Most cited articles in 2016

The following 14 articles published in 2014 and 2015 were the most cited ones in 2016* and thus contributed most to BG's 2016 Impact Factor:

• Estimated stocks of circumpolar permafrost carbon with quantified uncertainty ranges and identified data gaps Hugelius, G., Strauss, J., Zubrzycki, S., Harden, J. W., Schuur, E. A. G., Ping, C.-L., Schirrmeister, L., Grosse, G., Michaelson, G. J., Koven, C. D., O'Donnell, J. A., Elberling, B., Mishra, U., Camill, P., Yu, Z., Palmtag, J., and Kuhry, P. Biogeosciences, 11, 6573-6593, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6573-2014, 2014
• Recent trends and drivers of regional sources and sinks of carbon dioxide Sitch, S., Friedlingstein, P., Gruber, N., Jones, S. D., Murray-Tortarolo, G., Ahlström, A., Doney, S. C., Graven, H., Heinze, C., Huntingford, C., Levis, S., Levy, P. E., Lomas, M., Poulter, B., Viovy, N., Zaehle, S., Zeng, N., Arneth, A., Bonan, G., Bopp, L., Canadell, J. G., Chevallier, F., Ciais, P., Ellis, R., Gloor, M., Peylin, P., Piao, S. L., Le Quéré, C., Smith, B., Zhu, Z., and Myneni, R. Biogeosciences, 12, 653-679, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-653-2015, 2015
• Changes in soil organic carbon storage predicted by Earth system models during the 21st century Todd-Brown, K. E. O., Randerson, J. T., Hopkins, F., Arora, V., Hajima, T., Jones, C., Shevliakova, E., Tjiputra, J., Volodin, E., Wu, T., Zhang, Q., and Allison, S. D. Biogeosciences, 11, 2341-2356, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-2341-2014, 2014
• Phytoplankton primary production in the world's estuarine-coastal ecosystems Cloern, J. E., Foster, S. Q., and Kleckner, A. E. Biogeosciences, 11, 2477-2501, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-2477-2014, 2014
• The role of mixotrophic protists in the biological carbon pump Mitra, A., Flynn, K. J., Burkholder, J. M., Berge, T., Calbet, A., Raven, J. A., Granéli, E., Glibert, P. M., Hansen, P. J., Stoecker, D. K., Thingstad, F., Tillmann, U., Våge, S., Wilken, S., and Zubkov, M. V. Biogeosciences, 11, 995-1005, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-995-2014, 2014
• Stable isotopes dissect aquatic food webs from the top to the bottom Middelburg, J. J. Biogeosciences, 11, 2357-2371, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-2357-2014, 2014
• Multidecadal time series of satellite-detected accumulations of cyanobacteria in the Baltic Sea Kahru, M. and Elmgren, R. Biogeosciences, 11, 3619-3633, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-3619-2014, 2014
• Soil moisture modifies the response of soil respiration to temperature in a desert shrub ecosystem Wang, B., Zha, T. S., Jia, X., Wu, B., Zhang, Y. Q., and Qin, S. G. Biogeosciences, 11, 259-268, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-259-2014, 2014
• Implications of incorporating N cycling and N limitations on primary production in an individual-based dynamic vegetation model Smith, B., Wårlind, D., Arneth, A., Hickler, T., Leadley, P., Siltberg, J., and Zaehle, S. Biogeosciences, 11, 2027-2054, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-2027-2014, 2014
• Physical and chemical characterization of biochars derived from different agricultural residues Jindo, K., Mizumoto, H., Sawada, Y., Sanchez-Monedero, M. A., and Sonoki, T. Biogeosciences, 11, 6613-6621, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6613-2014, 2014
• Microbial respiration per unit microbial biomass depends on litter layer carbon-to-nitrogen ratio Spohn, M. Biogeosciences, 12, 817-823, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-817-2015, 2015
• Reviews and syntheses: Effects of permafrost thaw on Arctic aquatic ecosystems Vonk, J. E., Tank, S. E., Bowden, W. B., Laurion, I., Vincent, W. F., Alekseychik, P., Amyot, M., Billet, M. F., Canário, J., Cory, R. M., Deshpande, B. N., Helbig, M., Jammet, M., Karlsson, J., Larouche, J., MacMillan, G., Rautio, M., Walter Anthony, K. M., and Wickland, K. P. Biogeosciences, 12, 7129-7167, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-7129-2015, 2015
• Investigating hypoxia in aquatic environments: diverse approaches to addressing a complex phenomenon Friedrich, J., Janssen, F., Aleynik, D., Bange, H. W., Boltacheva, N., Çagatay, M. N., Dale, A. W., Etiope, G., Erdem, Z., Geraga, M., Gilli, A., Gomoiu, M. T., Hall, P. O. J., Hansson, D., He, Y., Holtappels, M., Kirf, M. K., Kononets, M., Konovalov, S., Lichtschlag, A., Livingstone, D. M., Marinaro, G., Mazlumyan, S., Naeher, S., North, R. P., Papatheodorou, G., Pfannkuche, O., Prien, R., Rehder, G., Schubert, C. J., Soltwedel, T., Sommer, S., Stahl, H., Stanev, E. V., Teaca, A., Tengberg, A., Waldmann, C., Wehrli, B., and Wenzhöfer, F. Biogeosciences, 11, 1215-1259, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-1215-2014, 2014
• A full greenhouse gases budget of Africa: synthesis, uncertainties, and vulnerabilities Valentini, R., Arneth, A., Bombelli, A., Castaldi, S., Cazzolla Gatti, R., Chevallier, F., Ciais, P., Grieco, E., Hartmann, J., Henry, M., Houghton, R. A., Jung, M., Kutsch, W. L., Malhi, Y., Mayorga, E., Merbold, L., Murray-Tortarolo, G., Papale, D., Peylin, P., Poulter, B., Raymond, P. A., Santini, M., Sitch, S., Vaglio Laurin, G., van der Werf, G. R., Williams, C. A., and Scholes, R. J. Biogeosciences, 11, 381-407, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-381-2014, 2014

*Source: Web of Science, 2 March 2018