| The global genome biodiversity network (GGBN) data portal G Droege, K Barker, JJ Astrin, P Bartels, C Butler, D Cantrill, J Coddington, ... Nucleic acids research 42 (D1), D607-D612, 2014 | 112 | 2014 |
| Tardigrade ecology DR Nelson, PJ Bartels, N Guil Water bears: the biology of tardigrades, 163-210, 2018 | 94 | 2018 |
| The zoogeography of marine Tardigrada Ł Kaczmarek, PJ Bartels, M Roszkowska, DR Nelson Zootaxa 4037 (1), 1-189, 2015 | 77 | 2015 |
| Predicted disappearance of coral‐reef ramparts: a direct result of major ecological disturbances EH Williams, PLJ Bartels, LY Bunkley‐Williams Global Change Biology 5 (8), 839-845, 1999 | 71 | 1999 |
| A global biodiversity estimate of a poorly known taxon: phylum Tardigrada PJ Bartels, JJ Apodaca, C Mora, DR Nelson Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 178 (4), 730-736, 2016 | 68 | 2016 |
| A dichotomous key to the genera of the marine heterotardigrades (Tardigrada) P Fontoura, PJ Bartels, A JØRGENSEN, RM KRISTENSEN, JG Hansen Zootaxa 4294 (1), 1–45-1–45, 2017 | 66 | 2017 |
| Trophy hunting, conservation, and rural development in Zimbabwe: issues, options, and implications VK Muposhi, E Gandiwa, P Bartels, SM Makuza International Journal of Biodiversity 2016 (1), 8763980, 2016 | 64 | 2016 |
| Allometry and the removal of body size effects in the morphometric analysis of tardigrades PJ Bartels, DR Nelson, RP Exline Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 49, 17-25, 2011 | 64 | 2011 |
| Cryoconservation of South African plant genetic diversity P Berjak, P Bartels, EE Benson, K Harding, DJ Mycock, NW Pammenter, ... In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant 47, 65-81, 2011 | 60 | 2011 |
| Revision of the genus Paramacrobiotus Guidetti et al., 2009 with the description of a new species, re-descriptions and a key Ł Kaczmarek, M Gawlak, PJ Bartels, DR Nelson, M Roszkowska Annales Zoologici 67 (4), 627-656, 2017 | 56 | 2017 |
| An evaluation of species richness estimators for tardigrades of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina, USA PJ Bartels, DR Nelson Journal of Limnology 66, 104, 2007 | 55 | 2007 |
| A large-scale, multihabitat inventory of the Phylum Tardigrada in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA: a preliminary report PJ Bartels, DR Nelson Hydrobiologia 558, 111-118, 2006 | 53 | 2006 |
| Enriching the captive elephant population genetic pool through artificial insemination with frozen-thawed semen collected in the wild TB Hildebrandt, R Hermes, J Saragusty, R Potier, HM Schwammer, ... Theriogenology 78 (6), 1398-1404, 2012 | 50 | 2012 |
| Freezing African elephant semen as a new population management tool R Hermes, J Saragusty, F Göritz, P Bartels, R Potier, B Baker, WJ Streich, ... PloS one 8 (3), e57616, 2013 | 44 | 2013 |
| Extra-territorial movements of a perennially territorial damselfish, Eupomacentrus dorsopunicans Poey PJ Bartels Behaviour 91 (4), 312-321, 1984 | 43 | 1984 |
| Habitat heterogeneity variably influences habitat selection by wild herbivores in a semi-arid tropical savanna ecosystem VK Muposhi, E Gandiwa, A Chemura, P Bartels, SM Makuza, TH Madiri PloS one 11 (9), e0163084, 2016 | 42 | 2016 |
| Macrobiotus (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee/North Carolina, USA (North America): two new species and six new records PJ Bartels, G Pilato, O Lisi, DR Nelson Zootaxa 2022 (1), 45–57-45–57, 2009 | 42 | 2009 |
| “Smoky Bears”—Tardigrades of Great Smoky Mountains National Park DR Nelson Southeastern Naturalist 6 (sp2), 229-238, 2007 | 40 | 2007 |
| Integrative taxonomy resolves species identities within the Macrobiotus pallarii complex (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) D Stec, M Vecchi, M Dudziak, PJ Bartels, S Calhim, Ł Michalczyk Zoological Letters 7 (1), 9, 2021 | 37 | 2021 |
| The genus Milnesium (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Milnesiidae) in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina and Tennessee, USA), with the description of Milnesium … PJ Bartels, DR Nelson, Ł Kaczmarek, Ł Michalczyk Zootaxa 3826 (2), 356-368, 2014 | 37 | 2014 |