| Thermal remediation alters soil properties–a review PL O'Brien, TM DeSutter, FXM Casey, E Khan, AF Wick Journal of Environmental Management 206, 826-835, 2018 | 216 | 2018 |
| Evaluation of soil function following remediation of petroleum hydrocarbons—a review of current remediation techniques PL O’Brien, TM DeSutter, FXM Casey, AF Wick, E Khan Current Pollution Reports 3, 192-205, 2017 | 94 | 2017 |
| Applications of vegetative indices from remote sensing to agriculture: Past and future JL Hatfield, JH Prueger, TJ Sauer, C Dold, PL O’Brien, K Wacha Inventions 4 (4), 71, 2019 | 73 | 2019 |
| Tillage practices alter the surface energy balance–A review PL O’Brien, ALM Daigh Soil and Tillage Research 195, 104354, 2019 | 49 | 2019 |
| Implications of using thermal desorption to remediate contaminated agricultural soil: physical characteristics and hydraulic processes PL O'Brien, TM DeSutter, FXM Casey, NE Derby, AF Wick Journal of Environmental Quality 45 (4), 1430-1436, 2016 | 47 | 2016 |
| Cropping pattern changes diminish agroecosystem services in North and South Dakota, USA PL O'Brien, JL Hatfield, C Dold, EJ Kistner‐Thomas, KM Wacha Agronomy Journal 112 (1), 1-24, 2020 | 42 | 2020 |
| Agronomic approach to understanding climate change and food security PL O'Brien, K Kral‐O'Brien, JL Hatfield Agronomy Journal 113 (6), 4616-4626, 2021 | 36 | 2021 |
| Meta-analysis: Higher plant richness supports higher pollinator richness across many land use types KC Kral-O’Brien, PL O’Brien, TJ Hovick, JP Harmon Annals of the Entomological Society of America 114 (2), 267-275, 2021 | 32 | 2021 |
| Wheat growth in soils treated by ex situ thermal desorption PL O'Brien, TM DeSutter, FXM Casey, AF Wick, E Khan Journal of Environmental Quality 46 (4), 897-905, 2017 | 32 | 2017 |
| Dairy Manure and Synthetic Fertilizer: A Meta‐Analysis of Crop Production and Environmental Quality PL O'Brien, JL Hatfield Agrosystems, geosciences & environment 2 (1), 1-12, 2019 | 27 | 2019 |
| Nitrate losses and nitrous oxide emissions under contrasting tillage and cover crop management PL O'Brien, BD Emmett, RW Malone, MR Nunes, JL Kovar, TC Kaspar, ... Journal of Environmental Quality 51 (4), 683-695, 2022 | 24 | 2022 |
| Hydromulch application to bare soil: Soil temperature dynamics and evaporative fluxes PL O'Brien, U Acharya, R Alghamdi, AR Niaghi, D Sanyal, J Wirtz, ... Agricultural & Environmental Letters 3 (1), 180014, 2018 | 24 | 2018 |
| A large-scale soil-mixing process for reclamation of heavily disturbed soils PL O’Brien, TM DeSutter, SS Ritter, FXM Casey, AF Wick, E Khan, ... Ecological Engineering 109, 84-91, 2017 | 22 | 2017 |
| Simulating grassland prescribed fires using experimental approaches KC Kral, RF Limb, TJ Hovick, DA McGranahan, AL Field, PL O’Brien Fire Ecology 11, 34-44, 2015 | 19 | 2015 |
| Natural degradation of low-level petroleum hydrocarbon contamination under crop management PL O’Brien, TM DeSutter, FXM Casey Journal of soils and sediments 19, 1367-1373, 2019 | 17 | 2019 |
| Need for false spring research in the Northern Great Plains, USA KC Kral‐O'Brien, PL O'Brien, JP Harmon Agricultural & Environmental Letters 4 (1), 190025, 2019 | 16 | 2019 |
| Rye as an energy cover crop: management, forage quality, and revenue opportunities for feed and bioenergy S Herbstritt, TL Richard, SH Lence, H Wu, PL O’Brien, BD Emmett, ... Agriculture 12 (10), 1691, 2022 | 15 | 2022 |
| Crop production on heavily disturbed soils following crude oil remediation SJ Croat, PL O'Brien, CK Gasch, FXM Casey, TM DeSutter Agronomy Journal 112 (1), 130-138, 2020 | 15 | 2020 |
| Rye-soybean double-crop: planting method and N fertilization effects in the North Central US RW Malone, PL O'Brien, S Herbstritt, BD Emmett, DL Karlen, TC Kaspar, ... Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 37 (5), 445-456, 2022 | 14 | 2022 |
| Phosphorus sorption and desorption in soils treated by thermal desorption SJ Croat, TM DeSutter, FXM Casey, PL O’Brien Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 231, 1-9, 2020 | 12 | 2020 |
