Most-cited Earth and Planetary Sciences papers of 2016, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Earth and Planetary Sciences research papers published in 2016, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene
   Colin N. Waters, Jan Zalasiewicz et al. · 2016 · 2,383 citations
2. Persistent sulfate formation from London Fog to Chinese haze
   Gehui Wang, Renyi Zhang et al. · 2016 · 1,490 citations
3. High‐resolution CSR GRACE RL05 mascons
   Himanshu V. Save, Srinivas V. Bettadpur et al. · 2016 · 1,420 citations
4. Climate-driven regime shift of a temperate marine ecosystem
   Thomas Wernberg, Scott Bennett et al. · 2016 · 1,413 citations
5. Reactive nitrogen chemistry in aerosol water as a source of sulfate during haze events in China
   Yafang Cheng, Guangjie Zheng et al. · 2016 · 1,316 citations
6. A review of biomass burning: Emissions and impacts on air quality, health and climate in China
   Jianmin Chen, Chunlin Li et al. · 2016 · 1,276 citations · Free PDF
7. Hydrologic Impacts of Thawing Permafrost—A Review
   Michelle Ann Walvoord, Barret L. Kurylyk · 2016 · 1,122 citations
8. Submesoscale currents in the ocean
   James C. McWilliams · 2016 · 1,088 citations
9. Ocean Basin Evolution and Global-Scale Plate Reorganization Events Since Pangea Breakup
   R. Dietmar Müller, Maria Seton et al. · 2016 · 1,067 citations
10. Responses of Marine Organisms to Climate Change across Oceans
    Elvira S. Poloczanska, Michael T. Burrows et al. · 2016 · 1,056 citations · Free PDF
11. Community‐Derived Standards for LA ‐ ICP ‐ MS U‐(Th‐)Pb Geochronology – Uncertainty Propagation, Age Interpretation and Data Reporting
    Matthew Horstwood, Jan Košler et al. · 2016 · 1,049 citations
12. Classification of liptinite – ICCP System 1994
    Walter Pickel, J. Kus et al. · 2016 · 1,046 citations
13. Optical properties of dissolved organic matter (DOM): Effects of biological and photolytic degradation
    Angela M. Hansen, Tamara E. C. Kraus et al. · 2016 · 1,001 citations
14. Formation of the Isthmus of Panama
    Aaron O’Dea, Harilaos A Lessios et al. · 2016 · 987 citations
15. Zooplankton and the Ocean Carbon Cycle
    Deborah K. Steinberg, Michael R. Landry · 2016 · 978 citations
16. Crystal Nucleation in Liquids: Open Questions and Future Challenges in Molecular Dynamics Simulations
    Gabriele C. Sosso, Ji Chen et al. · 2016 · 962 citations · Free PDF
17. Enhanced haze pollution by black carbon in megacities in China
    Aijun Ding, Xin Huang et al. · 2016 · 902 citations
18. A Review of Classical and Nonclassical Nucleation Theories
    S. Karthika, Thota Karunakaran Radhakrishnan et al. · 2016 · 864 citations
19. The role of low-volatility organic compounds in initial particle growth in the atmosphere
    Jasmin Tröstl, Wayne K. Chuang et al. · 2016 · 856 citations · Free PDF
20. A Late Pleistocene sea level stack
    Rachel Spratt, L. E. Lisiecki · 2016 · 855 citations
21. Ecological consequences of human niche construction: Examining long-term anthropogenic shaping of global species distributions
    Nicole L. Boivin, Melinda A. Zeder et al. · 2016 · 840 citations
22. The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission for Science and Society
    Gail Skofronick‐Jackson, Walter A. Petersen et al. · 2016 · 832 citations
23. Ion-induced nucleation of pure biogenic particles
    J. Kirkby, Jonathan Duplissy et al. · 2016 · 801 citations · Free PDF
24. The Effectiveness, Costs and Coastal Protection Benefits of Natural and Nature-Based Defences
    Siddharth Narayan, Michael W. Beck et al. · 2016 · 798 citations · Free PDF
25. Global patterns of kelp forest change over the past half-century
    Kira A. Krumhansl, Daniel K. Okamoto et al. · 2016 · 789 citations

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