Global Change Biology

Papers
(The H4-Index of Global Change Biology is 77. 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 2020-02-01 to 2024-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Global declines in human‐driven mangrove loss396
Getting the message right on nature‐based solutions to climate change325
Projecting the continental accumulation of alien species through to 2050306
Forest microclimates and climate change: Importance, drivers and future research agenda302
Ten golden rules for reforestation to optimize carbon sequestration, biodiversity recovery and livelihood benefits287
Abundant fungi adapt to broader environmental gradients than rare fungi in agricultural fields246
Mapping the effectiveness of nature‐based solutions for climate change adaptation230
30 years of free‐air carbon dioxide enrichment (FACE): What have we learned about future crop productivity and its potential for adaptation?219
Dramatic loss of inorganic carbon by nitrogen‐induced soil acidification in Chinese croplands189
Positive but variable effects of crop diversification on biodiversity and ecosystem services169
Climate change fingerprints in recent European plant phenology169
Plastic pollution in croplands threatens long‐term food security163
Can N2O emissions offset the benefits from soil organic carbon storage?162
Record‐setting climate enabled the extraordinary 2020 fire season in the western United States160
Elevated temperature shifts soil N cycling from microbial immobilization to enhanced mineralization, nitrification and denitrification across global terrestrial ecosystems155
Long‐term declines and recovery of meadow area across the world’s seagrass bioregions151
Temperature sensitivity of SOM decomposition is linked with a K‐selected microbial community140
Storm impacts on phytoplankton community dynamics in lakes138
Effects of long‐term straw return on soil organic carbon storage and sequestration rate in North China upland crops: A meta‐analysis137
Drivers of future alien species impacts: An expert‐based assessment136
Global patterns and controlling factors of soil nitrification rate134
Too hot to handle: Unprecedented seagrass death driven by marine heatwave in a World Heritage Area133
Global response patterns of plant photosynthesis to nitrogen addition: A meta‐analysis133
Soil carbon loss with warming: New evidence from carbon‐degrading enzymes131
Anthropogenic global shifts in biospheric N and P concentrations and ratios and their impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem productivity, food security, and human health130
Climate drives global soil carbon sequestration and crop yield changes under conservation agriculture129
Renewable energy development threatens many globally important biodiversity areas128
A catastrophic tropical drought kills hydraulically vulnerable tree species128
Satellite‐based estimates reveal widespread forest degradation in the Amazon127
Plastic ingestion by marine fish is widespread and increasing126
Combating ecosystem collapse from the tropics to the Antarctic124
Marine heatwaves drive recurrent mass mortalities in the Mediterranean Sea124
The pervasive and multifaceted influence of biocrusts on water in the world's drylands121
Changes in soil organic carbon under perennial crops120
A synthesis of methane emissions from shallow vegetated coastal ecosystems119
Contrasting pathways of carbon sequestration in paddy and upland soils118
Accelerated increase in vegetation carbon sequestration in China after 2010: A turning point resulting from climate and human interaction116
Large‐scale importance of microbial carbon use efficiency and necromass to soil organic carbon116
Climate change induces multiple risks to boreal forests and forestry in Finland: A literature review114
SoilTemp: A global database of near‐surface temperature114
Robust ecological drought projections for drylands in the 21st century113
Climate change causes critical transitions and irreversible alterations of mountain forests112
Soil multitrophic network complexity enhances the link between biodiversity and multifunctionality in agricultural systems111
Long‐term nitrogen loading alleviates phosphorus limitation in terrestrial ecosystems110
Multiple stressors determine river ecological status at the European scale: Towards an integrated understanding of river status deterioration110
The soil microbial carbon pump: From conceptual insights to empirical assessments110
Standardized short‐term acute heat stress assays resolve historical differences in coral thermotolerance across microhabitat reef sites110
Land‐based measures to mitigate climate change: Potential and feasibility by country103
Long‐term, amplified responses of soil organic carbon to nitrogen addition worldwide102
Climate‐induced changes in the suitable habitat of cold‐water corals and commercially important deep‐sea fishes in the North Atlantic102
Global maps of soil temperature101
Tropicalization of temperate ecosystems in North America: The northward range expansion of tropical organisms in response to warming winter temperatures101
Global assessment of relationships between climate and tree growth99
Patterns and drivers of global gross nitrogen mineralization in soils96
Growth and resilience responses of Scots pine to extreme droughts across Europe depend on predrought growth conditions95
Responses of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to nitrogen addition: A meta‐analysis95
Climate change‐mediated temperature extremes and insects: From outbreaks to breakdowns95
Increased yield and CO2 sequestration potential with the C4 cereal Sorghum bicolor cultivated in basaltic rock dust‐amended agricultural soil94
Incorporating climate change adaptation into marine protected area planning93
Global soil‐derived ammonia emissions from agricultural nitrogen fertilizer application: A refinement based on regional and crop‐specific emission factors91
Higher than expected CO2 fertilization inferred from leaf to global observations91
Ecosystem transpiration and evaporation: Insights from three water flux partitioning methods across FLUXNET sites90
Global variation in diurnal asymmetry in temperature, cloud cover, specific humidity and precipitation and its association with leaf area index86
Future carbon emissions from global mangrove forest loss86
Global human influence maps reveal clear opportunities in conserving Earth’s remaining intact terrestrial ecosystems85
Extreme heat increases stomatal conductance and drought‐induced mortality risk in vulnerable plant species85
Patterns in nonstructural carbohydrate contents at the tree organ level in response to drought duration85
Systemic effects of rising atmospheric vapor pressure deficit on plant physiology and productivity85
Perspectives and challenges of micro/nanoplastics‐induced toxicity with special reference to phytotoxicity85
Fungal community structure and function shifts with atmospheric nitrogen deposition83
Changes in plant inputs alter soil carbon and microbial communities in forest ecosystems81
Global gross nitrification rates are dominantly driven by soil carbon‐to‐nitrogen stoichiometry and total nitrogen80
Microplastics in terrestrial ecosystems: Moving beyond the state of the art to minimize the risk of ecological surprise80
Warming reshaped the microbial hierarchical interactions80
From energy to (soil organic) matter78
Phosphorus addition decreases microbial residual contribution to soil organic carbon pool in a tropical coastal forest77
Mechanisms of soil organic carbon stability and its response to no‐till: A global synthesis and perspective77
Identifying areas at risk of drought‐induced tree mortality across South‐Eastern Australia77
Effect of the plastic pollutant bisphenol A on the biology of aquatic organisms: A meta‐analysis77
0.057887077331543