Nature Sustainability

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Sustainability is 36. 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
The Global Climate Hub556
Citizen science tackles plastics in Ghana468
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions with nanofertilizers348
Reversal of the levee effect towards sustainable floodplain management339
A river delta in transition308
An exploration of biodiversity limits to grazing ruminant milk and meat production302
Ferric sauce for potassium-ion battery300
Sustained productivity and the persistence of coral reef fisheries293
Analysing content of Paris climate pledges with computational linguistics267
Sustainable polymer coating for stainproof fabrics262
Advancing bio-based materials for sustainable solutions to food packaging258
Globally elevated greenhouse gas emissions from polluted urban rivers256
An all-weather radiative human body cooling textile255
How disruptive climate protests can benefit the broader climate movement253
Narratives for change250
Squeezed by inflation246
A waste-free future for fashion233
Author Correction: Contribution of double-cropped maize ethanol in Brazil to sustainable development229
The human factor in seasonal streamflows across natural and managed watersheds of North America229
Reconciling oil palm and ecosystems229
Embedded order boosts battery membranes228
Re-operating dams in the Mekong221
Publisher Correction: Harnessing infrared solar energy with plasmonic energy upconversion220
Effective progress and implementation of the INC-5 plastics treaty through scientific guidance217
Technology-minded climate delegates support less stringent climate policies215
Impacts of climate litigation on firm value210
Telecoupled impacts of the Russia–Ukraine war on global cropland expansion and biodiversity207
Politics, power and planting trees205
Polyamides go circular200
Deep-sea mining poses an unjustifiable environmental risk186
Chloride electrolyte enabled practical zinc metal battery with a near-unity Coulombic efficiency182
High-entropy single-atom activated carbon catalysts for sustainable oxygen electrocatalysis178
Direct recycling of spent cathode material at ambient conditions via spontaneous lithiation174
Widespread Amazonian dark earth in the Xingu Indigenous Territory171
Impact of socio-demographic trends on the future health burden of air pollution165
Coral reefs and coastal tourism in Hawaii162
Using solar farms as a platform for the ecological restoration of arid soils162
Evaluating the impacts and mechanisms of locally managed marine areas162
Tracking millions of farmland trees in India reveals a considerable decline of large trees159
Seagrass ecosystems as green urban infrastructure to mediate human pathogens in seafood156
A new approach to ecological zoning of the Earth in a changing climate156
Recycling bias and reduction neglect155
Mercury risk in blue carbon ecosystems147
Aquatic foods at the nutrition–environment nexus146
An ecotoxicological view on malaria vector control with ivermectin-treated cattle144
Upcycle for enhanced performance140
Data-driven strategies to improve nitrogen use efficiency of rice farming in South Asia139
Energy recovery and saving in municipal wastewater treatment engineering practices134
Estimating the role of air quality improvements in the decline of suicide rates in China133
Records reveal the vast historical extent of European oyster reef ecosystems132
Pathways to advanced resource recovery from sewage130
Benefits and risks of incremental protected area planning in the Southern Ocean129
Paving the way for sustainable decarbonization of the European cement industry125
Strengthening global plastic policy with systems analysis123
Reducing lead toxicity of perovskite solar cells with a built-in supramolecular complex120
The role of high-biodiversity regions in preserving Nature’s Contributions to People119
Best practices for solar water production technologies118
Carbon emissions of 5G mobile networks in China116
A global conservation basic income is achievable for a fraction of the costs of inaction115
Telecoupled systems are rewired by risks114
Ecological role of offshore structures109
China’s food news going forward108
Evaluating marine areas in Fiji106
The politics of influence in biodiversity offsetting105
Beyond just floodwater104
Critical research in the water-related multi-hazard field103
Strategic stream gauging network design for sustainable water management103
Navigating sustainability trade-offs in global beef production103
Global wood harvest is sufficient for climate-friendly transitions to timber cities103
Recreational killing of wild animals can foster environmental stewardship102
Reducing the burden of anaemia in Indian women of reproductive age with clean-air targets101
The broader benefits of waste system investments in the global south98
On the plastics crisis97
Spatially differentiated nitrogen supply is key in a global food–fertilizer price crisis96
Sustainable agrifood systems for a post-growth world89
Mobile apps for 30×30 equity89
Reduced deforestation and degradation in Indigenous Lands pan-tropically88
Polymeric membranes with highly homogenized nanopores for ultrafast water purification88
All-temperature zinc batteries with high-entropy aqueous electrolyte87
Scientific evidence on the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals86
The urgent need for designing greener drugs86
Methane emissions from landfills differentially underestimated worldwide86
Reducing supply risk of critical materials for clean energy via foreign direct investment86
Financing the Green New Deal84
Low-cost iron trichloride cathode for all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries84
Towards process-oriented management of tropical reefs in the anthropocene82
Preventing lead release from perovskites82
Trends in tropical forest loss and the social value of emission reductions82
Impacts of aggressive driving on transport emissions in China82
Holistic climate change adaptation for World Heritage81
Biodiversity consequences of cropland abandonment80
War’s cascading global effects79
Effects of demand and recycling on the when and where of lithium extraction78
Tailored synthesis of circular polyolefins78
Author Correction: Greenhouse gases reduce the satellite carrying capacity of low Earth orbit78
Distributed production of ready-to-use liquid nitrogenous fertilizer78
Elevated fires during COVID-19 lockdown and the vulnerability of protected areas76
Housing policies and energy efficiency spillovers in low and moderate income communities76
Sustainable palm fruit harvesting as a pathway to conserve Amazon peatland forests76
Recognizing the long-term impacts of plastic particles for preventing distortion in decision-making75
The emergence of cooperation from shared goals in the governance of common-pool resources75
Polymeric membranes with aligned zeolite nanosheets for sustainable energy storage75
Impacts of poverty alleviation on national and global carbon emissions74
Sensing as the key to battery lifetime and sustainability74
Leveraging edge artificial intelligence for sustainable agriculture73
EPR policy falls short73
Atomically dispersed bimetallic Fe–Co electrocatalysts for green production of ammonia73
Jobs lost and found in sustainability transitions73
Thirteen steps to transformation72
Cities dried up by few72
Author Correction: Accelerating innovative water treatment in Latin America72
Network metrics guide good control choices71
Greenhouse gases reduce the satellite carrying capacity of low Earth orbit70
Guiding large-scale management of invasive species using network metrics70
Agricultural intensification, Indigenous stewardship and land sparing in tropical dry forests70
An innovative, sustainable, no-kill sea urchin aquaculture method70
Strategic planning to mitigate mining impacts on protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon69
Global declines of offshore gas flaring inadequate to meet the 2030 goal68
The vulnerability of global forests to human and climate impacts68
Upcycling contaminated plastics66
Supplying ecosystem services on US rangelands66
Rising socio-economic costs of PM2.5 pollution and medical service mismatching64
Clinical sustainability64
Capture fog for clean water63
Efficient CO and acrolein co-production via paired electrolysis62
Pathways to sustainable plastics62
A vision for sustainable additive manufacturing62
Re-thinking procurement incentives for electric vehicles to achieve net-zero emissions62
Impacts of global trade on cropland soil-phosphorus depletion and food security62
Co-benefits of transport demand reductions from compact urban development in Chinese cities62
The overlooked health impacts of extreme rainfall exposure in 30 East Asian cities61
Human fingerprint on structural density of forests globally61
Axial alignment of covalent organic framework membranes for giant osmotic energy harvesting61
Unevenly distributed biological invasion costs among origin and recipient regions60
Ammonia recovery from nitrate-rich wastewater using a membrane-free electrochemical system59
Prioritizing India’s landscapes for biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being58
Long-term evidence for ecological intensification as a pathway to sustainable agriculture58
Identifying biases in the global placement of river gauges57
Drowning carbon sinks?56
Including stewardship in ecosystem health assessment55
Displacing fishmeal with protein derived from stranded methane55
Ten principles for transforming economics in a time of global crises55
The economics of reversing fisheries-induced evolution55
A two-salt solution for batteries55
Best practices for oxygen electrocatalysis55
Viability and desirability of financing conservation in Africa through fire management55
Transformative localization to accelerate the 2030 Agenda55
Electrochemical lithium recycling from spent batteries with electricity generation54
Diversified cropping systems with limited carbon accrual but increased nitrogen supply54
Artificial intelligence in sustainable development research54
Sustained productivity and agronomic potential of perennial rice54
Earlier collapse of Anthropocene ecosystems driven by multiple faster and noisier drivers54
Accelerating innovative water treatment in Latin America54
Achieving sustainability of greenhouses by integrating stable semi-transparent organic photovoltaics53
Rebound in China’s coastal wetlands following conservation and restoration53
A fairer and more effective carbon tax53
Impact of the Russia–Ukraine armed conflict on water resources and water infrastructure53
On track to achieve no net loss of forest at Madagascar’s biggest mine53
Chemical recycling of a lignin-based non-isocyanate polyurethane foam51
Principles for transformative ocean governance51
Carbon-efficient carbon dioxide electrolysers50
Effects of expanding electric vehicle charging stations in California on the housing market50
Sustainable power generation from sewage with engineered microorganisms as electrocatalysts50
Recycled micro-sized silicon anode for high-voltage lithium-ion batteries50
A seaweed aquaculture imperative to meet global sustainability targets50
Bioinspired hierarchical porous membrane for efficient uranium extraction from seawater49
A green solvent increases the stability of a perovskite ink for scalable processing49
Continuing large-scale global trade and illegal trade of highly hazardous chemicals49
Towards a unified understanding of human–nature interactions49
Lockdowns and fire in Madagascar’s parks48
Blueprint for phosphorus efficiency48
Cross-national public acceptance of sustainable global supply chain policy instruments47
Resilience of reefs to overfishing47
Characterizing culture’s influence in land systems46
Turning Greenland’s sand into gold46
The Earth alignment principle for artificial intelligence46
Job–environment feedbacks46
Identifying gaps in systems-based plastic pollution literature45
Change in cooling degree days with global mean temperature rise increasing from 1.5 °C to 2.0 °C45
Material efficiency to tackle the sand crisis45
Assessing placement bias of the global river gauge network45
Progress towards sustainable agriculture hampered by siloed scientific discourses45
Returning to core principles to advance the 2030 Agenda45
Global evidence of human well-being and biodiversity impacts of natural climate solutions44
The mixed effects of recent cover crop adoption on US cropland productivity44
Modelling dynamic ecosystem services43
Ecologically unequal exchanges driven by EU consumption42
Assessing the economic viability of unconventional rare earth element feedstocks42
Lights on at any cost41
Newer roots for agriculture41
Author Correction: Persistent impact of Fukushima decontamination on soil erosion and suspended sediment41
Author Correction: Pathways to sustaining tuna-dependent Pacific Island economies during climate change41
The future of large-scale solar interfacial desalination40
Ocean alkalinity enhancement through restoration of blue carbon ecosystems40
Community contributions to sustainability science40
Stabilizing oxygen redox chemistry for the realization of high-capacity batteries40
A smart way to wrap a building39
Political strategies for climate and environmental solutions39
Overlooked risks and opportunities in groundwatersheds of the world’s protected areas39
Losses and lifetimes of metals in the economy39
Olfactory misinformation reduces wheat seed loss caused by rodent pests38
Disaster recovery via social capital38
Adaptive capacity for multimodal transport network resilience to extreme floods38
The cultural evolution of collective property rights for sustainable resource governance38
Leveraging biodiversity to maximize nutrition and resilience of global fisheries38
Solar-enhanced low-temperature biological wastewater treatment38
Present and future limits to climate change adaptation37
Human and infrastructure exposure to large wildfires in the United States37
Author Correction: A sunlight-responsive metal–organic framework system for sustainable water desalination36
Reducing global land-use pressures with seaweed farming36
Electrochemical ammonia recovery and co-production of chemicals from manure wastewater36
Sustainable high-strength macrofibres extracted from natural bamboo36
On-device lead-absorbing tapes for sustainable perovskite solar cells36
Recyclable vitrimer-based printed circuit boards for sustainable electronics36
Economically viable electrocatalytic ethylene production with high yield and selectivity36
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