发表SCI论文160篇，其中的13篇论文以第一作者或通讯作者身份发表在Nature、Science、Nature子刊、Geology和EPSL期刊上 代表性论文（*为通讯作者）:

Xie S., Pancost R. D.*, Yin H., Wang H., Evershed R. P. Two episodes of microbial change coupled with Permo/Triassic faunal mass extinction. Nature, 2005, 434: 494-497.

Zhang H., Griffiths M.L.*, Chiang J. C. H., Kong W., Wu S., Atwood A., Huang J., Cheng H., Ning Y., Xie S.*. East Asian hydroclimate modulated by the position of the westerlies during Termination I. Science, 2018, 362, 580-583

Huang X., Pancost R.D., Xue J., Gu Y., Evershed R.P., Xie S.*. Response of carbon cycle to drier conditions in the mid-Holocene in central China. Nature Communications, 2018, 9: 1369. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03804-w

Xie S.*, Pancost R. D., Huang J., Wignall P. B., Yu J., Tang X., Chen L., Huang X., Lai X. Changes in the global carbon cycle occurred as two episodes during the Permian-Triassic crisis. Geology, 2007, 35(12): 1083-1086.

Xie S.*, Pancost R. D., Wang Y., Yang H., Wignall P. B., Luo G., Jia C., Chen L. Cyanobacterial blooms tied to volcanism during the 5 m.y. Permo-Triassic biotic crisis. Geology, 2010, 38(5): 447-450.

Xie S.*, Pancost R. D., Chen L., Evershed R. P., Yang H., Zhang K., Huang J., Xu D. Microbial lipid records of highly alkaline deposits and enhanced aridity associated with significant uplift of Tibetan Plateau in late Miocene. Geology, 2012, 40:291-294

Xie S.*, Evershed R. P., Huang X., Zhu Z., Pancost R. D., Meyers P. A., Gong L., Hu C., Huang J., Zhang S., Gu Y. Concordant monsoon-driven postglacial hydrological changes in peat and stalagmite records and their impacts on prehistoric cultures in central China. Geology, 2013, 41（8）：827-830

Luo G., Wang Y., Algeo T. J., Kump L. R., Bai X., Yang H., Yao L., Xie S.*. Enhanced nitrogen fixation in the immediate aftermath of the latest Permian marine mass extinction. Geology, 2011, 39: 647-650.

Xie S.*, Algeo T. J., Zhou W., Ruan X., Luo G., Huang J., Yan J. 2017. Contrasting microbial community changes during mass extinctions at the Middle/Late Permian and Permian/Triassic boundaries. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2017, 460: 180-191.

Tang C., Yang H., Pancost R. D., Griffiths M. L., Xiao G., Dang X., Xie S.*. Tropical and high latitude forcing of enhanced megadroughts in Northern China during the last four terminations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2017, 479: 98–107.

Zhang H., Griffiths M. L., Huang J.*, Cai Y., Wang C., Zhang F., Cheng H., Ning Y., Hu C., Xie S.*. Antarctic link with East Asian summer monsoon variability during the Heinrich Stadial-Bolling interstadial transition. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2016, 453: 243-251.

Luo G., Kump L. R., Wang Y., Tong J., Arthur M. A., Yang H., Huang J., Yin H., Xie S.*. Isotopic evidence for an anomalously low oceanic sulphate concentration during end-Permian mass extinction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2010, 300:101-111

Luo G., Junium C. K., Kump L. R., Huang J., Li C., Feng Q., Shi X., Bai X., Xie S.*. Shallow stratification prevailed for ~1700 to ~1300 Ma ocean: Evidence from organic carbon isotopes in the North China Block. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2014, 400: 219-232.

Xie S., Nott C.J., Avsejs L.A., Maddy D., Chambers F.M., Evershed R.P.*. Molecular and isotopic stratigraphy in an ombrotrophic mire for paleoclimate reconstruction. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2004, 68(13): 2849-2862.

Dang X., Yang H., Naafs B. D. A., Pancost R. D., Xie S.*. Evidence of moisture control on the methylation of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in semi-arid and arid soils. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016, 189:24-36

Yang H., Pancost R.D., Dang X., Zhou X., Evershed R. P., Xiao G., Tang C., Gao L., Guo Z., Xie S.*. Correlations between microbial tetraether lipids and environmental variables in Chinese soils: Optimizing the paleo-reconstructions in semi-arid and arid regions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2014, 126: 49-69.

Xie S., Kershaw S. Microbes and paleoenvironment. Geobiology, 2012, 10: 1-2.

谢树成，龚一鸣，童金南，史晓颖，赖旭龙，Z. Q. Chen，冯庆来，王红梅，杜远生，王永标，颜佳新，张克信，殷鸿福。从古生物学到地球生物学的跨越。科学通报，2006，51（19）:2327-2336.

谢树成, 杨欢, 罗根明, 黄咸雨, 刘邓, 王永标, 龚一鸣, 徐冉. 地质微生物功能群: 生命与环境相互作用的重要突破口. 科学通报，2012，57（1）：3-22.

谢树成, 殷鸿福. 地球生物学前沿：进展与问题.中国科学地球科学, 2014, 44 (6): 1072-1086

谢树成, 阮小燕, 王永标. 小小微生物诉说地球大灾难. 见: 沙金庚主编,世纪飞跃——辉煌的中国古生物学，北京：科学出版社。2009，pp. 120-126.

谢树成，殷鸿福。地球生物学与微生物地质过程。见：“10000个科学难题”地球科学编委会，10000个科学难题（地球科学卷），北京：科学出版社，2010，214-216.

谢树成，殷鸿福，史晓颖，等。地球生物学：生命与地球环境的相互作用和协同演化。北京：科学出版社，2011，345页。

谢树成，颜佳新，史晓颖，殷鸿福，等。烃源岩地球生物学。北京：科学出版社，2016，392页。