| Alteration of rocks by endolithic organisms is one of the pathways for the beginning of soils on Earth N Mergelov, CW Mueller, I Prater, I Shorkunov, A Dolgikh, E Zazovskaya, ... Scientific Reports 8 (1), 3367, 2018 | 93 | 2018 |
| Endolithic pedogenesis and rock varnish on massive crystalline rocks in East Antarctica NS Mergelov, SV Goryachkin, IG Shorkunov, EP Zazovskaya, ... Eurasian Soil Science 45, 901-917, 2012 | 59 | 2012 |
| Active layer monitoring in Antarctica: an overview of results from 2006 to 2015 F Hrbáček, G Vieira, M Oliva, M Balks, M Guglielmin, MÁ de Pablo, ... Polar Geography 44 (3), 217-231, 2021 | 58 | 2021 |
| Windows on Antarctic soil–landscape relationships: comparison across selected regions of Antarctica MR Balks, J López-Martínez, SV Goryachkin, NS Mergelov, ... Geological Society, London, Special Publications 381 (1), 397-410, 2013 | 47 | 2013 |
| Soils of wet valleys in the larsemann hills and vestfold hills oases (Princess Elizabeth land, east Antarctica) NS Mergelov Eurasian soil science 47, 845-862, 2014 | 42 | 2014 |
| Soils of mid and low antarctic: diversity, geography, temperature regime. D Gilichinsky, E Abakumov, A Abramov, D Fyodorov-Davydov, ... | 37 | 2010 |
| Extreme pedology: elements of theory and methodological approaches SV Goryachkin, NS Mergelov, VO Targulian Eurasian Soil Science 52, 1-13, 2019 | 35 | 2019 |
| Hypolithic communities shape soils and organic matter reservoirs in the ice-free landscapes of East Antarctica N Mergelov, A Dolgikh, I Shorkunov, E Zazovskaya, V Soina, A Yakushev, ... Scientific reports 10 (1), 10277, 2020 | 33 | 2020 |
| Microbial biomass and biological activity of soils and soil-like bodies in coastal oases of Antarctica DA Nikitin, OE Marfenina, AG Kudinova, LV Lysak, NS Mergelov, ... Eurasian Soil Science 50, 1086-1097, 2017 | 29 | 2017 |
| Radiocarbon age of soils in oases of East Antarctica E Zazovskaya, N Mergelov, V Shishkov, A Dolgikh, V Miamin, ... Radiocarbon 59 (2), 489-503, 2017 | 27 | 2017 |
| Bacterial communities in the soils of cryptogamic barrens of East Antarctica (the Larsemann Hills and Thala Hills oases) AG Kudinova, LV Lysak, VS Soina, NS Mergelov, AV Dolgikh, ... Eurasian soil science 48, 276-287, 2015 | 26 | 2015 |
| Accumulation of organic matter in the mineral layers of permafrost-affected soils of coastal lowlands in East Siberia NS Mergelov, VO Targulian Eurasian Soil Science 44, 249-260, 2011 | 26 | 2011 |
| Soils of Enderby Land AV Dolgikh, NS Mergelov, AA Abramov, AV Lupachev, SV Goryachkin The soils of Antarctica, 45-63, 2015 | 21 | 2015 |
| Soils of macrobertson land NS Mergelov, DE Konyushkov, AV Lupachev, SV Goryachkin The soils of Antarctica, 65-86, 2015 | 21 | 2015 |
| Microbial Biomass, Carbon Stocks, and CO2 Emission in Soils of Franz Josef Land: High-Arctic Tundra or Polar Deserts? DA Nikitin, LV Lysak, NS Mergelov, AV Dolgikh, EP Zazovskaya, ... Eurasian Soil Science 53, 467-484, 2020 | 20 | 2020 |
| Dokuchaev's soil paradigm and extraterrestrial" soils". V Targulian, N Mergelov, D Gilichinsky, S Sedov, N Demidov, ... | 19 | 2010 |
| Spatial and temporal observations of seasonal thaw in the northern Kolyma Lowland DG Fyodorov-Davydov, VA Sorokovikov, VE Ostroumov, AL Kholodov, ... Polar Geography 28 (4), 308-325, 2004 | 19 | 2004 |
| Diversity of Soils of Cold Ultra-Continental Climate (Guidebook-monograph for the “Mammoth” ultra-continental WRB field Workshop, Sakha (Yakutia)). M RV Desyatkin, SV Goryachkin, DE Konyushkov, PV Krasilnikov, ... Sakha (Yakutia), Moscow–Yakutsk (95pp.), 2013 | 15 | 2013 |
| Soils in karst sinkholes record the Holocene history of local forest fires at the north of European Russia N Mergelov, D Petrov, E Zazovskaya, A Dolgikh, A Golyeva, V Matskovsky, ... Forests 11 (12), 1268, 2020 | 14 | 2020 |
| Biological activity of soils in the north of the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago: effect of the largest glacial sheet in Russia DA Nikitin, LV Lysak, DV Badmadashiev, SS Kholod, NS Mergelov, ... Eurasian Soil Science 54, 1496-1516, 2021 | 13 | 2021 |
