Most-cited Earth and Planetary Sciences papers of 2018, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Earth and Planetary Sciences research papers published in 2018, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. IsoplotR: A free and open toolbox for geochronology
   Pieter Vermeesch · 2018 · 3,553 citations
2. Declining oxygen in the global ocean and coastal waters
   Denise L. Breitburg, Lisa Ann Levin et al. · 2018 · 3,246 citations · Free PDF
3. Trends in China's anthropogenic emissions since 2010 as the consequence of clean air actions
   Bo Zheng, Dan Tong et al. · 2018 · 2,936 citations · Free PDF
4. Improved Estimation of the Specific Attenuation and Backscatter Differential Phase over Short Rain Paths
   Ricardo Reinoso-Rondinel, Christine M. H. Unal et al. · 2018 · 2,416 citations
5. Historical (1750–2014) anthropogenic emissions of reactive gases and aerosols from the Community Emissions Data System (CEDS)
   Rachel Hoesly, Steven J. Smith et al. · 2018 · 2,219 citations
6. Longer and more frequent marine heatwaves over the past century
   Eric C. J. Oliver, Markus G. Donat et al. · 2018 · 2,121 citations · Free PDF
7. Anthropogenic drivers of 2013–2017 trends in summer surface ozone in China
   Ke Li, Daniel J. Jacob et al. · 2018 · 1,808 citations
8. Slab2, a comprehensive subduction zone geometry model
   G. P. Hayes, Ginevra L. Moore et al. · 2018 · 1,498 citations
9. MSWEP V2 Global 3-Hourly 0.1° Precipitation: Methodology and Quantitative Assessment
   Hylke E. Beck, Eric F. Wood et al. · 2018 · 1,409 citations
10. Volatile chemical products emerging as largest petrochemical source of urban organic emissions
    Brian McDonald, J. A. de Gouw et al. · 2018 · 1,376 citations · Free PDF
11. The State of the World’s Beaches
    Arjen Pieter Luijendijk, Gerben Hagenaars et al. · 2018 · 1,153 citations · Free PDF
12. Recent Third Pole’s Rapid Warming Accompanies Cryospheric Melt and Water Cycle Intensification and Interactions between Monsoon and Environment: Multidisciplinary Approach with Observations, Modeling, and Analysis
    Tandong Yao, Yongkang Xue et al. · 2018 · 1,150 citations
13. Changing state of Arctic sea ice across all seasons
    Julienne Christine Stroeve, Dirk Notz · 2018 · 1,137 citations
14. Climate-change–driven accelerated sea-level rise detected in the altimeter era
    R. S. Nerem, B. D. Beckley et al. · 2018 · 1,120 citations
15. Severe Surface Ozone Pollution in China: A Global Perspective
    Xiao Hui Lu, Jiayun Hong et al. · 2018 · 1,041 citations
16. Deep learning to represent subgrid processes in climate models
    Stephan Rasp, Michael S. Pritchard et al. · 2018 · 1,036 citations · Free PDF
17. The Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Monthly Analysis (New Version 2.3) and a Review of 2017 Global Precipitation
    Robert F. Adler, Mathew R. P. Sapiano et al. · 2018 · 990 citations · Free PDF
18. Arctic sea ice thickness, volume, and multiyear ice coverage: losses and coupled variability (1958–2018)
    R. Kwok · 2018 · 929 citations
19. Gridded emissions of air pollutants for the period 1970–2012 within EDGAR v4.3.2
    Monica Crippa, Diego Guizzardi et al. · 2018 · 888 citations · Free PDF
20. Data assimilation in the geosciences: An overview of methods, issues, and perspectives
    Alberto Carrassi, Marc Bocquet et al. · 2018 · 876 citations · Free PDF
21. JRA-55 based surface dataset for driving ocean–sea-ice models (JRA55-do)
    Hiroyuki Tsujino, Shogo Urakawa et al. · 2018 · 870 citations
22. Validation of the CHIRPS satellite rainfall estimates over eastern Africa
    Tufa Dinku, Chris C. Funk et al. · 2018 · 843 citations
23. Categorizing and Naming Marine Heatwaves
    CSIRO, Alistair James Hobday et al. · 2018 · 810 citations
24. Global long-term observations of coastal erosion and accretion
    Lorenzo Mentaschi, Michalis Ioannis Vousdoukas et al. · 2018 · 800 citations · Free PDF
25. Google Earth Engine Applications Since Inception: Usage, Trends, and Potential
    Lalit Kumar, Onisimo Mutanga · 2018 · 790 citations · Free PDF

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