| Knowledge and uses of African pangolins as a source of traditional medicine in Ghana MK Boakye, DW Pietersen, A Kotzé, DL Dalton, R Jansen PLoS One 10 (1), e0117199, 2015 | 110 | 2015 |
| Universal DNA methylation age across mammalian tissues AT Lu, Z Fei, A Haghani, TR Robeck, JA Zoller, CZ Li, R Lowe, Q Yan, ... BioRxiv, 2021.01. 18.426733, 2021 | 104 | 2021 |
| Universal DNA methylation age across mammalian tissues AT Lu, Z Fei, A Haghani, TR Robeck, JA Zoller, CZ Li, R Lowe, Q Yan, ... Nature aging 3 (9), 1144-1166, 2023 | 65 | 2023 |
| Ethnomedicinal use of African pangolins by traditional medical practitioners in Sierra Leone MK Boakye, DW Pietersen, A Kotzé, DL Dalton, R Jansen Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine 10, 1-10, 2014 | 64 | 2014 |
| Forensic application of DNA barcoding for identification of illegally traded African pangolin scales M Mwale, DL Dalton, R Jansen, M De Bruyn, D Pietersen, PS Mokgokong, ... Genome 60 (3), 272-284, 2017 | 63 | 2017 |
| A review of the anthropogenic threats faced by Temminck's ground pangolin, Smutsia temminckii, in southern Africa DW Pietersen, AE McKechnie, R Jansen South African Journal of Wildlife Research 44 (2), 167-178, 2014 | 60 | 2014 |
| Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii) DW Pietersen, R Jansen, J Swart, W Panaino, A Kotze, P Rankin, B Nebe Pangolins, 175-193, 2020 | 54 | 2020 |
| Evaluating the feasibility of pangolin farming and its potential conservation impact DWS Challender, GWJ Ades, JSC Chin, NCM Sun, J lian Chong, ... Global Ecology and Conservation 20, e00714, 2019 | 44 | 2019 |
| Home range, habitat selection and activity patterns of an arid-zone population of Temminck’s ground pangolins, Smutsia temminckii DW Pietersen, AE McKechnie, R Jansen African Zoology 49 (2), 265-276, 2014 | 43 | 2014 |
| DNA methylation networks underlying mammalian traits A Haghani, CZ Li, TR Robeck, J Zhang, AT Lu, J Ablaeva, ... Science 381 (6658), eabq5693, 2023 | 42* | 2023 |
| Diet and prey selectivity of the specialist myrmecophage, Temminck's ground pangolin DW Pietersen, CT Symes, S Woodborne, AE McKechnie, R Jansen Journal of Zoology 298 (3), 198-208, 2016 | 35 | 2016 |
| Assessing the diet of Amur Falcon Falco amurensis and Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni using stomach content analysis DW Pietersen, CT Symes Ostrich 81 (1), 39-44, 2010 | 26 | 2010 |
| A preliminary herpetological survey of the Vilanculos Coastal Wildlife Sanctuary on the San Sebastian Peninsula, Vilankulo, Mozambique NHG Jacobsen, EW Pietersen, DW Pietersen Herpetology Notes 3, 181-193, 2010 | 26 | 2010 |
| Smutsia gigantea C Waterman, D Pietersen, L Hywood, P Rankin, D Soewu The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2014-2, 2014 | 24 | 2014 |
| Smutsia gigantea S Nixon, D Pietersen, D Challender, M Hoffmann, I Godwill Ichu, T Bruce, ... The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2019-3, 2019 | 22 | 2019 |
| Phataginus tricuspis C Waterman, D Pietersen, D Soewu, L Hywood, P Rankin The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 4-2, 2014 | 22 | 2014 |
| Preliminary herpetological survey of Ngonye Falls and surrounding regions in south-western Zambia DW Pietersen, EW Pietersen, W Conradie Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 11 (1), 24–43, 2017 | 20 | 2017 |
| A conservation assessment of Smutsia temminckii D Pietersen, R Jansen, J Swart, A Kotze The red list of mammals of South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho, 1-11, 2016 | 20 | 2016 |
| Behavioural ecology and conservation biology of ground pangolins Smutsia temminckii in the Kalahari Desert DW Pietersen PQDT-Global, 2013 | 20 | 2013 |
| Bushmeat and beyond: Historic and contemporary use in Africa D Soewu, DJ Ingram, R Jansen, O Sodeinde, DW Pietersen Pangolins, 241-258, 2020 | 19 | 2020 |
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