancer | 1992 | 672 |
| 36 | Ozone precursor relationships in the ambient atmosphere | Journal of Geophysical Research | 1992 | 664 |
| 37 | Airborne Particulate Matter and Human Health: A Review | Aerosol Science and Technology | 2005 | 656 |
| 38 | Reid's Paradox of Rapid Plant Migration | BioScience | 1998 | 646 |
| 39 | Impacts of impervious surface on watershed hydrology: A review | Urban Water Journal | 2005 | 634 |
| 40 | Ultrasonic pretreatment of sludge: A review | Ultrasonics Sonochemistry | 2011 | 630 |
| 41 | Phytoremediation: An ecological solution to organic chemical contamination | Ecological Engineering | 2002 | 623 |
| 42 | Climate change impacts on U.S. Coastal and Marine Ecosystems | Estuaries and Coasts | 2002 | 622 |
| 43 | The extraction and purification of microbial DNA from sediments | Journal of Microbiological Methods | 1987 | 613 |
| 44 | An Ecological Perspective on In-Stream Temperature: Natural Heat Dynamics and Mechanisms of Human-CausedThermal Degradation | Environmental Management | 2001 | 613 |
| 45 | Escherichia coli: the best biological drinking water indicator for public health protection | Journal of Applied Microbiology | 2000 | 610 |
| 46 | Disinfection by-products and other emerging contaminants in drinking water | TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry | 2003 | 607 |
| 47 | A niche for isotopic ecology | Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment | 2007 | 607 |
| 48 | A global perspective on belowground carbon dynamics under nitrogen enrichment | Ecology Letters | 2010 | 600 |
| 49 | A review of pervaporation for product recovery from biomass fermentation processes | Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology | 2005 | 598 |
| 50 | Application of Ecological Indicators | Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics | 2004 | 591 |
