| Paleophysiology and end-Permian mass extinction AH Knoll, RK Bambach, JL Payne, S Pruss, WW Fischer Earth and Planetary Science Letters 256 (3-4), 295-313, 2007 | 756 | 2007 |
| Low Mid-Proterozoic atmospheric oxygen levels and the delayed rise of animals NJ Planavsky, CT Reinhard, X Wang, D Thomson, P McGoldrick, ... science 346 (6209), 635-638, 2014 | 720 | 2014 |
| Deposition, exhumation, and paleoclimate of an ancient lake deposit, Gale crater, Mars JP Grotzinger, S Gupta, MC Malin, DM Rubin, J Schieber, K Siebach, ... Science 350 (6257), aac7575, 2015 | 658 | 2015 |
| The magnitude and duration of Late Ordovician–Early Silurian glaciation S Finnegan, K Bergmann, JM Eiler, DS Jones, DA Fike, I Eisenman, ... Science 331 (6019), 903-906, 2011 | 619 | 2011 |
| Evolution of the global phosphorus cycle CT Reinhard, NJ Planavsky, BC Gill, K Ozaki, LJ Robbins, TW Lyons, ... Nature 541 (7637), 386-389, 2017 | 549 | 2017 |
| Evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis WW Fischer, J Hemp, JE Johnson Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 44 (1), 647-683, 2016 | 447 | 2016 |
| Enigmatic origin of the largest-known carbon isotope excursion in Earth's history JP Grotzinger, DA Fike, WW Fischer Nature Geoscience 4 (5), 285-292, 2011 | 445 | 2011 |
| On the origins of oxygenic photosynthesis and aerobic respiration in Cyanobacteria RM Soo, J Hemp, DH Parks, WW Fischer, P Hugenholtz Science 355 (6332), 1436-1440, 2017 | 381 | 2017 |
| Redox stratification of an ancient lake in Gale crater, Mars JA Hurowitz, JP Grotzinger, WW Fischer, SM McLennan, RE Milliken, ... Science 356 (6341), eaah6849, 2017 | 275 | 2017 |
| The SuperCam instrument suite on the NASA Mars 2020 rover: Body unit and combined system tests RC Wiens, S Maurice, SH Robinson, AE Nelson, P Cais, P Bernardi, ... Space Science Reviews 217, 1-87, 2021 | 274 | 2021 |
| Manganese-oxidizing photosynthesis before the rise of cyanobacteria JE Johnson, SM Webb, K Thomas, S Ono, JL Kirschvink, WW Fischer Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (28), 11238-11243, 2013 | 260 | 2013 |
| Wave-modified turbidites: combined-flow shoreline and shelf deposits, Cambrian, Antarctica PM Myrow, W Fischer, JW Goodge Journal of Sedimentary research 72 (5), 641-656, 2002 | 256 | 2002 |
| The SuperCam instrument suite on the Mars 2020 rover: Science objectives and mast-unit description S Maurice, RC Wiens, P Bernardi, P Caïs, S Robinson, T Nelson, ... Space Science Reviews 217, 1-108, 2021 | 245 | 2021 |
| An iron shuttle for deepwater silica in Late Archean and early Paleoproterozoic iron formation WW Fischer, AH Knoll Geological Society of America Bulletin 121 (1-2), 222-235, 2009 | 235 | 2009 |
| Precise age of Bangiomorpha pubescens dates the origin of eukaryotic photosynthesis TM Gibson, PM Shih, VM Cumming, WW Fischer, PW Crockford, ... Geology 46 (2), 135-138, 2018 | 217 | 2018 |
| Manganese mineralogy and diagenesis in the sedimentary rock record JE Johnson, SM Webb, C Ma, WW Fischer Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 173, 210-231, 2016 | 205 | 2016 |
| Sulfur isotopes in rivers: Insights into global weathering budgets, pyrite oxidation, and the modern sulfur cycle A Burke, TM Present, G Paris, ECM Rae, BH Sandilands, J Gaillardet, ... Earth and Planetary Science Letters 496, 168-177, 2018 | 201 | 2018 |
| Oxygenation of the ocean and sediments: consequences for the seafloor carbonate factory JA Higgins, WW Fischer, DP Schrag Earth and Planetary Science Letters 284 (1-2), 25-33, 2009 | 195 | 2009 |
| Climate change and the selective signature of the Late Ordovician mass extinction S Finnegan, NA Heim, SE Peters, WW Fischer Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (18), 6829-6834, 2012 | 186 | 2012 |
| Origin of acidic surface waters and the evolution of atmospheric chemistry on early Mars JA Hurowitz, WW Fischer, NJ Tosca, RE Milliken Nature Geoscience 3 (5), 323-326, 2010 | 181 | 2010 |