| Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services B Worm, EB Barbier, N Beaumont, JE Duffy, C Folke, BS Halpern, ... science 314 (5800), 787-790, 2006 | 4199 | 2006 |
| Rapid worldwide depletion of predatory fish communities RA Myers, B Worm Nature 423 (6937), 280, 2003 | 3373 | 2003 |
| Rebuilding global fisheries B Worm, R Hilborn, JK Baum, TA Branch, JS Collie, C Costello, ... science 325 (5940), 578-585, 2009 | 1920 | 2009 |
| How many species are there on Earth and in the ocean? C Mora, DP Tittensor, S Adl, AGB Simpson, B Worm PLoS biology 9 (8), e1001127, 2011 | 1831 | 2011 |
| Collapse and conservation of shark populations in the Northwest Atlantic JK Baum, RA Myers, DG Kehler, B Worm, SJ Harley, PA Doherty Science 299 (5605), 389-392, 2003 | 1377 | 2003 |
| Collapse and conservation of shark populations in the Northwest Atlantic JK Baum, RA Myers, DG Kehler, B Worm, SJ Harley, PA Doherty Science 299 (5605), 389-392, 2003 | 1377 | 2003 |
| Predicting ecological consequences of marine top predator declines MR Heithaus, A Frid, AJ Wirsing, B Worm Trends in ecology & evolution 23 (4), 202-210, 2008 | 1030 | 2008 |
| Global phytoplankton decline over the past century DG Boyce, MR Lewis, B Worm Nature 466 (7306), 591, 2010 | 926 | 2010 |
| Ecosystem recovery after climatic extremes enhanced by genotypic diversity TBH Reusch, A Ehlers, A Hämmerli, B Worm Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 (8), 2826-2831, 2005 | 894 | 2005 |
| Global patterns and predictors of marine biodiversity across taxa DP Tittensor, C Mora, W Jetz, HK Lotze, D Ricard, EV Berghe, B Worm Nature 466 (7310), 1098, 2010 | 834 | 2010 |
| Globalization, roving bandits, and marine resources F Berkes, TP Hughes, RS Steneck, JA Wilson, DR Bellwood, B Crona, ... Science 311 (5767), 1557-1558, 2006 | 722 | 2006 |
| Globalization, roving bandits, and marine resources F Berkes, TP Hughes, RS Steneck, JA Wilson, DR Bellwood, B Crona, ... Science 311 (5767), 1557-1558, 2006 | 722 | 2006 |
| Cascading top‐down effects of changing oceanic predator abundances JK Baum, B Worm Journal of Animal Ecology 78 (4), 699-714, 2009 | 709 | 2009 |
| Patterns and ecosystem consequences of shark declines in the ocean F Ferretti, B Worm, GL Britten, MR Heithaus, HK Lotze Ecology letters 13 (8), 1055-1071, 2010 | 609 | 2010 |
| Marine taxa track local climate velocities ML Pinsky, B Worm, MJ Fogarty, JL Sarmiento, SA Levin Science 341 (6151), 1239-1242, 2013 | 593 | 2013 |
| Meta‐analysis of cod–shrimp interactions reveals top‐down control in oceanic food webs B Worm, RA Myers Ecology 84 (1), 162-173, 2003 | 553 | 2003 |
| Extinction, survival or recovery of large predatory fishes RA Myers, B Worm Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 360 …, 2005 | 489 | 2005 |
| Consumer versus resource control of species diversity and ecosystem functioning B Worm, HK Lotze, H Hillebrand, U Sommer Nature 417 (6891), 848, 2002 | 489 | 2002 |
| Global catches, exploitation rates, and rebuilding options for sharks B Worm, B Davis, L Kettemer, CA Ward-Paige, D Chapman, MR Heithaus, ... Marine Policy 40, 194-204, 2013 | 439 | 2013 |
| Global patterns of predator diversity in the open oceans B Worm, M Sandow, A Oschlies, HK Lotze, RA Myers Science 309 (5739), 1365-1369, 2005 | 400 | 2005 |