| Insights into the evolution of rachis dominated tail feathers from a new basal enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces) X Wang, JK O'Connor, X Zheng, M Wang, H Hu, Z Zhou Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 113 (3), 805-819, 2014 | 78 | 2014 |
| A new species of Pengornithidae (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Lower Cretaceous of China suggests a specialized scansorial habitat previously unknown in early birds H Hu, JK O’Connor, Z Zhou PLoS One 10 (6), e0126791, 2015 | 62 | 2015 |
| An enantiornithine with a fan-shaped tail, and the evolution of the rectricial complex in early birds JK O’Connor, X Wang, X Zheng, H Hu, X Zhang, Z Zhou Current Biology 26 (1), 114-119, 2016 | 53 | 2016 |
| Evolution of the vomer and its implications for cranial kinesis in Paraves H Hu, G Sansalone, S Wroe, PG McDonald, JK O’Connor, Z Li, X Xu, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (39), 19571-19578, 2019 | 39 | 2019 |
| First species of Enantiornithes from Sihedang elucidates skeletal development in Early Cretaceous enantiornithines H Hu, JK O'Connor Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15 (11), 909-926, 2017 | 39 | 2017 |
| A new ornithuromorph (Aves) with an elongate rostrum from the Jehol Biota, and the early evolution of rostralization in birds JK O'Connor, M Wang, H Hu Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14 (11), 939-948, 2016 | 37 | 2016 |
| A comparative morphological study of the jugal and quadratojugal in early birds and their dinosaurian relatives M Wang, H Hu The Anatomical Record 300 (1), 62-75, 2017 | 33 | 2017 |
| A new small enantiornithine bird from the Jehol Biota, with implications for early evolution of avian skull morphology M Wang, H Hu, Z Li Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14 (6), 481-497, 2016 | 33 | 2016 |
| A subadult specimen of Pengornis and character evolution in Enantiornithes HU Han, Z Zhong-He, JK O’CONNOR Vertebrata PalAsiatica 52 (1), 77, 2014 | 33 | 2014 |
| First report of gastroliths in the Early Cretaceous basal bird Jeholornis J O'Connor, X Wang, C Sullivan, Y Wang, X Zheng, H Hu, X Zhang, ... Cretaceous Research 84, 200-208, 2018 | 32 | 2018 |
| Medullary bone in an Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird and discussion regarding its identification in fossils J O’Connor, GM Erickson, M Norell, AM Bailleul, H Hu, Z Zhou Nature Communications 9 (1), 5169, 2018 | 31 | 2018 |
| A previously undescribed specimen reveals new information on the dentition of Sapeornis chaoyangensis Y Wang, H Hu, JK O'Connor, M Wang, X Xu, Z Zhou, X Wang, X Zheng Cretaceous Research 74, 1-10, 2017 | 29 | 2017 |
| A new enantiornithine bird with unusual pedal proportions found in amber L Xing, JK O’Connor, LM Chiappe, RC McKellar, N Carroll, H Hu, M Bai, ... Current Biology 29 (14), 2396-2401. e2, 2019 | 27 | 2019 |
| A monotreme-like auditory apparatus in a Middle Jurassic haramiyidan J Wang, JR Wible, B Guo, SL Shelley, H Hu, S Bi Nature 590 (7845), 279-283, 2021 | 25 | 2021 |
| Earliest evidence for fruit consumption and potential seed dispersal by birds H Hu, Y Wang, PG McDonald, S Wroe, JK O'Connor, A Bjarnason, ... Elife 11, e74751, 2022 | 24 | 2022 |
| The morphology of Chiappeavis magnapremaxillo (Pengornithidae: Enantiornithes) and a comparison of aerodynamic function in Early Cretaceous avian tail fans JK O’CONNOR, Z Xiao-Ting, HU Han, W Xiao-Li, Z Zhong-He Vertebrata Palasiatica 55 (1), 41, 2017 | 21 | 2017 |
| New anatomical information on the bohaiornithid Longusunguis and the presence of a plesiomorphic diapsid skull in Enantiornithes H Hu, JK O’Connor, M Wang, S Wroe, PG McDonald Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18 (18), 1481-1495, 2020 | 20 | 2020 |
| Cranial osteology of the early cretaceous Sapeornis chaoyangensis (Aves: Pygostylia) H Hu, JK O'Connor, PG McDonald, S Wroe Cretaceous Research 113, 104496, 2020 | 15 | 2020 |
| Cranial osteology and palaeobiology of the Early Cretaceous bird Jeholornis prima (Aves: Jeholornithiformes) H Hu, Y Wang, M Fabbri, JK O’Connor, PG McDonald, S Wroe, X Yin, ... Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 198 (1), 93-112, 2023 | 12 | 2023 |
| Intra-gastric phytoliths provide evidence for folivory in basal avialans of the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota Y Wu, Y Ge, H Hu, TA Stidham, Z Li, AM Bailleul, Z Zhou Nature Communications 14 (1), 4558, 2023 | 10 | 2023 |