| Impacts of the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution and KPg extinction on mammal diversification RW Meredith, JE Janečka, J Gatesy, OA Ryder, CA Fisher, EC Teeling, ... science 334 (6055), 521-524, 2011 | 1601 | 2011 |
| Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation G Zhang, C Li, Q Li, B Li, DM Larkin, C Lee, JF Storz, A Antunes, ... Science 346 (6215), 1311-1320, 2014 | 1165 | 2014 |
| Extreme diversity, conservation, and convergence of spider silk fibroin sequences J Gatesy, C Hayashi, D Motriuk, J Woods, R Lewis Science 291 (5513), 2603-2605, 2001 | 675 | 2001 |
| The supermatrix approach to systematics A de Queiroz, J Gatesy Trends in ecology & evolution 22 (1), 34-41, 2007 | 504 | 2007 |
| Macroevolutionary dynamics and historical biogeography of primate diversification inferred from a species supermatrix MS Springer, RW Meredith, J Gatesy, CA Emerling, J Park, DL Rabosky, ... PloS one 7 (11), e49521, 2012 | 502 | 2012 |
| DNA sequences from a fossil termite in Oligo-Miocene amber and their phylogenetic implications R DeSalle, J Gatesy, W Wheeler, D Grimaldi Science 257 (5078), 1933-1936, 1992 | 470 | 1992 |
| Divergence date estimation and a comprehensive molecular tree of extant cetaceans MR McGowen, M Spaulding, J Gatesy Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 53 (3), 891-906, 2009 | 461 | 2009 |
| Alignment-ambiguous nucleotide sites and the exclusion of systematic data J Gatesy, R DeSalle, W Wheeler Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 2 (2), 152-157, 1993 | 421 | 1993 |
| Corroboration among data sets in simultaneous analysis: hidden support for phylogenetic relationships among higher level artiodactyl taxa J Gatesy, P O'Grady, RH Baker Cladistics 15 (3), 271-313, 1999 | 373 | 1999 |
| Phylogenetic analysis at deep timescales: unreliable gene trees, bypassed hidden support, and the coalescence/concatalescence conundrum J Gatesy, MS Springer Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 80, 231-266, 2014 | 321 | 2014 |
| Morphological and molecular evidence for a stepwise evolutionary transition from teeth to baleen in mysticete whales TA Deméré, MR McGowen, A Berta, J Gatesy Systematic biology 57 (1), 15-37, 2008 | 307 | 2008 |
| The gene tree delusion MS Springer, J Gatesy Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 94, 1-33, 2016 | 304 | 2016 |
| A phylogenetic blueprint for a modern whale J Gatesy, JH Geisler, J Chang, C Buell, A Berta, RW Meredith, ... Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 66 (2), 479-506, 2013 | 298 | 2013 |
| Evolutionary constraint and innovation across hundreds of placental mammals MJ Christmas, IM Kaplow, DP Genereux, MX Dong, GM Hughes, X Li, ... Science 380 (6643), eabn3943, 2023 | 270 | 2023 |
| Relationships of Cetacea (Artiodactyla) among mammals: increased taxon sampling alters interpretations of key fossils and character evolution M Spaulding, MA O'Leary, J Gatesy Plos one 4 (9), e7062, 2009 | 269 | 2009 |
| Evidence from milk casein genes that cetaceans are close relatives of hippopotamid artiodactyls. J Gatesy, C Hayashi, MA Cronin, P Arctander Molecular biology and evolution 13 (7), 954-963, 1996 | 268 | 1996 |
| A supermatrix analysis of genomic, morphological, and paleontological data from crown Cetacea JH Geisler, MR McGowen, G Yang, J Gatesy BMC evolutionary biology 11 (1), 112, 2011 | 251 | 2011 |
| Stability of cladistic relationships between Cetacea and higher-level artiodactyl taxa J Gatesy, M Milinkovitch, V Waddell, M Stanhope Systematic Biology 48 (1), 6-20, 1999 | 233 | 1999 |
| Resolution of a supertree/supermatrix paradox J Gatesy, C Matthee, R DeSalle, C Hayashi Systematic Biology 51 (4), 652-664, 2002 | 230 | 2002 |
| A cladistic analysis of mitochondrial ribosomal DNA from the Bovidae J Gatesy, G Amato, E Vrba, G Schaller, R DeSalle Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 7 (3), 303-319, 1997 | 228 | 1997 |