| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | THE AMPHIBIAN TREE OF LIFE | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | 2006 | 1,555 |
| 2 | Table of Equivalent Populations of North American Small Mammals | American Midland Naturalist | 1947 | 1,372 |
| 3 | The Mammals of North America | Southwestern Naturalist | 1959 | 1,024 |
| 4 | SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE FROG FAMILY HYLIDAE, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HYLINAE: PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS AND TAXONOMIC REVISION | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | 2005 | 663 |
| 5 | The Early Evolution of Archosaurs: Relationships and the Origin of Major Clades | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | 2011 | 636 |
| 6 | XXVII. A brief account of microscopical observations made in the months of June, July and August 1827, on the particles contained in the pollen of plants; and on the general existence of active molecules in organic and inorganic bodies | The Philosophical Magazine: Or Annals of Chemistry, Mathematics, Astronomy, Natural History and General Science | 1828 | 625 |
| 7 | On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection | American Midland Naturalist | 1953 | 584 |
| 8 | An Evaluation of Some Techniques for the Collection and Analysis of Benthic Samples with Special Emphasis on Lotic Waters | American Midland Naturalist | 1962 | 539 |
| 9 | The Comparative Internal Morphology of Seeds | American Midland Naturalist | 1946 | 513 |
| 10 | Body Temperatures of Reptiles | American Midland Naturalist | 1965 | 471 |
| 11 | The detection of differences among assemblages of marine benthic species based on an assessment of dominance and diversity | Journal of Natural History | 1983 | 468 |
| 12 | PHYLOGENETIC SYSTEMATICS OF DART-POISON FROGS AND THEIR RELATIVES (AMPHIBIA: ATHESPHATANURA: DENDROBATIDAE) | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | 2006 | 435 |
| 13 | Flower-visiting by hymenopteran parasitoids | Journal of Natural History | 1993 | 433 |
| 14 | The Individualistic Concept of the Plant Association | American Midland Naturalist | 1939 | 424 |
| 15 | Assembling the Squamate Tree of Life: Perspectives from the Phenotype and the Fossil Record | Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History | 2012 | 410 |
| 16 | Innate and Environmental Dispersal of Individual Vertebrates | American Midland Naturalist | 1960 | 378 |
| 17 | Effects of White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) on Plants, Plant Populations and Communities: A Review | American Midland Naturalist | 2001 | 366 |
| 18 | A MONOGRAPH OF THE BALTIC AMBER BEES AND EVOLUTION OF THE APOIDEA (HYMENOPTERA) | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | 2001 | 364 |
| 19 | Phylogeny And Systematics Of Squamata (Reptilia) Based On Morphology | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | 2008 | 361 |
| 20 | MAMMALS OF THE RIO JURUÁ AND THE EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION OF AMAZONIA | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | 2000 | 360 |
| 21 | A DNA Sequence–Based Approach To the Identification of Shark and Ray Species and Its Implications for Global Elasmobranch Diversity and Parasitology | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | 2012 | 352 |
| 22 | Collecting and preserving chalcid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) | Journal of Natural History | 1982 | 351 |
| 23 | Reproduction of Chaparral Shrubs After Fire: A Comparison of Sprouting and Seeding Strategies | American Midland Naturalist | 1978 | 345 |
| 24 | An Ecological Analysis of the Plant Communities of Piedmont, North Carolina | American Midland Naturalist | 1942 | 338 |
| 25 | Some flagellates (Protista) from tropical marine sediments | Journal of Natural History | 1990 | 306 |
| 26 | The Strategy of Body Size in Mammalian Carnivores | American Midland Naturalist | 1968 | 302 |
| 27 | The Structure and Reproduction of the Algae. | American Midland Naturalist | 1935 | 301 |
| 28 | A Study of Dog Carcass Communities in Tennessee, with Special Reference to the Insects | American Midland Naturalist | 1958 | 301 |
| 29 | Phylogenetic Relationships of Mesozoic Turtles | Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History | 2007 | 293 |
| 30 | THE MAMMALS OF PARACOU, FRENCH GUIANA: A NEOTROPICAL LOWLAND RAINFOREST FAUNA PART 2. NONVOLANT SPECIES | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | 2001 | 283 |
| 31 | Evolutionary aspects of tail shedding in lizards and their relatives | Journal of Natural History | 1984 | 282 |
| 32 | Chance-corrected Classification for Use in Discriminant Analysis: Ecological Applications | American Midland Naturalist | 1984 | 270 |
| 33 | Zoogeographic distribution of terrestrial/freshwater tardigrades from current literature | Journal of Natural History | 1994 | 269 |
| 34 | Cave Adaptation in Amblyopsid Fishes | American Midland Naturalist | 1963 | 263 |
| 35 | Islands in the Desert—Forest Vegetation of Kenya'S Smaller Mountains and Highland Areas (Nyiru, Ndoto, Kulal, Marsabit, Loroghi, Ndare, Mukogodo, Porror, Mathews, Gakoe, Imenti, Ngaia, Nyambeni, Loita, Nguruman, Nairobi) | Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum | 2002 | 263 |
| 36 | A Review of Ecological Determinants of Territoriality within Vertebrate Species | American Midland Naturalist | 2000 | 255 |
| 37 | Phylogenetic Relationships and Classification of Didelphid Marsupials, an Extant Radiation of New World Metatherian Mammals | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | 2009 | 255 |
| 38 | The Role of Territory in Bird Life | American Midland Naturalist | 1941 | 249 |
| 39 | Observations on the chaetotaxy of the legs in the free-living Gamasina (Acari: Mesostigmata) | Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology | 1963 | 246 |
| 40 | A Review of Dromaeosaurid Systematics and Paravian Phylogeny | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | 2012 | 245 |
| 41 | Can we agree on an ecological classification of subterranean animals? | Journal of Natural History | 2008 | 243 |
| 42 | Anatomy of the Dicotyledons. | American Midland Naturalist | 1950 | 242 |
| 43 | PHYLOGENY OF PHYLLOSTOMID BATS (MAMMALIA: CHIROPTERA): DATA FROM DIVERSE MORPHOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, SEX CHROMOSOMES, AND RESTRICTION SITES | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | 2000 | 242 |
| 44 | A Study of Mosquito Behavior. An Experimental Laboratory Study of the Sexual Behavior of Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) | American Midland Naturalist | 1948 | 241 |
| 45 | The Morphology And Phylogeny Of Dionychan Spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae) | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | 2014 | 240 |
| 46 | Adaptive Design of the Floral Display in Asclepias syriaca L. | American Midland Naturalist | 1974 | 239 |
| 47 | The Dynamics of Crayfish and Their Role in Ecosystems | American Midland Naturalist | 1978 | 239 |
| 48 | XVIII.—On the law which has regulated the introduction of new species | Annals and Magazine of Natural History | 1855 | 233 |
| 49 | The Allelopathic Effects of Eucalyptus camaldulensis | American Midland Naturalist | 1970 | 233 |
| 50 | II.—On the use of the term homology in modern zoology, and the distinction between homogenetic and homoplastic agreements | Annals and Magazine of Natural History | 1870 | 232 |
| 51 | Observations on the morphology and classification of weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) with a key to major groups | Journal of Natural History | 1992 | 230 |
| 52 | Avian Haematozoa: mortality and pathogenicity | Journal of Natural History | 1993 | 230 |
| 53 | Treatise on the Isoptera of the World | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | 2013 | 228 |
| 54 | EVOLUTION OF THE SIDE-NECKED TURTLES: THE FAMILIES BOTHREMYDIDAE, EURAXEMYDIDAE, AND ARARIPEMYDIDAE | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | 2006 | 224 |
| 55 | Diminished Plant Richness and Abundance Below Lonicera maackii, an Invasive Shrub | American Midland Naturalist | 2002 | 221 |
| 56 | Lead Poisoning as a Mortality Factor in Waterfowl Populations | Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin | 1961 | 221 |
| 57 | Effects of the Exotic Invasive Shrub Lonicera maackii on the Survival and Fecundity of Three Species of Native Annuals | American Midland Naturalist | 2000 | 211 |
| 58 | Life cycle variation and adaptation in jumping plant lice (Insecta: Hemiptera: Psylloidea): a global synthesis | Journal of Natural History | 2009 | 201 |
| 59 | Expansion of Woody Plants in Tallgrass Prairie: A Fifteen-year Study of Fire and Fire-grazing Interactions | American Midland Naturalist | 2002 | 200 |
| 60 | MORPHOLOGY, PHYLOGENETIC TAXONOMY, AND SYSTEMATICS OF ICHTHYORNIS AND APATORNIS (AVIALAE: ORNITHURAE) | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | 2004 | 198 |
| 61 | Death Feigning by Ducks in Response to Predation by Red Foxes (Vulpes fulva) | American Midland Naturalist | 1975 | 196 |
| 62 | The Caddis Flies, or Trichoptera, of Illinois | Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin | 1945 | 194 |
| 63 | Microsite Requirements for Germination and Establishment of Three Grass Species | American Midland Naturalist | 1986 | 191 |
| 64 | The direction of evolution within the Polychaeta | Journal of Natural History | 1997 | 191 |
| 65 | Disturbance and Recovery of an Algal Assemblage Following Flooding in an Oklahoma Stream | American Midland Naturalist | 1987 | 190 |
| 66 | Effect of Garlic Mustard [Alliaria petiolata (Beib. Cavara & Grande)] Extracts on Plants and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) Fungi | American Midland Naturalist | 2001 | 190 |
| 67 | A Study of Cockroach Behavior | American Midland Naturalist | 1952 | 188 |
| 68 | The Species-Area Curve | American Midland Naturalist | 1938 | 186 |
| 69 | The Digenetic Trematodes of Marine Fishes of Tortugas, Florida | American Midland Naturalist | 1947 | 185 |
| 70 | The Secondary Chemistry and Complex Morphology of Galls Formed by the Cynipinae (Hymenoptera): Why and How? | American Midland Naturalist | 1983 | 184 |
| 71 | PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: How Animals hold their Heads. | Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London | 1947 | 182 |
| 72 | Estimation of Insect Biomass by Length and Width | American Midland Naturalist | 1993 | 181 |
| 73 | New Species of Trematodes from the Gills of Illinois Fishes | American Midland Naturalist | 1936 | 177 |
| 74 | On the Calculation of Information-theoretical Measures of Diversity | American Midland Naturalist | 1968 | 177 |
| 75 | SOME PROBLEMS OF GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION AND SPECIES-FORMATION. | Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London | 1938 | 175 |
| 76 | Reproductive Modes and the Number and Sizes of Ova in the Urodeles | American Midland Naturalist | 1969 | 175 |
| 77 | The Eutherian Mammal Maelestes gobiensis from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia and the phylogeny of cretaceous eutheria | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | 2009 | 175 |
| 78 | Progenesis as a principle in meiofauna evolution | Journal of Natural History | 1987 | 174 |
| 79 | The Lake as a Microcosm | Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin | 1925 | 173 |
| 80 | Nemertean genera and species of the world: an annotated checklist of original names and description citations, synonyms, current taxonomic status, habitats and recorded zoogeographic distribution | Journal of Natural History | 1995 | 171 |
| 81 | LOGIC AND MEMORY IN LINNAEUS'S SYSTEM OF TAXONOMY. | Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London | 1958 | 170 |
| 82 | The Role of Aquatic Invertebrates in Processing of Wood Debris in Coniferous Forest Streams | American Midland Naturalist | 1978 | 169 |
| 83 | Summary atlas of deep-living demersal fishes in the North Atlantic Basin | Journal of Natural History | 1988 | 168 |
| 84 | Invertebrate Resistance and Resilience to Intermittency in a Desert Stream | American Midland Naturalist | 1994 | 167 |
| 85 | Phylogenetic Systematics of the North American Fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae) | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | 2009 | 167 |
| 86 | Red Imported Fire Ant Impacts on Wildlife: A Decade of Research | American Midland Naturalist | 2004 | 165 |
| 87 | Some Chemical Factors Influencing the Distribution of Aquatic Plants in Minnesota | American Midland Naturalist | 1945 | 164 |
| 88 | The ornithischian Dinosaur Hypsilophodon from the Wealden of the isle of Wight | Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology | 1974 | 164 |
| 89 | Molecular systematics of Hydrobiidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Rissooidea): testing monophyly and phylogenetic relationships | Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia | 2001 | 163 |
| 90 | THE ANATOMY OF EFFIGIA OKEEFFEAE (ARCHOSAURIA, SUCHIA), THEROPOD-LIKE CONVERGENCE, AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF RELATED TAXA | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | 2007 | 163 |
| 91 | Species Composition and Life Histories of Aquatic Insects in a Lowland Sonoran Desert Stream | American Midland Naturalist | 1981 | 162 |
| 92 | PHYLOGENY OF NEORNITHES | Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History | 2006 | 162 |
| 93 | A Study of the Breeding Biology of the European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris L.) in North America | American Midland Naturalist | 1957 | 161 |
| 94 | The Fishes of the Amazon: Distribution and Biogeographical Patterns, with a Comprehensive List of Species | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | 2019 | 160 |
| 95 | On the Imminent Decline of Rio Grande Cottonwoods in Central New Mexico | Southwestern Naturalist | 1991 | 154 |
| 96 | Oceanic Birds of South America. | American Midland Naturalist | 1950 | 152 |
| 97 | Phylogenetic Relationships of Oryzomine Rodents (Muroidea: Sigmodontinae): Separate and Combined Analyses of Morphological and Molecular Data | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | 2006 | 152 |
| 98 | Effects of Stand Composition on Insect Visitation in Two-Species Mixtures of Hieracium | American Midland Naturalist | 1978 | 151 |
| 99 | North American genera of Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) | Journal of Natural History | 1994 | 151 |
| 100 | Paleoecology of the Large-Mammal Community in Interior Alaska during the Late Pleistocene | American Midland Naturalist | 1968 | 150 |
