| A global boom in hydropower dam construction C Zarfl, AE Lumsdon, J Berlekamp, L Tydecks, K Tockner Aquatic Sciences 77 (1), 161-170, 2015 | 1000 | 2015 |
| Balancing hydropower and biodiversity in the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong KO Winemiller, PB McIntyre, L Castello, E Fluet-Chouinard, T Giarrizzo, ... Science 351 (6269), 128-129, 2016 | 771 | 2016 |
| Microplastics as an emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems AA de Souza Machado, W Kloas, C Zarfl, S Hempel, MC Rillig Global change biology 24 (4), 1405-1416, 2018 | 369 | 2018 |
| Mapping the world’s free-flowing rivers G Grill, B Lehner, M Thieme, B Geenen, D Tickner, F Antonelli, S Babu, ... Nature 569 (7755), 215-221, 2019 | 289 | 2019 |
| An index-based framework for assessing patterns and trends in river fragmentation and flow regulation by global dams at multiple scales G Grill, B Lehner, AE Lumsdon, GK MacDonald, C Zarfl, CR Liermann Environmental Research Letters 10 (1), 015001, 2015 | 269 | 2015 |
| Are marine plastic particles transport vectors for organic pollutants to the Arctic? C Zarfl, M Matthies Marine Pollution Bulletin 60 (10), 1810-1814, 2010 | 261 | 2010 |
| Short-term exposure with high concentrations of pristine microplastic particles leads to immobilisation of Daphnia magna S Rehse, W Kloas, C Zarfl Chemosphere 153, 91-99, 2016 | 211 | 2016 |
| Metal fate and effects in estuaries: A review and conceptual model for better understanding of toxicity AA de Souza Machado, K Spencer, W Kloas, M Toffolon, C Zarfl Science of the Total Environment 541, 268-281, 2016 | 166 | 2016 |
| Sorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to low and high density polyethylene (PE) E Fries, C Zarfl Environmental Science and Pollution Research 19 (4), 1296-1304, 2012 | 115 | 2012 |
| Microplastics in oceans C Zarfl, D Fleet, E Fries, F Galgani, G Gerdts, G Hanke, M Matthies Marine Pollution Bulletin 62, 1589-1591, 2011 | 104 | 2011 |
| A mechanistical model for the uptake of sulfonamides by bacteria C Zarfl, M Matthies, J Klasmeier Chemosphere 70 (5), 753-760, 2008 | 67 | 2008 |
| A conceptual model describing the fate of sulfadiazine and its metabolites observed in manure-amended soils C Zarfl, J Klasmeier, M Matthies Chemosphere 77 (6), 720-726, 2009 | 58 | 2009 |
| A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways T Datry, A Foulquier, R Corti, D Von Schiller, K Tockner, C Mendoza-Lera, ... Nature Geoscience 11 (7), 497-503, 2018 | 51 | 2018 |
| Shift in mass transfer of wastewater contaminants from microplastics in the presence of dissolved substances S Seidensticker, C Zarfl, OA Cirpka, G Fellenberg, P Grathwohl Environmental science & technology 51 (21), 12254-12263, 2017 | 48 | 2017 |
| A combined experimental and modeling study to evaluate pH-dependent sorption of polar and non-polar compounds to polyethylene and polystyrene microplastics S Seidensticker, P Grathwohl, J Lamprecht, C Zarfl Environmental Sciences Europe 30 (1), 1-12, 2018 | 43 | 2018 |
| Promising techniques and open challenges for microplastic identification and quantification in environmental matrices C Zarfl Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry 411 (17), 3743-3756, 2019 | 42 | 2019 |
| Growth-inhibitory effects of sulfonamides at different pH: dissimilar susceptibility patterns of a soil bacterium and a test bacterium used for antibiotic assays W Tappe, C Zarfl, S Kummer, P Burauel, H Vereecken, J Groeneweg Chemosphere 72 (5), 836-843, 2008 | 41 | 2008 |
| Microplastics reduce short-term effects of environmental contaminants. Part I: effects of bisphenol A on freshwater zooplankton are lower in presence of polyamide particles S Rehse, W Kloas, C Zarfl International journal of environmental research and public health 15 (2), 280, 2018 | 38 | 2018 |
| The global decline of freshwater megafauna F He, C Zarfl, V Bremerich, JNW David, Z Hogan, G Kalinkat, K Tockner, ... Global change biology 25 (11), 3883-3892, 2019 | 37 | 2019 |
| River dam impacts on biogeochemical cycling T Maavara, Q Chen, K Van Meter, LE Brown, J Zhang, J Ni, C Zarfl Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 1 (2), 103-116, 2020 | 36 | 2020 |
