| Satellite altimetry DB Chelton, JC Ries, BJ Haines, LL Fu, PS Callahan International geophysics 69, 1-ii, 2001 | 814 | 2001 |
| Deceleration in the Earth's oblateness M Cheng, BD Tapley, JC Ries Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 118 (2), 740-747, 2013 | 467 | 2013 |
| Variations of the Earth's figure axis from satellite laser ranging and GRACE M Cheng, JC Ries, BD Tapley Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 116 (B1), 2011 | 309 | 2011 |
| Precise orbit determination for the GRACE mission using only GPS data Z Kang, B Tapley, S Bettadpur, J Ries, P Nagel, R Pastor Journal of Geodesy 80, 322-331, 2006 | 233 | 2006 |
| The international DORIS service (IDS): toward maturity P Willis, H Fagard, P Ferrage, FG Lemoine, CE Noll, R Noomen, M Otten, ... Advances in space research 45 (12), 1408-1420, 2010 | 183 | 2010 |
| The unexpected signal in GRACE estimates of M Cheng, J Ries Journal of Geodesy 91 (8), 897-914, 2017 | 166 | 2017 |
| A test of general relativity using the LARES and LAGEOS satellites and a GRACE Earth gravity model: Measurement of Earth’s dragging of inertial frames I Ciufolini, A Paolozzi, EC Pavlis, R Koenig, J Ries, V Gurzadyan, ... The European Physical Journal C 76, 1-7, 2016 | 130 | 2016 |
| Towards a one percent measurement of frame dragging by spin with satellite laser ranging to LAGEOS, LAGEOS 2 and LARES and GRACE gravity models I Ciufolini, A Paolozzi, EC Pavlis, JC Ries, R Koenig, RA Matzner, ... Space Science Reviews 148, 71-104, 2009 | 91 | 2009 |
| Testing General Relativity and gravitational physics using the LARES satellite I Ciufolini, A Paolozzi, E Pavlis, J Ries, V Gurzadyan, R Koenig, ... The European Physical Journal Plus 127, 1-7, 2012 | 87 | 2012 |
| Nongravitational effects and the LAGEOS eccentricity excitations G Métris, D Vokrouhlický, JC Ries, RJ Eanes Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 102 (B2), 2711-2729, 1997 | 72 | 1997 |
| Gravitomagnetism and its measurement with laser ranging to the LAGEOS satellites and GRACE Earth gravity models I Ciufolini, EC Pavlis, J Ries, R Koenig, G Sindoni, A Paolozzi, ... General Relativity and John Archibald Wheeler, 371-434, 2010 | 67 | 2010 |
| The terrestrial reference frame and the dynamic Earth Z Altamimi, D Angermann, D Argus, G Blewitt, C Boucher, B Chao, ... Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 82 (25), 273-279, 2001 | 66 | 2001 |
| The development and evaluation of the global gravity model GGM05 J Ries, S Bettadpur, R Eanes, Z Kang, U Ko, C McCullough, P Nagel, ... | 63 | 2016 |
| Effects of ice melting on GRACE observations of ocean mass trends DP Chambers, ME Tamisiea, RS Nerem, JC Ries Geophysical Research Letters 34 (5), 2007 | 61 | 2007 |
| Testing gravitational physics with satellite laser ranging I Ciufolini, A Paolozzi, EC Pavlis, J Ries, R Koenig, R Matzner, G Sindoni, ... The European Physical Journal Plus 126, 1-19, 2011 | 60 | 2011 |
| Prospects for an improved Lense-Thirring test with SLR and the GRACE gravity mission JC Ries, RJ Eanes, BD Tapley, GE Peterson Proceedings of the 13th International Laser Ranging Workshop, 7-11, 2003 | 58 | 2003 |
| An improved test of the general relativistic effect of frame-dragging using the LARES and LAGEOS satellites I Ciufolini, A Paolozzi, EC Pavlis, G Sindoni, J Ries, R Matzner, R Koenig, ... The European Physical Journal C 79 (10), 872, 2019 | 53 | 2019 |
| The LARES space experiment: LARES orbit, error analysis and satellite structure I Ciufolini, A Paolozzi, E Pavlis, J Ries, R Koenig, R Matzner, G Sindoni General Relativity and John Archibald Wheeler, 467-492, 2010 | 50 | 2010 |
| Fundamental Physics and General Relativity with the LARES and LAGEOS satellites I Ciufolini, A Paolozzi, R Koenig, EC Pavlis, J Ries, R Matzner, ... Nuclear Physics B-Proceedings Supplements 243, 180-193, 2013 | 48 | 2013 |
| Geocenter variations derived from GPS tracking of the GRACE satellites Z Kang, B Tapley, J Chen, J Ries, S Bettadpur Journal of geodesy 83, 895-901, 2009 | 46 | 2009 |
