| Optimal foraging, the marginal value theorem EL Charnov Theoretical Population Biology 9 (2), 129-136, 1976 | 6985 | 1976 |
| The Theory of Sex Allocation EL Charnov Princeton University Press, 1982 | 4700* | 1982 |
| Optimal foraging: a selective review of theory and tests GH Pyke, HR Pulliam, EL Charnov Quarterly Review of Biology 52, 137-154, 1977 | 4365 | 1977 |
| Effects of size and temperature on metabolic rate JF Gillooly, JH Brown, GB West, VM Savage, EL Charnov Science 293 (5538), 2248-2251, 2001 | 4220 | 2001 |
| Life History Invariants EL Charnov Oxford University Press, 1993 | 2390 | 1993 |
| Grandmothering, menopause, and the evolution of human life histories K Hawkes, JF O’Connell, NGB Jones, H Alvarez, EL Charnov Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 95 (3), 1336-1339, 1998 | 1658 | 1998 |
| A biosocial perspective on paternal behavior and involvement ME Lamb, JH Pleck, EL Charnov, JA Levine Parenting across the life span, 111-142, 1987 | 1480* | 1987 |
| Optimal foraging: attack strategy of a mantid EL Charnov American Naturalist 110, 141-151, 1976 | 1401 | 1976 |
| Paternal behavior in humans ME Lamb, JH Pleck, EL Charnov, JA Levine American Zoologist 25, 883-894, 1985 | 1198 | 1985 |
| Effects of size and temperature on developmental time JF Gillooly, EL Charnov, GB West, VM Savage, JH Brown Nature 417 (6884), 70-73, 2002 | 1131 | 2002 |
| Effects of body size and temperature on population growth VM Savage, JF Gillooly, JH Brown, GB West, EL Charnov American Naturalist 163 (3), 429-441, 2004 | 1048 | 2004 |
| Simultaneous hermaphroditism and sexual selection EL Charnov Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 76 (5), 2480-2484, 1979 | 947 | 1979 |
| When is sex environmentally determined? EL Charnov, J Bull Nature 266 (5605), 828-830, 1977 | 911 | 1977 |
| Ecological implications of resource depression EL Charnov, GH Orians, K Hyatt American Naturalist 110, 247-259, 1976 | 885 | 1976 |
| Sex ratio evolution in a variable environment E Charnov, RL Los-den Hartogh, WT Jones, J Van den Assem Nature 289, 27-33, 1981 | 849 | 1981 |
| Allometric scaling of production and Life-history variation in vascular plants BJ Enquist, GB West, EL Charnov, JH Brown Nature 401, 907-911, 1999 | 818 | 1999 |
| Hunting by expectation or optimal foraging? A study of patch use by chickadees JR Krebs, JC Ryan, EL Charnov Animal behaviour 22, 953-IN3, 1974 | 734 | 1974 |
| Infant-mother attachment: The origins and developmental significance of individual differences in Strange Situation behavior ME Lamb, et al Lawrence Erlbaum associates, 1985 | 708* | 1985 |
| On clutch‐size and fitness EL Charnov, JR Krebs Ibis 116 (2), 217-219, 1974 | 696 | 1974 |
| Optimal prey selection in the great tit (Parus major) JR Krebs, JT Erichsen, MI Webber, EL Charnov Animal Behaviour 25, 30-38, 1977 | 695 | 1977 |