| Analysis of factors controlling soil organic matter levels in Great Plains grasslands WJ Parton, DS Schimel, CV Cole, DS Ojima Soil Science Society of America Journal 51 (5), 1173-1179, 1987 | 5002 | 1987 |
| Terrestrial ecosystems and the carbon cycle DS Schimel Global change biology 1 (1), 77-91, 1995 | 2449 | 1995 |
| Recent patterns and mechanisms of carbon exchange by terrestrial ecosystems DS Schimel, JI House, KA Hibbard, P Bousquet, P Ciais, P Peylin, ... Nature 414 (6860), 169-172, 2001 | 1984 | 2001 |
| Observations and modeling of biomass and soil organic matter dynamics for the grassland biome worldwide WJ Parton, JMO Scurlock, DS Ojima, TG Gilmanov, RJ Scholes, ... Global biogeochemical cycles 7 (4), 785-809, 1993 | 1788 | 1993 |
| Reconciling carbon-cycle concepts, terminology, and methods FS Chapin III, GM Woodwell, JT Randerson, EB Rastetter, GM Lovett, ... Ecosystems 9 (7), 1041-1050, 2006 | 1456 | 2006 |
| Climatic, edaphic, and biotic controls over storage and turnover of carbon in soils DS Schimel, BH Braswell, EA Holland, R McKeown, DS Ojima, TH Painter, ... Global biogeochemical cycles 8 (3), 279-293, 1994 | 1431 | 1994 |
| Texture, climate, and cultivation effects on soil organic matter content in US grassland soils IC Burke, CM Yonker, WJ Parton, CV Cole, K Flach, DS Schimel Soil science society of America journal 53 (3), 800-805, 1989 | 1352 | 1989 |
| Global patterns of terrestrial biological nitrogen (N2) fixation in natural ecosystems CC Cleveland, AR Townsend, DS Schimel, H Fisher, RW Howarth, ... Global biogeochemical cycles 13 (2), 623-645, 1999 | 1268 | 1999 |
| Consistent land-and atmosphere-based US carbon sink estimates SW Pacala, GC Hurtt, D Baker, P Peylin, RA Houghton, RA Birdsey, ... Science 292 (5525), 2316-2320, 2001 | 1169 | 2001 |
| Mechanisms of shrubland expansion: land use, climate or CO2? S Archer, DS Schimel, EA Holland Climatic change 29 (1), 91-99, 1995 | 999 | 1995 |
| The future of evapotranspiration: Global requirements for ecosystem functioning, carbon and climate feedbacks, agricultural management, and water resources JB Fisher, F Melton, E Middleton, C Hain, M Anderson, R Allen, ... Water resources research 53 (4), 2618-2626, 2017 | 985 | 2017 |
| DAYCENT and its land surface submodel: description and testing WJ Parton, M Hartman, D Ojima, D Schimel Global and planetary Change 19 (1-4), 35-48, 1998 | 962 | 1998 |
| A general model for soil organic matter dynamics: sensitivity to litter chemistry, texture and management WJ Parton, DS Ojima, CV Cole, DS Schimel Quantitative modeling of soil forming processes 39, 147-167, 1994 | 927 | 1994 |
| Contribution of increasing CO2 and climate to carbon storage by ecosystems in the United States D Schimel, J Melillo, H Tian, AD McGuire, D Kicklighter, T Kittel, ... Science 287 (5460), 2004-2006, 2000 | 850 | 2000 |
| Divergence of reproductive phenology under climate warming RA Sherry, X Zhou, S Gu, JA Arnone III, DS Schimel, PS Verburg, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 (1), 198-202, 2007 | 818 | 2007 |
| Effect of increasing CO2 on the terrestrial carbon cycle D Schimel, BB Stephens, JB Fisher Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (2), 436-441, 2015 | 762 | 2015 |
| The response of global terrestrial ecosystems to interannual temperature variability BH Braswell, DS Schimel, E Linder, B Moore Iii Science 278 (5339), 870-873, 1997 | 720 | 1997 |
| OCO-2 advances photosynthesis observation from space via solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence Y Sun, C Frankenberg, JD Wood, DS Schimel, M Jung, L Guanter, ... Science 358 (6360), eaam5747, 2017 | 710 | 2017 |
| Radiative forcing of climate change D Schimel, D Alves, I Enting, M Heimann, F Joos, D Raynaud, T Wigley, ... Climate change 1995: the science of climate change, 65-131, 1996 | 680 | 1996 |
| Sustainability or collapse: what can we learn from integrating the history of humans and the rest of nature? R Costanza, L Graumlich, W Steffen, C Crumley, J Dearing, K Hibbard, ... AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment 36 (7), 522-527, 2007 | 666 | 2007 |