| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made | Science Advances | 2017 | 9,020 |
| 2 | Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean | Science | 2015 | 7,686 |
| 3 | Predicted growth in plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution | Science | 2020 | 1,330 |
| 4 | The Chinese import ban and its impact on global plastic waste trade | Science Advances | 2018 | 554 |
| 5 | Plastic as a Persistent Marine Pollutant | Annual Review of Environment and Resources | 2017 | 497 |
| 6 | Current and Prospective Methods for Plant Disease Detection | Biosensors | 2015 | 450 |
| 7 | Photostimulated near-infrared persistent luminescence as a new optical read-out from Cr3+-doped LiGa5O8 | Scientific Reports | 2013 | 388 |
| 8 | New yellow Ba0.93Eu0.07Al2O4 phosphor for warm-white light-emitting diodes through single-emitting-center conversion | Light: Science and Applications | 2013 | 355 |
| 9 | A review of the recent advances in antimicrobial coatings for urinary catheters | Acta Biomaterialia | 2017 | 332 |
| 10 | 4D Biofabrication Using Shape‐Morphing Hydrogels | Advanced Materials | 2017 | 315 |
| 11 | Nanoscintillator-Mediated X-ray Inducible Photodynamic Therapy for In Vivo Cancer Treatment | Nano Letters | 2015 | 312 |
| 12 | The United States’ contribution of plastic waste to land and ocean | Science Advances | 2020 | 261 |
| 13 | An emerging source of plastic pollution: Environmental presence of plastic personal protective equipment (PPE) debris related to COVID-19 in a metropolitan city | Environmental Pollution | 2021 | 224 |
| 14 | Robotics to promote elementary education pre-service teachers' STEM engagement, learning, and teaching | Computers and Education | 2015 | 196 |
| 15 | Convolutional Neural Networks for Image-Based High-Throughput Plant Phenotyping: A Review | Plant Phenomics | 2020 | 187 |
| 16 | New function of the Yb3+ ion as an efficient emitter of persistent luminescence in the short-wave infrared | Light: Science and Applications | 2016 | 185 |
| 17 | Comparison of Gasoline Direct-Injection (GDI) and Port Fuel Injection (PFI) Vehicle Emissions: Emission Certification Standards, Cold-Start, Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation Potential, and Potential Climate Impacts | Environmental Science & Technology | 2017 | 184 |
| 18 | High photo-electrochemical activity of thylakoid–carbon nanotube composites for photosynthetic energy conversion | Energy and Environmental Science | 2013 | 173 |
| 19 | Overview of the potential of microalgae for CO2 sequestration | International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology | 2014 | 168 |
| 20 | Red Blood Cell‐Facilitated Photodynamic Therapy for Cancer Treatment | Advanced Functional Materials | 2016 | 167 |
| 21 | Zn3Ga2GeO8:Detection of Up-converted Persistent Luminescence in the Near Infrared Emitted by theZn3Ga2GeO8: | Physical Review Letters | 2014 | 166 |
| 22 | A Differential Cargo-Loading Model of Ciliary Length Regulation by IFT | Current Biology | 2013 | 163 |
| 23 | A review of inflammatory mechanism in airway diseases | Inflammation Research | 2019 | 161 |
| 24 | Regulating malonyl-CoA metabolism via synthetic antisense RNAs for enhanced biosynthesis of natural products | Metabolic Engineering | 2015 | 159 |
| 25 | Biochar amendment to soils with contrasting organic matter level: effects on N mineralization and biological soil properties | GCB Bioenergy | 2015 | 156 |
| 26 | Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Stranded Intertidal Marine Debris: Is There a Picture of Global Change? | Environmental Science & Technology | 2015 | 152 |
| 27 | Photocurrent generation by immobilized cyanobacteria via direct electron transport in photo-bioelectrochemical cells | Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics | 2014 | 151 |
| 28 | Extending shikimate pathway for the production of muconic acid and its precursor salicylic acid in Escherichia coli | Metabolic Engineering | 2014 | 150 |
| 29 | State‐of‐the‐art technologies for UAV inspections | IET Radar, Sonar and Navigation | 2018 | 141 |
| 30 | Ocean fronts drive marine fishery production and biogeochemical cycling | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2015 | 139 |
| 31 | Microbial production of value-added nutraceuticals | Current Opinion in Biotechnology | 2016 | 134 |
| 32 | Microbial biosynthesis of the anticoagulant precursor 4-hydroxycoumarin | Nature Communications | 2013 | 130 |
| 33 | Measurement of optical properties of fruits and vegetables: A review | Postharvest Biology and Technology | 2020 | 130 |
| 34 | How people react to Zika virus outbreaks on Twitter? A computational content analysis | American Journal of Infection Control | 2016 | 125 |
| 35 | Label‐Free Microfluidic Manipulation of Particles and Cells in Magnetic Liquids | Advanced Functional Materials | 2016 | 123 |
| 36 | Caffeic acid production enhancement by engineering a phenylalanine over‐producing Escherichia coli strain | Biotechnology and Bioengineering | 2013 | 122 |
| 37 | The fundamental links between climate change and marine plastic pollution | Science of the Total Environment | 2022 | 122 |
| 38 | Ebola and the social media | Lancet, The | 2014 | 120 |
| 39 | Metabolic theory predicts whole-ecosystem properties | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2015 | 117 |
| 40 | Ratiometric mechanosensitive fluorescent dyes: design and applications | Journal of Materials Chemistry C | 2016 | 114 |
| 41 | Protein Engineering for Improving and Diversifying Natural Product Biosynthesis | Trends in Biotechnology | 2020 | 114 |
| 42 | Ten questions concerning integrating smart buildings into the smart grid | Building and Environment | 2016 | 112 |
| 43 | Torrefaction of sorghum biomass to improve fuel properties | Bioresource Technology | 2017 | 110 |
| 44 | Tissue Plasminogen Activator-Porous Magnetic Microrods for Targeted Thrombolytic Therapy after Ischemic Stroke | ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces | 2018 | 108 |
| 45 | In-field High Throughput Phenotyping and Cotton Plant Growth Analysis Using LiDAR | Frontiers in Plant Science | 2018 | 108 |
| 46 | Social Media's Initial Reaction to Information and Misinformation on Ebola, August 2014: Facts and Rumors | Public Health Reports | 2016 | 107 |
| 47 | Photostimulable Near-Infrared Persistent Luminescent Nanoprobes for Ultrasensitive and Longitudinal Deep-Tissue Bio-Imaging | Theranostics | 2014 | 104 |
| 48 | Catalytic decomposition of toluene using a biomass derived catalyst | Fuel Processing Technology | 2013 | 102 |
| 49 | Electric vehicle wireless charging technology: a state-of-the-art review of magnetic coupling systems | Wireless Power Transfer | 2014 | 100 |
| 50 | Leaching characteristics of toxic constituents from coal fly ash mixed soils under the influence of pH | Waste Management | 2015 | 100 |
