| Making prehistory: Historical science and the scientific realism debate D Turner Cambridge University Press, 2007 | 213 | 2007 |
| Local underdetermination in historical science D Turner Philosophy of Science 72 (1), 209-230, 2005 | 98 | 2005 |
| Paleontology: a philosophical introduction D Turner Cambridge University Press, 2011 | 97 | 2011 |
| The lack of clarity in the precautionary principle D Turner, L Hartzell Environmental Values 13 (4), 449-460, 2004 | 86 | 2004 |
| Why not NIMBY? S Feldman, D Turner Ethics Place and Environment (Ethics, Place & Environment (Merged with …, 2010 | 70* | 2010 |
| Gould’s replay revisited DD Turner Biology & Philosophy 26, 65-79, 2011 | 42 | 2011 |
| A second look at the colors of the dinosaurs DD Turner Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 55, 60-68, 2016 | 35 | 2016 |
| The topography of historical contingency R Inkpen, D Turner Journal of the Philosophy of History 6 (1), 1-19, 2012 | 35 | 2012 |
| Historical geology: Methodology and metaphysics D Turner Geological Society of America Special Papers 502 (2), 11-18, 2013 | 34 | 2013 |
| Just another drug? A philosophical assessment of randomised controlled studies on intercessory prayer DD Turner Journal of Medical Ethics 32 (8), 487-490, 2006 | 32 | 2006 |
| Historicity and explanation M Ereshefsky, D Turner Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 80, 47-55, 2020 | 27 | 2020 |
| Paleoaesthetics and the Practice of Paleontology DD Turner Elements in the Philosophy of Biology, 2019 | 26 | 2019 |
| How much can we know about the causes of evolutionary trends? DD Turner Biology & Philosophy 24 (3), 341-357, 2009 | 26 | 2009 |
| The functions of fossils: inference and explanation in functional morphology D Turner Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and …, 2000 | 26 | 2000 |
| Beyond detective work: Empirical testing in paleontology D Turner The paleobiological revolution: Essays on the growth of modern paleontology …, 2009 | 24 | 2009 |
| The past vs. the tiny: historical science and the abductive arguments for realism DD Turner Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 35 (1), 1-17, 2004 | 23 | 2004 |
| Introduction: Scientific knowledge of the deep past A Currie, D Turner Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 55, 2016 | 22 | 2016 |
| In defense of living fossils DD Turner Biology & Philosophy 34 (2), 23, 2019 | 16 | 2019 |
| Historical contingency and the explanation of evolutionary trends PA Braillard, C Malaterre, D Turner Explanation in Biology: An Enquiry into the Diversity of Explanatory …, 2015 | 15 | 2015 |
| Biases in the selection of candidate species for de-extinction DD Turner Ethics, Policy & Environment 20 (1), 21-24, 2017 | 14 | 2017 |
