| A classification for extant ferns AR Smith, KM Pryer, E Schuettpelz, P Korall, H Schneider, PG Wolf Taxon 55 (3), 705-731, 2006 | 2433 | 2006 |
| Investigating deep phylogenetic relationships among cyanobacteria and plastids by small subunit rRNA sequence analysis 1 S Turner, KM Pryer, VPW Miao, JD Palmer Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 46 (4), 327-338, 1999 | 1764 | 1999 |
| Ferns diversified in the shadow of angiosperms H Schneider, E Schuettpelz, KM Pryer, R Cranfill, S Magallón, R Lupia Nature 428 (6982), 553-557, 2004 | 978 | 2004 |
| Horsetails and ferns are a monophyletic group and the closest living relatives to seed plants KM Pryer, H Schneider, AR Smith, R Cranfill, PG Wolf, JS Hunt, SD Sipes Nature 409 (6820), 618-622, 2001 | 837 | 2001 |
| Phylogeny and evolution of ferns (monilophytes) with a focus on the early leptosporangiate divergences KM Pryer, E Schuettpelz, PG Wolf, H Schneider, AR Smith, R Cranfill American journal of Botany 91 (10), 1582-1598, 2004 | 809 | 2004 |
| Fern phylogeny inferred from 400 leptosporangiate species and three plastid genes E Schuettpelz, KM Pryer Taxon 56 (4), 1037-1050, 2007 | 582 | 2007 |
| Evidence for a Cenozoic radiation of ferns in an angiosperm-dominated canopy E Schuettpelz, KM Pryer Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (27), 11200-11205, 2009 | 456 | 2009 |
| Fern phylogeny based on rbcL nucleotide sequences M Hasebe, PG Wolf, KM Pryer, K Ueda, M Ito, R Sano, GJ Gastony, ... American Fern Journal, 134-181, 1995 | 426 | 1995 |
| Fern genomes elucidate land plant evolution and cyanobacterial symbioses FW Li, P Brouwer, L Carretero-Paulet, S Cheng, J De Vries, PM Delaux, ... Nature plants 4 (7), 460-472, 2018 | 421 | 2018 |
| Phylogenetic relationships of extant ferns based on evidence from morphology and rbcL sequences KM Pryer, AR Smith, JE Skog American Fern Journal, 205-282, 1995 | 347 | 1995 |
| Fern classification AR Smith, KM Pryer, E Schuettpelz, P Korall, H Schneider, PG Wolf Biology and evolution of ferns and lycophytes. Cambridge University Press …, 2008 | 300 | 2008 |
| A molecular phylogeny of the fern family Pteridaceae: Assessing overall relationships and the affinities of previously unsampled genera E Schuettpelz, H Schneider, L Huiet, MD Windham, KM Pryer Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 44 (3), 1172-1185, 2007 | 275 | 2007 |
| A revised family–level classification for eupolypod II ferns (Polypodiidae: Polypodiales) CJ Rothfels, MA Sundue, LY Kuo, A Larsson, M Kato, E Schuettpelz, ... Taxon 61 (3), 515-533, 2012 | 238 | 2012 |
| The evolutionary history of ferns inferred from 25 low‐copy nuclear genes CJ Rothfels, FW Li, EM Sigel, L Huiet, A Larsson, DO Burge, M Ruhsam, ... American Journal of Botany 102 (7), 1089-1107, 2015 | 191 | 2015 |
| Tree ferns: monophyletic groups and their relationships as revealed by four protein-coding plastid loci P Korall, KM Pryer, JS Metzgar, H Schneider, DS Conant Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (3), 830-845, 2006 | 191 | 2006 |
| Phytochrome diversity in green plants and the origin of canonical plant phytochromes FW Li, M Melkonian, CJ Rothfels, JC Villarreal, DW Stevenson, ... Nature communications 6 (1), 7852, 2015 | 184 | 2015 |
| Horizontal transfer of an adaptive chimeric photoreceptor from bryophytes to ferns FW Li, JC Villarreal, S Kelly, CJ Rothfels, M Melkonian, E Frangedakis, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (18), 6672-6677, 2014 | 175 | 2014 |
| Overcoming deep roots, fast rates, and short internodes to resolve the ancient rapid radiation of eupolypod II ferns CJ Rothfels, A Larsson, LY Kuo, P Korall, WL Chiou, KM Pryer Systematic Biology 61 (3), 490, 2012 | 162 | 2012 |
| Phylogenetic Relationships and Evolution of Extant Horsetails, Equisetum, Based on Chloroplast DNA Sequence Data (rbcL and trnL-F) DL Des Marais, AR Smith, DM Britton, KM Pryer International Journal of Plant Sciences 164 (5), 737-751, 2003 | 161 | 2003 |
| A molecular phylogeny of scaly tree ferns (Cyatheaceae) P Korall, DS Conant, JS Metzgar, H Schneider, KM Pryer American Journal of Botany 94 (5), 873-886, 2007 | 159 | 2007 |
