| Quantitative assessment of worldwide contamination of air, water and soils by trace metals JO Nriagu, JM Pacyna nature 333 (6169), 134-139, 1988 | 6323 | 1988 |
| An assessment of global and regional emissions of trace metals to the atmosphere from anthropogenic sources worldwide JM Pacyna, EG Pacyna Environmental reviews 9 (4), 269-298, 2001 | 1580 | 2001 |
| Global anthropogenic mercury emission inventory for 2000 EG Pacyna, JM Pacyna, F Steenhuisen, S Wilson Atmospheric environment 40 (22), 4048-4063, 2006 | 1322 | 2006 |
| Global emission of mercury to the atmosphere from anthropogenic sources in 2005 and projections to 2020 EG Pacyna, JM Pacyna, K Sundseth, J Munthe, K Kindbom, S Wilson, ... Atmospheric environment 44 (20), 2487-2499, 2010 | 1224 | 2010 |
| Towards a global historical emission inventory for selected PCB congeners—a mass balance approach: 3. An update K Breivik, A Sweetman, JM Pacyna, KC Jones Science of the Total Environment 377 (2-3), 296-307, 2007 | 1059* | 2007 |
| Towards a global historical emission inventory for selected PCB congeners—a mass balance approach: 1. Global production and consumption K Breivik, A Sweetman, JM Pacyna, KC Jones Science of the Total Environment 290 (1-3), 181-198, 2002 | 983 | 2002 |
| Global gridded inventories of anthropogenic emissions of sulfur and nitrogen CM Benkovitz, MT Scholtz, J Pacyna, L Tarrasón, J Dignon, EC Voldner, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 101 (D22), 29239-29253, 1996 | 717 | 1996 |
| Global emission of mercury from anthropogenic sources in 1995 EG Pacyna, JM Pacyna Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 137 (1), 149-165, 2002 | 605 | 2002 |
| Primary sources of selected POPs: regional and global scale emission inventories K Breivik, R Alcock, YF Li, RE Bailey, H Fiedler, JM Pacyna Environmental pollution 128 (1-2), 3-16, 2004 | 468 | 2004 |
| Socioeconomic consequences of mercury use and pollution EB Swain, PM Jakus, G Rice, F Lupi, PA Maxson, JM Pacyna, A Penn, ... Ambio, 45-61, 2007 | 371 | 2007 |
| Earth's global Ag, Al, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, and Zn cycles JN Rauch, JM Pacyna Global biogeochemical cycles 23 (2), 2009 | 361 | 2009 |
| Current and future emissions of selected heavy metals to the atmosphere from anthropogenic sources in Europe EG Pacyna, JM Pacyna, J Fudala, E Strzelecka-Jastrzab, S Hlawiczka, ... Atmospheric environment 41 (38), 8557-8566, 2007 | 349 | 2007 |
| Changes of emissions and atmospheric deposition of mercury, lead, and cadmium JM Pacyna, EG Pacyna, W Aas Atmospheric environment 43 (1), 117-127, 2009 | 343 | 2009 |
| Estimation of the atmospheric emissions of trace elements from anthropogenic sources in Europe JM Pacyna Atmospheric Environment (1967) 18 (1), 41-50, 1984 | 332 | 1984 |
| Emission and long-range transport of trace elements in Europe JM Pacyna, A Semb, JE Hanssen Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology 36 (3), 163-178, 1984 | 314 | 1984 |
| Global sources and pathways of mercury in the context of human health K Sundseth, JM Pacyna, EG Pacyna, N Pirrone, RJ Thorne International journal of environmental research and public health 14 (1), 105, 2017 | 283 | 2017 |
| Use of α-, β-and γ-hexachlorocyclohexane in Europe, 1970–1996 K Breivik, JM Pacyna, J Münch Science of the total environment 239 (1-3), 151-163, 1999 | 279 | 1999 |
| Four decades of gasoline lead emissions and control policies in Europe: a retrospective assessment H Von Storch, M Costa-Cabral, C Hagner, F Feser, J Pacyna, E Pacyna, ... Science of the Total Environment 311 (1-3), 151-176, 2003 | 254 | 2003 |
| European emissions of atmospheric mercury from anthropogenic sources in 1995 EG Pacyna, JM Pacyna, N Pirrone Atmospheric environment 35 (17), 2987-2996, 2001 | 254 | 2001 |
| Current and future levels of mercury atmospheric pollution on a global scale JM Pacyna, O Travnikov, F De Simone, IM Hedgecock, K Sundseth, ... Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 16 (19), 12495-12511, 2016 | 233 | 2016 |