| Computer-simulated plant evolution KJ Niklas Scientific American 254 (3), 78-87, 1986 | 95 | 1986 |
| Plant evolution: an introduction to the history of life KJ Niklas Plant Evolution, 2016 | 64 | 2016 |
| Evidence from findings of molecular biology with regard to the rapidity of genomic change: implications for species durations TJM Schopf, KJ Niklas Paleobotany, paleoecology and evolution 1, 135-192, 1981 | 35 | 1981 |
| Morphology and Paleoecology of Protosalvinia from the Upper Devonian (Famennian) of the Middle Amazon Basin of Brazil KJ Niklas, TL Phillips, AV Carozzi Palaeontographica Abteilung B, 1-30, 1976 | 33 | 1976 |
| Computer simulations of branching-patterns and their implications on the evolution of plants KJ Niklas Lectures on mathematics in the life sciences 18, 1-50, 1986 | 30 | 1986 |
| Embryo morphology and seedling evolution KJ Niklas, MA Leck, VT Parker, RL Simpson Seedling ecology and evolution. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 104-129, 2008 | 18 | 2008 |
| Paleobotany, paleoecology and evolution GJ Retallack, DL Dilcher, KJ Niklas A coastal hypothesis for the dispersal and rise to dominance of flowering plants, 1981 | 16 | 1981 |
| Paleobotany, paleoecology, and evolution KJ Niklas Praeger special studies. Praeger scientific, 1900 | 16 | 1900 |
| How to build a tree. KJ Niklas Natural History 105 (2), 48-57, 1996 | 14 | 1996 |
| Identification of approximate symmetries in biological development P Gandhi, MV Ciocanel, K Niklas, AT Dawes Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 379 (2213), 20200273, 2021 | 11 | 2021 |
| Aspects of Precambrian paleobiology: the early Precambrian ES Barghoorn, KJ Niklas Paleobot Paleoecol Evolution 1, 1-16, 1981 | 11 | 1981 |
| The Neontologico-Paleontological Interface of Community Evolution: How Do the Pieces in the Kaleidoscopic Biosphere Move? Group Report O Järvinen, C Babin, RK Bambach, E Flügel, FT Fürsich, DJ Futuyma, ... Patterns and Processes in the History of Life: Report of the Dahlem Workshop …, 1986 | 8 | 1986 |
| Pollen and pollen organ evolution in early seed plants TN Taylor, KJ Niklas Paleobotany, paleoecology, and evolution 2, 1-26, 1981 | 7 | 1981 |
| Paleobotany, paleoecology, and evolution TL Phillips, WA DiMichele, KJ Niklas Praeger Scientific Publishers, New York 1, 231-285, 1981 | 7 | 1981 |
| One giant step for life. KJ Niklas Natural history 103 (6), 22-24, 1994 | 6 | 1994 |
| Palaeobotany, Paleoecology and Evolution CB Beck, KJ Niklas Praeger, 1981 | 5 | 1981 |
| Urban trees: filters for PM2.5? RS Beil, TH Whitlow, LD Albright, KJ Niklas | 1 | 2005 |
| Patterns and Processes in the History of Life, eds. DM Raup and D. Jablonski, pp. 331–350. Dahlem Konferenzen 1986 Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg S Bernhard, O Järvinen, RC Babin, RK Bambach, E Flügel, KJ Niklas, ... Patterns and Processes in the History of Life: Report of the Dahlem Workshop …, 2012 | | 2012 |
| Patterns and Processes in the History of Life, eds. DM Raup and D. Jablonski, pp. 383–405. Dahlem Konferenzen 1986 Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg S Bernhard, KJ Niklas Patterns and Processes in the History of Life: Report of the Dahlem Workshop …, 2012 | | 2012 |
| ELSEVIER Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 99 (1998) 347 S Archangelsky, BE Balme, DJ Batten, H Behling, HJB Birks, S Blackmore, ... Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 99, 347, 1998 | | 1998 |
