| Phylogeny and divergence-date estimates of rapid radiations in muroid rodents based on multiple nuclear genes SJ Steppan, RM Adkins, J Anderson Systematic biology 53 (4), 533-553, 2004 | 716 | 2004 |
| Comparative quantitative genetics: evolution of the G matrix SJ Steppan, PC Phillips, D Houle Trends in ecology & evolution 17 (7), 320-327, 2002 | 580 | 2002 |
| Revision of the tribe Phyllotini (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae), with a phylogenetic hypothesis for the Sigmodontinae SJ Steppan (No Title), 1995 | 314 | 1995 |
| Muroid rodent phylogenetics: 900-species tree reveals increasing diversification rates SJ Steppan, JJ Schenk PloS one 12 (8), e0183070, 2017 | 305 | 2017 |
| Phylogenomic evidence for multiple losses of flight in ratite birds J Harshman, EL Braun, MJ Braun, CJ Huddleston, RCK Bowie, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (36), 13462-13467, 2008 | 277 | 2008 |
| Ecological opportunity and incumbency in the diversification of repeated continental colonizations by muroid rodents JJ Schenk, KC Rowe, SJ Steppan Systematic biology 62 (6), 837-864, 2013 | 247 | 2013 |
| Nuclear DNA phylogeny of the squirrels (Mammalia: Rodentia) and the evolution of arboreality from c-myc and RAG1 SJ Steppan, BL Storz, RS Hoffmann Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 30 (3), 703-719, 2004 | 245 | 2004 |
| Pliocene colonization and adaptive radiations in Australia and New Guinea (Sahul): multilocus systematics of the old endemic rodents (Muroidea: Murinae) KC Rowe, ML Reno, DM Richmond, RM Adkins, SJ Steppan Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 47 (1), 84-101, 2008 | 242 | 2008 |
| Ancient hybridization and mitochondrial capture between two species of chipmunks JM Good, S Hird, N Reid, JR Demboski, SJ Steppan, TR MARTIN‐NIMS, ... Molecular ecology 17 (5), 1313-1327, 2008 | 215 | 2008 |
| Insights into the ecology and evolutionary success of crocodilians revealed through bite-force and tooth-pressure experimentation GM Erickson, PM Gignac, SJ Steppan, AK Lappin, KA Vliet, JD Brueggen, ... PLoS One 7 (3), e31781, 2012 | 206 | 2012 |
| Multigene phylogeny of the Old World mice, Murinae, reveals distinct geographic lineages and the declining utility of mitochondrial genes compared to nuclear genes SJ Steppan, RM Adkins, PQ Spinks, C Hale Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 37 (2), 370-388, 2005 | 185 | 2005 |
| Evolution of hypercarnivory: the effect of specialization on morphological and taxonomic diversity JA Holliday, SJ Steppan Paleobiology 30 (1), 108-128, 2004 | 171 | 2004 |
| Molecular phylogeny of the marmots (Rodentia: Sciuridae): tests of evolutionary and biogeographic hypotheses SJ Steppan, MR Akhverdyan, EA Lyapunova, DG Fraser, NN Vorontsov, ... Systematic biology 48 (4), 715-734, 1999 | 168 | 1999 |
| A supermatrix-based molecular phylogeny of the family Drosophilidae KIM Van Der Linde, D Houle, GS Spicer, SJ Steppan Genetics research 92 (1), 25-38, 2010 | 159 | 2010 |
| Phylogenetic analysis of phenotypic covariance structure. I. Contrasting results from matrix correlation and common principal component analyses SJ Steppan Evolution 51 (2), 571-586, 1997 | 157 | 1997 |
| Molecular phylogeny of the endemic Philippine rodent Apomys (Muridae) and the dynamics of diversification in an oceanic archipelago SJ Steppan, C Zawadzki, LR Heaney Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 80 (4), 699-715, 2003 | 147 | 2003 |
| Phylogenetic Relationships and Species Limits within Phyllotis (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae): Concordance between mtDNA Sequence and Morphology SJ Steppan Journal of Mammalogy 79 (2), 573-593, 1998 | 107 | 1998 |
| Molecular analysis of a 11 700‐year‐old rodent midden from the Atacama Desert, Chile M Kuch, N Rohland, JL Betancourt, C Latorre, S Steppan, HN Poinar Molecular ecology 11 (5), 913-924, 2002 | 106 | 2002 |
| Molecular systematics of gerbils and deomyines (R odentia: G erbillinae, D eomyinae) and a test of desert adaptation in the tympanic bulla BH Alhajeri, OJ Hunt, SJ Steppan Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 53 (4), 312-330, 2015 | 81 | 2015 |
| A molecular reappraisal of the systematics of the leaf-eared mice Phyllotis and their relatives SJ Steppan, O Ramirez, J Banbury, D Huchon, V Pacheco, LI Walker, ... The quintessential naturalist: honoring the life and legacy of Oliver P …, 2007 | 80 | 2007 |
