Most-cited Earth and Planetary Sciences papers of 2022, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Earth and Planetary Sciences research papers published in 2022, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. Root-mean-square error (RMSE) or mean absolute error (MAE): when to use them or not
   Timothy Hodson · 2022 · 2,270 citations · Free PDF
2. Ammonia emissions from agriculture and their contribution to fine particulate matter: A review of implications for human health
   Katie E. Wyer, David B. Kelleghan et al. · 2022 · 523 citations
3. Deep-learning seismology
   S. Mostafa Mousavi, Gregory C. Beroza · 2022 · 508 citations
4. An evaluation of ERA5 precipitation for climate monitoring
   David A. Lavers, A. J. Simmons et al. · 2022 · 486 citations
5. Physics‐Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) for Wave Propagation and Full Waveform Inversions
   Majid Rasht‐Behesht, Christian Huber et al. · 2022 · 463 citations · Free PDF
6. Permafrost and Climate Change: Carbon Cycle Feedbacks From the Warming Arctic
   Edward A. G. Schuur, Benjamin W. Abbott et al. · 2022 · 451 citations
7. Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Atmosphere
   Matthew D. Shupe, Markus Rex et al. · 2022 · 412 citations · Free PDF
8. The High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR): An Hourly Updating Convection-Allowing Forecast Model. Part I: Motivation and System Description
   David C. Dowell, Curtis R. Alexander et al. · 2022 · 400 citations
9. Chemical approaches to cryopreservation
   Kathryn A. Murray, Matthew I. Gibson · 2022 · 398 citations · Free PDF
10. Atmospheric waves and global seismoacoustic observations of the January 2022 Hunga eruption, Tonga
    Robin S. Matoza, David Fee et al. · 2022 · 363 citations
11. Tracking Daily Concentrations of PM2.5 Chemical Composition in China since 2000
    Shigan Liu, Guannan Geng et al. · 2022 · 361 citations
12. Sentinel-5P TROPOMI NO 2 retrieval: impact of version v2.2 improvements and comparisons with OMI and ground-based data
    Jos H. G. M. van Geffen, Henk J. Eskes et al. · 2022 · 340 citations · Free PDF
13. Exploring global changes in agricultural ammonia emissions and their contribution to nitrogen deposition since 1980
    Lei Liu, Wen Hai Xu et al. · 2022 · 338 citations
14. Machine Learning in Weather Prediction and Climate Analyses—Applications and Perspectives
    Bogdan Bochenek, Zbigniew Ustrnul · 2022 · 325 citations · Free PDF
15. High-Temperature Superconducting Phase in Clathrate Calcium Hydride CaH₆ up to 215 K at a Pressure of 172 GPa
    Ma, Liang, Wang, Kui et al. · 2022 · 324 citations
16. Quantifying the Carbon Export and Sequestration Pathways of the Ocean's Biological Carbon Pump
    Michael Nowicki, Tim DeVries et al. · 2022 · 315 citations
17. CAMS-REG-v4: a state-of-the-art high-resolution European emission inventory for air quality modelling
    Jeroen J. P. Kuenen, Stijn Dellaert et al. · 2022 · 313 citations · Free PDF
18. Climate-change-driven growth decline of European beech forests
    Edurne Martínez del Castillo, Christian Zang et al. · 2022 · 311 citations · Free PDF
19. UAV in the advent of the twenties: Where we stand and what is next
    Francesco Nex, Costas Armenakis et al. · 2022 · 310 citations
20. Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Snow and sea ice
    Marcel Nicolaus, Donald K. Perovich et al. · 2022 · 308 citations · Free PDF
21. Applications and Challenges of GRACE and GRACE Follow-On Satellite Gravimetry
    Jianli Chen, Anny Cazenave et al. · 2022 · 306 citations · Free PDF
22. 3D technologies for intangible cultural heritage preservation—literature review for selected databases
    Maria Skublewska‐Paszkowska, Marek Miłosz et al. · 2022 · 299 citations · Free PDF
23. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography
    Ben Stray, Andrew Lamb et al. · 2022 · 295 citations · Free PDF
24. Superconductivity above 200 K discovered in superhydrides of calcium
    Zhiwen Li, Xin He et al. · 2022 · 290 citations · Free PDF
25. Revealing Drivers of Haze Pollution by Explainable Machine Learning
    Linlu Hou, Qili Dai et al. · 2022 · 289 citations

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