| MacClade, version 3: Analysis of phylogeny and character evolution WP Maddison, DR Maddison Computer software and user's manual, 1992 | 10323* | 1992 |
| MacClade, version 4.0 DR Maddison, WP Maddison Sinauer, Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA, 2000 | 8687* | 2000 |
| Mesquite: a modular system for evolutionary analysis WP Maddison, DR Maddison Evolution 62, 1103-1118, 2008 | 7591* | 2008 |
| The philosophy of science SE Toulmin Genesis Publishing Pvt Ltd, 1958 | 2024* | 1958 |
| Outgroup analysis and parsimony WP Maddison, MJ Donoghue, DR Maddison Systematic biology 33 (1), 83-103, 1984 | 1374 | 1984 |
| The discovery and importance of multiple islands of most-parsimonious trees DR Maddison Systematic Biology 40 (3), 315-328, 1991 | 957 | 1991 |
| NEXUS: an extensible file format for systematic information DR Maddison, DL Swofford, WP Maddison Systematic biology 46 (4), 590-621, 1997 | 527 | 1997 |
| The tree of life web project DR Maddison, KS Schulz, WP Maddison Zootaxa 1668 (1), 19-40, 2007 | 356 | 2007 |
| The beetle tree of life reveals that C oleoptera survived end‐P ermian mass extinction to diversify during the C retaceous terrestrial revolution DD Mckenna, AL Wild, K Kanda, CL Bellamy, RG Beutel, MS Caterino, ... Systematic Entomology 40 (4), 835-880, 2015 | 256 | 2015 |
| Mesquite: a modular system for evolutionary analysis. 2011 WP Maddison, DR Maddison See http://mesquiteproject. org, 2007 | 241 | 2007 |
| Geographic origins of human mitochondrial DNA: phylogenetic evidence from control region sequences DR Maddison, M Ruvolovo, DL Swofford Systematic Biology 41 (1), 111-124, 1992 | 230 | 1992 |
| Interactive analysis of phylogeny and character evolution using the computer program MacClade WP Maddison, DR Maddison Folia primatologica 53 (1-4), 190-202, 1989 | 180 | 1989 |
| Evaluating nuclear protein-coding genes for phylogenetic utility in beetles AL Wild, DR Maddison Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 48 (3), 877-891, 2008 | 177 | 2008 |
| Sequence alignment of 18S ribosomal RNA and the basal relationships of adephagan beetles: evidence for monophyly of aquatic families and the placement of Trachypachidae VL Shull, AP Vogler, MD Baker, DR Maddison, PM Hammond Systematic Biology 50 (6), 945-969, 2001 | 177 | 2001 |
| Phylogeny of carabid beetles as inferred from 18S ribosomal DNA (Coleoptera: Carabidae) DDR Maddison, MLDBR And, KNA Ober Systematic entomology 24 (2), 103-138, 1999 | 177 | 1999 |
| A multigene phylogenetic synthesis for the class Lecanoromycetes (Ascomycota): 1307 fungi representing 1139 infrageneric taxa, 317 genera and 66 families J Miadlikowska, F Kauff, F Högnabba, JC Oliver, K Molnár, E Fraker, ... Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 79, 132-168, 2014 | 156 | 2014 |
| Maddison WP Maddison The World Economy: Historical Statistics, 1992 | 136 | 1992 |
| Mac-Clade, ver. 3.0 WP Maddison, DR Maddison Sinauer, Sunderland, MA, 1992 | 129 | 1992 |
| African origin of human mitochondrial DNA reexamined DR Maddison Systematic Zoology 40 (3), 355-363, 1991 | 128 | 1991 |
| Mesquite: a modular system for evolutionary analysis. Version 2.75. 2011 WP Maddison, DR Maddison | 124 | 2015 |