| Animal phylogeny and the ancestry of bilaterians: inferences from morphology and 18S rDNA gene sequences KJ Peterson, DJ Eernisse Evolution & development 3 (3), 170-205, 2001 | 609 | 2001 |
| Taxonomic congruence versus total evidence, and amniote phylogeny inferred from fossils, molecules, and morphology. DJ Eernisse, AG Kluge Molecular biology and evolution 10 (6), 1170-1195, 1993 | 537 | 1993 |
| Annelida and Arthropoda are not sister taxa: a phylogenetic analysis of spiralian metazoan morphology DJ Eernisse, JS Albert, FE Anderson Systematic Biology 41 (3), 305-330, 1992 | 337 | 1992 |
| Polyplacophora DJ Eernisse, PD Reynolds Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates: Mollusca 1 5, 55-110, 1994 | 157 | 1994 |
| Towards a phylogeny of chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) based on combined analysis of five molecular loci A Okusu, E Schwabe, DJ Eernisse, G Giribet Organisms Diversity & Evolution 3 (4), 281-302, 2003 | 148 | 2003 |
| Photoperiodic regulation of gametogenesis and gonadal growth in the sea star Pisaster ochraceus JS Pearse, DJ Eernisse Marine Biology 67, 121-125, 1982 | 133 | 1982 |
| DNA barcoding using chitons (genus Mopalia) RP Kelly, IN Sarkar, DJ Eernisse, ROB Desalle Molecular Ecology Notes 7 (2), 177-183, 2007 | 130 | 2007 |
| A chiton uses aragonite lenses to form images DI Speiser, DJ Eernisse, S Johnsen Current Biology 21 (8), 665-670, 2011 | 103 | 2011 |
| Arthropod and annelid relationships re-examined DJ Eernisse Arthropod relationships, 43-56, 1998 | 99 | 1998 |
| Photoperiodic regulation of gametogenesis in sea stars, with evidence for an annual calendar independent of fixed daylength JS Pearse, DJ Eernisse, VB Pearse, KA Beauchamp American Zoologist 26 (2), 417-431, 1986 | 93 | 1986 |
| Charting evolution’s trajectory: using molluscan eye diversity to understand parallel and convergent evolution JM Serb, DJ Eernisse Evolution: Education and Outreach 1, 439-447, 2008 | 92 | 2008 |
| What molecular phylogenies tell us about the evolution of larval forms RR Strathmann, DJ Eernisse American Zoologist, 502-512, 1994 | 90 | 1994 |
| Reproductive Patterns in Six Species of Lepidochitona (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the Pacific Coast of North America DJ Eernisse The Biological Bulletin 174 (3), 287-302, 1988 | 87 | 1988 |
| Bioinspired design of flexible armor based on chiton scales M Connors, T Yang, A Hosny, Z Deng, F Yazdandoost, H Massaadi, ... Nature communications 10 (1), 5413, 2019 | 81 | 2019 |
| Southern hospitality: a latitudinal gradient in gene flow in the marine environment RP Kelly, DJ Eernisse Evolution 61 (3), 700-707, 2007 | 77 | 2007 |
| You say conchaphila, I say lurida: molecular evidence for restricting the Olympia oyster (Ostrea lurida Carpenter 1864) to temperate western North America MP Polson, WE Hewson, DJ Eernisse, PK Baker, DC Zacherl Journal of Shellfish Research 28 (1), 11-21, 2009 | 61 | 2009 |
| Phylogeny and species diversity of Gulf of California oysters (Ostreidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA. M Raith, DC Zacherl, EM Pilgrim, DJ Eernisse American Malacological Bulletin 33, 263-283, 2016 | 57 | 2016 |
| The effect of sampling bias on the fossil record of chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) SS Puchalski, DJ Eernisse, CC Johnson American Malacological Bulletin 25 (1), 87-95, 2008 | 55 | 2008 |
| A mitogenomic phylogeny of chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) I Irisarri, JE Uribe, DJ Eernisse, R Zardoya BMC Evolutionary Biology 20, 1-15, 2020 | 53 | 2020 |
| The history of animals DJ Eernisse, KJ Peterson, J Cracraft, MJ Donoghue Assembling the tree of life, 197-208, 2004 | 45 | 2004 |
