| Archean molecular fossils and the early rise of eukaryotes JJ Brocks, GA Logan, R Buick, RE Summons science 285 (5430), 1033-1036, 1999 | 1570 | 1999 |
| A whiff of oxygen before the great oxidation event? AD Anbar, Y Duan, TW Lyons, GL Arnold, B Kendall, RA Creaser, ... Science 317 (5846), 1903-1906, 2007 | 1114 | 2007 |
| Isotopic evidence for microbial sulphate reduction in the early Archaean era Y Shen, R Buick, DE Canfield Nature 410 (6824), 77-81, 2001 | 724 | 2001 |
| Stromatolites 3,400–3,500 Myr old from the North pole area, Western Australia MR Walter, R Buick, JSR Dunlop Nature 284 (5755), 443-445, 1980 | 624 | 1980 |
| The antiquity of oxygenic photosynthesis: evidence from stromatolites in sulphate-deficient Archaean lakes R Buick Science 255 (5040), 74-77, 1992 | 437 | 1992 |
| When did oxygenic photosynthesis evolve? R Buick Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 363 …, 2008 | 423 | 2008 |
| Late Archean biospheric oxygenation and atmospheric evolution AJ Kaufman, DT Johnston, J Farquhar, AL Masterson, TW Lyons, S Bates, ... Science 317 (5846), 1900-1903, 2007 | 420 | 2007 |
| Abrupt and gradual extinction among Late Permian land vertebrates in the Karoo Basin, South Africa PD Ward, J Botha, R Buick, MO De Kock, DH Erwin, GH Garrison, ... Science 307 (5710), 709-714, 2005 | 397 | 2005 |
| The evolution of Earth's biogeochemical nitrogen cycle EE Stüeken, MA Kipp, MC Koehler, R Buick Earth-Science Reviews 160, 220-239, 2016 | 390 | 2016 |
| A reconstruction of Archean biological diversity based on molecular fossils from the 2.78 to 2.45 billion-year-old Mount Bruce Supergroup, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia JJ Brocks, R Buick, RE Summons, GA Logan Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 67 (22), 4321-4335, 2003 | 365 | 2003 |
| Record of emergent continental crust∼ 3.5 billion years ago in the Pilbara craton of Australia R Buick, JR Thornett, NJ McNaughton, JB Smith, ME Barley, M Savage Nature 375 (6532), 574-577, 1995 | 334 | 1995 |
| Microfossil recognition in Archean rocks: an appraisal of spheroids and filaments from a 3500 my old chert-barite unit at North Pole, Western Australia R Buick Palaios, 441-459, 1990 | 330 | 1990 |
| Stromatolite recognition in ancient rocks: an appraisal of irregularly laminated structures in an Early Archaean chert-barite unit from North Pole, Western Australia R Buick, JSR Dunlop, DI Groves Alcheringa 5 (3), 161-181, 1981 | 329 | 1981 |
| The antiquity of microbial sulfate reduction Y Shen, R Buick Earth-Science Reviews 64 (3-4), 243-272, 2004 | 324 | 2004 |
| Evaporitic sediments of early Archaean age from the Warrawoona group, north pole, Western Australia R Buick, JSR Dunlop Sedimentology 37 (2), 247-277, 1990 | 323 | 1990 |
| Preservation of martian organic and environmental records: final report of the Mars Biosignature Working Group RE Summons, JP Amend, D Bish, R Buick, GD Cody, DJ Des Marais, ... Astrobiology 11 (2), 157-181, 2011 | 298 | 2011 |
| Isotopic evidence for biological nitrogen fixation by molybdenum-nitrogenase from 3.2 Gyr EE Stüeken, R Buick, BM Guy, MC Koehler Nature 520 (7549), 666-669, 2015 | 288 | 2015 |
| Composition and syngeneity of molecular fossils from the 2.78 to 2.45 billion-year-old Mount Bruce Supergroup, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia JJ Brocks, R Buick, GA Logan, RE Summons Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 67 (22), 4289-4319, 2003 | 283 | 2003 |
| Redox state of the Archean atmosphere: evidence from detrital heavy minerals in ca. 3250–2750 Ma sandstones from the Pilbara Craton, Australia B Rasmussen, R Buick Geology 27 (2), 115-118, 1999 | 280 | 1999 |
| Reappraisal of hydrocarbon biomarkers in Archean rocks KL French, C Hallmann, JM Hope, PL Schoon, JA Zumberge, Y Hoshino, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (19), 5915-5920, 2015 | 268 | 2015 |
