| Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges JNA Hooper, RWM Soest Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, 2002 | 1395 | 2002 |
| The magnitude of global marine species diversity W Appeltans, ST Ahyong, G Anderson, MV Angel, T Artois, N Bailly, ... Current biology 22 (23), 2189-2202, 2012 | 1273 | 2012 |
| Global diversity of sponges (Porifera) RWM Van Soest, N Boury-Esnault, J Vacelet, M Dohrmann, D Erpenbeck, ... PLoS one 7 (4), e35105, 2012 | 756 | 2012 |
| World Porifera Database RWM Van Soest, N Boury-Esnault, JNA Hooper, K Rützler, NJ de Voogd, ... | 731 | 2018 |
| World register of marine species W Appeltans, P Bouchet, GA Boxshall, K Fauchald, DP Gordon, ... | 448 | 2012 |
| Papuamides A−D, HIV-Inhibitory and Cytotoxic Depsipeptides from the Sponges Theonella mirabilis and Theonella swinhoei Collected in Papua New Guinea PW Ford, KR Gustafson, TC McKee, N Shigematsu, LK Maurizi, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 121 (25), 5899-5909, 1999 | 305 | 1999 |
| Global coordination and standardisation in marine biodiversity through the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and related databases MJ Costello, P Bouchet, G Boxshall, K Fauchald, D Gordon, ... PloS one 8 (1), e51629, 2013 | 244 | 2013 |
| Ecology of Antarctic marine sponges: an overview JB McClintock, CD Amsler, BJ Baker, RWM Van Soest Integrative and comparative biology 45 (2), 359-368, 2005 | 240 | 2005 |
| Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities Part III. Poecilosclerida RWM Van Soest Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 66 (1), 1-167, 1984 | 238 | 1984 |
| From anti-fouling to biofilm inhibition: new cytotoxic secondary metabolites from two Indonesian Agelas sponges T Hertiani, RA Edrada-Ebel, S Ortlepp, RWM van Soest, NJ de Voogd, ... Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry 18 (3), 1297-1311, 2010 | 219 | 2010 |
| Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities Part II. Haplosclerida R van Soest Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 62 (1), 1-173, 1980 | 210 | 1980 |
| Four New Bioactive Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers of the Sponge Dysidea herbacea from West Sumatra, Indonesia D Handayani, RA Edrada, P Proksch, V Wray, L Witte, RWM Van Soest, ... Journal of Natural Products 60 (12), 1313-1316, 1997 | 192 | 1997 |
| Deep-sea sponge grounds: reservoirs of biodiversity MM Hogg, OS Tendal, KW Conway, SA Pomponi, RWM Van Soest, J Gutt, ... UNEP-WCMC biodiversity series 32, 1-86, 2010 | 189 | 2010 |
| Liphagal, a Selective Inhibitor of PI3 Kinase α Isolated from the Sponge Aka coralliphaga: Structure Elucidation and Biomimetic Synthesis F Marion, DE Williams, BO Patrick, I Hollander, R Mallon, SC Kim, ... Organic Letters 8 (2), 321-324, 2006 | 183 | 2006 |
| Ageladine A: An Antiangiogenic Matrixmetalloproteinase Inhibitor from the Marine Sponge Agelas nakamurai M Fujita, Y Nakao, S Matsunaga, M Seiki, Y Itoh, J Yamashita, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 125 (51), 15700-15701, 2003 | 178 | 2003 |
| Quantification of sponge/coral interactions in a physically stressed reef community, NE Colombia LAM Aerts, RWM Van Soest Marine Ecology Progress Series 148, 125-134, 1997 | 173 | 1997 |
| Four New Bioactive Manzamine-Type Alkaloids from the Philippine Marine Sponge Xestospongia ashmorica RA Edrada, P Proksch, V Wray, L Witte, WEG Müller, RWM Van Soest Journal of natural products 59 (11), 1056-1060, 1996 | 173 | 1996 |
| Sintokamides A to E, Chlorinated Peptides from the Sponge Dysidea sp. that Inhibit Transactivation of the N-Terminus of the Androgen Receptor in Prostate Cancer … MD Sadar, DE Williams, NR Mawji, BO Patrick, T Wikanta, E Chasanah, ... Organic letters 10 (21), 4947-4950, 2008 | 170 | 2008 |
| World porifera database NJ De Voogd, B Alvarez, N Boury-Esnault, JL Carballo, P Cárdenas, ... WoRMS: World Register of Marine Species, 2022 | 162 | 2022 |
| Chemotaxonomy of Agelas (Porifera: Demospongiae) JC Braekman, D Daloze, C Stoller, RWM Van Soest Biochemical systematics and ecology 20 (5), 417-431, 1992 | 155 | 1992 |
John NA HooperHonorary Associate Queensland Museum, (former Head of Biodiversity & Geosciences Program)Verified email at qm.qld.gov.au