| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Effects of urbanization on species richness: A review of plants and animals | Urban Ecosystems | 2008 | 1,738 |
| 2 | Ecological resilience in urban ecosystems: Linking urban patterns to human and ecological functions | Urban Ecosystems | 2004 | 485 |
| 3 | Ecosystem processes along an urban-to-rural gradient | Urban Ecosystems | 1997 | 444 |
| 4 | Quantifying urban forest structure, function, and value: the Chicago Urban Forest Climate Project | Urban Ecosystems | 1997 | 423 |
| 5 | Animal behavior in urban ecosystems: Modifications due to human-induced stress | Urban Ecosystems | 2006 | 418 |
| 6 | The urban watershed continuum: evolving spatial and temporal dimensions | Urban Ecosystems | 2012 | 352 |
| 7 | Species richness in urban parks and its drivers: A review of empirical evidence | Urban Ecosystems | 2014 | 349 |
| 8 | A conceptual framework for the study of human ecosystems in urban areas | Urban Ecosystems | 1997 | 310 |
| 9 | Residential landscapes as social-ecological systems: a synthesis of multi-scalar interactions between people and their home environment | Urban Ecosystems | 2012 | 306 |
| 10 | Green facades—a view back and some visions | Urban Ecosystems | 2008 | 268 |
| 11 | Estimates of air pollution mitigation with green plants and green roofs using the UFORE model | Urban Ecosystems | 2008 | 267 |
| 12 | (null) | Urban Ecosystems | 2000 | 259 |
| 13 | Assessing the effect of green cover spatial patterns on urban land surface temperature using landscape metrics approach | Urban Ecosystems | 2015 | 210 |
| 14 | Effects of urbanization on plant flowering phenology: A review | Urban Ecosystems | 2006 | 203 |
| 15 | Determinates of inner city butterfly and bee species richness | Urban Ecosystems | 2010 | 201 |
| 16 | The secret life of the city rat: a review of the ecology of urban Norway and black rats (Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus) | Urban Ecosystems | 2014 | 200 |
| 17 | Rainfall interception by Santa Monica's municipal urban forest | Urban Ecosystems | 2002 | 198 |
| 18 | Urban forest cover of the Chicago region and its relation to household density and income | Urban Ecosystems | 2000 | 195 |
| 19 | Green roofs are not created equal: the hydrologic and thermal performance of six different extensive green roofs and reflective and non-reflective roofs in a sub-tropical climate | Urban Ecosystems | 2008 | 195 |
| 20 | Coupling ecosystem services supply and human ecological demand to identify landscape ecological security pattern: A case study in Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region, China | Urban Ecosystems | 2017 | 193 |
| 21 | (null) | Urban Ecosystems | 1999 | 188 |
| 22 | A comparison of soil organic carbon stocks between residential turf grass and native soil | Urban Ecosystems | 2009 | 185 |
| 23 | Urbanization impacts on the structure and function of forested wetlands | Urban Ecosystems | 2004 | 178 |
| 24 | Ecosystem services of urban green spaces in African countries—perspectives and challenges | Urban Ecosystems | 2013 | 176 |
| 25 | Urban forest biomass estimates: is it important to use allometric relationships developed specifically for urban trees? | Urban Ecosystems | 2009 | 175 |
| 26 | Urbanization promotes non-native woody species and diverse plant assemblages in the New York metropolitan region | Urban Ecosystems | 2015 | 173 |
| 27 | Sustainable urban greening strategies for compact cities in developing and developed economies | Urban Ecosystems | 2013 | 171 |
| 28 | Urbanization and warming of Phoenix (Arizona, USA): Impacts, feedbacks and mitigation | Urban Ecosystems | 2002 | 169 |
| 29 | Island biogeography for an urbanizing world: how extinction and colonization may determine biological diversity in human-dominated landscapes | Urban Ecosystems | 2005 | 168 |
| 30 | Landscape, vegetation characteristics, and group identity in an urban and suburban watershed: why the 60s matter | Urban Ecosystems | 2010 | 166 |
| 31 | Assessing the effects of land use and land cover patterns on thermal conditions using landscape metrics in city of Indianapolis, United States | Urban Ecosystems | 2007 | 160 |
| 32 | Is there a need for a theory of urban ecology? | Urban Ecosystems | 1999 | 159 |
| 33 | Influence of vegetation composition on runoff in two simulated green roof experiments | Urban Ecosystems | 2008 | 158 |
| 34 | Rediscovering the value of urban rivers | Urban Ecosystems | 2012 | 152 |
| 35 | Native plants are the bee’s knees: local and landscape predictors of bee richness and abundance in backyard gardens | Urban Ecosystems | 2014 | 151 |
| 36 | Cities as environments | Urban Ecosystems | 1997 | 150 |
| 37 | (null) | Urban Ecosystems | 1997 | 148 |
| 38 | The dynamics of planted and colonising species on a green roof over six growing seasons 2001–2006: influence of substrate depth | Urban Ecosystems | 2008 | 147 |
| 39 | Towards a comprehensive green infrastructure typology: a systematic review of approaches, methods and typologies | Urban Ecosystems | 2017 | 143 |
| 40 | The genesis, classification, and mapping of soils in urban areas | Urban Ecosystems | 1997 | 142 |
| 41 | The impact of park trees on microclimate in urban areas | Urban Ecosystems | 2006 | 141 |
| 42 | Dynamic heterogeneity: a framework to promote ecological integration and hypothesis generation in urban systems | Urban Ecosystems | 2017 | 140 |
| 43 | Modeling urban landscape dynamics: A case study in Phoenix, USA | Urban Ecosystems | 2004 | 135 |
| 44 | Insect species composition and diversity on intensive green roofs and adjacent level-ground habitats | Urban Ecosystems | 2011 | 133 |
| 45 | The future of urban biodiversity research: Moving beyond the ‘low-hanging fruit’ | Urban Ecosystems | 2013 | 133 |
| 46 | Accumulation of deicing salts in soils in an urban environment | Urban Ecosystems | 2008 | 132 |
| 47 | A comparison of the growth and cooling effectiveness of five commonly planted urban tree species | Urban Ecosystems | 2015 | 130 |
| 48 | Tree diversity, distribution, history and change in urban parks: studies in Bangalore, India | Urban Ecosystems | 2011 | 128 |
| 49 | Ecosystem services provided by urban spontaneous vegetation | Urban Ecosystems | 2012 | 128 |
| 50 | Physical and chemical properties of a Hong Kong roadside soil in relation to urban tree growth | Urban Ecosystems | 1998 | 125 |
