| Human domination of Earth's ecosystems PM Vitousek, HA Mooney, J Lubchenco, JM Melillo science 277 (5325), 494-499, 1997 | 13969 | 1997 |
| Nitrogen and lignin control of hardwood leaf litter decomposition dynamics JM Melillo, JD Aber, JF Muratore Ecology 63 (3), 621-626, 1982 | 3450 | 1982 |
| Nitrogen saturation in northern forest ecosystems. JD Aber, KJ Nadelhoffer, P Steudler, JM Melillo BioScience 39 (6), 378-286, 1989 | 3222 | 1989 |
| Global climate change and terrestrial net primary production JM Melillo, AD McGuire, DW Kicklighter, B Moore, CJ Vorosmarty, ... Nature 363 (6426), 234-240, 1993 | 2710 | 1993 |
| The carbon cycle and atmospheric carbon dioxide IC Prentice, GD Farquhar, MJR Fasham, ML Goulden, M Heimann, ... Climate change 2001: the scientific basis, Intergovernmental panel on …, 2001 | 2218 | 2001 |
| Climate change impacts in the United States JM Melillo, TT Richmond, G Yohe Third national climate assessment 52, 150-174, 2014 | 2213 | 2014 |
| Recent patterns and mechanisms of carbon exchange by terrestrial ecosystems DS Schimel, JI House, KA Hibbard, P Bousquet, P Ciais, P Peylin, ... Nature 414 (6860), 169-172, 2001 | 1933 | 2001 |
| Soil warming and carbon-cycle feedbacks to the climate system JM Melillo, PA Steudler, JD Aber, K Newkirk, H Lux, FP Bowles, ... Science 298 (5601), 2173-2176, 2002 | 1749 | 2002 |
| Reconciling carbon-cycle concepts, terminology, and methods FS Chapin, GM Woodwell, JT Randerson, EB Rastetter, GM Lovett, ... Ecosystems 9, 1041-1050, 2006 | 1346 | 2006 |
| Changes in the Carbon Content of Terrestrial Biota and Soils between 1860 and 1980: A Net Release of CO" 2 to the Atmosphere RA Houghton, JE Hobbie, JM Melillo, B Moore, BJ Peterson, GR Shaver, ... Ecological monographs 53 (3), 235-262, 1983 | 1308 | 1983 |
| The sustainable biosphere initiative: an ecological research agenda: a report from the Ecological Society of America J Lubchenco, AM Olson, LB Brubaker, SR Carpenter, MM Holland, ... Ecology, 371-412, 1991 | 1295 | 1991 |
| Terrestrial ecosystems JD Aber, JM Melillo Saunders College Publishing, 1991 | 1216 | 1991 |
| Global agriculture and nitrous oxide emissions DS Reay, EA Davidson, KA Smith, P Smith, JM Melillo, F Dentener, ... Nature climate change 2 (6), 410-416, 2012 | 1154 | 2012 |
| Potential net primary productivity in South America: application of a global model JW Raich, EB Rastetter, JM Melillo, DW Kicklighter, PA Steudler, ... Ecological applications 1 (4), 399-429, 1991 | 1109 | 1991 |
| Pattern and variation of C: N: P ratios in China’s soils: a synthesis of observational data H Tian, G Chen, C Zhang, JM Melillo, CAS Hall Biogeochemistry 98, 139-151, 2010 | 1099 | 2010 |
| Carbon and nitrogen dynamics along the decay continuum: plant litter to soil organic matter JM Melillo, JD Aber, AE Linkins, A Ricca, B Fry, KJ Nadelhoffer Plant and soil 115, 189-198, 1989 | 1097 | 1989 |
| Aboveground production and N and P cycling along a nitrogen mineralization gradient on Blackhawk Island, Wisconsin J Pastor, JD Aber, CA McClaugherty, JM Melillo Ecology 65 (1), 256-268, 1984 | 1054 | 1984 |
| Influence of nitrogen fertilization on methane uptake in temperate forest soils PA Steudler, RD Bowden, JM Melillo, JD Aber Nature 341 (6240), 314-316, 1989 | 963 | 1989 |
| Global Warming and Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Conceptual Framework for Analysis: Ecosystem responses to global warming will be complex and varied. Ecosystem warming experiments … GR Shaver, J Canadell, FS Chapin, J Gurevitch, J Harte, G Henry, ... Bioscience 50 (10), 871-882, 2000 | 952 | 2000 |
| Carbon balance of the terrestrial biosphere in the Twentieth Century: Analyses of CO2, climate and land use effects with four process‐based ecosystem models AD McGuire, S Sitch, JS Clein, R Dargaville, G Esser, J Foley, M Heimann, ... Global biogeochemical cycles 15 (1), 183-206, 2001 | 937 | 2001 |