Fellowship 1994: Oregon Scientist of the Year 1994: CINE Golden Eagle Award 1999: Howard Vollum Award 2001: Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement presented by Awards Council member Sylvia Earle 2002: 8th Annual Heinz Award in the Environment 2003: Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest 2004: Environmental Law Institute Award 2005: Public Understanding of Science and Technology Award, American Association for the Advancement of Science 2008: Zayed International Prize for the Environment 2010: Peter Benchley Ocean Award for Excellence in Policy 2010: Named the "2010 Newsmaker of the Year" by the scientific journal Nature 2011: Blue Planet Prize 2011: Public Understanding of Science Award, The Exploratorium 2012: Sailors for the Sea's Ocean Hero Award 2012: Presidential Citation for Science and Society, American Geophysical Union 2012: BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Ecology and Conservation Biology category 2012: Inducted into the Women in Science and Technology Hall of Fame 2013: Distinguished Public Service Award, the highest award the U.S. Coast Guard gives to a civilian 2013: The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Climate Change Award 2015: Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement 2016: ECI Prize for marine biology by the Ecology Institute 2016: Linus Pauling Legacy Award 2017: Public Welfare Medal for extraordinary contributions in science and to public good by the National Academy of Sciences 2017: California Academy of Sciences Fellow 2017: Oregon History Maker 2018: Vannevar Bush Award from the National Science Board 2018: Fellows Medal, California Academy of Sciences 2019: Ocean Tethys Award from the Ocean Visions Joint Initiative 2019: Harvard University Centennial Medal 2020: Honorary Member, American Meteorological Society 2020: Mary Sears Medal, inaugural award from The Oceanography Society "in honor of sustained, innovative, and impactful contributions in the areas of biological oceanography, marine biology, or marine ecology" According to ISI, she is one of the most highly citied ecologists in the world Research and publications According to the Institute for Scientific Information, twelve of Lubchenco's numerous scientific papers have been cited so many times in other scientific publications they are considered 'science citation classic papers' or 'top 0.25% papers'. These papers report novel findings about the factors determining local and global patterns of distribution, abundance and diversity of species on rocky sea shores, interactions between people and nature, the importance of no-take marine protected areas and the responsibilities of scientists to society. The twelve classic papers are: Naylor, R.L.; R.J.