| Evaluating alternative hypotheses for the early evolution and diversification of ants SG Brady, TR Schultz, BL Fisher, PS Ward Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (48), 18172-18177, 2006 | 623 | 2006 |
| Bolton's catalogue of ants of the world, 1758-2005 B Bolton, G Alpert, PS Ward, P Naskrecki Harvard University Press, 2006 | 617 | 2006 |
| The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (h ymenoptera: F ormicidae) PS Ward, SG Brady, BL Fisher, TR Schultz Systematic Entomology 40 (1), 61-81, 2015 | 541 | 2015 |
| Natural populations of Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease, have a complex multiclonal structure. M Tibayrenc, P Ward, A Moya, FJ Ayala Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 83 (1), 115-119, 1986 | 516 | 1986 |
| Phylogenomic insights into the evolution of stinging wasps and the origins of ants and bees MG Branstetter, BN Danforth, JP Pitts, BC Faircloth, PS Ward, ... Current Biology 27 (7), 1019-1025, 2017 | 407 | 2017 |
| Distribution of the introduced Argentine ant (Iridomyrmex humilis) in natural habitats of the lower Sacramento valley and its effects on the indigenous ant fauna. PS Ward | 352 | 1987 |
| The internal phylogeny of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) CB Urbani, B Bolton, PS Ward Systematic Entomology 17 (4), 301-329, 1992 | 251 | 1992 |
| The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): phylogeny and evolution of big‐eyed arboreal ants PS Ward, DA Downie Systematic entomology 30 (2), 310-335, 2005 | 249 | 2005 |
| Enriching the ant tree of life: enhanced UCE bait set for genome‐scale phylogenetics of ants and other Hymenoptera MG Branstetter, JT Longino, PS Ward, BC Faircloth Methods in Ecology and Evolution 8 (6), 768-776, 2017 | 237 | 2017 |
| Genetic relatedness and colony organization in a species complex of ponerine ants: I. Phenotypic and genotypic composition of colonies PS Ward Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 12, 285-299, 1983 | 236* | 1983 |
| Phylogeny and biogeography of dolichoderine ants: effects of data partitioning and relict taxa on historical inference PS Ward, SG Brady, BL Fisher, TR Schultz Systematic Biology 59 (3), 342-362, 2010 | 228 | 2010 |
| Phylogeny, classification, and species-level taxonomy of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) PS Ward Zootaxa 1668 (1), 549-563, 2007 | 225 | 2007 |
| Phylogenomics resolves evolutionary relationships among ants, bees, and wasps BR Johnson, ML Borowiec, JC Chiu, EK Lee, J Atallah, PS Ward Current Biology 23 (20), 2058-2062, 2013 | 215 | 2013 |
| Phylogenomic methods outperform traditional multi-locus approaches in resolving deep evolutionary history: a case study of formicine ants BB Blaimer, SG Brady, TR Schultz, MW Lloyd, BL Fisher, PS Ward BMC evolutionary biology 15, 1-14, 2015 | 201 | 2015 |
| Broad-scale patterns of diversity in leaf liter ant communities PS Ward Ants-Standard Methods for Measuring and Monitoring Biodiversity, 2000 | 189 | 2000 |
| Relative roles of climatic suitability and anthropogenic influence in determining the pattern of spread in a global invader N Roura-Pascual, C Hui, T Ikeda, G Leday, DM Richardson, S Carpintero, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (1), 220-225, 2011 | 184 | 2011 |
| The role of opportunity in the unintentional introduction of nonnative ants AV Suarez, DA Holway, PS Ward Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 (47), 17032-17035, 2005 | 173 | 2005 |
| The rise of army ants and their relatives: diversification of specialized predatory doryline ants SG Brady, BL Fisher, TR Schultz, PS Ward BMC Evolutionary Biology 14, 1-14, 2014 | 161 | 2014 |
| The phylogeny and evolution of ants PS Ward Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 45, 23-43, 2014 | 160 | 2014 |
| Energy gradients and the geographic distribution of local ant diversity M Kaspari, PS Ward, M Yuan Oecologia 140, 407-413, 2004 | 160 | 2004 |
