# Global riverine land-to-ocean carbon export constrained by observations and multi-model assessment

*PRI Rank #6 · Topics and Trends in Most Cited Marine and coastal ecosystems Papers, Class of 2026*

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Rank | #6 |
| 18m citations | 61 |
| Journal | Nature Geoscience |
| Year | 2024 |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41561-024-01524-z |
| Corresponding authors | Мaodian Liu |
| Institution | Peking University, China |

**Ranking page:** [Topics and Trends in Most Cited Marine and coastal ecosystems Papers, Class of 2026](https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/marine-and-coastal-ecosystems/2026)

**Paper link:** [10.1038/s41561-024-01524-z](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01524-z)

## Topics

riverine carbon export · land-to-ocean carbon flux · global carbon budget · dissolved organic carbon · particulate organic carbon · dissolved inorganic carbon · multi-model ensemble · observational constraints · carbon cycle modeling · freshwater carbon transport · lateral carbon fluxes · Land-ocean continuum · riverine biogeochemistry · model intercomparison · uncertainty quantification

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