| A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing RO Prum, JS Berv, A Dornburg, DJ Field, JP Townsend, EM Lemmon, ... Nature 526 (7574), 569-573, 2015 | 1860 | 2015 |
| The biology of color IC Cuthill, WL Allen, K Arbuckle, B Caspers, G Chaplin, ME Hauber, ... Science 357 (6350), eaan0221, 2017 | 877 | 2017 |
| Structure, function, and self-assembly of single network gyroid (I4132) photonic crystals in butterfly wing scales V Saranathan, CO Osuji, SGJ Mochrie, H Noh, S Narayanan, A Sandy, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (26), 11676-11681, 2010 | 624 | 2010 |
| Structural absorption by barbule microstructures of super black bird of paradise feathers DE McCoy, T Feo, TA Harvey, RO Prum Nature Communications 9 (1), 1, 2018 | 597 | 2018 |
| The evolution of beauty: How Darwin's forgotten theory of mate choice shapes the animal world-and us RO Prum Vintage, 2018 | 541 | 2018 |
| Evolution of avian plumage color in a tetrahedral color space: a phylogenetic analysis of new world buntings MC Stoddard, RO Prum The American Naturalist 171 (6), 755-776, 2008 | 522 | 2008 |
| Anatomy, Physics, and Evolution of Structural Colors RO Prum Bird coloration, volume 1: mechanisms and measurements 1, 295-353, 2006 | 502* | 2006 |
| Development and evolutionary origin of feathers RO Prum Journal of Experimental Zoology 285 (4), 291-306, 1999 | 498 | 1999 |
| Biomimetic isotropic nanostructures for structural coloration JD Forster, H Noh, SF Liew, V Saranathan, CF Schreck, L Yang, JG Park, ... Advanced Materials 22 (26‐27), 2939-2944, 2010 | 466 | 2010 |
| Patterns and processes of diversification: speciation and historical congruence in some Neotropical birds J Cracraft, RO Prum Evolution 42 (3), 603-620, 1988 | 464 | 1988 |
| The evolutionary origin and diversification of feathers RO Prum, AH Brush The Quarterly review of biology 77 (3), 261-295, 2002 | 429 | 2002 |
| Coherent light scattering by blue feather barbs RO Prum, RH Torres, S Williamson, J Dyck Nature 396 (6706), 28-29, 1998 | 415 | 1998 |
| Plumage color patterns of an extinct dinosaur Q Li, KQ Gao, J Vinther, MD Shawkey, JA Clarke, L D’Alba, Q Meng, ... science 327 (5971), 1369-1372, 2010 | 347 | 2010 |
| Anatomically diverse butterfly scales all produce structural colours by coherent scattering RO Prum, T Quinn, RH Torres Journal of Experimental Biology 209 (4), 748-765, 2006 | 335 | 2006 |
| Structural colouration of avian skin: convergent evolution of coherently scattering dermal collagen arrays RO Prum, R Torres Journal of Experimental Biology 206 (14), 2409-2429, 2003 | 325 | 2003 |
| How Noniridescent Colors Are Generated by Quasi‐ordered Structures of Bird Feathers H Noh, SF Liew, V Saranathan, SGJ Mochrie, RO Prum, ER Dufresne, ... Advanced Materials 22 (26‐27), 2871-2880, 2010 | 319 | 2010 |
| Phylogenetic analysis of the evolution of display behavior in the Neotropical manakins (Aves: Pipridae) RO Prum Ethology 84 (3), 202-231, 1990 | 313 | 1990 |
| Self-assembly of amorphous biophotonic nanostructures by phase separation ER Dufresne, H Noh, V Saranathan, SGJ Mochrie, H Cao, RO Prum Soft Matter 5 (9), 1792-1795, 2009 | 310 | 2009 |
| How colorful are birds? Evolution of the avian plumage color gamut MC Stoddard, RO Prum Behavioral Ecology 22 (5), 1042-1052, 2011 | 309 | 2011 |
| The colour of fossil feathers J Vinther, DEG Briggs, RO Prum, V Saranathan Biology letters 4 (5), 522-525, 2008 | 276 | 2008 |