| 100 million years of Antarctic climate evolution: evidence from fossil plants JE Francis, A Ashworth, DJ Cantrill, JA Crame, J Howe, R Stephens, ... Antarctica: a keystone in a changing world, 19-27, 2008 | 125 | 2008 |
| Latest Cretaceous–earliest Paleogene vegetation and climate change at the high southern latitudes: palynological evidence from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula VC Bowman, JE Francis, RA Askin, JB Riding, GT Swindles Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 408, 26-47, 2014 | 111 | 2014 |
| From greenhouse to icehouse–the Eocene/Oligocene in Antarctica JE Francis, S Marenssi, R Levy, M Hambrey, VC Thorn, B Mohr, ... Developments in earth and environmental sciences 8, 309-368, 2008 | 110 | 2008 |
| Late Cretaceous winter sea ice in Antarctica? VC Bowman, JE Francis, JB Riding Geology 41 (12), 1227-1230, 2013 | 101 | 2013 |
| A latest Cretaceous to earliest Paleogene dinoflagellate cyst zonation from Antarctica, and implications for phytoprovincialism in the high southern latitudes VC Bowman, JE Francis, JB Riding, SJ Hunter, AM Haywood Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 171, 40-56, 2012 | 87 | 2012 |
| Macrofossil evidence for a rapid and severe Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction in Antarctica J Witts, R Whittle, P Wignall, JA Crame, J Francis, R Newton, V Bowman Nature Communications, Accepted, 2016 | 77 | 2016 |
| Paleogeographic controls on the onset of the Antarctic circumpolar current DJ Hill, AM Haywood, PJ Valdes, JE Francis, DJ Lunt, BS Wade, ... Geophysical Research Letters 40 (19), 5199-5204, 2013 | 69 | 2013 |
| Antarctic climate at the Eocene/Oligocene boundary—climate model sensitivity to high latitude vegetation type and comparisons with the palaeobotanical record VC Thorn, R DeConto Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 231 (1-2), 134-157, 2006 | 67 | 2006 |
| A cool temperate climate on the Antarctic Peninsula through the latest Cretaceous to early Paleogene DB Kemp, SA Robinson, JA Crame, JE Francis, J Ineson, RJ Whittle, ... Geology 42 (7), 583-586, 2014 | 60 | 2014 |
| Phytolith evidence for C4-dominated grassland since the early Holocene at Long Pocket, northeast Queensland, Australia VC Thorn Quaternary Research 61 (2), 168-180, 2004 | 55 | 2004 |
| The Late Cretaceous dinoflagellate cyst Manumiella—Biostratigraphy, systematics, and palaeoecological signals in Antarctica VC Thorn, JB Riding, JE Francis Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 156 (3-4), 436-448, 2009 | 54 | 2009 |
| The Paleocene of Antarctica: Dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy and implications for the palaeo-Pacific margin of Gondwana V Bowman, J Ineson, J Riding, J Crame, J Francis, D Condon, R Whittle, ... Gondwana Research 38, 132-148, 2016 | 48 | 2016 |
| Evolution and extinction of Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) cephalopods from the López de Bertodano Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctica JD Witts, VC Bowman, PB Wignall, JA Crame, JE Francis, RJ Newton Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 418, 193-212, 2015 | 44 | 2015 |
| The early origin of the Antarctic marine fauna and its evolutionary implications JA Crame, AG Beu, JR Ineson, JE Francis, RJ Whittle, VC Bowman PloS one 9 (12), e114743, 2014 | 44 | 2014 |
| Phytoliths from subantarctic Campbell Island: plant production and soil surface spectra VC Thorn Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 132 (1-2), 37-59, 2004 | 43 | 2004 |
| Vegetation communities of a high palaeolatitude Middle Jurassic forest in New Zealand V Thorn Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 168 (3-4), 273-289, 2001 | 40 | 2001 |
| Oligocene and early Miocene phytolits from CRP-2/2A and CRP-3, Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica VC Thorn Terra Antartica 8 (4), 407-422, 2001 | 35 | 2001 |
| Ice bound Antarctica: biotic consequences of the shift from a temperate to a polar climate P Convey, V Bowman, SL Chown, J Francis, C Fraser, JL Smellie, ... Mountains, climate, and biodiversity, 355-373, 2018 | 28 | 2018 |
| Nature and timing of biotic recovery in Antarctic benthic marine ecosystems following the Cretaceous–Palaeogene mass extinction RJ Whittle, JD Witts, VC Bowman, JA Crame, JE Francis, J Ineson Palaeontology 62 (6), 919-934, 2019 | 22 | 2019 |
| A Middle Jurassic fossil forest from New Zealand V Thorn Palaeontology 48 (5), 1021–1039, 2005 | 22 | 2005 |