| The mismeasure of man SJ Gould, SJ Gold WW Norton & Company, 1996 | 11863 | 1996 |
| The spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian paradigm: a critique of the adaptationist programme SJ Gould, RC Lewontin Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological Sciences …, 1979 | 8830 | 1979 |
| Ontogeny and phylogeny SJ Gould Harvard University Press, 1977 | 7679 | 1977 |
| Punctuated equilibria: an alternative to phyletic gradualism NESJ Gould, N Eldredge Essential readings in evolutionary biology, 82-115, 1972 | 5815 | 1972 |
| The structure of evolutionary theory SJ Gould Harvard University Press, 2002 | 5172 | 2002 |
| Wonderful life: the Burgess Shale and the nature of history SJ Gould WW Norton & Company, 1990 | 5026 | 1990 |
| Exaptation—a missing term in the science of form SJ Gould, ES Vrba Paleobiology 8 (1), 4-15, 1982 | 4775 | 1982 |
| Punctuated equilibria: the tempo and mode of evolution reconsidered SJ Gould, N Eldredge Paleobiology 3 (2), 115-151, 1977 | 3230 | 1977 |
| Ever since Darwin: Reflections in natural history SJ Gould WW Norton & Company, 1992 | 2331 | 1992 |
| Allometry and size in ontogeny and phylogeny SJ Gould Biological Reviews 41 (4), 587-638, 1966 | 2312 | 1966 |
| The panda's thumb: More reflections in natural history SJ Gould WW Norton & company, 1992 | 2233 | 1992 |
| The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms: with observations on their habits C Darwin Appleton, 1892 | 2145 | 1892 |
| Size and shape in ontogeny and phylogeny P Alberch, SJ Gould, GF Oster, DB Wake Paleobiology 5 (3), 296-317, 1979 | 1690 | 1979 |
| Time's arrow, time's cycle: Myth and metaphor in the discovery of geological time SJ Gould Harvard University Press, 1987 | 1433 | 1987 |
| Full house SJ Gould Harvard University Press, 2011 | 1351 | 2011 |
| Rocks of ages SJ Gould, SJ Gould Random House, 2011 | 1300 | 2011 |
| Five kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the phyla of life on earth L Margulis, KV Schwartz, SJ Gould WH freeman, 1998 | 1074 | 1998 |
| Is a new and general theory of evolution emerging? SJ Gould Self-Organizing Systems, 113-130, 1987 | 953 | 1987 |
| Bully for brontosaurus: Reflections in natural history SJ Gould WW Norton & Company, 2010 | 827 | 2010 |
| Darwinism and the expansion of evolutionary theory SJ Gould Science 216 (4544), 380-387, 1982 | 772 | 1982 |
