Nature Sustainability

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Sustainability is 9. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
The Global Climate Hub460
A river delta in transition424
Global industrial emissions of chlorinated and brominated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons391
An exploration of biodiversity limits to grazing ruminant milk and meat production362
Reversal of the levee effect towards sustainable floodplain management348
Advancing bio-based materials for sustainable solutions to food packaging345
An all-weather radiative human body cooling textile339
Globally elevated greenhouse gas emissions from polluted urban rivers320
Citizen science tackles plastics in Ghana310
Levers for equitable material use309
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions with nanofertilizers296
Sustainable polymer coating for stainproof fabrics290
Sustained productivity and the persistence of coral reef fisheries285
Analysing content of Paris climate pledges with computational linguistics277
Sand-mining-driven reduction in Tonle Sap Lake’s critical flood pulse272
Squeezed by inflation260
How disruptive climate protests can benefit the broader climate movement259
A waste-free future for fashion252
Effective progress and implementation of the INC-5 plastics treaty through scientific guidance236
Harvesting intermittent energy235
Reconciling oil palm and ecosystems223
Embedded order boosts battery membranes220
Deep-sea mining poses an unjustifiable environmental risk213
Publisher Correction: Harnessing infrared solar energy with plasmonic energy upconversion206
Author Correction: Contribution of double-cropped maize ethanol in Brazil to sustainable development199
Re-operating dams in the Mekong196
Fast and selective CO2 capture from outdoor air by covalent organic frameworks191
Technology-minded climate delegates support less stringent climate policies189
Telecoupled impacts of the Russia–Ukraine war on global cropland expansion and biodiversity188
High-entropy single-atom activated carbon catalysts for sustainable oxygen electrocatalysis179
Chloride electrolyte enabled practical zinc metal battery with a near-unity Coulombic efficiency178
Direct recycling of spent cathode material at ambient conditions via spontaneous lithiation177
Scalable all-in-one electrochromic glazing for full-spectrum solar radiation management174
Polyamides go circular171
Impacts of climate litigation on firm value170
Impact of socio-demographic trends on the future health burden of air pollution168
Evaluating the impacts and mechanisms of locally managed marine areas162
Using solar farms as a platform for the ecological restoration of arid soils160
Mercury risk in blue carbon ecosystems160
The role of high-biodiversity regions in preserving Nature’s Contributions to People154
Tracking millions of farmland trees in India reveals a considerable decline of large trees148
A new approach to ecological zoning of the Earth in a changing climate145
Closing emission gaps in border carbon adjustments for chemicals and plastics144
Widespread Amazonian dark earth in the Xingu Indigenous Territory137
Dye removal from polyester fibres unlocks textile recycling135
Benefits and risks of incremental protected area planning in the Southern Ocean134
Coral reefs and coastal tourism in Hawaii133
Embodied emissions of chemicals within the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism133
An ecotoxicological view on malaria vector control with ivermectin-treated cattle131
Upcycle for enhanced performance127
Strengthening global plastic policy with systems analysis125
Nationally localized strategies for zero-carbon municipal solid waste management124
Estimating the role of air quality improvements in the decline of suicide rates in China122
Electrifying water treatment at device level122
Recycling bias and reduction neglect122
Paving the way for sustainable decarbonization of the European cement industry119
Carbon emissions of 5G mobile networks in China119
Aquatic foods at the nutrition–environment nexus118
Data-driven strategies to improve nitrogen use efficiency of rice farming in South Asia116
Records reveal the vast historical extent of European oyster reef ecosystems114
Pathways to advanced resource recovery from sewage114
Seagrass ecosystems as green urban infrastructure to mediate human pathogens in seafood113
Reducing lead toxicity of perovskite solar cells with a built-in supramolecular complex113
A global conservation basic income is achievable for a fraction of the costs of inaction112
Aqueous batteries beating the cold112
Energy recovery and saving in municipal wastewater treatment engineering practices112
Evaluating marine areas in Fiji112
An alliance for the bioeconomy108
The broader benefits of waste system investments in the global south107
Global wood harvest is sufficient for climate-friendly transitions to timber cities104
Strategic stream gauging network design for sustainable water management103
Mobile apps for 30×30 equity102
Ecological role of offshore structures100
The urgent need for designing greener drugs99
Beyond just floodwater96
Navigating sustainability trade-offs in global beef production96
Low-cost iron trichloride cathode for all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries95
Polymeric membranes with highly homogenized nanopores for ultrafast water purification95
Socioecological risks amplified by rising plant invasions in India95
Cross-system cascades as drivers of the electrification pathway in net-zero transitions95
Scalable flow-through device for electrochemical water treatment without secondary pollution95
Reducing supply risk of critical materials for clean energy via foreign direct investment93
The politics of influence in biodiversity offsetting93
Spatially differentiated nitrogen supply is key in a global food–fertilizer price crisis93
Telecoupled systems are rewired by risks92
On the plastics crisis92
Recreational killing of wild animals can foster environmental stewardship92
Methane emissions from landfills differentially underestimated worldwide92
All-temperature zinc batteries with high-entropy aqueous electrolyte91
Sustainable agrifood systems for a post-growth world91
Scientific evidence on the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals91
Reducing the burden of anaemia in Indian women of reproductive age with clean-air targets91
Impacts of aggressive driving on transport emissions in China89
Distributed production of ready-to-use liquid nitrogenous fertilizer88
Author Correction: Greenhouse gases reduce the satellite carrying capacity of low Earth orbit87
Housing policies and energy efficiency spillovers in low and moderate income communities87
War’s cascading global effects87
Addressing methane emission feedbacks from global wetlands85
Atomically dispersed bimetallic Fe–Co electrocatalysts for green production of ammonia85
From trash to jet fuel84
Trends in tropical forest loss and the social value of emission reductions84
Preventing lead release from perovskites84
Biodiversity consequences of cropland abandonment84
The emergence of cooperation from shared goals in the governance of common-pool resources83
Elevated fires during COVID-19 lockdown and the vulnerability of protected areas83
Spontaneous uranium extraction from salt-lake water via droplet falling83
Towards process-oriented management of tropical reefs in the anthropocene82
Polymeric membranes with aligned zeolite nanosheets for sustainable energy storage81
Holistic climate change adaptation for World Heritage81
Effects of demand and recycling on the when and where of lithium extraction80
Ecological risk assessment of marine plastic pollution80
Tailored synthesis of circular polyolefins80
EPR policy falls short78
Jobs lost and found in sustainability transitions78
Leveraging edge artificial intelligence for sustainable agriculture78
Network metrics guide good control choices77
Thirteen steps to transformation76
An innovative, sustainable, no-kill sea urchin aquaculture method76
A delivery agenda on climate change75
Unsustainably losing ground75
PFAS dark matter74
Pathways to sustainable plastics74
Cities dried up by few74
Agricultural intensification, Indigenous stewardship and land sparing in tropical dry forests73
Safeguarding, strengthening and expanding river protections for nature and people73
Author Correction: Accelerating innovative water treatment in Latin America72
Greenhouse gases reduce the satellite carrying capacity of low Earth orbit72
The vulnerability of global forests to human and climate impacts72
An empirically based dynamic approach to sustainable climate policy design72
Co-benefits of transport demand reductions from compact urban development in Chinese cities71
Capture fog for clean water71
Supplying ecosystem services on US rangelands71
Human fingerprint on structural density of forests globally70
Rising socio-economic costs of PM2.5 pollution and medical service mismatching69
Policies for rapid decarbonization with steady economic transition and employment creation69
Global declines of offshore gas flaring inadequate to meet the 2030 goal69
Unevenly distributed biological invasion costs among origin and recipient regions68
Long-term evidence for ecological intensification as a pathway to sustainable agriculture67
Ammonia recovery from nitrate-rich wastewater using a membrane-free electrochemical system66
Axial alignment of covalent organic framework membranes for giant osmotic energy harvesting65
Impacts of global trade on cropland soil-phosphorus depletion and food security65
Guiding large-scale management of invasive species using network metrics65
Microbial upcycling of plastic waste to levodopa64
Doubling of the global freshwater footprint of material production over two decades64
Clinical sustainability64
Upcycling contaminated plastics64
The overlooked health impacts of extreme rainfall exposure in 30 East Asian cities64
Pretreating spent lithium-ion batteries63
Efficient CO and acrolein co-production via paired electrolysis63
Strategic planning to mitigate mining impacts on protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon62
Prioritizing India’s landscapes for biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being62
A two-salt solution for batteries61
A vision for sustainable additive manufacturing61
Ubiquitous mobility data enable near-real-time emission estimates for urban traffic60
Transformative localization to accelerate the 2030 Agenda60
Best practices for oxygen electrocatalysis58
Including stewardship in ecosystem health assessment58
The economics of reversing fisheries-induced evolution57
Diversified cropping systems with limited carbon accrual but increased nitrogen supply57
Energy- and cost-efficient CO2 capture from dilute emissions by pyridinic-graphene membranes56
Accelerating innovative water treatment in Latin America56
Viability and desirability of financing conservation in Africa through fire management56
Effects of expanding electric vehicle charging stations in California on the housing market56
Carbon-efficient carbon dioxide electrolysers55
Recycled micro-sized silicon anode for high-voltage lithium-ion batteries54
Solution-processed electrochromics for synergistic solar and radiative heat management53
Achieving sustainability of greenhouses by integrating stable semi-transparent organic photovoltaics53
Impacts of pretreatment routes on spent lithium-ion batteries recycling53
Earlier collapse of Anthropocene ecosystems driven by multiple faster and noisier drivers52
Continuing large-scale global trade and illegal trade of highly hazardous chemicals52
Sustainable power generation from sewage with engineered microorganisms as electrocatalysts52
Electrochemical lithium recycling from spent batteries with electricity generation51
Principles for transformative ocean governance50
Chemical recycling of a lignin-based non-isocyanate polyurethane foam50
Decoupled dual-salt electrolyte for practical aqueous zinc batteries49
A fairer and more effective carbon tax49
Sustained productivity and agronomic potential of perennial rice48
Impact of the Russia–Ukraine armed conflict on water resources and water infrastructure48
Artificial intelligence in sustainable development research48
Ten principles for transforming economics in a time of global crises48
A green solvent increases the stability of a perovskite ink for scalable processing47
The Earth alignment principle for artificial intelligence47
Lockdowns and fire in Madagascar’s parks47
Ecologically unequal exchanges driven by EU consumption47
Actions and actors driving transformative change for global sustainability46
Identifying gaps in systems-based plastic pollution literature46
Turning Greenland’s sand into gold46
Characterizing culture’s influence in land systems46
Job–environment feedbacks46
Blueprint for phosphorus efficiency45
The mixed effects of recent cover crop adoption on US cropland productivity45
Resilience of reefs to overfishing45
Assessing the economic viability of unconventional rare earth element feedstocks45
Cross-national public acceptance of sustainable global supply chain policy instruments44
Wildfire impacts44
Returning to core principles to advance the 2030 Agenda44
Global evidence of human well-being and biodiversity impacts of natural climate solutions44
The linkage between microbial community dynamics and urbanization age43
Global gridded dataset of heating and cooling degree days under climate change scenarios43
Newer roots for agriculture42
Community contributions to sustainability science42
Progress towards sustainable agriculture hampered by siloed scientific discourses42
Stabilizing oxygen redox chemistry for the realization of high-capacity batteries42
Change in cooling degree days with global mean temperature rise increasing from 1.5 °C to 2.0 °C42
The future of large-scale solar interfacial desalination42
Author Correction: Persistent impact of Fukushima decontamination on soil erosion and suspended sediment41
A smart way to wrap a building41
Carbon-efficient synthesis41
Lights on at any cost41
Olfactory misinformation reduces wheat seed loss caused by rodent pests40
Social factors shape federal environmental crime prosecution patterns in the USA40
Leveraging biodiversity to maximize nutrition and resilience of global fisheries40
Modelling PM2.5 reduction scenarios for future cardiopulmonary disease reduction40
Solar-enhanced low-temperature biological wastewater treatment40
Towards just and transformative social–ecological restoration40
Author Correction: Pathways to sustaining tuna-dependent Pacific Island economies during climate change40
Overlooked risks and opportunities in groundwatersheds of the world’s protected areas40
Decarbonization with economic growth and job creation40
Electrochemical ammonia recovery and co-production of chemicals from manure wastewater39
Human and infrastructure exposure to large wildfires in the United States39
Present and future limits to climate change adaptation39
Adaptive capacity for multimodal transport network resilience to extreme floods39
Ocean alkalinity enhancement through restoration of blue carbon ecosystems39
Recyclable vitrimer-based printed circuit boards for sustainable electronics39
Reducing global land-use pressures with seaweed farming39
Political strategies for climate and environmental solutions39
The potential impacts of plastic on the marine carbon cycle39
Losses and lifetimes of metals in the economy38
Economically viable electrocatalytic ethylene production with high yield and selectivity37
Voltage distribution within carbon dioxide reduction electrolysers37
The cultural evolution of collective property rights for sustainable resource governance37
Messaging risk to drive coastal adaptation36
Networking for food production36
A better fate for PVC36
Solving poverty need not cost the Earth36
Adding nitrate to sewage sludge can drive robust anammox seed production35
Highly unequal carbon footprints35
Unintended consequences of using maps to communicate sea-level rise35
Six principles to get natural climate solutions right in Africa35
Minimize oil palm plantation expansion with game theory35
Bridging the fuel tax revenue gap in the move to electric mobility34
Author Correction: A sunlight-responsive metal–organic framework system for sustainable water desalination34
Extraction, purification, and reuse of dyes from coloured polyester textiles34
Author Correction: Changes in global fluvial sediment concentrations and fluxes between 1985 and 202034
Sustainability going deep for batteries34
Sport hunting associated with favourable conservation status of mammals34
Human exposure risk via algae-induced transfer of tritiated water in the marine food chain34
Catalytic proton exchange in water distillation for efficient tritiated water clean-up33
Liquid droplet mops33
Conservation outcomes of dietary transitions across different values of nature33
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