| Export of organic carbon from peat soils C Freeman, CD Evans, DT Monteith, B Reynolds, N Fenner Nature 412 (6849), 785, 2001 | 980 | 2001 |
| An enzymic'latch'on a global carbon store C Freeman, N Ostle, H Kang Nature 409 (6817), 149, 2001 | 862 | 2001 |
| Peatlands and the carbon cycle: from local processes to global implications–a synthesis J Limpens, F Berendse, C Blodau, JG Canadell, C Freeman, J Holden, ... Biogeosciences 5 (5), 1475-1491, 2008 | 679 | 2008 |
| Microbial contributions to climate change through carbon cycle feedbacks RD Bardgett, C Freeman, NJ Ostle The ISME journal 2 (8), 805, 2008 | 658 | 2008 |
| Export of dissolved organic carbon from peatlands under elevated carbon dioxide levels C Freeman, N Fenner, NJ Ostle, H Kang, DJ Dowrick, B Reynolds, ... Nature 430 (6996), 195, 2004 | 617 | 2004 |
| A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity LR Thompson, JG Sanders, D McDonald, A Amir, J Ladau, KJ Locey, ... Nature, 2017 | 444 | 2017 |
| Atmospheric nitrogen deposition promotes carbon loss from peat bogs L Bragazza, C Freeman, T Jones, H Rydin, J Limpens, N Fenner, T Ellis, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (51), 19386-19389, 2006 | 363 | 2006 |
| A regulatory role for phenol oxidase during decomposition in peatlands C Freeman, NJ Ostle, N Fenner, H Kang Soil Biology and Biochemistry 36 (10), 1663-1667, 2004 | 338 | 2004 |
| Drought-induced carbon loss in peatlands N Fenner, C Freeman Nature geoscience 4 (12), 895, 2011 | 324 | 2011 |
| Phosphatase and arylsulphatase activities in wetland soils: annual variation and controlling factors H Kang, C Freeman Soil Biology and Biochemistry 31 (3), 449-454, 1999 | 271 | 1999 |
| Fluxes of CO 2, CH 4 and N 2 O from a Welsh peatland following simulation of water table draw-down: potential feedback to climatic change C Freeman, MA Lock, B Reynolds Biogeochemistry 19 (1), 51-60, 1993 | 249 | 1993 |
| The biofilm polysaccharide matrix: a buffer against changing organic substrate supply? C Freeman, MA Lock Limnology and Oceanography 40 (2), 273-278, 1995 | 218 | 1995 |
| Carbon supply and the regulation of enzyme activity in constructed wetlands VJ Shackle, C Freeman, B Reynolds Soil Biology and Biochemistry 32 (13), 1935-1940, 2000 | 205 | 2000 |
| Deep instability of deforested tropical peatlands revealed by fluvial organic carbon fluxes S Moore, CD Evans, SE Page, MH Garnett, TG Jones, C Freeman, ... Nature 493 (7434), 660, 2013 | 195 | 2013 |
| The use of fluorogenic substrates for measuring enzyme activity in peatlands C Freeman, G Liska, NJ Ostle, SE Jones, MA Lock Plant and soil 175 (1), 147-152, 1995 | 177 | 1995 |
| Acidity controls on dissolved organic carbon mobility in organic soils CD Evans, TG Jones, A Burden, N Ostle, P Zieliński, MDA Cooper, ... Global Change Biology 18, 3317-3331, 2012 | 172 | 2012 |
| Enzymic degradation of phenolic materials in peatlands—measurement of phenol oxidase activity A Pind, C Freeman, MA Lock Plant and Soil 159 (2), 227-231, 1994 | 169 | 1994 |
| Observations of a seasonally shifting thermal optimum in peatland carbon-cycling processes; implications for the global carbon cycle and soil enzyme methodologies N Fenner, C Freeman, B Reynolds Soil Biology and Biochemistry 37 (10), 1814-1821, 2005 | 164 | 2005 |
| Microbial activity and enzymic decomposition processes following peatland water table drawdown C Freeman, G Liska, NJ Ostle, MA Lock, B Reynolds, J Hudson Plant and soil 180 (1), 121-127, 1996 | 145 | 1996 |
| Microbial community changes in heathland soil communities along a geographical gradient: interaction with climate change manipulations A Sowerby, B Emmett, C Beier, A Tietema, J Penuelas, M Estiarte, ... Soil Biology and Biochemistry 37 (10), 1805-1813, 2005 | 144 | 2005 |