| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2007 | 1,253 |
| 2 | A Habitable Fluvio-Lacustrine Environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars | Science | 2014 | 687 |
| 3 | Hydrated silicate minerals on Mars observed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter CRISM instrument | Nature | 2008 | 630 |
| 4 | The case for rainfall on a warm, wet early Mars | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2002 | 480 |
| 5 | Deposition, exhumation, and paleoclimate of an ancient lake deposit, Gale crater, Mars | Science | 2015 | 471 |
| 6 | An intense terminal epoch of widespread fluvial activity on early Mars: 2. Increased runoff and paleolake development | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2005 | 334 |
| 7 | Subsurface Radar Sounding of the South Polar Layered Deposits of Mars | Science | 2007 | 330 |
| 8 | Radar Soundings of the Subsurface of Mars | Science | 2005 | 327 |
| 9 | Volatile and Organic Compositions of Sedimentary Rocks in Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars | Science | 2014 | 323 |
| 10 | Clay minerals in delta deposits and organic preservation potential on Mars | Nature Geoscience | 2008 | 293 |
| 11 | Paleohydraulics of the last outburst flood from glacial Lake Agassiz and the 8200BP cold event | Quaternary Science Reviews | 2004 | 275 |
| 12 | Initial results from the InSight mission on Mars | Nature Geoscience | 2020 | 274 |
| 13 | An intense terminal epoch of widespread fluvial activity on early Mars: 1. Valley network incision and associated deposits | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2005 | 269 |
| 14 | Elemental Geochemistry of Sedimentary Rocks at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars | Science | 2014 | 246 |
| 15 | The Mercury Dual Imaging System on the MESSENGER Spacecraft | Space Science Reviews | 2007 | 242 |
| 16 | Flood Volcanism in the Northern High Latitudes of Mercury Revealed by MESSENGER | Science | 2011 | 225 |
| 17 | In Situ Radiometric and Exposure Age Dating of the Martian Surface | Science | 2014 | 224 |
| 18 | Selection of the Mars Science Laboratory Landing Site | Space Science Reviews | 2012 | 216 |
| 19 | Erosion rates at the Mars Exploration Rover landing sites and long-term climate change on Mars | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2006 | 215 |
| 20 | Redox stratification of an ancient lake in Gale crater, Mars | Science | 2017 | 209 |
| 21 | Glacial Lake Agassiz: A 5000 yr history of change and its relationship to the δ18O record of Greenland | Bulletin of the Geological Society of America | 2004 | 201 |
| 22 | The Evolution of Mercury’s Crust: A Global Perspective from MESSENGER | Science | 2009 | 194 |
| 23 | The distribution and origin of smooth plains on Mercury | Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets | 2013 | 193 |
| 24 | Mercury’s global contraction much greater than earlier estimates | Nature Geoscience | 2014 | 181 |
| 25 | Impact ejecta emplacement on terrestrial planets | Earth and Planetary Science Letters | 2011 | 178 |
| 26 | Return to Mercury: A Global Perspective on MESSENGER's First Mercury Flyby | Science | 2008 | 170 |
| 27 | Volcanism on Mercury: Evidence from the First MESSENGER Flyby | Science | 2008 | 169 |
| 28 | A Large Paleolake Basin at the Head of Ma'adim Vallis, Mars | Science | 2002 | 167 |
| 29 | Reflectance and Color Variations on Mercury: Regolith Processes and Compositional Heterogeneity | Science | 2008 | 167 |
| 30 | Transverse Aeolian Ridges (TARs) on Mars | Geomorphology | 2008 | 158 |
| 31 | Selection of the Mars Exploration Rover landing sites | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2003 | 155 |
| 32 | Columbus crater and other possible groundwater-fed paleolakes of Terra Sirenum, Mars | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2011 | 148 |
| 33 | Large wind ripples on Mars: A record of atmospheric evolution | Science | 2016 | 144 |
| 34 | Radar Sounding of the Medusae Fossae Formation Mars: Equatorial Ice or Dry, Low-Density Deposits? | Science | 2007 | 143 |
| 35 | The origin of lunar crater rays | Icarus | 2004 | 141 |
| 36 | Origin of the Medusae Fossae Formation, Mars: Insights from a synoptic approach | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2008 | 141 |
| 37 | Geology of the Caloris Basin, Mercury: A View from MESSENGER | Science | 2008 | 140 |
| 38 | Interior channels in Martian valley networks: Discharge and runoff production | Geology | 2005 | 136 |
| 39 | Planet-wide sand motion on Mars | Geology | 2012 | 136 |
| 40 | The tectonics of Mercury: The view after MESSENGER's first flyby | Earth and Planetary Science Letters | 2009 | 135 |
| 41 | Volcanism on Mercury: Evidence from the first MESSENGER flyby for extrusive and explosive activity and the volcanic origin of plains | Earth and Planetary Science Letters | 2009 | 135 |
| 42 | Origin of Mountains on Io by Thrust Faulting and Large-Scale Mass Movements | Science | 1998 | 133 |
| 43 | Geomorphology of Ma'adim Vallis, Mars, and associated paleolake basins | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2004 | 133 |
| 44 | Prolonged magmatic activity on Mars inferred from the detection of felsic rocks | Nature Geoscience | 2013 | 131 |
| 45 | Drainage evolution in the Margaritifer Sinus region, Mars | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2002 | 129 |
| 46 | PALEOCLIMATE: Enhanced: Superlakes, Megafloods, and Abrupt Climate Change | Science | 2003 | 128 |
| 47 | Crater degradation in the Martian highlands: Morphometric analysis of the Sinus Sabaeus region and simulation modeling suggest fluvial processes | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2004 | 125 |
| 48 | Topography of lobate scarps on Mercury: New constraints on the planet's contraction | Geology | 1998 | 123 |
| 49 | Evidence for Young Volcanism on Mercury from the Third MESSENGER Flyby | Science | 2010 | 118 |
| 50 | The geological and climatological case for a warmer and wetter early Mars | Nature Geoscience | 2018 | 116 |
