| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Asgard archaea illuminate the origin of eukaryotic cellular complexity | Nature | 2017 | 882 |
| 2 | Detrital sedimentary rock classification and nomenclature for use in New Zealand | New Zealand Journal of Geology, and Geophysics | 1970 | 585 |
| 3 | Obliquity-paced Pliocene West Antarctic ice sheet oscillations | Nature | 2009 | 564 |
| 4 | Methane oxidation by an extremely acidophilic bacterium of the phylum Verrucomicrobia | Nature | 2007 | 526 |
| 5 | Genomic and metagenomic surveys of hydrogenase distribution indicate H2 is a widely utilised energy source for microbial growth and survival | ISME Journal | 2016 | 503 |
| 6 | Denitrifying bioreactors—An approach for reducing nitrate loads to receiving waters | Ecological Engineering | 2010 | 459 |
| 7 | Complex multifault rupture during the 2016 M w 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake, New Zealand | Science | 2017 | 457 |
| 8 | EMAG2: A 2–arc min resolution Earth Magnetic Anomaly Grid compiled from satellite, airborne, and marine magnetic measurements | Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems | 2009 | 452 |
| 9 | Segmented lateral dyke growth in a rifting event at Bárðarbunga volcanic system, Iceland | Nature | 2015 | 436 |
| 10 | Environmental, genomic and taxonomic perspectives on methanotrophic Verrucomicrobia | Environmental Microbiology Reports | 2009 | 431 |
| 11 | Risk interpretation and action: A conceptual framework for responses to natural hazards | International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction | 2012 | 411 |
| 12 | National Seismic Hazard Model for New Zealand: 2010 Update | Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America | 2012 | 359 |
| 13 | A review of the status of satellite remote sensing and image processing techniques for mapping natural hazards and disasters | Progress in Physical Geography | 2009 | 358 |
| 14 | High-Frequency Holocene Glacier Fluctuations in New Zealand Differ from the Northern Signature | Science | 2009 | 324 |
| 15 | The multi-millennial Antarctic commitment to future sea-level rise | Nature | 2015 | 322 |
| 16 | Atmospheric trace gases support primary production in Antarctic desert surface soil | Nature | 2017 | 290 |
| 17 | Probabilistic Relationships between Ground-Motion Parameters and Modified Mercalli Intensity in California | Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America | 2012 | 289 |
| 18 | Global environmental consequences of twenty-first-century ice-sheet melt | Nature | 2019 | 277 |
| 19 | Towards a climate event stratigraphy for New Zealand over the past 30 000 years (NZ-INTIMATE project) | Journal of Quaternary Science | 2007 | 275 |
| 20 | Tectonic and geological framework for gas hydrates and cold seeps on the Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand | Marine Geology | 2010 | 269 |
| 21 | Near-Synchronous Interhemispheric Termination of the Last Glacial Maximum in Mid-Latitudes | Science | 2006 | 268 |
| 22 | Persistent near-tropical warmth on the Antarctic continent during the early Eocene epoch | Nature | 2012 | 266 |
| 23 | Diverse slow slip behavior at the Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2010 | 257 |
| 24 | Ambient noise Rayleigh wave tomography of New Zealand | Geophysical Journal International | 2007 | 255 |
| 25 | Nitrate removal, communities of denitrifiers and adverse effects in different carbon substrates for use in denitrification beds | Water Research | 2011 | 253 |
| 26 | The Waipounamu Erosion Surface: questioning the antiquity of the New Zealand land surface and terrestrial fauna and flora | Geological Magazine | 2008 | 251 |
| 27 | Slow slip near the trench at the Hikurangi subduction zone, New Zealand | Science | 2016 | 242 |
| 28 | Mid-Miocene cooling and the extinction of tundra in continental Antarctica | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2008 | 241 |
| 29 | Source to sink: A review of three decades of progress in the understanding of volcaniclastic processes, deposits, and hazards | Sedimentary Geology | 2009 | 241 |
| 30 | Late pliocene and quaternary glaciations of New Zealand | Quaternary Science Reviews | 1990 | 240 |
| 31 | Rare earth elements (REE) and yttrium in stream waters, stream sediments, and Fe–Mn oxyhydroxides: Fractionation, speciation, and controls over REE+Y patterns in the surface environment | Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta | 2008 | 240 |
| 32 | Nitrate removal and hydraulic performance of organic carbon for use in denitrification beds | Ecological Engineering | 2010 | 240 |
| 33 | In situ cosmogenic 10Be production-rate calibration from the Southern Alps, New Zealand | Quaternary Geochronology | 2010 | 234 |
| 34 | A comparison of traditional manufacturing vs additive manufacturing, the best method for the job | Procedia Manufacturing | 2019 | 233 |
| 35 | UV and humidity sensing properties of ZnO nanorods prepared by the arc discharge method | Nanotechnology | 2009 | 231 |
| 36 | Gradual caldera collapse at Bárdarbunga volcano, Iceland, regulated by lateral magma outflow | Science | 2016 | 230 |
| 37 | Controlling preferred orientation and electrical conductivity of zinc oxide thin films by post growth annealing treatment | Applied Surface Science | 2016 | 229 |
| 38 | Imaging the transition from Aleutian subduction to Yakutat collision in central Alaska, with local earthquakes and active source data | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2006 | 228 |
| 39 | Submarine hydrothermal activity and gold-rich mineralization at Brothers Volcano, Kermadec Arc, New Zealand | Mineralium Deposita | 2011 | 219 |
| 40 | A domain decomposition approach to implementing fault slip in finite‐element models of quasi‐static and dynamic crustal deformation | Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth | 2013 | 216 |
| 41 | The role of rock fragmentation in the motion of large landslides | Engineering Geology | 2009 | 210 |
| 42 | Fingerprints and age models for widespread New Zealand tephra marker beds erupted since 30,000 years ago: a framework for NZ-INTIMATE | Quaternary Science Reviews | 2008 | 205 |
| 43 | An overview of the impacts of the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquakes | International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction | 2015 | 204 |
| 44 | The New Zealand Active Faults Database | New Zealand Journal of Geology, and Geophysics | 2016 | 201 |
| 45 | Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise | Nature | 2021 | 200 |
| 46 | ISMIP6 Antarctica: a multi-model ensemble of the Antarctic ice sheet evolution over the 21st century | Cryosphere | 2020 | 198 |
| 47 | The role of prior experience in informing and motivating earthquake preparedness | International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction | 2017 | 196 |
| 48 | Early Paleogene temperature history of the Southwest Pacific Ocean: Reconciling proxies and models | Earth and Planetary Science Letters | 2012 | 194 |
| 49 | Segmentation and growth of an obliquely reactivated normal fault | Journal of Structural Geology | 2012 | 193 |
| 50 | Surface rupture during the 2010 Mw 7.1 Darfield (Canterbury) earthquake: Implications for fault rupture dynamics and seismic-hazard analysis | Geology | 2012 | 192 |
