Nature Sustainability

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Sustainability is 35. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
The Global Climate Hub471
A river delta in transition435
Citizen science tackles plastics in Ghana393
Levers for equitable material use373
Sustained productivity and the persistence of coral reef fisheries361
An exploration of biodiversity limits to grazing ruminant milk and meat production359
Analysing content of Paris climate pledges with computational linguistics350
Sand-mining-driven reduction in Tonle Sap Lake’s critical flood pulse327
Rice–fish co-culturing reduces schistosomiasis risk and increases yields and incomes321
Global industrial emissions of chlorinated and brominated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons319
Reversal of the levee effect towards sustainable floodplain management302
Globally elevated greenhouse gas emissions from polluted urban rivers299
Sea-level-driven land conversion amplified by coastal agriculture282
Sustainable polymer coating for stainproof fabrics278
An all-weather radiative human body cooling textile265
Advancing bio-based materials for sustainable solutions to food packaging264
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions with nanofertilizers260
Squeezed by inflation249
How disruptive climate protests can benefit the broader climate movement243
A waste-free future for fashion226
Effective progress and implementation of the INC-5 plastics treaty through scientific guidance225
Reconciling oil palm and ecosystems223
Embedded order boosts battery membranes208
Technology-minded climate delegates support less stringent climate policies204
Harvesting intermittent energy199
Polyamides go circular197
Scalable all-in-one electrochromic glazing for full-spectrum solar radiation management192
Impacts of climate litigation on firm value186
Telecoupled impacts of the Russia–Ukraine war on global cropland expansion and biodiversity184
Re-operating dams in the Mekong183
Publisher Correction: Harnessing infrared solar energy with plasmonic energy upconversion180
Deep-sea mining poses an unjustifiable environmental risk178
Author Correction: Contribution of double-cropped maize ethanol in Brazil to sustainable development178
Direct recycling of spent cathode material at ambient conditions via spontaneous lithiation171
Chloride electrolyte enabled practical zinc metal battery with a near-unity Coulombic efficiency169
High-entropy single-atom activated carbon catalysts for sustainable oxygen electrocatalysis167
Fast and selective CO2 capture from outdoor air by covalent organic frameworks163
Impact of socio-demographic trends on the future health burden of air pollution157
Evaluating the impacts and mechanisms of locally managed marine areas153
Using solar farms as a platform for the ecological restoration of arid soils149
Mercury risk in blue carbon ecosystems148
Tracking millions of farmland trees in India reveals a considerable decline of large trees139
A new approach to ecological zoning of the Earth in a changing climate139
Closing emission gaps in border carbon adjustments for chemicals and plastics137
Dye removal from polyester fibres unlocks textile recycling135
Widespread Amazonian dark earth in the Xingu Indigenous Territory135
Benefits and risks of incremental protected area planning in the Southern Ocean134
Embodied emissions of chemicals within the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism133
The role of high-biodiversity regions in preserving Nature’s Contributions to People128
Aquatic foods at the nutrition–environment nexus128
Data-driven strategies to improve nitrogen use efficiency of rice farming in South Asia126
Nationally localized strategies for zero-carbon municipal solid waste management126
Electrifying water treatment at device level125
Strengthening global plastic policy with systems analysis123
Pathways to advanced resource recovery from sewage123
An ecotoxicological view on malaria vector control with ivermectin-treated cattle121
Carbon emissions of 5G mobile networks in China120
Seagrass ecosystems as green urban infrastructure to mediate human pathogens in seafood120
Estimating the role of air quality improvements in the decline of suicide rates in China119
Upcycle for enhanced performance118
Records reveal the vast historical extent of European oyster reef ecosystems117
Coral reefs and coastal tourism in Hawaii117
Energy recovery and saving in municipal wastewater treatment engineering practices115
Recycling bias and reduction neglect112
Reducing lead toxicity of perovskite solar cells with a built-in supramolecular complex112
Paving the way for sustainable decarbonization of the European cement industry111
A global conservation basic income is achievable for a fraction of the costs of inaction108
Evaluating marine areas in Fiji105
The broader benefits of waste system investments in the global south103
An alliance for the bioeconomy103
Aqueous batteries beating the cold103
Strategic stream gauging network design for sustainable water management102
Socioecological risks amplified by rising plant invasions in India98
Mobile apps for 30×30 equity98
Navigating sustainability trade-offs in global beef production98
Ecological role of offshore structures98
Recreational killing of wild animals can foster environmental stewardship97
Cross-system cascades as drivers of the electrification pathway in net-zero transitions97
Telecoupled systems are rewired by risks97
Low-cost iron trichloride cathode for all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries97
Beyond just floodwater96
The politics of influence in biodiversity offsetting96
The urgent need for designing greener drugs96
On the plastics crisis94
Widespread range contraction of carnivores in protected areas of China93
Scalable flow-through device for electrochemical water treatment without secondary pollution92
3D-printed multiscale-ordered hierarchical frameworks for rapid atmospheric water harvesting92
Global wood harvest is sufficient for climate-friendly transitions to timber cities92
Spatially differentiated nitrogen supply is key in a global food–fertilizer price crisis91
Polymeric membranes with highly homogenized nanopores for ultrafast water purification91
Reducing supply risk of critical materials for clean energy via foreign direct investment90
Reducing the burden of anaemia in Indian women of reproductive age with clean-air targets90
All-temperature zinc batteries with high-entropy aqueous electrolyte89
Scientific evidence on the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals88
Sustainable agrifood systems for a post-growth world88
Methane emissions from landfills differentially underestimated worldwide88
Author Correction: Greenhouse gases reduce the satellite carrying capacity of low Earth orbit87
Impacts of aggressive driving on transport emissions in China87
War’s cascading global effects86
Atomically dispersed bimetallic Fe–Co electrocatalysts for green production of ammonia85
From trash to jet fuel85
Addressing methane emission feedbacks from global wetlands85
Housing policies and energy efficiency spillovers in low and moderate income communities85
Trends in tropical forest loss and the social value of emission reductions85
Preventing lead release from perovskites84
Towards process-oriented management of tropical reefs in the anthropocene83
Polymeric membranes with aligned zeolite nanosheets for sustainable energy storage82
Distributed production of ready-to-use liquid nitrogenous fertilizer82
The emergence of cooperation from shared goals in the governance of common-pool resources81
Spontaneous uranium extraction from salt-lake water via droplet falling81
Holistic climate change adaptation for World Heritage81
Leveraging edge artificial intelligence for sustainable agriculture80
Effects of demand and recycling on the when and where of lithium extraction80
Biodiversity consequences of cropland abandonment78
Ecological risk assessment of marine plastic pollution78
Tailored synthesis of circular polyolefins77
Jobs lost and found in sustainability transitions77
Network metrics guide good control choices76
EPR policy falls short76
Thirteen steps to transformation76
Unsustainably losing ground75
An innovative, sustainable, no-kill sea urchin aquaculture method75
A delivery agenda on climate change74
Cities dried up by few73
Safeguarding, strengthening and expanding river protections for nature and people73
PFAS dark matter73
Pathways to sustainable plastics73
An empirically based dynamic approach to sustainable climate policy design71
The vulnerability of global forests to human and climate impacts69
Author Correction: Accelerating innovative water treatment in Latin America69
Greenhouse gases reduce the satellite carrying capacity of low Earth orbit69
Guiding large-scale management of invasive species using network metrics68
Rising socio-economic costs of PM2.5 pollution and medical service mismatching68
Unevenly distributed biological invasion costs among origin and recipient regions68
Policies for rapid decarbonization with steady economic transition and employment creation68
Global declines of offshore gas flaring inadequate to meet the 2030 goal68
Capture fog for clean water68
Doubling of the global freshwater footprint of material production over two decades67
The overlooked health impacts of extreme rainfall exposure in 30 East Asian cities67
Upcycling contaminated plastics67
Clinical sustainability67
Pretreating spent lithium-ion batteries66
Efficient CO and acrolein co-production via paired electrolysis66
Strategic planning to mitigate mining impacts on protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon64
Agricultural intensification, Indigenous stewardship and land sparing in tropical dry forests63
Impacts of global trade on cropland soil-phosphorus depletion and food security63
Prioritizing India’s landscapes for biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being62
Axial alignment of covalent organic framework membranes for giant osmotic energy harvesting61
A multidimensional assessment of systemic cooling poverty in the global south59
Long-term evidence for ecological intensification as a pathway to sustainable agriculture59
Microbial upcycling of plastic waste to levodopa59
Ammonia recovery from nitrate-rich wastewater using a membrane-free electrochemical system59
A two-salt solution for batteries58
Human fingerprint on structural density of forests globally58
A solvent-free route to high-performance silk materials58
Co-benefits of transport demand reductions from compact urban development in Chinese cities58
Supplying ecosystem services on US rangelands58
Sustainable power generation from sewage with engineered microorganisms as electrocatalysts58
A vision for sustainable additive manufacturing58
Including stewardship in ecosystem health assessment55
Impact of the Russia–Ukraine armed conflict on water resources and water infrastructure55
A fairer and more effective carbon tax55
Decoupled dual-salt electrolyte for practical aqueous zinc batteries54
Artificial intelligence in sustainable development research53
Earlier collapse of Anthropocene ecosystems driven by multiple faster and noisier drivers53
Best practices for oxygen electrocatalysis52
Viability and desirability of financing conservation in Africa through fire management52
Electrochemical lithium recycling from spent batteries with electricity generation52
The economics of reversing fisheries-induced evolution51
Recycled micro-sized silicon anode for high-voltage lithium-ion batteries51
Ubiquitous mobility data enable near-real-time emission estimates for urban traffic51
Transformative localization to accelerate the 2030 Agenda51
Continuing large-scale global trade and illegal trade of highly hazardous chemicals50
Chemical recycling of a lignin-based non-isocyanate polyurethane foam50
Ten principles for transforming economics in a time of global crises50
Effects of expanding electric vehicle charging stations in California on the housing market49
Principles for transformative ocean governance49
Characterizing culture’s influence in land systems48
Achieving sustainability of greenhouses by integrating stable semi-transparent organic photovoltaics48
Solution-processed electrochromics for synergistic solar and radiative heat management48
A green solvent increases the stability of a perovskite ink for scalable processing48
Diversified cropping systems with limited carbon accrual but increased nitrogen supply48
Accelerating innovative water treatment in Latin America48
Sustained productivity and agronomic potential of perennial rice48
Impacts of pretreatment routes on spent lithium-ion batteries recycling48
Energy- and cost-efficient CO2 capture from dilute emissions by pyridinic-graphene membranes48
Actions and actors driving transformative change for global sustainability47
Turning Greenland’s sand into gold47
Identifying gaps in systems-based plastic pollution literature46
Resilience of reefs to overfishing46
Job–environment feedbacks46
Blueprint for phosphorus efficiency45
Wildfire impacts44
The mixed effects of recent cover crop adoption on US cropland productivity44
Cross-national public acceptance of sustainable global supply chain policy instruments44
The linkage between microbial community dynamics and urbanization age44
The Earth alignment principle for artificial intelligence43
Global evidence of human well-being and biodiversity impacts of natural climate solutions43
Change in cooling degree days with global mean temperature rise increasing from 1.5 °C to 2.0 °C43
Returning to core principles to advance the 2030 Agenda42
Newer roots for agriculture42
Global gridded dataset of heating and cooling degree days under climate change scenarios42
Progress towards sustainable agriculture hampered by siloed scientific discourses42
Ecologically unequal exchanges driven by EU consumption42
Assessing the economic viability of unconventional rare earth element feedstocks42
Author Correction: Persistent impact of Fukushima decontamination on soil erosion and suspended sediment41
Community contributions to sustainability science41
Present and future limits to climate change adaptation41
Carbon-efficient synthesis41
Author Correction: Pathways to sustaining tuna-dependent Pacific Island economies during climate change41
Olfactory misinformation reduces wheat seed loss caused by rodent pests41
Human and infrastructure exposure to large wildfires in the United States40
The future of large-scale solar interfacial desalination40
Voltage distribution within carbon dioxide reduction electrolysers40
Solar-enhanced low-temperature biological wastewater treatment40
Economically viable electrocatalytic ethylene production with high yield and selectivity40
Lights on at any cost40
A smart way to wrap a building40
Political strategies for climate and environmental solutions40
Decarbonization with economic growth and job creation40
Leveraging biodiversity to maximize nutrition and resilience of global fisheries40
Overlooked risks and opportunities in groundwatersheds of the world’s protected areas39
Modelling PM2.5 reduction scenarios for future cardiopulmonary disease reduction39
Adaptive capacity for multimodal transport network resilience to extreme floods39
Social factors shape federal environmental crime prosecution patterns in the USA39
Ocean alkalinity enhancement through restoration of blue carbon ecosystems38
Reducing global land-use pressures with seaweed farming38
Towards just and transformative social–ecological restoration37
Recyclable vitrimer-based printed circuit boards for sustainable electronics37
The potential impacts of plastic on the marine carbon cycle37
Electrochemical ammonia recovery and co-production of chemicals from manure wastewater36
Quantifying timber illegality risk in the Brazilian forest frontier36
Messaging risk to drive coastal adaptation36
Global hydroclimatic risks and strategic decommissioning pathways for thermal power units36
The cultural evolution of collective property rights for sustainable resource governance36
Industrial-scale sustainable rare earth mining enabled by electrokinetics36
Opportunities to curb hydrological alterations via dam re-operation in the Mekong35
A better fate for PVC35
Minimize oil palm plantation expansion with game theory35
Unintended consequences of using maps to communicate sea-level rise35
Solving poverty need not cost the Earth35
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