| DNA-based identification of forensically important Chrysomyinae (Diptera: Calliphoridae) JD Wells, FAH Sperling Forensic Science International 120 (1-2), 110-115, 2001 | 305 | 2001 |
| Application of DNA-based methods in forensic entomology JD Wells, JR Stevens Annu. Rev. Entomol. 53, 103-120, 2008 | 282* | 2008 |
| Estimating the postmortem interval JD Wells, LR LaMotte Forensic entomology: the utility of arthropods in legal investigations 2 …, 2001 | 276* | 2001 |
| DNA-based identification and molecular systematics of forensically important Sarcophagidae (Diptera) JD Wells, T Pape, FAH Sperling Journal of Forensic Science 46 (5), 1098-1102, 2001 | 272 | 2001 |
| Phylogenetic analysis of forensically important Lucilia flies based on cytochrome oxidase I sequence: a cautionary tale for forensic species determination JD Wells, R Wall, JR Stevens International Journal of Legal Medicine 121 (3), 229, 2007 | 168 | 2007 |
| Human and insect mitochondrial DNA analysis from maggots JD Wells, F Introna, G Di Vella, CP Campobasso, J Hayes, FAH Sperling Journal of Forensic Science 46 (3), 685-687, 2001 | 167 | 2001 |
| Molecular Phylogeny of Chrysomya albiceps and C. rufifacies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) JD Wells, FAH Sperling Journal of Medical Entomology 36 (3), 222-226, 1999 | 166 | 1999 |
| Interaction between Chrysomya rufifacies and Cochliomyia macellaria (Diptera: Calliphoridae): the possible consequences of an invasion JD Wells, B Greenberg Bulletin of Entomological Research 82 (1), 133-137, 1992 | 163 | 1992 |
| Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius)(Diptera: Calliphoridae) development: rate, variation and the implications for forensic entomology JD Wells, H Kurahashi Medical Entomology and Zoology 45 (4), 303-309, 1994 | 153 | 1994 |
| Forensic Use of Megaselia abdita and M. scalaris (Phoridae: Diptera): Case Studies, Development Rates, and Egg Structure B Greenberg, JD Wells Journal of medical entomology 35 (3), 205-209, 1998 | 143 | 1998 |
| Chrysomya megacephala (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Has Reached the Continental United States: Review of Its Biology, Pest Status, and Spread Around the World JD Wells Journal of Medical Entomology 28 (3), 471-473, 1991 | 139 | 1991 |
| Estimating maggot age from weight using inverse prediction JD Wells, LR LaMotte Journal of Forensic Science 40 (4), 585-590, 1995 | 133 | 1995 |
| Forensic genetic analysis of insect gut contents CP Campobasso, JG Linville, JD Wells, F Introna The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology 26 (2), 161-165, 2005 | 124 | 2005 |
| Paraphyly in Hawaiian hybrid blowfly populations and the evolutionary history of anthropophilic species JR Stevens, R Wall, JD Wells Insect Molecular Biology 11 (2), 141-148, 2002 | 123 | 2002 |
| Validation of a DNA-based method for identifying Chrysomyinae (Diptera: Calliphoridae) used in a death investigation JD Wells, DW Williams International Journal of Legal Medicine 121 (1), 1, 2007 | 114 | 2007 |
| Estimating postmortem interval using RNA degradation and morphological changes in tooth pulp ST Young, JD Wells, GR Hobbs, CP Bishop Forensic science international 229 (1-3), 163. e1-163. e6, 2013 | 101 | 2013 |
| Quantifying statistical uncertainty in succession-based entomological estimates of the postmortem interval in death scene investigations: a simulation study K Schoenly, ML Goff, JD Wells, WD Lord American Entomologist 42 (2), 106-112, 1996 | 98 | 1996 |
| Key to third-instar Chrysomyinae (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from carrion in the continental United States JD Wells, JH Byrd, TI Tantawi Journal of Medical Entomology 36 (5), 638-641, 1999 | 93 | 1999 |
| DNA degradation and genetic analysis of empty puparia: genetic identification limits in forensic entomology M Mazzanti, F Alessandrini, A Tagliabracci, JD Wells, CP Campobasso Forensic Science International 195 (1-3), 99-102, 2010 | 87 | 2010 |
| Resource use by an introduced and native carrion flies JD Wells, B Greenberg Oecologia 99 (1-2), 181-187, 1994 | 87 | 1994 |
