| The comparative method in evolutionary biology PH Harvey, MD Pagel Oxford University Press, 1991 | 6959 | 1991 |
| Inferring the historical patterns of biological evolution M Pagel Nature 401 (6756), 877-884, 1999 | 3657 | 1999 |
| Phylogenetic analysis and comparative data: a test and review of evidence RP Freckleton, PH Harvey, M Pagel The American Naturalist, 2015 | 2145 | 2015 |
| Detecting correlated evolution on phylogenies: a general method for the comparative analysis of discrete characters M Pagel Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 1994 | 1552 | 1994 |
| Bayesian estimation of ancestral character states on phylogenies M Pagel, A Meade, D Barker Systematic biology 53 (5), 673-684, 2004 | 1068 | 2004 |
| Inferring evolutionary processes from phylogenies M Pagel Zoologica Scripta 26 (4), 331-348, 1997 | 1000 | 1997 |
| The maximum likelihood approach to reconstructing ancestral character states of discrete characters on phylogenies M Pagel Systematic biology 48 (3), 612-622, 1999 | 979 | 1999 |
| Bayesian analysis of correlated evolution of discrete characters by reversible-jump Markov chain Monte Carlo M Pagel, A Meade The American Naturalist 167 (6), 808-825, 2006 | 813 | 2006 |
| A method for the analysis of comparative data MD Pagel Journal of theoretical Biology 156 (4), 431-442, 1992 | 708 | 1992 |
| Major fungal lineages are derived from lichen symbiotic ancestors F Lutzoni, M Pagel, V Reeb Nature 411 (6840), 937-940, 2001 | 525 | 2001 |
| A phylogenetic mixture model for detecting pattern-heterogeneity in gene sequence or character-state data M Pagel, A Meade Systematic biology 53 (4), 571-581, 2004 | 519 | 2004 |
| Social networks: We get by with (and in spite of) a little help from our friends. MD Pagel, WW Erdly, J Becker Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 53, 793-804, 1987 | 477 | 1987 |
| Frequency of word-use predicts rates of lexical evolution throughout Indo-European history M Pagel, QD Atkinson, A Meade Nature 449 (7163), 717-720, 2007 | 476 | 2007 |
| Recent developments in the analysis of comparative data MD Pagel, PH Harvey The Quarterly Review of Biology 63 (4), 413-440, 1988 | 451 | 1988 |
| The comparative method in anthropology [and comments and reply] R Mace, M Pagel, JR Bowen, BKD Gupta, KF Otterbein, M Ridley, ... Current Anthropology 35 (5), 549-564, 1994 | 422 | 1994 |
| On the regulation of populations of mammals, birds, fish, and insects RM Sibly, D Barker, MC Denham, J Hone, M Pagel Science 309 (5734), 607-610, 2005 | 418 | 2005 |
| Wired for culture: origins of the human social mind M Pagel WW Norton & Company, 2012 | 398* | 2012 |
| Encyclopedia of Evolution, vols 1 and 2 M Pagel Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.[An enormous, 2002 | 387* | 2002 |
| Ecological aspects of the geographical distribution and diversity of mammalian species MD Pagel, RM May, AR Collie The American Naturalist 137 (6), 791-815, 1991 | 308 | 1991 |
| Comparative biology of mammalian telomeres: hypotheses on ancestral states and the roles of telomeres in longevity determination NMV Gomes, OA Ryder, ML Houck, SJ Charter, W Walker, NR Forsyth, ... Aging cell 10 (5), 761-768, 2011 | 307 | 2011 |
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