| 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 | 672 | 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 | 558 | 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 | 502 | 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 | 465 | 2011 |
| 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 | 330 | 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 | 311 | 2017 |
| Evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis WW Fischer, J Hemp, JE Johnson Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 44, 647-683, 2016 | 282 | 2016 |
| 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 | 255 | 2017 |
| 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 | 210 | 2002 |
| 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 | 199 | 2017 |
| 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 | 197 | 2013 |
| 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 | 180 | 2009 |
| 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 | 158 | 2010 |
| 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 | 155 | 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 | 154 | 2012 |
| 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 | 138 | 2016 |
| Sulfur isotopes of organic matter preserved in 3.45-billion-year-old stromatolites reveal microbial metabolism TRR Bontognali, AL Sessions, AC Allwood, WW Fischer, JP Grotzinger, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (38), 15146-15151, 2012 | 134 | 2012 |
| Crown group Oxyphotobacteria postdate the rise of oxygen PM Shih, J Hemp, LM Ward, NJ Matzke, WW Fischer Geobiology 15 (1), 19-29, 2017 | 133 | 2017 |
| Isotopic constraints on the Late Archean carbon cycle from the Transvaal Supergroup along the western margin of the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa WW Fischer, S Schroeder, JP Lacassie, NJ Beukes, T Goldberg, ... Precambrian Research 169 (1-4), 15-27, 2009 | 133 | 2009 |
| Dust deposition over the Dead Sea A Singer, E Ganor, S Dultz, W Fischer Journal of Arid Environments 53 (1), 41-59, 2003 | 130 | 2003 |
