| Tyrannosaur paleobiology: new research on ancient exemplar organisms SL Brusatte, MA Norell, TD Carr, GM Erickson, JR Hutchinson, ... science 329 (5998), 1481-1485, 2010 | 225 | 2010 |
| Evolutionary origins of the avian brain AM Balanoff, GS Bever, TB Rowe, MA Norell Nature 501 (7465), 93-96, 2013 | 176 | 2013 |
| A review of the Mongolian cretaceous dinosaur Saurornithoides (Troodontidae: Theropoda) MA Norell, PJ Makovicky, GS Bever, AM Balanoff, JM Clark, R Barsbold, ... American Museum Novitates 2009 (3654), 1-63, 2009 | 147 | 2009 |
| Osteology of Khaan mckennai (Oviraptorosauria: Theropoda) AM Balanoff, MA Norell Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2012 (372), 1-77, 2012 | 122 | 2012 |
| The evolution of mammalian brain size JB Smaers, RS Rothman, DR Hudson, AM Balanoff, B Beatty, ... Science Advances 7 (18), eabe2101, 2021 | 112 | 2021 |
| Are endocasts good proxies for brain size and shape in archosaurs throughout ontogeny? A Watanabe, PM Gignac, AM Balanoff, TL Green, NJ Kley, MA Norell Journal of Anatomy 234 (3), 291-305, 2019 | 97 | 2019 |
| Best practices for digitally constructing endocranial casts: examples from birds and their dinosaurian relatives AM Balanoff, GS Bever, MW Colbert, JA Clarke, DJ Field, PM Gignac, ... Journal of Anatomy 229 (2), 173-190, 2016 | 97 | 2016 |
| Tempo and pattern of avian brain size evolution DT Ksepka, AM Balanoff, NA Smith, GS Bever, BAS Bhullar, E Bourdon, ... Current Biology 30 (11), 2026-2036. e3, 2020 | 96 | 2020 |
| The skull roof tracks the brain during the evolution and development of reptiles including birds M Fabbri, N Mongiardino Koch, AC Pritchard, M Hanson, E Hoffman, ... Nature ecology & evolution 1 (10), 1543-1550, 2017 | 88 | 2017 |
| Cranial osteology of the theropod dinosaur Incisivosaurus gauthieri (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) AM Balanoff, X Xu, Y Kobayashi, Y Matsufune, MA Norell American Museum Novitates 3651, 1-35, 2009 | 86 | 2009 |
| The braincase of Apatosaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) based on computed tomography of a new specimen with comments on variation and evolution in sauropod neuroanatomy AM Balanoff, GS Bever, T Ikejiri American Museum Novitates 2010 (3677), 1-32, 2010 | 65 | 2010 |
| Digital preparation of a probable neoceratopsian preserved within an egg, with comments on microstructural anatomy of ornithischian eggshells AM Balanoff, MA Norell, G Grellet-Tinner, MR Lewin Naturwissenschaften 95, 493-500, 2008 | 62 | 2008 |
| Heterochronic truncation of odontogenesis in theropod dinosaurs provides insight into the macroevolution of avian beaks S Wang, J Stiegler, P Wu, CM Chuong, D Hu, A Balanoff, Y Zhou, X Xu Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (41), 10930-10935, 2017 | 60 | 2017 |
| OSTEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF AN EMBRYONIC SKELETON OF THE EXTINCT ELEPHANT BIRD, AEPYORNIS (PALAEOGNATHAE: RATITAE) AM Balanoff, T Rowe Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 (S4), 1-53, 2007 | 55 | 2007 |
| The role of endocasts in the study of brain evolution AM Balanoff, B GS Evolution of Nervous Systems, Second Edition 1, 223-241, 2017 | 52 | 2017 |
| Reconsidering the avian nature of the oviraptorosaur brain (Dinosauria: Theropoda) AM Balanoff, GS Bever, MA Norell PLoS One 9 (12), e113559, 2014 | 51 | 2014 |
| Cephalic vascular anatomy in flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) based on novel vascular injection and computed tomographic imaging analyses CM Holliday, RC Ridgely, AM Balanoff, LM Witmer The Anatomical Record Part A: Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and …, 2006 | 51 | 2006 |
| A second specimen of Citipati osmolskae associated with a nest of eggs from Ukhaa Tolgod, Omnogov Aimag, Mongolia MA Norell, AM Balanoff, DE Barta, GM Erickson American Museum Novitates 2018 (3899), 1-44, 2018 | 48 | 2018 |
| Variation, variability, and the origin of the avian endocranium: insights from the anatomy of Alioramus altai (Theropoda: Tyrannosauroidea) GS Bever, SL Brusatte, AM Balanoff, MA Norell PLoS One 6 (8), e23393, 2011 | 47 | 2011 |
| The braincase anatomy of the late Cretaceous dinosaur Alioramus (Theropoda: Tyrannosauroidea) GS Bever, SL Brusatte, TD Carr, X Xu, AM Balanoff, MA Norell Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2013 (376), 1-72, 2013 | 46 | 2013 |
