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Most cited papers in Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies

Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies

What are the most cited papers in Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies?

The most cited paper in Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies is "THE AMPHIBIAN TREE OF LIFE" (Darrel R. Frost, Taran Grant, Julián Faivovich et al., 2006), with 1,931 citations. Next come "The mechanical design of spider silks: from fibroin sequence to mechanical function" (1,170) and "SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE FROG FAMILY HYLIDAE, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HYLINAE: PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS AND TAXONOMIC REVISION" (975).

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Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 170 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#	Paper
1	THE AMPHIBIAN TREE OF LIFE Darrel R. Frost, Taran Grant, Julián Faivovich et al. · Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History Open access	Mar 2006	1,931
2	The mechanical design of spider silks: from fibroin sequence to mechanical function John M. Gosline, Paul A. Guerette, Christine Ortlepp et al. · Journal of Experimental Biology	Dec 1999	1,170
3	SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE FROG FAMILY HYLIDAE, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HYLINAE: PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS AND TAXONOMIC REVISION Julián Faivovich, Célio F. B. Haddad, Paulo Christiano de Anchieta Garcia et al. · Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History ReviewOpen access	2005	975
4	Systematics and Evolution of Spiders (Araneae) Jonathan A. Coddington, Herbert W. Levi · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics	Nov 1991	727
5	Community Assembly Through Adaptive Radiation in Hawaiian Spiders Rosemary Grace Gillespie · Science	15 Jan 2004	637
6	Deep architectures for modulation recognition Nathan West, Tim O’Shea Conference paper	Mar 2017	579
7	Genetic analysis of cavefish reveals molecular convergence in the evolution of albinism Meredith E. Protas, Candace Hersey, Dawn Kochanek et al. · Nature Genetics	11 Dec 2005	554
8	Global Patterns of Guild Composition and Functional Diversity of Spiders Pedro Cardoso, Stano Pekár, Rudy C. A. M. Jocque et al. · PLoS ONE Open access	29 Jun 2011	550
9	Extreme Diversity, Conservation, and Convergence of Spider Silk Fibroin Sequences John Gatesy, Cheryl Y. Hayashi, Dagmara Motriuk et al. · Science	30 Mar 2001	533
10	Spiders (Araneae) useful for pest limitation and bioindication Patrick Marc, Alain Canard, Frédéric Ysnel · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	Jun 1999	524
11	The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target‐gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling Ward C. Wheeler et al. · Cladistics Open access	12 Dec 2016	523
12	The house spider genome reveals an ancient whole-genome duplication during arachnid evolution Evelyn E. Schwager et al. · BMC Biology Open access	17 Jul 2017	494
13	Limitations to the Use of Pitfall Traps in Ecological Studies Exemplified by a Study of Spiders in a Field of Winter Wheat Christopher John Topping, KEITH D. SUNDERLAND · Journal of Applied Ecology	1992	442
14	The Sinocyclocheilus cavefish genome provides insights into cave adaptation Junxing Yang et al. · BMC Biology Open access	4 Jan 2016	403
15	An estimated 400–800 million tons of prey are annually killed by the global spider community Martin Nyffeler, Klaus Birkhofer · Die Naturwissenschaften Open access	13 Mar 2017	400
16	Reconstructing web evolution and spider diversification in the molecular era Todd A. Blackledge, Nikolaj Scharff, Jonathan A. Coddington et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access	16 Mar 2009	389
17	Systematics of the Palaearctic and Oriental lizard tribe Lacertini (Squamata: Lacertidae: Lacertinae), with descriptions of eight new genera E. N. Arnold, Óscar J. Arribas, Salvador Carranza · Zootaxa	22 Mar 2007	382
18	Chelex without boiling, a rapid and easy technique to obtain stable amplifiable DNA from small amounts of ethanol‐stored spiders Juliane Casquet, Christophe Thébaud, Rosemary Grace Gillespie · Molecular Ecology Resources	22 Sep 2011	361
19	Amendment of Articles 8, 9, 10, 21 and 78 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature to expand and refine methods of publication Iczn Iczn · ZooKeys Open access	4 Sep 2012	354
20	Evolutionary Shift from Fighting to Foraging in Blind Cavefish through Changes in the Serotonin Network Yannick Elipot, Hélène Hinaux, Jacques Callebert et al. · Current Biology Open access	15 Nov 2012	341
21	Mate choice, fecundity and sexual dimorphism in two pipefish species (Syngnathidae) Anders Berglund, Gunilla Rosenqvist, Ingrid Svensson · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	Sep 1986	339
22	Predatory Behavior of Jumping Spiders Robert R. Jackson, Simon D. Pollard · Annual Review of Entomology	1996	328
23	Phylogenetic placement of the Tasmanian spider Acrobleps hygrophilus (Araneae, Anapidae) with comments on the evolution of the capture web in Araneoidea Lara Lopardo, Gustavo Hormiga · Cladistics	17 Oct 2007	325
24	An annotated checklist and keys to the species of Copepoda Harpacticoida (Crustacea) J.B.J. Wells · Zootaxa Open access	31 Aug 2007	325
25	Spider phylogenomics: untangling the Spider Tree of Life Nicole L. Garrison, Juanita Rodríguez, Ingi Agnarsson et al. · PeerJ Open access	23 Feb 2016	317
26	Phylogeny of the orb-web building spiders (Araneae, Orbiculariae: Deinopoidea, Araneoidea) Charles E. Griswold, Jonathan A. Coddington, Gustavo Hormiga et al. · Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society Open access	May 1998	309
27	Morphological phylogeny of cobweb spiders and their relatives (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae) Ingi Agnarsson · Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society Open access	Aug 2004	303
28	The influence of variation in litter habitats on spider communities George W. Uetz · Oecologia	1979	303
29	A phylogenetic analysis of the orb-weaving spider family Araneidae (Arachnida, Araneae) Nikolaj Scharff, Jonathan A. Coddington · Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society	Aug 1997	301
30	A chromosome-level genome of the spider Trichonephila antipodiana reveals the genetic basis of its polyphagy and evidence of an ancient whole-genome duplication event Zheng Fan, Yuan Tao, Piao Liu et al. · GigaScience Open access	Mar 2021	297
31	EVOLUTION AND ECOLOGY OF SPIDER COLORATION GEOFF S. OXFORD, Rosemary Grace Gillespie · Annual Review of Entomology Review	1998	290
32	A phylogenetic analysis of the arachnid orders based on morphological characters Jeffrey W. Shultz · Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society Open access	Jun 2007	287
33	Phylogenomics, Diversification Dynamics, and Comparative Transcriptomics across the Spider Tree of Life Rosa Fernández, Robert J. Kallal, Dimitar Dimitrov et al. · Current Biology Open access	26 Apr 2018	285
34	EVOLUTIONARY MORPHOLOGY AND PHYLOGENY OF ARAGHNIDA Jeffrey W. Shultz · Cladistics	Mar 1990	278
35	Spider sex pheromones: emission, reception, structures, and functions Anne C. Gaskett · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Review	Feb 2007	275
36	Function and Phylogeny of Spider Webs William G. Eberhard · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics	Nov 1990	273
37	Modulation of the mechanical properties of spider silk by coating with water Fritz W. Vollrath, Donald T. Edmonds · Nature	Jul 1989	270
38	A Combined Molecular Approach to Phylogeny of the Jumping Spider Subfamily Dendryphantinae (Araneae: Salticidae) Marshal C. Hedin, Wayne P. Maddison · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	Mar 2001	268
39	Multilocus Species Delimitation in a Complex of Morphologically Conserved Trapdoor Spiders (Mygalomorphae, Antrodiaetidae, Aliatypus) Jordan D. Satler, Bryan C. Carstens, Marshal C. Hedin · Systematic Biology Open access	15 Jun 2013	266
40	A molecular test for cryptic diversity in ground water: how large are the ranges of macro‐stygobionts? Peter Trontelj, Christophe J. Douady, Cene Fišer et al. · Freshwater Biology	3 Oct 2007	263
41	Variability in the mechanical properties of spider silks on three levels: interspecific, intraspecific and intraindividual Bo Madsen, Zheng Zhong Shao, Fritz W. Vollrath · International Journal of Biological Macromolecules	Mar 1999	260
42	Phylogenetic Relationships among Agamid Lizards of theLaudakia caucasiaSpecies Group: Testing Hypotheses of Biogeographic Fragmentation and an Area Cladogram for the Iranian Plateau Jonathan R. Macey, James A. Schulte, Natalia Borisovna Ananjeva et al. · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	Aug 1998	257
43	Phylogenomics Resolves a Spider Backbone Phylogeny and Rejects a Prevailing Paradigm for Orb Web Evolution Jason E. Bond, Nicole L. Garrison, Chris A. Hamilton et al. · Current Biology Open access	17 Jul 2014	255
44	A phylogenetic classification of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) Wayne P. Maddison · Journal of Arachnology Open access	Nov 2015	245
45	Improved Bird Species Recognition Using Pose Normalized Deep Convolutional Nets Steve Branson, Grant Van Horn, Pietro Perona et al. Conference paperOpen access	2014	243
46	Multisensory Cues and Multimodal Communication in Spiders: Insights from Video/Audio Playback Studies George W. Uetz, Jessica Roberts · Brain Behavior and Evolution	2002	243
47	Scorpion higher phylogeny and classification, taxonomic anarchy, and standards for peer review in online publishing Lorenzo Prendini, Ward C. Wheeler · Cladistics Open access	Oct 2005	242
48	The black widow spider genus Latrodectus (Araneae: Theridiidae): phylogeny, biogeography, and invasion history Jessica E. Garb, Alda González, Rosemary Grace Gillespie · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	22 Dec 2003	241
49	The Phylogenetic Basis of Sexual Size Dimorphism in Orb-Weaving Spiders (Araneae, Orbiculariae) Gustavo Hormiga, Nikolaj Scharff, Jonathan A. Coddington · Systematic Biology Open access	Sep 2000	239
50	Species list of the European herpetofauna – 2020 update by the Taxonomic Committee of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica Jeroen Speybroeck, Wouter Beukema, Christophe Dufresnes et al. · Amphibia-Reptilia Open access	7 May 2020	238

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