| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | A review of the history of the Baltic Sea, 13.0-8.0 ka BP | Quaternary International | 1995 | 698 |
| 2 | Holocene climate variability as reflected by mid-European lake-level fluctuations and its probable impact on prehistoric human settlements | Quaternary International | 2004 | 676 |
| 3 | An overview of glacial hazards in the Himalayas | Quaternary International | 2000 | 665 |
| 4 | Palaeoclimatic changes in the Qinghai Lake area during the last 18,000 years | Quaternary International | 2005 | 624 |
| 5 | When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary level is stratigraphically optimal | Quaternary International | 2015 | 546 |
| 6 | Luminescence dating of the Stratzing loess profile (Austria) – Testing the potential of an elevated temperature post-IR IRSL protocol | Quaternary International | 2011 | 495 |
| 7 | Mass balance and equilibrium-line altitudes of glaciers in high-mountain environments | Quaternary International | 2000 | 426 |
| 8 | Markers of the last interglacial sea-level high stand along the coast of Italy: Tectonic implications | Quaternary International | 2006 | 397 |
| 9 | Sea level change along the Italian coast during the Holocene and projections for the future | Quaternary International | 2011 | 379 |
| 10 | An evaluation of geochemical weathering indices in loess–paleosol studies | Quaternary International | 2011 | 362 |
| 11 | Electron spin resonance (ESR) dating | Quaternary International | 1989 | 312 |
| 12 | From Africa to Eurasia — early dispersals | Quaternary International | 2001 | 312 |
| 13 | Holocene circum-Mediterranean vegetation changes: Climate forcing and human impact | Quaternary International | 2009 | 311 |
| 14 | The relationship between climate change and Quaternary glacial cycles on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau: review and speculation | Quaternary International | 2002 | 302 |
| 15 | Tephrochronology of the 100ka lacustrine sediment record of Lago Grande di Monticchio (southern Italy) | Quaternary International | 2004 | 300 |
| 16 | Post-glacial evolution of the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool and El Niño-Southern oscillation | Quaternary International | 2004 | 295 |
| 17 | Possible role of the “Holocene Event 3” on the collapse of Neolithic Cultures around the Central Plain of China | Quaternary International | 2004 | 279 |
| 18 | The extent and chronology of Cenozoic Global Glaciation | Quaternary International | 2007 | 273 |
| 19 | Characteristics of late Quaternary monsoonal glaciation on the Tibetan Plateau and in East Asia | Quaternary International | 2002 | 268 |
| 20 | Loess is not just the accumulation of dust | Quaternary International | 1990 | 264 |
| 21 | The agricultural revolution as environmental catastrophe: Implications for health and lifestyle in the Holocene | Quaternary International | 2006 | 259 |
| 22 | Timing of Quaternary megafaunal extinction in South America in relation to human arrival and climate change | Quaternary International | 2010 | 247 |
| 23 | High-resolution record of the last Interglacial–glacial cycle in the Nussloch loess–palaeosol sequences, Upper Rhine Area, Germany | Quaternary International | 2001 | 245 |
| 24 | Late Quaternary climates of the Australian arid zone: a review | Quaternary International | 2004 | 237 |
| 25 | Mid-Holocene sea-level highstand along the Southeast Coast of China | Quaternary International | 2004 | 233 |
| 26 | Cultural responses to aridity in the Middle Holocene and increased social complexity | Quaternary International | 2006 | 227 |
| 27 | A general cooling trend on the central Tibetan Plateau throughout the Holocene recorded by the Lake Zigetang pollen spectra | Quaternary International | 2006 | 220 |
| 28 | Sediment deformation beneath glaciers and its coupling to the subglacial hydraulic system | Quaternary International | 2001 | 218 |
| 29 | Human dispersal across diverse environments of Asia during the Upper Pleistocene | Quaternary International | 2013 | 208 |
| 30 | The long-term paleomonsoon variation recorded by the loess-paleosol sequence in Central China | Quaternary International | 1990 | 207 |
| 31 | Yangtze floods and droughts (China) and teleconnections with ENSO activities (1470–2003) | Quaternary International | 2006 | 207 |
| 32 | The 8200calBP abrupt environmental change and the Neolithic transition: A Mediterranean perspective | Quaternary International | 2009 | 205 |
| 33 | Dating initial Maori environmental impact in New Zealand | Quaternary International | 1999 | 203 |
| 34 | Paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic records from permafrost deposits in the Arctic region of Northern Siberia | Quaternary International | 2002 | 202 |
| 35 | Holocene relative sea-level changes and vertical movements along the Italian and Istrian coastlines | Quaternary International | 2009 | 202 |
| 36 | Changes in the seasonal snow cover of alpine regions and its effect on soil processes: A review | Quaternary International | 2007 | 201 |
| 37 | Quaternary of Tierra del Fuego, Southernmost South America: an updated review | Quaternary International | 2000 | 194 |
| 38 | Weichselian palynostratigraphy, palaeovegetation and palaeoenvironment; the record from Lago Grande di Monticchio, southern Italy | Quaternary International | 2000 | 194 |
| 39 | Lateglacial calendar year chronology based on annually laminated sediments from Lake Meerfelder Maar, Germany | Quaternary International | 1999 | 193 |
| 40 | Late Quaternary sea-level changes and early human societies in the central and eastern Mediterranean Basin: An interdisciplinary review | Quaternary International | 2017 | 192 |
| 41 | Human impact and climate changes—synchronous events and a causal link? | Quaternary International | 2003 | 191 |
| 42 | Early–Middle Pleistocene transitions: Linking terrestrial and marine realms | Quaternary International | 2015 | 191 |
| 43 | Estimates of glacier equilibrium line altitudes by the Area×Altitude, the Area×Altitude Balance Ratio and the Area×Altitude Balance Index methods and their validation | Quaternary International | 2005 | 190 |
| 44 | Reconstruction of equilibrium-line altitudes for tropical and sub-tropical glaciers | Quaternary International | 2005 | 188 |
| 45 | Quaternary paleoenvironmental change on the Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas (Western China and Western Mongolia) | Quaternary International | 2000 | 186 |
| 46 | The Early and Middle Pleistocene technological record from Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain) | Quaternary International | 2013 | 186 |
| 47 | The INTAV intercomparison of electron-beam microanalysis of glass by tephrochronology laboratories: Results and recommendations | Quaternary International | 2011 | 184 |
| 48 | A stratigraphical basis for the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) | Quaternary International | 2015 | 184 |
| 49 | Himalayan glacial sedimentary environments: a framework for reconstructing and dating the former extent of glaciers in high mountains | Quaternary International | 2002 | 183 |
| 50 | The Southern Hemisphere westerlies in the Australasian sector over the last glacial cycle: a synthesis | Quaternary International | 2004 | 182 |
