| The origin and diversification of birds SL Brusatte, JK O’Connor, ED Jarvis Current Biology 25 (19), R888-R898, 2015 | 378 | 2015 |
| A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran theropod with preserved evidence of membranous wings X Xu, X Zheng, C Sullivan, X Wang, L Xing, Y Wang, X Zhang, ... Nature 521 (7550), 70-73, 2015 | 203 | 2015 |
| A nearly modern amphibious bird from the Early Cretaceous of northwestern China H You, MC Lamanna, JD Harris, LM Chiappe, J O'connor, S Ji, J Lü, ... Science 312 (5780), 1640-1643, 2006 | 198 | 2006 |
| Pre-modern birds: avian divergences in the Mesozoic JK O’Connor, LM Chiappe, A Bell Living dinosaurs: the evolutionary history of modern birds, 39-114, 2011 | 166 | 2011 |
| A revision of enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces) skull morphology JK O’Connor, LM Chiappe Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9 (1), 135-157, 2011 | 137 | 2011 |
| The completeness of the fossil record of Mesozoic birds: implications for early avian evolution N Brocklehurst, P Upchurch, PD Mannion, J O'Connor PloS one 7 (6), e39056, 2012 | 127 | 2012 |
| Phylogenetic support for a specialized clade of Cretaceous enantiornithine birds with information from a new species JK O'Connor, X Wang, LM Chiappe, C Gao, Q Meng, X Cheng, J Liu Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29 (1), 188-204, 2009 | 125 | 2009 |
| The oldest record of Ornithuromorpha from the Early Cretaceous of China M Wang, X Zheng, JK O’Connor, GT Lloyd, X Wang, Y Wang, X Zhang, ... Nature Communications 6 (1), 6987, 2015 | 123 | 2015 |
| Mummified precocial bird wings in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber L Xing, RC McKellar, M Wang, M Bai, JK O’Connor, MJ Benton, J Zhang, ... Nature Communications 7 (1), 12089, 2016 | 118 | 2016 |
| A redescription of Chaoyangia beishanensis (Aves) and a comprehensive phylogeny of Mesozoic birds JK O’Connor, Z Zhou Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11 (7), 889-906, 2013 | 112 | 2013 |
| Preservation of ovarian follicles reveals early evolution of avian reproductive behaviour X Zheng, J O’Connor, F Huchzermeyer, X Wang, Y Wang, M Wang, ... Nature 495 (7442), 507-511, 2013 | 108 | 2013 |
| Insight into the early evolution of the avian sternum from juvenile enantiornithines X Zheng, X Wang, J O'connor, Z Zhou Nature Communications 3 (1), 1116, 2012 | 107 | 2012 |
| A new diverse enantiornithine family (Bohaiornithidae fam. nov.) from the Lower Cretaceous of China with information from two new species M Wang, Z Zhou, JK O’Connor, NV Zelenkov Vertebrata PalAsiatica 52 (1), 31-76, 2014 | 105 | 2014 |
| A mid-Cretaceous enantiornithine (Aves) hatchling preserved in Burmese amber with unusual plumage L Xing, JK O'Connor, RC McKellar, LM Chiappe, K Tseng, G Li, M Bai Gondwana Research 49, 264-277, 2017 | 100 | 2017 |
| Molecular evidence of keratin and melanosomes in feathers of the Early Cretaceous bird Eoconfuciusornis Y Pan, W Zheng, AE Moyer, JK O’Connor, M Wang, X Zheng, X Wang, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (49), E7900-E7907, 2016 | 99 | 2016 |
| A new Jurassic scansoriopterygid and the loss of membranous wings in theropod dinosaurs M Wang, JK O’Connor, X Xu, Z Zhou Nature 569 (7755), 256-259, 2019 | 98 | 2019 |
| On the absence of sternal elements in Anchiornis (Paraves) and Sapeornis (Aves) and the complex early evolution of the avian sternum X Zheng, J O’Connor, X Wang, M Wang, X Zhang, Z Zhou Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (38), 13900-13905, 2014 | 95 | 2014 |
| The trophic habits of early birds JK O'Connor Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology 513, 178-195, 2019 | 92 | 2019 |
| A new enantiornithine from the Yixian Formation with the first recognized avian enamel specialization JK O’Connor, Y Zhang, LM Chiappe, Q Meng, L Quanguo, L Di Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 (1), 1-12, 2013 | 89 | 2013 |
| A new ornithuromorph (Aves: Ornithothoraces) bird from the Jehol Group indicative of higher-level diversity JK O'Connor, KQ Gao, LM Chiappe Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (2), 311-321, 2010 | 85 | 2010 |
Min WangInstitute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of SciencesVerified email at ivpp.ac.cn
