| Co-evolution of eukaryotes and ocean oxygenation in the Neoproterozoic era TM Lenton, RA Boyle, SW Poulton, GA Shields-Zhou, NJ Butterfield Nature Geoscience 7 (4), 257-265, 2014 | 412 | 2014 |
| Uranium isotopes distinguish two geochemically distinct stages during the later Cambrian SPICE event TW Dahl, RA Boyle, DE Canfield, JN Connelly, BC Gill, TM Lenton, ... Earth and planetary science letters 401, 313-326, 2014 | 169 | 2014 |
| Stabilization of the coupled oxygen and phosphorus cycles by the evolution of bioturbation RA Boyle, TW Dahl, AW Dale, GA Shields-Zhou, M Zhu, MD Brasier, ... Nature Geoscience 7 (9), 671-676, 2014 | 144 | 2014 |
| Timing of Neoproterozoic glaciations linked to transport-limited global weathering B Mills, AJ Watson, C Goldblatt, R Boyle, TM Lenton Nature geoscience 4 (12), 861-864, 2011 | 92 | 2011 |
| Eukaryogenesis and oxygen in Earth history DB Mills, RA Boyle, SJ Daines, EA Sperling, D Pisani, PCJ Donoghue, ... Nature ecology & evolution 6 (5), 520-532, 2022 | 85 | 2022 |
| Warm afterglow from the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event drives the success of deep-adapted brachiopods CV Ullmann, R Boyle, LV Duarte, SP Hesselbo, SA Kasemann, T Klein, ... Scientific Reports 10 (1), 6549, 2020 | 78 | 2020 |
| Survival of the systems TM Lenton, TA Kohler, PA Marquet, RA Boyle, M Crucifix, DM Wilkinson, ... Trends in Ecology & Evolution 36 (4), 333-344, 2021 | 55 | 2021 |
| Nitrogen cycle feedbacks as a control on euxinia in the mid-Proterozoic ocean RA Boyle, JR Clark, SW Poulton, G Shields-Zhou, DE Canfield, ... Nature Communications 4 (1), 1533, 2013 | 55 | 2013 |
| The nature of the last universal common ancestor and its impact on the early Earth system ERR Moody, S Álvarez-Carretero, TA Mahendrarajah, JW Clark, HC Betts, ... Nature Ecology & Evolution 8 (9), 1654-1666, 2024 | 48 | 2024 |
| A model for microbial phosphorus cycling in bioturbated marine sediments: significance for phosphorus burial in the early Paleozoic AW Dale, RA Boyle, TM Lenton, ED Ingall, K Wallmann Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 189, 251-268, 2016 | 44 | 2016 |
| Bioturbation and directionality in Earth's carbon isotope record across the Neoproterozoic–Cambrian transition RA Boyle, TW Dahl, CJ Bjerrum, DE Canfield Geobiology 16 (3), 252-278, 2018 | 35 | 2018 |
| Neoproterozoic ‘snowball Earth’glaciations and the evolution of altruism RA Boyle, TM Lenton, HTP Williams Geobiology 5 (4), 337-349, 2007 | 35 | 2007 |
| Evaluating episodic hydrothermal activity in South China during the early Cambrian: Implications for biotic evolution Z Wang, J Tan, R Boyle, J Hilton, Z Ma, W Wang, Q Lyu, X Kang, W Luo Marine and Petroleum Geology 117, 104355, 2020 | 25 | 2020 |
| Symbiotic physiology promotes homeostasis in Daisyworld RA Boyle, TM Lenton, AJ Watson Journal of theoretical biology 274 (1), 170-182, 2011 | 22 | 2011 |
| Natural selection for costly nutrient recycling in simulated microbial metacommunities RA Boyle, HTP Williams, TM Lenton Journal of theoretical biology 312, 1-12, 2012 | 19 | 2012 |
| Fluctuation in the physical environment as a mechanism for reinforcing evolutionary transitions RA Boyle, TM Lenton Journal of theoretical biology 242 (4), 832-843, 2006 | 16 | 2006 |
| Mercury anomalies within the lower Cambrian (stage 2–3) in South China: Links between volcanic events and paleoecology Z Wang, J Tan, R Boyle, W Wang, X Kang, J Dick, Q Lyu Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 558, 109956, 2020 | 15 | 2020 |
| Coevolution of eukaryotes and ocean oxygenation in the Neoproterozoic era. Nat. Geosci. 7, 257–265 TM Lenton, RA Boyle, SW Poulton, GA Shields-Zhou, NJ Butterfield | 14 | 2014 |
| Stabilization of the coupled oxygen and phosphorus cycles by the evolution of bioturbation, Nat. Geosci., 7, 671–676 RA Boyle, TW Dahl, AW Dale, GA Shields-Zhou, M Zhu, MD Brasier, ... | 12 | 2014 |
| The regulation of oxygen to low concentrations in marine oxygen-minimum zones DE Canfield, B Kraft, CR Löscher, RA Boyle, B Thamdrup, FJ Stewart | 11 | 2019 |
