| Autopoiesis and cognition: The realization of the living HR Maturana, FJ Varela Springer Science & Business Media, 2012 | 12994 | 2012 |
| The Embodied Mind, revised edition: Cognitive Science and Human Experience FJ Varela, E Thompson, E Rosch MIT press, 2017 | 11368 | 2017 |
| The tree of knowledge: The biological roots of human understanding. HR Maturana, FJ Varela New Science Library/Shambhala Publications, 1987 | 9872 | 1987 |
| The brainweb: phase synchronization and large-scale integration F Varela, JP Lachaux, E Rodriguez, J Martinerie Nature reviews neuroscience 2 (4), 229-239, 2001 | 4950 | 2001 |
| The embodied mind FJ Varela, E Rosch, E Thompson | 4141 | 1993 |
| El árbol del conocimiento: las bases biológicas del entendimiento humano. H Maturana Romesín, F Varela Editorial Universitaria, 2009 | 3819* | 2009 |
| Der Baum der Erkenntnis: die biologischen Wurzeln der menschlichen Erkenntnis HR Maturana, FJ Varela Scherz, 1987 | 3618 | 1987 |
| A árvore do conhecimento H Maturana, F Varela São Paulo: Palas Athena, 2001 | 3493* | 2001 |
| Principles of biological autonomy F Varela | 3246 | 1979 |
| What the frog's eye tells the frog's brain JY Lettvin, HR Maturana, WS McCulloch, WH Pitts Proceedings of the IRE 47 (11), 1940-1951, 1959 | 3010 | 1959 |
| Measuring phase synchrony in brain signals JP Lachaux, E Rodriguez, J Martinerie, FJ Varela Human brain mapping 8 (4), 194-208, 1999 | 3009 | 1999 |
| De máquinas y seres vivos H Maturana, F Varela Universitaria, 1998 | 2886* | 1998 |
| Autopoiesis: the organization of living systems, its characterization and a model FG Varela, HR Maturana, R Uribe Biosystems 5 (4), 187-196, 1974 | 2335 | 1974 |
| Perception's shadow: long-distance synchronization of human brain activity E Rodriguez, N George, JP Lachaux, J Martinerie, B Renault, FJ Varela Nature 397 (6718), 430-433, 1999 | 2317 | 1999 |
| Neurophenomenology: A methodological remedy for the hard problem FJ Varela Journal of consciousness studies 3 (4), 330-349, 1996 | 2036 | 1996 |
| Autonomie et connaissance: essai sur le vivant FJ Varela | 1505 | 1989 |
| Radical embodiment: neural dynamics and consciousness E Thompson, FJ Varela Trends in cognitive sciences 5 (10), 418-425, 2001 | 1409 | 2001 |
| L'inscription corporelle de l'esprit: sciences cognitives et expérience humaine FJ Varela, E Thomson, E Rosch Editions du Seuil, 1993 | 1371 | 1993 |
| Ethical know-how: Action, wisdom, and cognition FJ Varela Stanford University Press, 1999 | 1342 | 1999 |
| Connaître: Les sciences cognitives, tendences et perspectivess FJ Varela Editions du Seuil, 1988 | 1284* | 1988 |
