| Purity of the sacred lotus, or escape from contamination in biological surfaces W Barthlott, C Neinhuis Planta 202, 1-8, 1997 | 8492 | 1997 |
| Characterization and distribution of water-repellent, self-cleaning plant surfaces C Neinhuis, W Barthlott Annals of botany 79 (6), 667-677, 1997 | 3589 | 1997 |
| Wetting and self-cleaning properties of artificial superhydrophobic surfaces R Fürstner, W Barthlott, C Neinhuis, P Walzel Langmuir 21 (3), 956-961, 2005 | 1815 | 2005 |
| A global assessment of endemism and species richness across island and mainland regions G Kier, H Kreft, TM Lee, W Jetz, PL Ibisch, C Nowicki, J Mutke, W Barthlott Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (23), 9322-9327, 2009 | 1439 | 2009 |
| Classification and terminology of plant epicuticular waxes W Barthlott, C Neinhuis, D Cutler, F Ditsch, I Meusel, I Theisen, H Wilhelmi Botanical journal of the Linnean society 126 (3), 237-260, 1998 | 1269 | 1998 |
| Epidermal and seed surface characters of plants: systematic applicability and some evolutionary aspects W Barthlott nordic Journal of Botany 1 (3), 345-355, 1981 | 1253 | 1981 |
| Mimicking natural superhydrophobic surfaces and grasping the wetting process: A review on recent progress in preparing superhydrophobic surfaces YY Yan, N Gao, W Barthlott Advances in colloid and interface science 169 (2), 80-105, 2011 | 1192 | 2011 |
| Multifunctional surface structures of plants: an inspiration for biomimetics K Koch, B Bhushan, W Barthlott Progress in Materials science 54 (2), 137-178, 2009 | 1097 | 2009 |
| Superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic plant surfaces: an inspiration for biomimetic materials K Koch, W Barthlott Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical …, 2009 | 916 | 2009 |
| Diversity of structure, morphology and wetting of plant surfaces K Koch, B Bhushan, W Barthlott Soft matter 4 (10), 1943-1963, 2008 | 863 | 2008 |
| Superhydrophobicity in perfection: the outstanding properties of the lotus leaf HJ Ensikat, P Ditsche-Kuru, C Neinhuis, W Barthlott Beilstein journal of nanotechnology 2 (1), 152-161, 2011 | 846 | 2011 |
| Fabrication of artificial Lotus leaves and significance of hierarchical structure for superhydrophobicity and low adhesion K Koch, B Bhushan, YC Jung, W Barthlott Soft Matter 5 (7), 1386-1393, 2009 | 816 | 2009 |
| Global patterns of plant diversity and floristic knowledge G Kier, J Mutke, E Dinerstein, TH Ricketts, W Küper, H Kreft, W Barthlott Journal of Biogeography 32 (7), 1107-1116, 2005 | 743 | 2005 |
| Global distribution of species diversity in vascular plants: Towards a world map of phytodiversity (globale verteilung der artenvielfalt höherer pflanzen: Vorarbeiten zu einer … W Barthlott, W Lauer, A Placke Erdkunde, 317-327, 1996 | 697 | 1996 |
| Wettability and contaminability of insect wings as a function of their surface sculptures T Wagner, C Neinhuis, W Barthlott Acta Zoologica 77 (3), 213-225, 1996 | 633 | 1996 |
| The Salvinia paradox: superhydrophobic surfaces with hydrophilic pins for air retention under water W Barthlott, T Schimmel, S Wiersch, K Koch, M Brede, M Barczewski, ... Advanced Materials 22 (21), 2325-2328, 2010 | 589 | 2010 |
| Global centers of vascular plant diversity D Rafiqpoor, G Kier, H Kreft Nova Acta Leopoldina NF 92 (342), 61-83, 2005 | 540 | 2005 |
| Noncoding plastid trnT‐trnF sequences reveal a well resolved phylogeny of basal angiosperms T Borsch, KW Hilu, D Quandt, V Wilde, C Neinhuis, W Barthlott Journal of evolutionary biology 16 (4), 558-576, 2003 | 491 | 2003 |
| Cactaceae W Barthlott, DR Hunt Flowering Plants· Dicotyledons: Magnoliid, Hamamelid and Caryophyllid …, 1993 | 483 | 1993 |
| Plant surfaces: structures and functions for biomimetic innovations W Barthlott, M Mail, B Bhushan, K Koch Nano-Micro Letters 9, 1-40, 2017 | 481 | 2017 |
