| A Broken Trust: Lessons from the Vaccine–Autism Wars: Researchers long ago rejected the theory that vaccines cause autism, yet many parents don't believe them. Can scientists … L Gross PLoS biology 7 (5), e1000114, 2009 | 162 | 2009 |
| Scientific illiteracy and the partisan takeover of biology L Gross PLoS biology 4 (5), e167, 2006 | 52 | 2006 |
| As the Antarctic ice pack recedes, a fragile ecosystem hangs in the balance L Gross PLoS Biology 3 (4), e127, 2005 | 52 | 2005 |
| Why not the best? How science failed the Florida panther L Gross PLoS Biology 3 (9), e333, 2005 | 50 | 2005 |
| Regulating toxic chemicals for public and environmental health L Gross, LS Birnbaum PLoS Biology 15 (12), e2004814, 2017 | 39 | 2017 |
| Untapped bounty: sampling the seas to survey microbial biodiversity L Gross PLoS Biology 5 (3), e85, 2007 | 31 | 2007 |
| The toxic origins of disease L Gross PLoS Biology 5 (7), e193, 2007 | 27 | 2007 |
| Evolution of neonatal imitation L Gross PLoS Biology 4 (9), e311, 2006 | 27 | 2006 |
| No Place for Predators? Time and again, advancing civilization has set people against large carnivores. On the front lines of Washington State, wildlife biologists hope that … L Gross PLoS Biology 6 (2), e40, 2008 | 24 | 2008 |
| Paradox resolved? The strange case of the radiation-resistant bacteria L Gross PLoS biology 5 (4), e108, 2007 | 16 | 2007 |
| Confronting climate change in the age of denial L Gross PLoS Biology 16 (10), e3000033, 2018 | 15 | 2018 |
| Reading the evolutionary history of the woolly mammoth in its mitochondrial genome L Gross PLoS Biology 4 (3), e74, 2006 | 15 | 2006 |
| A new human genome sequence paves the way for individualized genomics L Gross PLoS Biology 5 (10), e266, 2007 | 14 | 2007 |
| Synopses of Research Articles L Gross | 14 | |
| “Supporting” players take the lead in protecting the overstimulated brain L Gross PLoS Biology 4 (11), e371, 2006 | 13 | 2006 |
| Switching drugs for livestock may help save critically endangered Asian vultures L Gross Vulture News 55, 47-49, 2006 | 13 | 2006 |
| Cancer, inc S Batt, L Gross Sierra 36, 38-41, 1999 | 13 | 1999 |
| Conservation stories from the front lines L Gross, A Hettinger, JW Moore, L Neeley PLoS Biology 16 (2), e2005226, 2018 | 12 | 2018 |
| Islands spark accelerated evolution L Gross PLoS biology 4 (10), e334, 2006 | 12 | 2006 |
| Confronting plastic pollution to protect environmental and public health L Gross, J Enck PLoS Biology 19 (3), e3001131, 2021 | 11 | 2021 |
