| A framework for vulnerability analysis in sustainability science BL Turner, RE Kasperson, PA Matson, JJ McCarthy, RW Corell, ... Proceedings of the national academy of sciences 100 (14), 8074-8079, 2003 | 5757 | 2003 |
| The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths EF Lambin, BL Turner, HJ Geist, SB Agbola, A Angelsen, JW Bruce, ... Global environmental change 11 (4), 261-269, 2001 | 5248 | 2001 |
| The Penguin dictionary of sociology N Abercrombie, S Hill, BS Turner Penguin, 2006 | 3429 | 2006 |
| Global desertification: building a science for dryland development JF Reynolds, DMS Smith, EF Lambin, BL Turner, M Mortimore, ... science 316 (5826), 847-851, 2007 | 3037 | 2007 |
| Global change and the earth system: a planet under pressure W Steffen, RA Sanderson, PD Tyson, J Jäger, PA Matson, B Moore III, ... Springer Science & Business Media, 2005 | 2775 | 2005 |
| The emergence of land change science for global environmental change and sustainability BL Turner, EF Lambin, A Reenberg Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 (52), 20666-20671, 2007 | 2745 | 2007 |
| The earth as transformed by human action BL Turner The Professional Geographer 40 (3), 340-341, 1988 | 1613 | 1988 |
| Land-use and land-cover change: science/research plan BL Turner, D Skole, S Sanderson, G Fischer, L Fresco, R Leemans [No source information available], 1995 | 1460 | 1995 |
| Human population growth and global land-use/cover change WB Meyer, BL Turner Annual review of ecology and systematics, 39-61, 1992 | 1428 | 1992 |
| Changes in land use and land cover: a global perspective WB Meyer, BL Turner Cambridge University Press, 1994 | 1122 | 1994 |
| Developing a science of land change: challenges and methodological issues RR Rindfuss, SJ Walsh, BL Turner, J Fox, V Mishra Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101 (39), 13976-13981, 2004 | 952 | 2004 |
| Linking biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human well-being: three challenges for designing research for sustainability EM Bennett, W Cramer, A Begossi, G Cundill, S Díaz, BN Egoh, ... Current opinion in environmental sustainability 14, 76-85, 2015 | 935 | 2015 |
| Global land-use/land-cover change: towards an integrated study B Turner, WB Meyer, DL Skole Ambio, 91-95, 1994 | 888 | 1994 |
| Illustrating the coupled human–environment system for vulnerability analysis: three case studies BL Turner, PA Matson, JJ McCarthy, RW Corell, L Christensen, N Eckley, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100 (14), 8080-8085, 2003 | 852 | 2003 |
| Agricultural intensification and changes in cultivated areas, 1970–2005 TK Rudel, L Schneider, M Uriarte, BL Turner, R DeFries, D Lawrence, ... Proceedings of the national academy of sciences 106 (49), 20675-20680, 2009 | 738 | 2009 |
| Land use change around protected areas: management to balance human needs and ecological function R DeFries, A Hansen, BL Turner, R Reid, J Liu Ecological applications 17 (4), 1031-1038, 2007 | 695 | 2007 |
| Maritime hunter-gatherers: ecology and prehistory [and comments and reply] DR Yesner, WS Ayres, DL Carlson, RS Davis, R Dewar, MRG Morales, ... Current anthropology 21 (6), 727-750, 1980 | 692 | 1980 |
| Vulnerability and resilience: Coalescing or paralleling approaches for sustainability science? BL Turner Ii Global Environmental Change 20 (4), 570-576, 2010 | 660 | 2010 |
| Regions at risk: comparisons of threatened environments JX Kasperson, RE Kasperson, BL Turner Tokyo (Japan) United Nations Univ. Press, 1995 | 613 | 1995 |
| The global impact of land-use change DS Ojima, KA Galvin, BL Turner BioScience 44 (5), 300-304, 1994 | 581 | 1994 |