| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution | Science | 2014 | 2,096 |
| 2 | Evolutionary history of Polyneoptera and its implications for our understanding of early winged insects | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2019 | 150 |
| 3 | Decisive Data Sets in Phylogenomics: Lessons from Studies on the Phylogenetic Relationships of Primarily Wingless Insects | Molecular Biology and Evolution | 2014 | 127 |
| 4 | Matrotrophy and placentation in invertebrates: a new paradigm | Biological Reviews | 2016 | 120 |
| 5 | The evolution of molluscs | Biological Reviews | 2019 | 104 |
| 6 | Hard times in the city – attractive nest sites but insufficient food supply lead to low reproduction rates in a bird of prey | Frontiers in Zoology | 2014 | 102 |
| 7 | A correlative approach for combining microCT, light and transmission electron microscopy in a single 3D scenario | Frontiers in Zoology | 2013 | 91 |
| 8 | Morphological Differences between Larvae of the Ciona intestinalis Species Complex: Hints for a Valid Taxonomic Definition of Distinct Species | PLoS ONE | 2015 | 88 |
| 9 | From uni- to multimodality: towards an integrative view on anuran communication | Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology | 2014 | 85 |
| 10 | Multimodal signaling in the Small Torrent Frog (Micrixalus saxicola) in a complex acoustic environment | Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology | 2013 | 83 |
| 11 | Molluscs | Current Biology | 2012 | 79 |
| 12 | Tadpole transport logistics in a Neotropical poison frog: indications for strategic planning and adaptive plasticity in anuran parental care | Frontiers in Zoology | 2013 | 71 |
| 13 | Species richness in dry grassland patches of eastern Austria: A multi-taxon study on the role of local, landscape and habitat quality variables | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2014 | 68 |
| 14 | Blue colour preference in honeybees distracts visual attention for learning closed shapes | Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology | 2013 | 64 |
| 15 | The anuran vocal sac: a tool for multimodal signalling | Animal Behaviour | 2014 | 62 |
| 16 | Phylogeny of Myrmeleontiformia based on larval morphology (Neuropterida: Neuroptera) | Systematic Entomology | 2017 | 60 |
| 17 | The significance of spatial memory for water finding in a tadpole-transporting frog | Animal Behaviour | 2016 | 59 |
| 18 | Take time to smell the frogs: vocal sac glands of reed frogs (Anura: Hyperoliidae) contain species-specific chemical cocktails | Biological Journal of the Linnean Society | 2013 | 56 |
| 19 | Aplacophoran Mollusks Evolved from Ancestors with Polyplacophoran-like Features | Current Biology | 2013 | 55 |
| 20 | Snail mucus − glandular origin and composition in Helix pomatia | Zoology | 2017 | 55 |
| 21 | Cephalopod genomics: A plan of strategies and organization | Standards in Genomic Sciences | 2012 | 53 |
| 22 | Opsin evolution in the Ambulacraria | Marine Genomics | 2015 | 50 |
| 23 | Beyond aerodynamics: The critical roles of the circulatory and tracheal systems in maintaining insect wing functionality | Arthropod Structure and Development | 2018 | 50 |
| 24 | Biomechanics and hydrodynamics of prey capture in the Chinese giant salamander reveal a high-performance jaw-powered suction feeding mechanism | Journal of the Royal Society Interface | 2013 | 48 |
| 25 | Poison frogs rely on experience to find the way home in the rainforest | Biology Letters | 2014 | 48 |
| 26 | The Insect Circulatory System: Structure, Function, and Evolution | Annual Review of Entomology | 2020 | 47 |
| 27 | Conservation related conflicts in nest-site selection of the Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) and the distribution of its avian prey | Landscape and Urban Planning | 2014 | 45 |
| 28 | Increased androgenic sensitivity in the hind limb muscular system marks the evolution of a derived gestural display | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2016 | 45 |
| 29 | Morphology is dead – long live morphology! Integrating MorphoEvoDevo into molecular EvoDevo and phylogenomics | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution | 2015 | 44 |
| 30 | Mantle margin morphogenesis in Nodipecten nodosus (Mollusca: Bivalvia): new insights into the development and the roles of bivalve pallial folds | BMC Developmental Biology | 2015 | 44 |
| 31 | Identifying homomorphic sex chromosomes from wild‐caught adults with limited genomic resources | Molecular Ecology Resources | 2017 | 44 |
| 32 | Snorkelling and trampling in shallow-water fringing reefs: Risk assessment and proposed management strategy | Journal of Environmental Management | 2011 | 42 |
| 33 | Unexpected co-linearity of Hox gene expression in an aculiferan mollusk | BMC Evolutionary Biology | 2015 | 42 |
| 34 | Origin and evolution of the metazoan non-coding regulatory genome | Developmental Biology | 2017 | 42 |
| 35 | The Homing Frog: High Homing Performance in a Territorial Dendrobatid Frog Allobates femoralis (Dendrobatidae) | Ethology | 2013 | 41 |
| 36 | Comparative transcriptomics enlarges the toolkit of known developmental genes in mollusks | BMC Genomics | 2016 | 41 |
| 37 | Paraphyly and budding speciation in the hairy snail (Pulmonata, Hygromiidae) | Zoologica Scripta | 2014 | 40 |
| 38 | One proboscis, two tasks: Adaptations to blood-feeding and nectar-extracting in long-proboscid horse flies (Tabanidae, Philoliche) | Arthropod Structure and Development | 2014 | 40 |
| 39 | Neural architecture of Galathowenia oculata Zach, 1923 (Oweniidae, Annelida) | Frontiers in Zoology | 2016 | 40 |
| 40 | The quagga mussel genome and the evolution of freshwater tolerance | DNA Research | 2019 | 40 |
| 41 | Development and epithelial organisation of muscle cells in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis | Frontiers in Zoology | 2014 | 39 |
| 42 | Where have all the tadpoles gone? Individual genetic tracking of amphibian larvae until adulthood | Molecular Ecology Resources | 2015 | 36 |
| 43 | Trace elements in sediments, blue spotted tilapia Oreochromis leucostictus (Trewavas, 1933) and its parasite Contracaecum multipapillatum from Lake Naivasha, Kenya, including a comprehensive health risk analysis | Environmental Science and Pollution Research | 2014 | 35 |
| 44 | Microscopic dual‐energy CT (microDECT): a flexible tool for multichannel ex vivo 3D imaging of biological specimens | Journal of Microscopy | 2017 | 35 |
| 45 | Development of the nervous system in Phoronopsis harmeri (Lophotrochozoa, Phoronida) reveals both deuterostome- and trochozoan-like features | BMC Evolutionary Biology | 2012 | 34 |
| 46 | The times are changing: temporal shifts in patterns of fish invasions in central European fresh waters | Journal of Fish Biology | 2013 | 34 |
| 47 | Homing trajectories and initial orientation in a Neotropical territorial frog, Allobates femoralis (Dendrobatidae) | Frontiers in Zoology | 2014 | 34 |
| 48 | Hox and ParaHox gene expression in early body plan patterning of polyplacophoran mollusks | Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution | 2016 | 34 |
| 49 | Specificity in diversity: single origin of a widespread ciliate-bacteria symbiosis | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | 2017 | 34 |
| 50 | The placental analogue and the pattern of sexual reproduction in the cheilostome bryozoan Bicellariella ciliata (Gymnolaemata) | Frontiers in Zoology | 2012 | 33 |
