| Gene regulatory networks and the evolution of animal body plans EH Davidson, DH Erwin Science 311 (5762), 796-800, 2006 | 1250 | 2006 |
| The Cambrian conundrum: early divergence and later ecological success in the early history of animals DH Erwin, M Laflamme, SM Tweedt, EA Sperling, D Pisani, KJ Peterson science 334 (6059), 1091-1097, 2011 | 1211 | 2011 |
| The great Paleozoic crisis: life and death in the Permian DH Erwin Columbia University Press, 1993 | 1064 | 1993 |
| The Permo–Triassic extinction DH Erwin Nature 367 (6460), 231-236, 1994 | 909 | 1994 |
| Pattern of marine mass extinction near the Permian-Triassic boundary in South China YG Jin, Y Wang, W Wang, QH Shang, CQ Cao, DH Erwin Science 289 (5478), 432-436, 2000 | 827 | 2000 |
| U/Pb zircon geochronology and tempo of the end-Permian mass extinction SA Bowring, DH Erwin, YG Jin, MW Martin, K Davidek, W Wang Science 280 (5366), 1039-1045, 1998 | 815 | 1998 |
| Extinction: How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago-Updated Edition DH Erwin Princeton University Press, 2015 | 801 | 2015 |
| Calibrating the end-Permian mass extinction S Shen, JL Crowley, Y Wang, SA Bowring, DH Erwin, PM Sadler, C Cao, ... science 334 (6061), 1367-1372, 2011 | 767 | 2011 |
| The fossils of the Burgess Shale DEG Briggs, DH Erwin, FJ Collier Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994 | 574 | 1994 |
| The origin and evolution of cell types D Arendt, JM Musser, CVH Baker, A Bergman, C Cepko, DH Erwin, ... Nature Reviews Genetics 17 (12), 744-757, 2016 | 570 | 2016 |
| The evolution of hierarchical gene regulatory networks DH Erwin, EH Davidson Nature Reviews Genetics 10 (2), 141-148, 2009 | 530 | 2009 |
| Snowball Earth climate dynamics and Cryogenian geology-geobiology PF Hoffman, DS Abbot, Y Ashkenazy, DI Benn, JJ Brocks, PA Cohen, ... Science Advances 3 (11), e1600983, 2017 | 458 | 2017 |
| Niche construction theory: a practical guide for ecologists J Odling-Smee, DH Erwin, EP Palkovacs, MW Feldman, KN Laland The Quarterly review of biology 88 (1), 3-28, 2013 | 420 | 2013 |
| Abrupt and gradual extinction among Late Permian land vertebrates in the Karoo Basin, South Africa PD Ward, J Botha, R Buick, MO De Kock, DH Erwin, GH Garrison, ... Science 307 (5710), 709-714, 2005 | 390 | 2005 |
| Lessons from the past: biotic recoveries from mass extinctions DH Erwin Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98 (10), 5399-5403, 2001 | 390 | 2001 |
| Fossils, molecules and embryos: new perspectives on the Cambrian explosion JW Valentine, D Jablonski, DH Erwin Development 126 (5), 851-859, 1999 | 374 | 1999 |
| End-Permian mass extinctions: a review DH Erwin, SA Bowring, J Yugan, C Koeberl, KG MacLeod Special Papers-Geological Society of America, 363-384, 2002 | 353 | 2002 |
| Disparity: morphological pattern and developmental context DH Erwin Palaeontology 50 (1), 57-73, 2007 | 350 | 2007 |
| The last common bilaterian ancestor DH Erwin, EH Davidson Oxford University Press for The Company of Biologists Limited 129 (13), 3021 …, 2002 | 343 | 2002 |
| The end and the beginning: recoveries from mass extinctions DH Erwin Trends in Ecology & Evolution 13 (9), 344-349, 1998 | 330 | 1998 |
Shuzhong Shen （沈树忠）School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University UniversityVerified email at nju.edu.cn
