| The evolution of mammalian brain size JB Smaers, RS Rothman, DR Hudson, AM Balanoff, B Beatty, ... Science Advances 7 (18), eabe2101, 2021 | 169 | 2021 |
| Tempo and pattern of avian brain size evolution DT Ksepka, AM Balanoff, NA Smith, GS Bever, BAS Bhullar, E Bourdon, ... Current Biology 30 (11), 2026-2036. e3, 2020 | 152 | 2020 |
| Best practices for digitally constructing endocranial casts: examples from birds and their dinosaurian relatives AM Balanoff, GS Bever, MW Colbert, JA Clarke, DJ Field, PM Gignac, ... Journal of Anatomy 229 (2), 173-190, 2016 | 119 | 2016 |
| Systematics and evolution of the Pan-Alcidae (Aves, Charadriiformes) NA Smith, JA Clarke Journal of Avian Biology 46 (2), 125-140, 2015 | 75 | 2015 |
| The Fossil Calibration Database, A New Resource for Divergence Dating DT Ksepka, JF Parham, JF Allman, MJ Benton, MT Carrano, KA Cranston, ... Systematic Biology, syv025, 2015 | 71 | 2015 |
| Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the flightless Mancallinae (Aves, Pan-Alcidae) NA Smith ZooKeys 91 (Special Issue), 1-116, 2011 | 70 | 2011 |
| Endocranial anatomy of the Charadriiformes: sensory system variation and the evolution of wing-propelled diving NA Smith, JA Clarke PLoS One 7 (11), e49584, 2012 | 58 | 2012 |
| Combined phylogenetic analysis of a new North American fossil species confirms widespread Eocene distribution for stem rollers (Aves, Coracii) JA Clarke, DT Ksepka, NA Smith, MA Norell Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157 (3), 586-611, 2009 | 55 | 2009 |
| Osteological histology of the Pan‐Alcidae (Aves, Charadriiformes): correlates of wing‐propelled diving and flightlessness NA Smith, JA Clarke The Anatomical Record 297 (2), 188-199, 2014 | 51 | 2014 |
| Removing the entropy from the definition of entropy: clarifying the relationship between evolution, entropy, and the second law of thermodynamics. JM Martin, NA Smith, CD Francis Evolution Education and Outreach 6 (30), 2013 | 40 | 2013 |
| An alphataxonomic revision of extinct and extant razorbills (Aves, Alcidae): a combined morphometric and phylogenetic approach NA Smith, JA Clarke Ornithological Monographs 72 (1), 1-61, 2011 | 33 | 2011 |
| Latest Pacific basin record of a bony-toothed bird (Aves, Pelagornithidae) from the Pliocene Purisima Formation of California, USA RW Boessenecker, NA Smith Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 (3), 652-657, 2011 | 31 | 2011 |
| Evolution of body mass in the Pan-Alcidae (Aves, Charadriiformes): the effects of combining neontological and paleontological data NA Smith Paleobiology 42 (1), 8-26, 2016 | 23 | 2016 |
| Rhetoric vs. reality: a commentary on “Bird Origins Anew” by A. Feduccia NA Smith, LM Chiappe, JA Clarke, SV Edwards, SJ Nesbitt, MA Norell, ... The Auk 132 (2), 467-480, 2015 | 23 | 2015 |
| The fossil record and phylogeny of the auklets (Pan-Alcidae, Aethiini) NA Smith Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12 (2), 217-236, 2014 | 21 | 2014 |
| Sixteen vetted fossil calibrations for divergence dating of Charadriiformes (Aves, Neognathae) NA Smith Palaeontologia Electronica - Fossil Calibration Series 17 (.3.6FC), 1-18, 2015 | 20 | 2015 |
| Systematics and evolution of extinct and extant Pan-Alcidae (Aves, Charadriiformes): combined phylogenetic analyses, divergence estimation, and paleoclimatic interactions NA Smith The University of Texas at Austin, 748pp., 2011 | 19 | 2011 |
| First Atlantic record of the puffin Cerorhinca (Aves, Alcidae) from the Pliocene of North Carolina NA Smith, SL Olson, JA Clarke Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 (4), 1039-1042, 2007 | 18 | 2007 |
| Systematics and phylogeny of the Zygodactylidae (Aves, Neognathae) with description of a new species from the early Eocene of Wyoming, USA NA Smith, AM DeBee, JA Clarke PeerJ 6, e4950, 2018 | 15 | 2018 |
| Avian fossils from the early Miocene Moghra Formation of Egypt NA Smith Ostrich 84 (3), 181-189, 2013 | 15 | 2013 |
Julia ClarkeJackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at AustinVerified email at jsg.utexas.edu
