| Telomere length behaves as biomarker of somatic redundancy rather than biological age JJ Boonekamp, MJP Simons, L Hemerik, S Verhulst Aging Cell, 2013 | 245 | 2013 |
| Oxidative stress and life histories: unresolved issues and current needs JR Speakman, JD Blount, AM Bronikowski, R Buffenstein, C Isaksson, ... Ecology and Evolution 5 (24), 5745-5757, 2015 | 209 | 2015 |
| What does carotenoid-dependent coloration tell? Plasma carotenoid level signals immunocompetence and oxidative stress state in birds–a meta-analysis MJP Simons, AA Cohen, S Verhulst Public Library of Science 7 (8), e43088, 2012 | 187 | 2012 |
| The rate of telomere loss is related to maximum lifespan in birds GM Tricola, MJP Simons, E Atema, RK Boughton, JL Brown, DC Dearborn, ... Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 373 …, 2018 | 138 | 2018 |
| Questioning causal involvement of telomeres in aging MJP Simons Ageing research reviews 24, 191-196, 2015 | 124 | 2015 |
| Assortative mating for human height: A meta‐analysis G Stulp, MJP Simons, S Grasman, TV Pollet American journal of human biology 29 (1), e22917, 2017 | 103 | 2017 |
| Programmed DNA elimination of germline development genes in songbirds CM Kinsella, FJ Ruiz-Ruano, AM Dion-Côté, AJ Charles, TI Gossmann, ... Nature Communications 10 (1), 5468, 2019 | 99 | 2019 |
| Commentary: The reliability of telomere length measurements S Verhulst, E Susser, PR Factor-Litvak, MJP Simons, A Benetos, ... International journal of epidemiology 44 (5), 1683-1686, 2015 | 87 | 2015 |
| Ambient temperature shapes reproductive output during pregnancy and lactation in the common vole (Microtus arvalis): a test of the heat dissipation limit theory MJP Simons, I Reimert, V van der Vinne, C Hambly, LM Vaanholt, ... Journal of Experimental Biology 214 (1), 38-49, 2011 | 85 | 2011 |
| Zebra finch females prefer males with redder bills independent of song rate—a meta-analysis MJP Simons, S Verhulst Behavioral Ecology 22 (4), 755-762, 2011 | 83 | 2011 |
| How to catch a smurf?–Ageing and beyond… In vivo assessment of intestinal permeability in multiple model organisms RR Martins, AW McCracken, MJP Simons, CM Henriques, M Rera Bio-protocol 8 (3), e2722-e2722, 2018 | 75 | 2018 |
| Dietary restriction of rodents decreases aging rate without affecting initial mortality rate‐a meta‐analysis MJP Simons, W Koch, S Verhulst Aging Cell, 2013 | 65 | 2013 |
| Comparative idiosyncrasies in life extension by reduced mTOR signalling and its distinctiveness from dietary restriction M Garratt, S Nakagawa, MJP Simons Aging Cell 15 (4), 737-743, 2016 | 57 | 2016 |
| The hidden costs of dietary restriction: implications for its evolutionary and mechanistic origins AW McCracken, G Adams, L Hartshorne, M Tatar, MJP Simons Science advances 6 (8), eaay3047, 2020 | 53 | 2020 |
| Life after logging in tropical forests of Borneo: A meta-analysis D Costantini, DP Edwards, MJP Simons Biological Conservation 196, 182-188, 2016 | 53 | 2016 |
| Bill redness is positively associated with reproduction and survival in male and female zebra finches MJP Simons, M Briga, E Koetsier, R Folkertsma, MD Wubs, C Dijkstra, ... PLoS One 7 (7), e40721, 2012 | 42 | 2012 |
| Predictably philandering females prompt poor paternal provisioning J Schroeder, YH Hsu, I Winney, M Simons, S Nakagawa, T Burke The American Naturalist 188 (2), 219-230, 2016 | 38 | 2016 |
| Age‐dependent trajectories differ between within‐pair and extra‐pair paternity success YH Hsu, MJP Simons, J Schroeder, A Girndt, IS Winney, T Burke, ... Journal of evolutionary biology 30 (5), 951-959, 2017 | 33 | 2017 |
| The evolution of the cyanobacterial posttranslational clock from a primitive “phoscillator” MJP Simons Journal of biological rhythms 24 (3), 175-182, 2009 | 33 | 2009 |
| Response to: Reliability and validity of telomere length measurements S Verhulst, E Susser, PR Factor-Litvak, M Simons, A Benetos, ... International journal of epidemiology 45 (4), 1298-1301, 2016 | 31 | 2016 |
