| Resolution of ray-finned fish phylogeny and timing of diversification TJ Near, RI Eytan, A Dornburg, KL Kuhn, JA Moore, MP Davis, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (34), 13698-13703, 2012 | 1031 | 2012 |
| Phylogeny and tempo of diversification in the superradiation of spiny-rayed fishes TJ Near, A Dornburg, RI Eytan, BP Keck, WL Smith, KL Kuhn, JA Moore, ... Proceedings of the national Academy of sciences 110 (31), 12738-12743, 2013 | 547 | 2013 |
| Venom evolution widespread in fishes: a phylogenetic road map for the bioprospecting of piscine venoms WL Smith, WC Wheeler Journal of Heredity 97 (3), 206-217, 2006 | 301 | 2006 |
| Casting the percomorph net widely: the importance of broad taxonomic sampling in the search for the placement of serranid and percid fishes WL Smith, MT Craig Copeia 2007 (1), 35-55, 2007 | 282 | 2007 |
| The evolution of pharyngognathy: a phylogenetic and functional appraisal of the pharyngeal jaw key innovation in labroid fishes and beyond PC Wainwright, WL Smith, SA Price, KL Tang, JS Sparks, LA Ferry, ... Systematic biology 61 (6), 1001-1027, 2012 | 272 | 2012 |
| Phylogeny and biogeography of cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae) JS Sparks, WL Smith Cladistics 20 (6), 501-517, 2004 | 217 | 2004 |
| Dynamic homology and phylogenetic systematics: a unified approach using POY WC Wheeler, L Aagesen, CP Arango, J Faivovich, T Grant, C D’Haese, ... American Museum of Natural History, 2006 | 200 | 2006 |
| The covert world of fish biofluorescence: a phylogenetically widespread and phenotypically variable phenomenon JS Sparks, RC Schelly, WL Smith, MP Davis, D Tchernov, VA Pieribone, ... PLoS One 9 (1), e83259, 2014 | 199 | 2014 |
| Polyphyly of the mail-cheeked fishes (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes): evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data WL Smith, WC Wheeler Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32 (2), 627-646, 2004 | 183 | 2004 |
| Phylogeny, taxonomy, and evolution of Neotropical cichlids (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Cichlinae) W Leo Smith, P Chakrabarty, JS Sparks Cladistics 24 (5), 625-641, 2008 | 142 | 2008 |
| Repeated and widespread evolution of bioluminescence in marine fishes MP Davis, JS Sparks, WL Smith PloS one 11 (6), e0155154, 2016 | 131 | 2016 |
| Phylogeny and biogeography of the Malagasy and Australasian rainbowfishes (Teleostei: Melanotaenioidei): Gondwanan vicariance and evolution in freshwater JS Sparks, WL Smith Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33 (3), 719-734, 2004 | 125 | 2004 |
| Species-specific bioluminescence facilitates speciation in the deep sea MP Davis, NI Holcroft, EO Wiley, JS Sparks, W Leo Smith Marine biology 161, 1139-1148, 2014 | 120 | 2014 |
| Evolution and diversification of a sexually dimorphic luminescent system in ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae), including diagnoses for two new genera JS Sparks, PV Dunlap, WL Smith Cladistics 21 (4), 305-327, 2005 | 114 | 2005 |
| Freshwater fishes, dispersal ability, and nonevidence:“Gondwana life rafts” to the rescue JS Sparks, WL Smith Systematic Biology 54 (1), 158-165, 2005 | 113 | 2005 |
| Phylogenomic analysis of carangimorph fishes reveals flatfish asymmetry arose in a blink of the evolutionary eye RC Harrington, BC Faircloth, RI Eytan, WL Smith, TJ Near, ME Alfaro, ... BMC evolutionary biology 16, 1-14, 2016 | 112 | 2016 |
| Temporal patterns of diversification across global cichlid biodiversity (Acanthomorpha: Cichlidae) CD McMahan, P Chakrabarty, JS Sparks, WL Smith, MP Davis PloS one 8 (8), e71162, 2013 | 106 | 2013 |
| Evolution of venomous cartilaginous and ray-finned fishes WL Smith, JH Stern, MG Girard, MP Davis Integrative and Comparative Biology 56 (5), 950-961, 2016 | 71 | 2016 |
| Phylogeny and taxonomy of sculpins, sandfishes, and snailfishes (Perciformes: Cottoidei) with comments on the phylogenetic significance of their early-life-history specializations WL Smith, MS Busby Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 79, 332-352, 2014 | 71 | 2014 |
| Limits and relationships of Paracanthopterygii: a molecular framework for evaluating past morphological hypotheses T Grande, WC Borden, WL Smith Mesozoic fishes 5, 385-418, 2013 | 69 | 2013 |
