PRIMARY PUBLICATIONS: (abstracts, etc. not included)
 
2001      Jones, T. D., J. A. Ruben, P. F. A. Maderson, L. D. Martin. Longisquama fossil and feather morphology. Science, 291: 1899-1902.
 
2001      Jones, T. D. and J. A. Ruben. Respiratory structure and function in theropod dinosaurs and some related taxa. In: New perspectives on the origins and evolution of birds. Pp. 443-461. Gauthier, J. and Gall, L. F., eds.,Yale University Press, New Haven.
 
2000      Ruben, J. A., Jones, T. D. Selective factors associated with the origin of fur and feathers. American Zoologist, 40: 585-596
 
2000      Jones, T. D., J. O. Farlow, J. A. Ruben, D. M. Henderson, W. J. Hillenius. Cursoriality in bipedal archosaurs. Nature, 406: 716-718..
 
2000      Jones, T. D., Ruben, J. A., Martin, L. D., Kurochkin, E., Feduccia, A., Maderson, P., Hillenius, W. J., Geist, N. R. Nonavian feathers in a late Triassic archosaur. Science, 288: 2202-2205.
 
1999      Ruben, J. A. Thermoregulation and metabolism, In: The Encyclopedia of Paleontology, Fitzroy-Dearborn Publishers, London, 1467p.
 
1999      Ruben, J. A. Invited book review:  At The Water’s Edge. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 74: 222-223.
 
1999      Ruben, J. A., DalSasso, C., Geist, N.R., Hillenius, W. J., Jones, T. D., Signore, M. New evidence for pulmonary function and metabolic physiology of theropod dinosaurs. Science 283: 514-516.
 
1998      Ruben, J. A.  “Almost all things dinosaurian”—invited review of Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs.  Science, 280:224.
 
1998      Ruben, J. A. et al.  Respiratory physiology of the dinosaurs.  BioEssays, 20:852-859. (cover article)
 
1997      Ruben, J. A. et al.  Lung structure and ventilation in theropod dinosaurs and early birds, Science, 278:1267-1270. (cover article)
 
1997      Ruben, J. A.  Invited book review:  Dinosaur Extinction and the End of an Era.  The Quarterly Review of Biology, 72:193.
 
1997      Ruben, J. A.  “Vertebrates ashore”--invited review of Amniote Origins.  Science, 276:541.
 
1997      Ruben, J. A. et al.  New insights into the metaboliic physiology of  dinosaurs.  Pp. 505-518,  in Farlow, J. O. and M.K. Brett-Surman, eds., The Complete Dinosaur. (Purdue University Press, 752p).
 
1997      Ruben, J. A.  “The fuss over feathers”-- invited review of The Origin and Evolution of Birds.  BioScience, 47:392-394
 
1996      Ruben, J. A., et al.  The metabolic status of some Late Cretaceous Dinosaurs.  Science, 273:1204-1207.
 
1996      Ruben, J.A. The evolution of endothermy in mammals, birds and their ancestors.  In “Animals and Temperature,” eds.,  I. Johnston and A.F. Bennett.  Cambridge University Press, London.  pp. 359-393
 
1995      Ruben, J.A. The evolution of endothermy: From physiology to fossils.  Annual Review of Physiology, 57: 69-95.
 
1995      Shutler, D. & J.A. Ruben.  Bird origins and evolution.  In "Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences" MacMillan Press, N.Y.
 
1993      Ruben, J.A.  Powered flight in Archaeopteryx:  Response to Speakman.  Evolution, 47:935-938.
 
1993      Ruben, J.A.  Aves. In "Yearbook of Science & Technology."  McGraw-Hill, pp.38-40.
 
1993      Ruben, J.A., N.L. Reagan, P.A. Verrell & A.J. Boucot.  Plethodontid salamanders origins: A response to Beachy and Bruce.  American Naturalist, 142: 1038-1051.
 
1991      Ruben, J.A.  Reptilian physiology and the flight capacity of Archaeopteryx.  Evolution, 45:1-17.
 
1991      Ruben, J.A.  Permo-Triassic Biospheric Hypoxia.  Modern Geology, 16:383-385.
 
1990      Ruben, J.A. Evidence of convergent behavior in male crocodilians and phytosaurs.  In A. Boucot, Evolutionary Paleobiology of Behavior and Coevolution, pp. 427-428. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
 
1990      Ruben, J.A. and J.K. Parrish.  Antiquity of the chordate pattern of exercise metabolism.  Paleobiology, 16:355-359.
 
1989      Ruben, J.A. and A.J. Boucot.  The origin of the lungless salamanders (Amphibia: Plethodontidae).  American Naturalist, 134(2):161-169.
 
1989      Ruben, J.A.  Exercise physiology and evolution of the vertebrate skeleton.  American Zoologist, 29:195-203.
 
1987      Ruben, J.A., A.F. Bennett and F. Hisaw.  Selective factors in the evolution of the mammalian diaphragm.  Paleobiology, 13(1): 54-59.
 
1987      Ruben, J.A. and A.F. Bennett.  The origin of bone. Evolution, 4(16): 1187-1197.
 
1987      Hillman, S.,P. Withers, W. Palioca and J.A. Ruben. Cardiovascular consequences of hypercalcemia in two species of amphibians.  Journal of Experimental Zoology, 242:303-308.
 
1986      Bennett, A.F. and J.A. Ruben.  The metabolic and thermoregulatory status of therapsids. In The Ecology and Biology of Mammal‑like Reptiles (eds. Roth and Roth). Smithsonian Institute Press, Wash. D.C.
 
1986      Ruben, J.A.  The world of therapsid reptiles.  In The Ecology and Biology of Mammal‑like Reptiles (eds. Roth and Roth) Smithsonian Institute Press, Wash. D.C.
 
1983      Ruben, J.A. and C. Geddes.  Some morphological correlates of striking in snakes.  Copeia 1983: 221-225.
 
1983      Ruben, J.A.  Mineralized tissues and exercise physiology of snakes. American Zoologist, 23: 377-381.
 
1982      Ruben, J.A. and A.F. Bennett.  Reduction in plasma calcium during exercise in man.  Nature, 299: 658.
 
1981      Ruben, J.A.  Mammal-like Reptiles:  Spreading the word.  Paleobiology 7(4):413-417.
 
1981      Ruben, J.A. and A.F. Bennett.  Intense exercise, bone structure and blood calcium levels in Vertebrates.  Nature, 291: 411-413.
 
1980      Ruben, J.A. and A.F. Bennett.  The vertebrate pattern of activity metabolism: Its antiquity and possible relation to vertebrate origins. Nature, 263: 886-889.
 
1979      Bennett, A.F. and J.A. Ruben.  Homeothermy and activity in vertebrates. Science, 206(9): 649-654.
 
1979      Ruben, J.A.  Blood physiology during activity in the snakes Masticophis flagellum (Colubridae) and Crotalus viridis (Crotalidae).  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, pt. A, 64(4): 577-586
 
1979      Ruben, J.A. and D. Battalia.  Aerobic and Anaerobic metabolism during activity in small rodents.  Journal of Experimental Zoology. 208(1):73-76.
 
1977      Ruben, J.A.  Morphological correlates of predatory modes in the coachwhip (Masicophis flagellum Shaw) and rosy boa (Lichanura roseofusca Cope).  Herpetologica 33(1):1-6.
 
1977      Ruben, J.A.  Some correlates of cranial and cervical morphology with predatory modes in snakes. Journal of Morphology, 152(1):89-100.
 
1976      Ruben, J.A.  Correlation of enzymatic activity, muscle myoglobin concentration and lung morphology with activity metabolism in snakes. Journal of Experimental Zoology, 197(3):313-320.
 
1976      Ruben, J.A.  Aerobic and anaerobic metabolism during activity in snakes. Journal of Comparative Physiology, 109:147-157.
 
1976      Ruben, J.A.  Reduced nocturnal heat loss associated with ground litter burrowing by the California red-sided garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis). Herpetologica, 32(3):323-325.
 
1975      Bennett, A.F. and J.A. Ruben.  High altitude adaptation and anaerobiosis in sceloporine lizards.  Comparative Biochemistry & Physiol., 1975, Vol. 50A, pp. 105-108.
 
1971      Ruben, J. A. A Pliocene colubrid snake (Reptilia: Colubridae) from west-central Nevada. PaleoBios, 13:1-19.