| Trophic downgrading of planet Earth JA Estes, J Terborgh, JS Brashares, ME Power, J Berger, WJ Bond, ... science 333 (6040), 301-306, 2011 | 3640 | 2011 |
| Status and ecological effects of the world’s largest carnivores WJ Ripple, JA Estes, RL Beschta, CC Wilmers, EG Ritchie, ... Science 343 (6167), 1241484, 2014 | 2735 | 2014 |
| World scientists’ warning to humanity: a second notice WJ Ripple, C Wolf, TM Newsome, M Galetti, M Alamgir, E Crist, ... BioScience 67 (12), 1026-1028, 2017 | 1053 | 2017 |
| World scientists' warning of a climate emergency W Ripple, C Wolf, T Newsome, P Barnard, W Moomaw, P Grandcolas BioScience, 2019 | 1004 | 2019 |
| The rise of the mesopredator LR Prugh, CJ Stoner, CW Epps, WT Bean, WJ Ripple, AS Laliberte, ... Bioscience 59 (9), 779-791, 2009 | 928 | 2009 |
| Wolves and the ecology of fear: can predation risk structure ecosystems? WJ Ripple, RL Beschta BioScience 54 (8), 755-766, 2004 | 874 | 2004 |
| Scientists’ warning to humanity: microorganisms and climate change R Cavicchioli, WJ Ripple, KN Timmis, F Azam, LR Bakken, M Baylis, ... Nature Reviews Microbiology 17 (9), 569-586, 2019 | 801 | 2019 |
| Collapse of the world’s largest herbivores WJ Ripple, TM Newsome, C Wolf, R Dirzo, KT Everatt, M Galetti, ... Science advances 1 (4), e1400103, 2015 | 787 | 2015 |
| Trophic cascades in Yellowstone: the first 15 years after wolf reintroduction WJ Ripple, RL Beschta Biological Conservation 145 (1), 205-213, 2012 | 709 | 2012 |
| The landscape of fear: ecological implications of being afraid JW Laundré, L Hernández, WJ Ripple The Open Ecology Journal 3 (1), 2010 | 704 | 2010 |
| Range contractions of North American carnivores and ungulates AS Laliberte, WJ Ripple BioScience 54 (2), 123-138, 2004 | 582 | 2004 |
| Trophic cascades among wolves, elk and aspen on Yellowstone National Park’s northern range WJ Ripple, EJ Larsen, RA Renkin, DW Smith Biological conservation 102 (3), 227-234, 2001 | 533 | 2001 |
| Large predators and trophic cascades in terrestrial ecosystems of the western United States RL Beschta, WJ Ripple Biological conservation 142 (11), 2401-2414, 2009 | 526 | 2009 |
| Wolf reintroduction, predation risk, and cottonwood recovery in Yellowstone National Park WJ Ripple, RL Beschta Forest Ecology and Management 184 (1-3), 299-313, 2003 | 462 | 2003 |
| Bushmeat hunting and extinction risk to the world's mammals WJ Ripple, K Abernethy, MG Betts, G Chapron, R Dirzo, M Galetti, T Levi, ... Royal Society open science 3 (10), 160498, 2016 | 417 | 2016 |
| Biodiversity conservation: The key is reducing meat consumption B Machovina, KJ Feeley, WJ Ripple Science of the Total Environment 536, 419-431, 2015 | 415 | 2015 |
| Dynamics and pattern of a managed coniferous forest landscape in Oregon TA Spies, WJ Ripple, GA Bradshaw Ecological Applications 4 (3), 555-568, 1994 | 410 | 1994 |
| Ruminants, climate change and climate policy WJ Ripple, P Smith, H Haberl, SA Montzka, C McAlpine, DH Boucher Nature climate change 4 (1), 2-5, 2014 | 375 | 2014 |
| Measuring forest landscape patterns in the Cascade Range of Oregon, USA WJ Ripple, GA Bradshaw, TA Spies Biological Conservation 57 (1), 73-88, 1991 | 364 | 1991 |
| Historic aspen recruitment, elk, and wolves in northern Yellowstone National Park, USA WJ Ripple, EJ Larsen Biological Conservation 95 (3), 361-370, 2000 | 362 | 2000 |
