| The fragmentation of global governance architectures: a framework for analysis F Biermann, P Pattberg, H Van Asselt, F Zelli Global Environmental Politics 9 (4), 14-40, 2009 | 1450 | 2009 |
| Global governance by goal-setting: The novel approach of the UN Sustainable Development Goals F Biermann, N Kanie, RE Kim Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 26, 26-31, 2017 | 1246 | 2017 |
| Preparing for a warmer world: Towards a global governance system to protect climate refugees F Biermann, I Boas Global Environmental Politics 10 (1), 60-88, 2010 | 881 | 2010 |
| Managers of Global Change: The Influence of International Environmental Bureaucracies F Biermann, B Siebenhüner, editors Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2009 | 801* | 2009 |
| "Earth system governance" as a crosscutting theme of global change research F Biermann Global Environmental Change: Human and Policy Dimensions 17 (3-4), 326-337, 2007 | 796 | 2007 |
| Governing through Goals: Sustainable Development Goals as Governance Innovation N Kanie, F Biermann, editors Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2017 | 745* | 2017 |
| Navigating the Anthropocene: Improving earth system governance F Biermann, K Abbott, S Andresen, K Bäckstrand, S Bernstein, MM Betsill, ... Science 335 (6074), 1306-1307, 2012 | 701 | 2012 |
| Bright spots: Seeds of a good Anthropocene E Bennett, M Solan, R Biggs, T McPhearson, A Norström, P Olsson, ... Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 14 (8), 441-448, 2016 | 613 | 2016 |
| Global environmental governance: Taking stock, moving forward F Biermann, P Pattberg Annual Review of Environment and Resources 33, 277-294, 2008 | 563 | 2008 |
| Earth System Governance: World Politics in the Anthropocene F Biermann Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2014 | 548 | 2014 |
| Partnerships, Governance and Sustainable Development: Reflections on Theory and Practice P Glasbergen, F Biermann, APJ Mol, editors Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2007 | 516* | 2007 |
| Plausible and desirable futures in the Anthropocene: A new research agenda X Bai, S Leeuw, K O'Brien, F Berkhout, F Biermann, ES Brondizio, ... Global Environmental Change: Human and Policy Dimensions 39, 351-362, 2016 | 506 | 2016 |
| Earth System Governance: People, Places and the Planet F Biermann, MM Betsill, J Gupta, N Kanie, L Lebel, D Liverman, ... Earth System Governance Report 1, 2009 | 481* | 2009 |
| Global Environmental Governance Reconsidered F Biermann, P Pattberg, editors Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2012 | 460* | 2012 |
| Re-conceptualizing the Anthropocene. A call for collaboration ES Brondizio, K O’Brien, X Bai, F Biermann, W Steffen, F Berkhout, ... Global Environmental Change: Human and Policy Dimensions 39, 318-327, 2016 | 412 | 2016 |
| Earth system governance: A research framework F Biermann, MM Betsill, J Gupta, N Kanie, L Lebel, D Liverman, ... International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 10 (4 …, 2010 | 396 | 2010 |
| A World Environment Organization: Solution or Threat for Effective International Environmental Governance? F Biermann, S Bauer, editors Ashgate, 2005 | 388* | 2005 |
| Accountability and legitimacy in earth system governance: A research framework F Biermann, A Gupta Ecological Economics 70 (11), 1856-1864, 2011 | 385 | 2011 |
| Protecting climate refugees: The case for a global protocol F Biermann, I Boas Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development 50, 8-17, 2008 | 382 | 2008 |
| Governing through Goals: Sustainable Development Goals as Governance Innovation N Kanie, F Biermann, eds. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2017 | 373 | 2017 |
