| Hierarchy theory HH Pattee Braziller., 1973 | 946 | 1973 |
| Dynamic and linguistic modes of complex systems HH Pattee International Journal Of General System 3 (4), 259-266, 1977 | 406 | 1977 |
| Evolving self-reference: matter, symbols, and semantic closure HH Pattee, J Rączaszek-Leonardi, HH Pattee Laws, Language and Life: Howard Pattee’s classic papers on the physics of …, 2012 | 336 | 2012 |
| The physical basis and origin of hierarchical control HH Pattee Hierarchy theory, 1973 | 321 | 1973 |
| Cell psychology: an evolutionary approach to the symbol-matter problem HH Pattee, J Rączaszek-Leonardi, HH Pattee LAWS, LANGUAGE and LIFE: Howard Pattee’s classic papers on the physics of …, 2012 | 308 | 2012 |
| Simulations, realizations, and theories of life HH Pattee Artificial life, 63-77, 2019 | 296 | 2019 |
| Laws and constraints, symbols and languages HH Pattee, J Rączaszek-Leonardi, HH Pattee LAWS, LANGUAGE and LIFE: Howard Pattee’s classic papers on the physics of …, 2012 | 274 | 2012 |
| The physics of symbols: bridging the epistemic cut HH Pattee Biosystems 60 (1-3), 5-21, 2001 | 262 | 2001 |
| How does a molecule become a message? HH Pattee, J Rączaszek-Leonardi, HH Pattee LAWS, LANGUAGE and LIFE: Howard Pattee’s classic papers on the physics of …, 2012 | 199 | 2012 |
| Laws, language and life: Howard Pattee’s classic papers on the physics of symbols with contemporary commentary HH Pattee, J Rączaszek-Leonardi Springer Science & Business Media, 2012 | 161 | 2012 |
| The problem of biological hierarchy HH Pattee Organization Stability and Process, 117-136, 2017 | 150 | 2017 |
| The complementarity principle in biological and social structures HH Pattee Journal of Social and Biological Structures 1 (2), 191-200, 1978 | 146 | 1978 |
| Evolution experiments with an artificial ecosystem M Conrad, HH Pattee Journal of Theoretical Biology 28 (3), 393-409, 1970 | 138 | 1970 |
| Artificial life needs a real epistemology HH Pattee European Conference on Artificial Life, 21-38, 1995 | 133 | 1995 |
| The experimental methods of soft x-ray spectroscopy and the valence band spectra of the light elements DH Tomboulian Handbuch der Physik 6, 246-304, 1957 | 127 | 1957 |
| The physical basis of coding and reliability in biological evolution HH Pattee The Origin of Life, 67-93, 2017 | 108 | 2017 |
| Universal principles of measurement and language functions in evolving systems HH Pattee, J Rączaszek-Leonardi, HH Pattee LAWS, LANGUAGE and LIFE: Howard Pattee’s classic papers on the physics of …, 2012 | 97 | 2012 |
| The physics of symbols and the evolution of semiotic controls HH Pattee Proc. Workshop on Control Mechanisms for Complex Systems, 1997 | 94 | 1997 |
| The nature of hierarchical controls in living matter HH Pattee Foundations of mathematical biology 1, 1-22, 1972 | 94 | 1972 |
| X-ray microscopy and microradiography: proceedings of a symposium heald at the Cavendish laboratory, Cambridge, 1956 VE Cosslett, HH Patee New York: Academic Press,, 1957 | 91 | 1957 |