| Ancient and contingent body shape diversification in a hyperdiverse continental fish radiation MD Burns, BL Sidlauskas Evolution 73 (3), 569-587, 2019 | 66 | 2019 |
| Accelerated diversification explains the exceptional species richness of tropical characoid fishes BF Melo, BL Sidlauskas, TJ Near, FF Roxo, A Ghezelayagh, LE Ochoa, ... Systematic Biology 71 (1), 78-92, 2022 | 64 | 2022 |
| Evolution of body size and trophic position in migratory fishes: a phylogenetic comparative analysis of Clupeiformes (anchovies, herring, shad and allies) DD Bloom, MD Burns, TA Schriever Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125 (2), 302-314, 2018 | 35 | 2018 |
| Migratory lineages rapidly evolve larger body sizes than non-migratory relatives in ray-finned fishes MD Burns, DD Bloom Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287 (1918), 20192615, 2020 | 34 | 2020 |
| A target enrichment bait set for studying relationships among ostariophysan fishes BC Faircloth, F Alda, K Hoekzema, MD Burns, C Oliveira, JS Albert, ... Copeia 108 (1), 47-60, 2020 | 33 | 2020 |
| Systematic assessment of the Leporinus desmotes species complex, with a description of two new species MD Burns, M Chatfield, JLO Birindelli, BL Sidlauskas Neotropical Ichthyology 15, e160166, 2017 | 31 | 2017 |
| Littorally adaptive? Testing the link between habitat, morphology, and reproduction in the intertidal sculpin subfamily Oligocottinae (Pisces: Cottoidea) TJ Buser, MD Burns, JA López PeerJ 5, e3634, 2017 | 26 | 2017 |
| Habitat transitions alter the adaptive landscape and shape phenotypic evolution in needlefishes (Belonidae) MA Kolmann, MD Burns, JYK Ng, NR Lovejoy, DD Bloom Ecology and evolution 10 (8), 3769-3783, 2020 | 22 | 2020 |
| Long-term isopropanol storage does not alter fish morphometrics CR Larochelle, FAT Pickens, MD Burns, BL Sidlauskas Copeia 104 (2), 411-420, 2016 | 18 | 2016 |
| Adaptation to herbivory and detritivory drives the convergent evolution of large abdominal cavities in a diverse freshwater fish radiation (Otophysi: Characiformes) MD Burns Evolution 75 (3), 688-705, 2021 | 15 | 2021 |
| A New Species of Leporinus (Characiformes: Anostomidae), from the Orinoco Basin, Venezuela MD Burns, BW Frable, BL Sidlauskas Copeia 2014 (2), 206-214, 2014 | 14 | 2014 |
| Simultaneous integration and modularity underlie the exceptional body shape diversification of characiform fishes MD Burns, ML Collyer, BL Sidlauskas Evolution 77 (3), 746-762, 2023 | 11 | 2023 |
| Patterns of body shape diversity and evolution in intertidal and subtidal lineages of combtooth blennies (Blenniidae) JP Egan, TJ Buser, MD Burns, AM Simons, PJ Hundt Integrative Organismal Biology 3 (1), obab004, 2021 | 10 | 2021 |
| Patterns of phenotypic evolution associated with marine/freshwater transitions in fishes V de Brito, R Betancur-R, MD Burns, TJ Buser, KW Conway, ... Integrative and Comparative Biology 62 (2), 406-423, 2022 | 7 | 2022 |
| Teaching ichthyology online with a virtual specimen collection BL Sidlauskas, MD Burns, TJ Buser, N Harper, M Kindred Ichthyology & Herpetology 109 (2), 407-423, 2021 | 5 | 2021 |
| Building a centralized database for Kentucky fishes: progress and future applications RL Hopkins II, MD Burns, BM Burr, LJ Hopman Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science 69 (2), 164-169, 2008 | 4 | 2008 |
| The role of abiotic and biotic factors in the unequal body shape diversification of a Gondwanan fish radiation (Otophysi: Characiformes) MD Burns, JH Knouft, CB Dillman Evolution 78 (2), 253-266, 2024 | 3 | 2024 |
| Diadromy drives elevated rates of trait evolution and ecomorphological convergence in Clupeiformes (herring, shad, and anchovies) LM DeHaan, MD Burns, JP Egan, DD Bloom The American Naturalist 202 (6), 830-850, 2023 | 3 | 2023 |
| Reproductive morphology and its application in testing molecular systematic hypotheses in the family Gobiidae (Teleostei, Gobiiformes) MD Burns, KS Cole Journal of Fish Biology 91 (4), 1094-1108, 2017 | 3 | 2017 |
| Dasyatidae: Whiptail Stingrays MD Burns, GR Carter, ML Warren Jr. Freshwater Fishes of North America: Petromyzontidae to Catostomidae 1, 140-159, 2014 | 3 | 2014 |
