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(The median citation count of Nature Geoscience is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Silica in a state of shock580
Ozone depletion over the Arctic affects spring climate in the Northern Hemisphere409
Wetter and drier regions as large-scale tree restoration shifts water fluxes247
Deformation-controlled long-period seismicity in low-cohesion volcanic sediments211
Scorched minerals in sedimentary rocks199
Author Correction: Tipping point in ice-sheet grounding-zone melting due to ocean water intrusion192
Inhibition of phototrophic iron oxidation by nitric oxide in ferruginous environments171
Bridgmanite’s ferric iron content determined Earth’s oxidation state166
Arc volcano activity driven by small-scale metasomatism of the magma source150
Oscillating Archean oxygen oases140
Nitrogen fixation in the North Atlantic supported by Gulf Stream eddy-borne diazotrophs138
Publisher Correction: Phosphorus availability on the early Earth and the impacts of life138
Huge submarine eruptions impact global climate but produce low atmospheric sulfur outputs133
Substantial increase in China’s manufactured sand supply since 2010128
High water content of arc magmas recorded in cumulates from subduction zone lower crust125
Limited carbon cycling due to high-pressure effects on the deep-sea microbiome122
Coastal methane emissions driven by aerotolerant methanogens using seaweed and seagrass metabolites122
Drought response of the boreal forest carbon sink is driven by understorey–tree composition113
Newly formed craters on Mars located using seismic and acoustic wave data from InSight112
Asymmetric impacts of forest gain and loss on tropical land surface temperature111
Reduced phosphorus availability in paddy soils under atmospheric CO2 enrichment109
Late Ordovician climate change and extinctions driven by elevated volcanic nutrient supply104
Reduced productivity and carbon drawdown of tropical forests from ground-level ozone exposure102
Frequent rainfall-induced new particle formation within the canopy in the Amazon rainforest100
Choppy seas for deep ocean drilling99
Great Plains storm intensity since the last glacial controlled by spring surface warming98
Air temperature — not just ocean warming — affects submarine melting of Greenland glaciers98
North Pacific response to warming sustains drought in the Southwest US96
Episodic dynamic change linked to damage on the Thwaites Glacier Ice Tongue94
Porphyry copper formation driven by water-fluxed crustal melting during flat-slab subduction94
Martian landscapes of fluvial ridges carved from ancient sedimentary basin fill93
Regional rare-earth element supply and demand balanced with circular economy strategies91
Decolonizing geoscience requires more than equity and inclusion91
Twentieth-century Azores High expansion unprecedented in the past 1,200 years90
The rise of the Tibetan Plateau was controlled by overriding plate mantle delamination89
Observational evidence for Criegee intermediate oligomerization reactions relevant to aerosol formation in the troposphere89
Lowland river sinuosity on Earth and Mars set by the pace of meandering and avulsion89
Author Correction: Different climate sensitivity of particulate and mineral-associated soil organic matter83
Author Correction: Millennial and centennial CO2 release from the Southern Ocean during the last deglaciation80
Cycling carbon with coccolithophores78
Arctic rivers tell tales of change77
Complexities of coastal resilience75
Elevated shallow water salinity in the deglacial Indian Ocean was sourced from the deep74
Palaeozoic cooling modulated by ophiolite weathering through organic carbon preservation74
The bedrock of forest drought73
Rockfall from an increasingly unstable mountain slope driven by climate warming73
Strong 2023–2024 El Niño generated by ocean dynamics72
Global frequency of oceanic and continental supershear earthquakes72
Regime shift in secondary inorganic aerosol formation and nitrogen deposition in the rural United States71
A conversation on air pollution in India68
Local cooling and drying induced by Himalayan glaciers under global warming68
Minimum turbidity levels for the maintenance of intertidal areas67
Spatial heterogeneity in post-fire vegetation productivity recovery and its drivers67
Reversing Earth’s carbon engine66
Author Correction: Hadean mantle oxidation inferred from melting of peridotite under lower-mantle conditions66
Bridgmanite across the lower mantle65
Daytime heat stress is reduced by agricultural irrigation in North American cities65
Generation of Archaean oxidizing and wet magmas from mafic crustal overthickening64
Galactic messages carried by moissanite64
Soil mosses provide critical ecosystem services across the globe64
Himalayan glaciers threatened by frequent wildfires61
Increased terrestrial ecosystem carbon storage associated with global utility-scale photovoltaic installation59
Carbon dioxide sink in the Arctic Ocean from cross-shelf transport of dense Barents Sea water59
Methane’s unknowns better known59
Erosional cascade during the 2021 Melamchi flood58
Late Miocene cooling coupled to carbon dioxide with Pleistocene-like climate sensitivity58
Increased frequency of multi-year El Niño–Southern Oscillation events across the Holocene57
Equal abundance of summertime natural and wintertime anthropogenic Arctic organic aerosols57
Sulfur isotopic signature of Earth established by planetesimal volatile evaporation56
Small but mighty sperrylite56
Major excursions in sulfur isotopes linked to permafrost change in Eurasia during the last 50,000 years56
Composition of continental crust altered by the emergence of land plants55
Glacier retreat alters downstream fjord ecosystem structure and function in Greenland55
Active Nordic Seas deep-water formation during the last glacial maximum55
Detections of ultralow velocity zones in high-velocity lowermost mantle linked to subducted slabs54
Sustained mid-Pliocene warmth led to deep water formation in the North Pacific54
Decreasing subseasonal temperature variability in the northern extratropics attributed to human influence53
Direct and lagged climate change effects intensified the 2022 European drought53
The global contribution of soil mosses to ecosystem services53
Global mapping reveals increase in lacustrine algal blooms over the past decade52
Early and late phases of the Permian–Triassic mass extinction marked by different atmospheric CO2 regimes51
Geophysical imaging of fluids in the Cascadia subduction zone51
Oxygen-rich melt in deep magma oceans50
The hidden warming effects of the degradation of tropical moist forests50
Sulfur evaporation in planetesimals50
Atmosphere-altered sediments were recycled into the mantle across the Great Oxidation Event50
Estimates of global marine plastic mass demystify the missing plastic paradox49
ENSO complexity controlled by zonal shifts in the Walker circulation49
Weak asthenosphere beneath the Eurasian interior inferred from Aral Sea desiccation49
Carbon fate in lowland rivers48
Large-scale mantle heterogeneity as a legacy of plate tectonic supercycles48
Slow slip along the Hikurangi margin linked to fluid-rich sediments trailing subducting seamounts48
Melting of glacier ice enhanced by bursting air bubbles47
Sustained greening of the Antarctic Peninsula observed from satellites47
Warmer shallow Atlantic during deglaciation and early Holocene due to weaker overturning circulation47
Long-distance migration and venting of methane from the base of the hydrate stability zone46
Evidence of dark oxygen production at the abyssal seafloor45
Emergence of felsic crust and subaerial weathering recorded in Palaeoarchaean barite45
Hazardous explosive eruptions of a recharging multi-cyclic island arc caldera45
Increased night-time oxidation over China despite widespread decrease across the globe44
Dissolved organic phosphorus concentrations in the surface ocean controlled by both phosphate and iron stress44
Groundwater springs formed during glacial retreat are a large source of methane in the high Arctic44
Underestimated mass loss from lake-terminating glaciers in the greater Himalaya43
The crystal timekeeper zircon43
Onset of the Earth’s hydrological cycle four billion years ago or earlier43
Production of Neoproterozoic banded iron formations in a partially ice-covered ocean43
Mineralogical evidence for hydrothermal alteration of Bennu samples43
Planetary science blasts off in China43
The problem with dolomite42
Author Correction: Multidecadal variation of the Earth’s inner-core rotation42
Marine heatwaves are occurring globally below the sea surface with increasing frequency42
Observational constraints imply limited future Atlantic meridional overturning circulation weakening41
Rise in dust emissions from burned landscapes primarily driven by small fires40
Proto-monsoon rainfall and greening in Central Asia due to extreme early Eocene warmth40
Mercury fluxes from hydrothermal venting at mid-ocean ridges constrained by measurements40
Contributions of core, mantle and climatological processes to Earth’s polar motion39
Rapid retreat of Thwaites Glacier in the pre-satellite era39
Increased urban ozone in heatwaves due to temperature-induced emissions of anthropogenic volatile organic compounds38
Poleward expansion of tropical cyclone latitudes in warming climates38
Geological evidence for multiple climate transitions on Early Mars38
Atmospheric and oceanic circulation altered by global mean sea-level rise38
Arctic Ocean’s wintertime mercury concentrations limited by seasonal loss on the shelf38
The mantle’s influence on the long-term behaviour of Earth’s magnetic field37
Accelerating increase in the duration of heatwaves under global warming37
Oxygenation of the Earth aided by mineral–organic carbon preservation37
Global crop production increase by soil organic carbon37
Global mass of buoyant marine plastics dominated by large long-lived debris37
Grain-size-evolution controls on lithospheric weakening during continental rifting37
An extended pan-North African humid period within the warm Pliocene36
Lessons from the Nile about rivers and society36
Triggers of Chile’s mega-earthquakes36
Cryptic degassing and protracted greenhouse climates after flood basalt events35
Author Correction: Fossil organic carbon utilization in marine Arctic fjord sediments by subsurface micro-organisms35
Stress-driven recurrence and precursory moment-rate surge in caldera collapse earthquakes34
Tackling helicopter research34
Archaean oxygen oases driven by pulses of enhanced phosphorus recycling in the ocean34
Kimberlite magmatism fed by upwelling above mobile basal mantle structures34
Lower oceanic crust formed by in situ melt crystallization revealed by seismic layering34
Strong temperature gradients in the ice age North Atlantic Ocean revealed by plankton biogeography34
Biogeochemistry of Earth before exoenzymes34
A reduction in aerolized ammonium in the rural USA and increased ammonia deposition near emission hotspots34
Coupled decline in ocean pH and carbonate saturation during the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum34
Episodic warm climates on early Mars primed by crustal hydration33
Pollution resistance of Saturn’s ring particles during micrometeoroid impact33
Enrichment of metastable iron minerals in global coastal wetlands33
Widespread partial-depth hydrofractures in ice sheets driven by supraglacial streams33
Drivers of global glacial erosion rates33
Methane leakage through the sulfate–methane transition zone of the Baltic seabed33
Regional but not global temperature variability underestimated by climate models at supradecadal timescales32
Redox control on rhizosphere priming in wetlands32
Atmospheric new particle formation from the CERN CLOUD experiment32
Decline in bulk deposition of air pollutants in China lags behind reductions in emissions32
Agricultural drought over water-scarce Central Asia aggravated by internal climate variability32
Isotopic constraints on lightning as a source of fixed nitrogen in Earth’s early biosphere32
Garnet the gift that keeps on giving31
Author Correction: An unshakable carbon budget for the Himalaya31
An initial map of fine-scale heterogeneity in the Earth’s inner core31
Advancing geoscience with AI31
Author Correction: Regional stratification at the top of Earth’s core due to core–mantle boundary heat flux variations31
Top-down control on water subduction31
Aftershocks of megathrust earthquakes undergo a central shutdown and surrounding activation31
The extra climate benefits of solar farms30
Earth-like lithospheric thickness and heat flow on Venus consistent with active rifting30
Contribution of lake littoral zones to the continental carbon budget30
A conversation on air pollution in China30
The palaeoclimate potential of continental scientific drilling30
Large-scale ice-shelf calving events follow prolonged amplifications in flexure30
Permafrost cooled in winter by thermal bridging through snow-covered shrub branches30
Geometric controls on cascading rupture of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake doublet30
High-altitude glacier archives lost due to climate change-related melting30
Connecting geology to ecology30
Late Miocene onset of hyper-aridity in East Antarctica indicated by meteoric beryllium-10 in permafrost30
Steady threefold Arctic amplification of externally forced warming masked by natural variability30
Global increase in biomass carbon stock dominated by growth of northern young forests over past decade30
Widespread and systematic effects of fire on plant–soil water relations29
A rock record of H2 production in the ancient Earth29
Upwelling of melt-depleted mantle under Iceland29
Underestimated burden of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in global surface waters and groundwaters29
The value of scientific ocean drilling for early career researchers29
Deep hydration and lithospheric thinning at oceanic transform plate boundaries29
Collaboration between women helps close the gender gap in ice core science28
Moon’s crustal porosity records impact history28
Pollution drives multidecadal decline in subarctic methanesulfonic acid28
Mitigating sinkhole hazards intensified by climate change27
Benthic δ18O records Earth’s energy imbalance27
Diurnal warming rectification in the tropical Pacific linked to sea surface temperature front27
Warming beneath an East Antarctic ice shelf due to increased subpolar westerlies and reduced sea ice27
Utility of artificial intelligence in geoscience27
Positive correlation between wet-day frequency and intensity linked to universal precipitation drivers27
Fluctuating evolution of seawater oxygen before the Great Oxidation Event26
Adapting to AI26
Sea-level stability over geological time owing to limited deep subduction of hydrated mantle26
Multi-month forecasts of marine heatwaves and ocean acidification extremes26
Uplift of the Tibetan Plateau driven by mantle delamination from the overriding plate26
Rapid crustal transit of magmas beneath the Main Ethiopian Rift26
Composition of asteroid Bennu transformed by aqueous alteration26
Confronting the water potential information gap26
Long-term carbon storage in shelf sea sediments reduced by intensive bottom trawling26
Shortwave absorption by wildfire smoke dominated by dark brown carbon26
Closed ocean gateways in the Canadian archipelago are key to glaciation in Scandinavia25
Author Correction: Attribution of global lake systems change to anthropogenic forcing25
Mid-Pliocene El Niño/Southern Oscillation suppressed by Pacific intertropical convergence zone shift25
Noble gas evidence of a millennial-scale deep North Pacific palaeo-barometric anomaly25
Shifts in regional water availability due to global tree restoration25
Long-term eruption forecasting25
Enhanced clay formation key in sustaining the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum24
Diminishing lake area across the northern permafrost zone24
The Shatsky Rise oceanic plateau formed through plume–ridge interaction24
Past Earth warmed by tidal resonance-induced organization of clouds under a shorter day24
Climatic and tectonic drivers of late Oligocene Antarctic ice volume24
Author Correction: An ongoing satellite–ring cycle of Mars and the origins of Phobos and Deimos24
Carbon dioxide enrichment suppresses autotrophic nitrifiers in a rice ecosystem24
Asthenospheric low-velocity zone consistent with globally prevalent partial melting24
A West Antarctic grounding-zone environment shaped by episodic water flow24
Phosphorus’s cosmic courier24
Save the data24
Limited decrease of Southern Ocean sulfur productivity across the penultimate termination23
Megafloods in Europe can be anticipated from observations in hydrologically similar catchments23
Global patterns of organic carbon transfer and accumulation across the land–ocean continuum constrained by radiocarbon data23
Soil respiration response to decade-long warming modulated by soil moisture in a boreal forest23
Risks to carbon storage from land-use change revealed by peat thickness maps of Peru23
Bombardment history of the Moon constrained by crustal porosity23
Oxygenation of the Baltoscandian shelf linked to Ordovician biodiversification23
Relative increases in CH4 and CO2 emissions from wetlands under global warming dependent on soil carbon substrates23
Satellite data shows Antarctic Peninsula glaciers flow faster in summer22
Satellite data show increased biomass carbon stocks in northern young forests22
Global water availability boosted by vegetation-driven changes in atmospheric moisture transport22
Tectonics of copper mineralization22
A partially molten mantle22
Inhibition of autotrophic nitrifiers in a nitrogen-rich paddy soil by elevated CO222
Earth science looks to outer space22
Dust emission increases following large wildfires22
River capture enhances the uplift of Chomolungma21
Publisher Correction: Atmospheric methane variability through the Last Glacial Maximum and deglaciation mainly controlled by tropical sources21
Machine learning in Earth and environmental science requires education and research policy reforms21
Author Correction: Global emergent responses of stream microbial energetics to glacier shrinkage21
Sensitivity of Holocene East Antarctic productivity to subdecadal variability set by sea ice21
Indo-Pacific regional extremes aggravated by changes in tropical weather patterns21
Millennial and centennial CO2 release from the Southern Ocean during the last deglaciation21
Communicating the link between climate change and extreme rain events21
Deglaciation drove seawater infiltration and slowed submarine groundwater discharge21
Emergence of wind ripples controlled by mechanics of grain–bed impacts21
Seismic evidence for oceanic plate delamination offshore Southwest Iberia20
Annual variations in phytoplankton biomass driven by small-scale physical processes20
Solid Earth forcing of Mesozoic oceanic anoxic events20
Rapid night-time nanoparticle growth in Delhi driven by biomass-burning emissions20
A high-resolution global model nails down the primary driving force of the India–Asia collision20
Global patterns in river water storage dependent on residence time20
Multi-decadal collapse of East Antarctica’s Conger–Glenzer Ice Shelf20
Coral bleaching and mortality overestimated in projections based on Degree Heating Months20
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