| Global biodiversity scenarios for the year 2100 OE Sala, F Stuart Chapin, JJ Armesto, E Berlow, J Bloomfield, R Dirzo, ... science 287 (5459), 1770-1774, 2000 | 12015 | 2000 |
| A large and persistent carbon sink in the world’s forests Y Pan, RA Birdsey, J Fang, R Houghton, PE Kauppi, WA Kurz, OL Phillips, ... science 333 (6045), 988-993, 2011 | 8449 | 2011 |
| Global carbon budget 2023 P Friedlingstein, M O'sullivan, MW Jones, RM Andrew, DCE Bakker, ... Earth System Science Data 15 (12), 5301-5369, 2023 | 6614 | 2023 |
| The vertical distribution of soil organic carbon and its relation to climate and vegetation EG Jobbágy, RB Jackson Ecological applications 10 (2), 423-436, 2000 | 6362 | 2000 |
| The diversity and biogeography of soil bacterial communities N Fierer, RB Jackson Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (3), 626-631, 2006 | 5876 | 2006 |
| Toward an ecological classification of soil bacteria N Fierer, MA Bradford, RB Jackson Ecology 88 (6), 1354-1364, 2007 | 4630 | 2007 |
| A global analysis of root distributions for terrestrial biomes RB Jackson, J Canadell, JR Ehleringer, HA Mooney, OE Sala, ... Oecologia 108, 389-411, 1996 | 3459 | 1996 |
| Temporary reduction in daily global CO2 emissions during the COVID-19 forced confinement C Le Quéré, RB Jackson, MW Jones, AJP Smith, S Abernethy, ... Nature climate change 10 (7), 647-653, 2020 | 2538 | 2020 |
| Maximum rooting depth of vegetation types at the global scale J Canadell, RB Jackson, JB Ehleringer, HA Mooney, OE Sala, ... Oecologia 108, 583-595, 1996 | 2353 | 1996 |
| The global methane budget 2000–2017 M Saunois, AR Stavert, B Poulter, P Bousquet, JG Canadell, RB Jackson, ... Earth System Science Data Discussions 2019, 1-136, 2019 | 1943 | 2019 |
| A global budget for fine root biomass, surface area, and nutrient contents RB Jackson, HA Mooney, ED Schulze Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 94 (14), 7362-7366, 1997 | 1909 | 1997 |
| A critical review of the risks to water resources from unconventional shale gas development and hydraulic fracturing in the United States A Vengosh, RB Jackson, N Warner, TH Darrah, A Kondash Environmental science & technology 48 (15), 8334-8348, 2014 | 1874 | 2014 |
| Methane contamination of drinking water accompanying gas-well drilling and hydraulic fracturing SG Osborn, A Vengosh, NR Warner, RB Jackson proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (20), 8172-8176, 2011 | 1812 | 2011 |
| CO2 emissions from forest loss GR Van der Werf, DC Morton, RS DeFries, JGJ Olivier, PS Kasibhatla, ... Nature geoscience 2 (11), 737-738, 2009 | 1812 | 2009 |
| Assessment of soil microbial community structure by use of taxon-specific quantitative PCR assays N Fierer, JA Jackson, R Vilgalys, RB Jackson Applied and environmental microbiology 71 (7), 4117-4120, 2005 | 1704 | 2005 |
| Rooting depths, lateral root spreads and below-ground/above-ground allometries of plants in water-limited ecosystems HJ Schenk, RB Jackson Journal of Ecology, 480-494, 2002 | 1626 | 2002 |
| Trading water for carbon with biological carbon sequestration RB Jackson, EG Jobbágy, R Avissar, SB Roy, DJ Barrett, CW Cook, ... science 310 (5756), 1944-1947, 2005 | 1585 | 2005 |
| Global patterns of root turnover for terrestrial ecosystems RA Gill, RB Jackson The New Phytologist 147 (1), 13-31, 2000 | 1574 | 2000 |
| Plant competition underground BB Casper, RB Jackson Annual review of ecology and systematics 28 (1), 545-570, 1997 | 1569 | 1997 |
| Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions P Smith, SJ Davis, F Creutzig, S Fuss, J Minx, B Gabrielle, E Kato, ... Nature climate change 6 (1), 42-50, 2016 | 1498 | 2016 |
