Nature Sustainability

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Sustainability is 38. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Citizen science tackles plastics in Ghana511
Levers for equitable material use452
Energy-efficient electrified ethylene synthesis in CO-starved environment406
Sea-level-driven land conversion amplified by coastal agriculture398
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions with nanofertilizers394
Increasing global threat of outburst floods from overlooked small alpine lakes388
Author Correction: Effects of forestry decentralization on rural inequality in Nepal371
A river delta in transition360
Sustained productivity and the persistence of coral reef fisheries348
Global industrial emissions of chlorinated and brominated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons314
Sand-mining-driven reduction in Tonle Sap Lake’s critical flood pulse307
Rice–fish co-culturing reduces schistosomiasis risk and increases yields and incomes302
Globally elevated greenhouse gas emissions from polluted urban rivers284
Spiralling frontier threats in Indigenous Amazonia279
Advancing bio-based materials for sustainable solutions to food packaging273
An exploration of biodiversity limits to grazing ruminant milk and meat production267
Sustainable polymer coating for stainproof fabrics258
Analysing content of Paris climate pledges with computational linguistics242
The Global Climate Hub241
An all-weather radiative human body cooling textile240
Squeezed by inflation217
Reversal of the levee effect towards sustainable floodplain management217
How disruptive climate protests can benefit the broader climate movement215
A waste-free future for fashion213
Embedded order boosts battery membranes209
Publisher Correction: Harnessing infrared solar energy with plasmonic energy upconversion206
Author Correction: Contribution of double-cropped maize ethanol in Brazil to sustainable development203
Reconciling oil palm and ecosystems202
Impacts of climate litigation on firm value195
Telecoupled impacts of the Russia–Ukraine war on global cropland expansion and biodiversity191
Scalable all-in-one electrochromic glazing for full-spectrum solar radiation management186
On the relevance of post-growth in China183
Harvesting intermittent energy182
Neighbourhood design and the environmental and social costs of suburbanization175
Effective progress and implementation of the INC-5 plastics treaty through scientific guidance167
Re-operating dams in the Mekong160
Technology-minded climate delegates support less stringent climate policies159
Polyamides go circular155
Deep-sea mining poses an unjustifiable environmental risk153
Evidence and limits of restitution153
Direct recycling of spent cathode material at ambient conditions via spontaneous lithiation151
Chloride electrolyte enabled practical zinc metal battery with a near-unity Coulombic efficiency148
High-entropy single-atom activated carbon catalysts for sustainable oxygen electrocatalysis146
Fast and selective CO2 capture from outdoor air by covalent organic frameworks143
Evaluating the impacts and mechanisms of locally managed marine areas142
Impact of socio-demographic trends on the future health burden of air pollution142
Using solar farms as a platform for the ecological restoration of arid soils139
An ecotoxicological view on malaria vector control with ivermectin-treated cattle138
Carbon emissions of 5G mobile networks in China136
Widespread Amazonian dark earth in the Xingu Indigenous Territory135
Upcycle for enhanced performance134
The role of high-biodiversity regions in preserving Nature’s Contributions to People133
Mercury risk in blue carbon ecosystems133
Tracking millions of farmland trees in India reveals a considerable decline of large trees131
A new approach to ecological zoning of the Earth in a changing climate130
Closing emission gaps in border carbon adjustments for chemicals and plastics129
Benefits and risks of incremental protected area planning in the Southern Ocean128
Dye removal from polyester fibres unlocks textile recycling127
Aquatic foods at the nutrition–environment nexus126
Electrifying water treatment at device level125
Fast solvation restructuring accelerates interfacial charge transfer121
Strengthening global plastic policy with systems analysis121
Nationally localized strategies for zero-carbon municipal solid waste management119
Reducing lead toxicity of perovskite solar cells with a built-in supramolecular complex118
Energy recovery and saving in municipal wastewater treatment engineering practices114
Data-driven strategies to improve nitrogen use efficiency of rice farming in South Asia114
Embodied emissions of chemicals within the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism109
Estimating the role of air quality improvements in the decline of suicide rates in China109
Resource consumption in global concrete production108
Pathways to advanced resource recovery from sewage107
Recycling bias and reduction neglect107
Seagrass ecosystems as green urban infrastructure to mediate human pathogens in seafood107
Records reveal the vast historical extent of European oyster reef ecosystems105
Paving the way for sustainable decarbonization of the European cement industry105
Evaluating marine areas in Fiji104
Aqueous batteries beating the cold104
Coral reefs and coastal tourism in Hawaii104
A global conservation basic income is achievable for a fraction of the costs of inaction104
An alliance for the bioeconomy104
Mobile apps for 30×30 equity103
The broader benefits of waste system investments in the global south103
Polymeric membranes with highly homogenized nanopores for ultrafast water purification102
Telecoupled systems are rewired by risks101
Widespread range contraction of carnivores in protected areas of China101
Reducing the burden of anaemia in Indian women of reproductive age with clean-air targets100
The politics of influence in biodiversity offsetting100
Strategic stream gauging network design for sustainable water management98
Ecological role of offshore structures98
Recreational killing of wild animals can foster environmental stewardship97
Reducing supply risk of critical materials for clean energy via foreign direct investment96
Global wood harvest is sufficient for climate-friendly transitions to timber cities95
Navigating sustainability trade-offs in global beef production94
Spatially differentiated nitrogen supply is key in a global food–fertilizer price crisis93
Cross-system cascades as drivers of the electrification pathway in net-zero transitions92
Socioecological risks amplified by rising plant invasions in India92
3D-printed multiscale-ordered hierarchical frameworks for rapid atmospheric water harvesting91
On the plastics crisis91
Scalable flow-through device for electrochemical water treatment without secondary pollution90
All-temperature zinc batteries with high-entropy aqueous electrolyte89
Sustainable agrifood systems for a post-growth world88
Methane emissions from landfills differentially underestimated worldwide88
The urgent need for designing greener drugs86
Author Correction: Greenhouse gases reduce the satellite carrying capacity of low Earth orbit85
Low-cost iron trichloride cathode for all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries85
Impacts of aggressive driving on transport emissions in China85
War’s cascading global effects84
Holistic climate change adaptation for World Heritage84
From trash to jet fuel84
Dynamic solvent exchange for fast-charging lithium batteries and beyond83
When drought meets war trauma83
Atomically dispersed bimetallic Fe–Co electrocatalysts for green production of ammonia83
Ecological risk assessment of marine plastic pollution82
Effects of demand and recycling on the when and where of lithium extraction82
Distributed production of ready-to-use liquid nitrogenous fertilizer82
Tailored synthesis of circular polyolefins81
Addressing methane emission feedbacks from global wetlands81
Decoupling development from concrete80
Preventing lead release from perovskites80
Towards process-oriented management of tropical reefs in the anthropocene80
Trends in tropical forest loss and the social value of emission reductions79
Spontaneous uranium extraction from salt-lake water via droplet falling78
The emergence of cooperation from shared goals in the governance of common-pool resources77
Biodiversity consequences of cropland abandonment76
Polymeric membranes with aligned zeolite nanosheets for sustainable energy storage76
Leveraging edge artificial intelligence for sustainable agriculture76
Housing policies and energy efficiency spillovers in low and moderate income communities76
Jobs lost and found in sustainability transitions75
EPR policy falls short74
Thirteen steps to transformation73
Capture fog for clean water72
An innovative, sustainable, no-kill sea urchin aquaculture method72
A delivery agenda on climate change72
Unsustainably losing ground72
Clinical sustainability71
Policies for rapid decarbonization with steady economic transition and employment creation71
Cities dried up by few70
An empirically based dynamic approach to sustainable climate policy design69
The vulnerability of global forests to human and climate impacts68
A multidimensional assessment of systemic cooling poverty in the global south68
Author Correction: Accelerating innovative water treatment in Latin America68
Global declines of offshore gas flaring inadequate to meet the 2030 goal67
Pathways to sustainable plastics67
Safeguarding, strengthening and expanding river protections for nature and people66
Upcycling contaminated plastics66
Agricultural intensification, Indigenous stewardship and land sparing in tropical dry forests65
Doubling of the global freshwater footprint of material production over two decades65
Greenhouse gases reduce the satellite carrying capacity of low Earth orbit64
Human health effects of amine-based carbon capture and storage in the US electricity sector64
Co-benefits of transport demand reductions from compact urban development in Chinese cities63
Axial alignment of covalent organic framework membranes for giant osmotic energy harvesting63
The overlooked health impacts of extreme rainfall exposure in 30 East Asian cities63
Microbial upcycling of plastic waste to levodopa63
PFAS dark matter63
Prioritizing India’s landscapes for biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being62
Ammonia recovery from nitrate-rich wastewater using a membrane-free electrochemical system62
Supplying ecosystem services on US rangelands61
Rising socio-economic costs of PM2.5 pollution and medical service mismatching60
Human fingerprint on structural density of forests globally60
Unevenly distributed biological invasion costs among origin and recipient regions59
Impacts of global trade on cropland soil-phosphorus depletion and food security58
A vision for sustainable additive manufacturing58
Pretreating spent lithium-ion batteries57
A two-salt solution for batteries57
Efficient CO and acrolein co-production via paired electrolysis57
Ubiquitous mobility data enable near-real-time emission estimates for urban traffic56
The economics of reversing fisheries-induced evolution56
Author Correction: Global expansion of the ecological impact of extra-urban road traffic55
Energy- and cost-efficient CO2 capture from dilute emissions by pyridinic-graphene membranes54
Future flood risk concentration for residents near small rivers across the USA54
Including stewardship in ecosystem health assessment54
Transformative localization to accelerate the 2030 Agenda53
Diversified cropping systems with limited carbon accrual but increased nitrogen supply53
Continuing large-scale global trade and illegal trade of highly hazardous chemicals53
Ten principles for transforming economics in a time of global crises53
Best practices for oxygen electrocatalysis53
Viability and desirability of financing conservation in Africa through fire management53
Accelerating innovative water treatment in Latin America53
Sustainable power generation from sewage with engineered microorganisms as electrocatalysts52
Achieving sustainability of greenhouses by integrating stable semi-transparent organic photovoltaics52
Solution-processed electrochromics for synergistic solar and radiative heat management52
Earlier collapse of Anthropocene ecosystems driven by multiple faster and noisier drivers52
A solvent-free route to high-performance silk materials52
The true impacts of the built environment52
Chemical recycling of a lignin-based non-isocyanate polyurethane foam51
Effects of expanding electric vehicle charging stations in California on the housing market51
Artificial intelligence in sustainable development research51
Impacts of pretreatment routes on spent lithium-ion batteries recycling50
Decoupled dual-salt electrolyte for practical aqueous zinc batteries50
Impact of the Russia–Ukraine armed conflict on water resources and water infrastructure50
Recycled micro-sized silicon anode for high-voltage lithium-ion batteries50
Electrochemical lithium recycling from spent batteries with electricity generation49
Sustained productivity and agronomic potential of perennial rice49
Principles for transformative ocean governance49
Identifying gaps in systems-based plastic pollution literature48
Job–environment feedbacks48
A fairer and more effective carbon tax48
A green solvent increases the stability of a perovskite ink for scalable processing48
Turning Greenland’s sand into gold48
Greater losses from heat exposure experienced by female smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa48
The linkage between microbial community dynamics and urbanization age47
Cross-national public acceptance of sustainable global supply chain policy instruments47
Resilience of reefs to overfishing46
Blueprint for phosphorus efficiency46
Bird migration and wind-energy production across Western Europe45
Monitoring nature-based solutions is key for compliance, co-creation and practice improvement45
Returning to core principles to advance the 2030 Agenda45
Wildfire impacts45
The Earth alignment principle for artificial intelligence44
Change in cooling degree days with global mean temperature rise increasing from 1.5 °C to 2.0 °C44
Global evidence of human well-being and biodiversity impacts of natural climate solutions44
Characterizing culture’s influence in land systems44
Actions and actors driving transformative change for global sustainability44
Ecologically unequal exchanges driven by EU consumption43
The mixed effects of recent cover crop adoption on US cropland productivity43
Progress towards sustainable agriculture hampered by siloed scientific discourses43
Global gridded dataset of heating and cooling degree days under climate change scenarios43
Assessing the economic viability of unconventional rare earth element feedstocks43
A circular hydrothermal refinery for sustainable aviation fuel from food waste42
Author Correction: Persistent impact of Fukushima decontamination on soil erosion and suspended sediment42
Community contributions to sustainability science42
Carbon-efficient synthesis42
Newer roots for agriculture42
Lights on at any cost41
Author Correction: Pathways to sustaining tuna-dependent Pacific Island economies during climate change41
The future of large-scale solar interfacial desalination41
Decarbonization with economic growth and job creation40
Social factors shape federal environmental crime prosecution patterns in the USA40
A smart way to wrap a building40
Leveraging biodiversity to maximize nutrition and resilience of global fisheries39
Present and future limits to climate change adaptation39
Voltage distribution within carbon dioxide reduction electrolysers39
Recyclable vitrimer-based printed circuit boards for sustainable electronics39
Modelling PM2.5 reduction scenarios for future cardiopulmonary disease reduction39
Electrochemical ammonia recovery and co-production of chemicals from manure wastewater38
Towards just and transformative social–ecological restoration38
Political strategies for climate and environmental solutions38
Olfactory misinformation reduces wheat seed loss caused by rodent pests38
Overlooked risks and opportunities in groundwatersheds of the world’s protected areas38
Human and infrastructure exposure to large wildfires in the United States38
Ocean alkalinity enhancement through restoration of blue carbon ecosystems38
Economically viable electrocatalytic ethylene production with high yield and selectivity38
The cultural evolution of collective property rights for sustainable resource governance38
The potential impacts of plastic on the marine carbon cycle38
Reducing global land-use pressures with seaweed farming38
Solar-enhanced low-temperature biological wastewater treatment38
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