| Reconstructing web evolution and spider diversification in the molecular era TA Blackledge, N Scharff, JA Coddington, T Szüts, JW Wenzel, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (13), 5229-5234, 2009 | 436 | 2009 |
| Bioprospecting finds the toughest biological material: extraordinary silk from a giant riverine orb spider I Agnarsson, M Kuntner, TA Blackledge PloS one 5 (9), e11234, 2010 | 344* | 2010 |
| Silken toolkits: biomechanics of silk fibers spun by the orb web spider Argiope argentata (Fabricius 1775) TA Blackledge, CY Hayashi Journal of experimental biology 209 (13), 2452-2461, 2006 | 337 | 2006 |
| Molecular and mechanical characterization of aciniform silk: uniformity of iterated sequence modules in a novel member of the spider silk fibroin gene family CY Hayashi, TA Blackledge, RV Lewis Molecular biology and evolution 21 (10), 1950-1959, 2004 | 272 | 2004 |
| The form and function of spider orb webs: evolution from silk to ecosystems TA Blackledge, M Kuntner, I Agnarsson Advances in insect physiology 41, 175-262, 2011 | 210 | 2011 |
| Viscoelastic solids explain spider web stickiness V Sahni, TA Blackledge, A Dhinojwala Nature Communications 1 (1), 19, 2010 | 183 | 2010 |
| Spider silk as a novel high performance biomimetic muscle driven by humidity I Agnarsson, A Dhinojwala, V Sahni, TA Blackledge Journal of Experimental Biology 212 (13), 1990-1994, 2009 | 183 | 2009 |
| Variation in the material properties of spider dragline silk across species BO Swanson, TA Blackledge, J Beltrán, CY Hayashi Applied Physics A 82, 213-218, 2006 | 178 | 2006 |
| Are three‐dimensional spider webs defensive adaptations? TA Blackledge, JA Coddington, RG Gillespie Ecology Letters 6 (1), 13-18, 2003 | 157 | 2003 |
| Convergent evolution of behavior in an adaptive radiation of Hawaiian web-building spiders TA Blackledge, RG Gillespie Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101 (46), 16228-16233, 2004 | 155 | 2004 |
| Evolution of stenophagy in spiders (Araneae): evidence based on the comparative analysis of spider diets S Pekár, JA Coddington, TA Blackledge Evolution 66 (3), 776-806, 2012 | 152 | 2012 |
| Do stabilimenta in orb webs attract prey or defend spiders? TA Blackledge, JW Wenzel Behavioral Ecology 10 (4), 372-376, 1999 | 146 | 1999 |
| How super is supercontraction? Persistent versus cyclic responses to humidity in spider dragline silk TA Blackledge, C Boutry, SC Wong, A Baji, A Dhinojwala, V Sahni, ... Journal of Experimental Biology 212 (13), 1981-1989, 2009 | 141 | 2009 |
| Behavioural and biomaterial coevolution in spider orb webs A Sensenig, I Agnarsson, TA Blackledge Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23 (9), 1839-1856, 2010 | 140 | 2010 |
| Spider orb webs rely on radial threads to absorb prey kinetic energy AT Sensenig, KA Lorentz, SP Kelly, TA Blackledge Journal of the Royal Society Interface 9 (73), 1880-1891, 2012 | 138 | 2012 |
| Evolution of supercontraction in spider silk: structure–function relationship from tarantulas to orb-weavers C Boutry, TA Blackledge Journal of Experimental Biology 213 (20), 3505-3514, 2010 | 133 | 2010 |
| Spider dragline silk: Correlated and mosaic evolution in high‐performance biological materials BO Swanson, TA Blackledge, AP Summers, CY Hayashi Evolution 60 (12), 2539-2551, 2006 | 125 | 2006 |
| Unraveling the mechanical properties of composite silk threads spun by cribellate orb-weaving spiders TA Blackledge, CY Hayashi Journal of Experimental Biology 209 (16), 3131-3140, 2006 | 123 | 2006 |
| High-performance spider webs: integrating biomechanics, ecology and behaviour AMT Harmer, TA Blackledge, JS Madin, ME Herberstein Journal of the Royal Society Interface 8 (57), 457-471, 2011 | 121 | 2011 |
| Quasistatic and continuous dynamic characterization of the mechanical properties of silk from the cobweb of the black widow spider Latrodectus hesperus TA Blackledge, JE Swindeman, CY Hayashi Journal of Experimental Biology 208 (10), 1937-1949, 2005 | 118 | 2005 |