1973

• Platnick, N.I. 1973. A Revision of the North American Spiders of the Family Anyphaenidae. Ph.D. thesis, Harvard University.

1975

• Platnick, N.I. 1975: A revision of the palpimanid spiders of the new subfamily Otiothopinae (Araneae, Palpimanidae). American Museum novitates 2562: 1-32. Reference page. 

1976

• Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1976: On Colombian Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei). American Museum novitates 2605: 1-8. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1976a: A revision of the Neotropical spider genus Zimiromus, with notes on Echemus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 2609: 1-24. Reference page. 

• Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1976b: A revision of the spider genera Lygromma and Neozimiris (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 2598: 1-23. Reference page. 

1977

• Platnick, N.I. 1977: A prodidomine spider from Australia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4: 72-73. Reference page. 

• Forster, R.R. & Platnick, N.I. 1977: A review of the spider family Symphytognathidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2619: 1-29. Reference page. 

• Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1977: On Amazonian Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei). American Museum novitates 2633: 1-17. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1978

• Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1978. A review of the spider genus Anapis (Araneae, Anapidae), with a dual cladistic analysis. American Museum novitates 2663: 1-23. Reference page. 

1979

• Platnick, N.I. 1979. A new Symphytognatha from New Guinea (Araneae, Symphytognathidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4: 337-338. Reference page. 
• Gertsch, Willis J. & Platnick, N.I. 1979. A revision of the spider family Mecicobothriidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). American Museum Novitates No. 2687. hdl: 2246/5425

• Platnick, N.I. & Paz Salamandra, N. 1979: On the Cryptocellus magnus group (Arachnida, Ricinulei). American Museum novitates 2677: 1-9. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1979: A revision of the Neotropical spider genus Echemoides, with notes on other echemines (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 2669: 1-22. Reference page. 

• Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1979a: A review of the spider genera Anapisona and Pseudanapis (Araneae, Anapidae). American Museum Novitates 2672: 1-20. Reference page. 

1980

• Gertsch, W.J. & Platnick, N.I. 1980. A revision of the American spiders of the family Atypidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). American Museum novitates 2704. Handle. Reference page. 

• Platnick, N.I. & Höfer, H. 1990: Systematics and ecology of ground spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from central Amazonian inundation forests. American Museum novitates 2971: 1-16. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1980: A revision of the spider genus Cesonia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 165: 335-386. Reference page. 

• Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1980a: A revision of the North American spider genera Nodocion, Litopyllus, and Synaphosus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 2691: 1-26. full article (PDF).Reference page. 

1981

• Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1981: On Central American Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei). American Museum novitates 2711: 1-21. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1981a: A new genus of the spider family Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 170: 176-182. Reference page. 

• Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1981b: New species and records of Neotropical Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 170: 189-196. Reference page. 

• Raven, R.J. & Platnick, NI. 1981: A revision of the American spiders of the family Microstigmatidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). American Museum Novitates 2707: 1-20. Reference page. 

1982

• Platnick, N.I. & Pass, G., 1982. On a New Guatemalan Pseudocellus (Arachnida,Ricinulei). American Museum novitates 2733: 1-6 full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1982: A revision of the American spiders of the genus Camillina (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 2748: 1-38. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1983

• Platnick, N.I. 1983: A review of the chilensis group of the spider genus Echemoides (Araneae, Gnaphosidae. American Museum novitates 2760: 1-18. Reference page. 

1984

• Forster, R.R. & Platnick, N.I. 1984. A review of the archaeid spiders and their relatives, with notes on the limits of the superfamily Palpimanoidea (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 178: 1–106. hdl: 2246/991 Reference page. 

• Platnick, N.I. & Sedgwick, W.C. 1984. A revision of the spider genus Liphistius (Araneae, Mesothelae). American Museum Novitates 2781: 1-31. hdl: 2246/5262 . Reference page. 

• Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1984. A revision of the Neotropical spiders of the new genus Apopyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 2788: 1-9. full article (PDF).Reference page. 

1985

• Forster, R.R. & Platnick, N.I. 1985: A review of the austral spider family Orsolobidae (Arachnida, Araneae), with notes on the superfamily Dysderoidea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 181: 1–229. handle [July 25, 1985] Reference page. 

• Platnick, N.I. 1985. On the Chilean spiders of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Journal of Arachnology 13: 399-400. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1986

• Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. & Platnick, N.I. 1986: A new Panjange from northern Borneo (Araneae, Pholcidae). Journal of The New York Entomological Society 94(4): 559-561. Reference page. 

• Platnick, N.I. & Forster, R.R. 1986. On Teutoniella, an American genus of the spider family Micropholcommatidae (Araneae, Palpimanoidea). American Museum Novitates 2854: 1-9. Reference page. .

1987

• Platnick, N.I. & Murphy, J.A., 1987. Studies on Malagasy spiders, 3. The zelotine Gnaphosidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea), with a review of the genus Camillina. American Museum novitates 2874: 1-33 full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Sedgwick, W.C. & Platnick, N.I. 1987. A new species of Liphistius (Araneae, Mesothelae) from Johore, Malaysia. Malayan Nature Journal 41(2–3): 361-363. Reference page. 

1989

• Platnick, N.I. 1989. Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1981-1987: A Supplement to Brignoli's A Catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981. ISBN 0-7190-2782-9 Manchester University Press: 1-673. Reference page. 

• Platnick, N.I. & Forster, R.R. 1989: A revision of the temperate South American and Australasian spiders of the family Anapidae (Araneae, Araneoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 190: 1-139. Reference page. 

• Platnick, N.I. & Ubick, D. 1989: A revision of the spider genus Drassinella (Araneae, Liocranidae). American Museum novitates, 2937: 1-12. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1990

• Platnick, N.I. 1990. Spinneret Morphology and the Phylogeny of Ground Spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). American Museum Novitates No. 2978: 1–42. hdl: 2246/5065

• Platnick, N.I. & Griffin, E. 1990: On Rastellus, a new genus of the spider family Ammoxenidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). American Museum novitates 2995: 1-11. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1991

• Platnick, N.I. 1991. On Malagasy Archaea (Araneae, Archaeidae). Journal of African Zoology 105: 135-140. Reference page. 

• Ubick, D. & Platnick, N.I. 1991: On Hesperocranum, a new spider genus from western North America (Araneae, Liocranidae). American Museum novitates 3019: 1-12. Reference page. 
• Platnick, N.I., Coddington, J.A., Forster, R.R. & Griswold, C.E. 1991. Spinneret Morphology and the Phylogeny of Haplogyne Spiders (Araneae, Araneomorphae). American Museum Novitates No. 3016: 1–73. hdl: 2246/5043

1992

• Platnick, N.I. & di Franco, F. 1992: On The Relationships of the Spider Genus Cybaeodes (Araneae,Dionycha). American Museum novitates 3053: 1-9. Reference page. 

1994

• Ovtsharenko, V.I., Levy, G. & Platnick, N.I. 1994: A review of the ground spider genus Synaphosus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 3095: 1-27. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1995

• Ovtsharenko, V.I., Platnick, N.I. & Marusik, Y.M. 1995: A review of the Holarctic ground spider genus Parasyrisca (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 3147: 1-55. hdl: 2246/3560 . Reference page. 

1997

• Platnick, N.I., Schwendinger, P.J. & Steiner, H. 1997. Three new species of the spider genus Liphistius (Araneae, Mesothelae) from Malaysia. American Museum Novitates 3209: 1-13. hdl: 2246/3614 . Reference page. 

1998

• Platnick, N.I. 1998. Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1992–1995, with Redescriptions 1940–1980. Journal of the New York Entomological Society p. 976.

1999

• Platnick, N.I., Grismado, C.J. & Ramírez, M.J. 1999: On the genera of the spider subfamily Otiothopinae (Araneae, Palpimanidae). American Museum novitates 3257: 1-25. Reference page. 
• Griswold, C.E., Coddington, J.A., Platnick, N.I. & Forster, R.R. 1999. Towards a Phylogeny of Entelegyne Spiders (Araneae, Araneomorphae, Entelegynae). Journal of Arachnology Vol. 27, p. 53–63. PDF.
• Platnick, N.I. 1999. Dimensions Of Biodiversity: Targeting Megadiverse Groups, (from: Cracraft, Joel & Grifo, Francesca T. (eds.): The living planet in crisis: biodiversity science and policy). Columbia University Press, New York, p. 33–52.

2000

• Platnick, N.I. 2000. A Relimitation and Revision of the Australasian Ground Spider Family Lamponidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History No. 245: p 1–330. hdl: 2246/1592

2002

• Platnick, N.I. 2002. A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (271) 1–243 (PDF) Reference page. 

2005

• Platnick, N.I., Shadab, M.U. & Sorkin, L.N. 2005: On the Chilean spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea), with a revision of the genus Moreno Mello-Leitão. American Museum novitates 3499: 1-31. Reference page. 

2006

• Platnick, N.I. & Baehr, B.C. 2006: A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 298: 1-287. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2006)298[1:AROTAG]2.0.CO;2 . Reference page. 

2007

• Platnick, N.I. & Horner, N.V. 2007. A new species of Drassyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from west Texas. Journal of Arachnology 35: 197-198. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2009

• Platnick, N.I. & Dupérré, N. 2009. The Goblin Spider Genera Opopaea and Epectris (Araneae, Oonopidae) in the New World. American Museum Novitates 3649: 1–43. Abstract. Reference page. 

• Platnick, N.I. & Dupérré, N. 2009a. The American goblin spiders of the new genus Escaphiella (Araneae, Oonopidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 328: 1-151. Reference page. 

• Platnick, N.I. & Jäger, P. 2009. A new species of the basal araneomorph spider genus Ectatosticta (Araneae, Hypochilidae) from China. Zookeys 16: 209–215. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.16.231 . Reference page. 

2010

• Platnick, N.I. & Dupérré, N. 2010. The goblin spider genus Scaphiella (Araneae, Oonopidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 332: 1–156. Reference page. 

• Platnick, N.I. & Dupérré, N. 2010a. The Andean goblin spiders of the new genera Niarchos and Scaphios (Araneae, Oonopidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 345: 1–120. Reference page. 

• Sánchez-Ruiz, A., Platnick, N.I. & Dupérré, N. 2010. A new genus of the spider family Caponiidae (Araneae, Haplogynae) from the West Indies. American Museum novitates (3705) DOI: 10.1206/3705.2 Reference page. 

2011

• Platnick, N.I. & Dupérré, N. 2011. The Andean goblin spiders of the new genus Scaphidysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae), with notes on Dysderina. American Museum novitates 3712: 1–51. DOI: 10.1206/3712.2 Reference page. 

2012

• Platnick, N.I. & Dupérré, N. 2012. The Caribbean goblin spider genera Scaphioides and Hortoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum novitates 3751: 1–62. DOI: 10.1206/3751.2 . hdl: 2246/6320 . Reference page. 

• Platnick, N.I. & Dupérré, N. 2012. The goblin spider genus Costarina (Araneae, Oonopidae), part 1. American Museum novitates 3730: 1–64. DOI: 10.1206/3730.2 Reference page. 

2013

• Platnick, N.I. & Berniker, L. 2013: The soft-bodied goblin spiders of the new genus Noonops (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum novitates 3776: 1-48 DOI: 10.1206/3776.2 Reference page. 

2014

• Platnick, N.I. & Berniker, L. 2014: The Neotropical goblin spiders of the new genus Reductoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum novitates, 3811: 1-75. DOI: 10.1206/3811.1 Reference page. 

• Platnick, N.I. & Berniker, L. 2014a: The goblin spider genus Costarina (Araneae, Oonopidae), part 3. American Museum novitates 3819: 1-67. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Platnick, N.I., Berniker, L. & Víquez, C. 2014: The goblin spider genus Costarina (Araneae, Oonopidae), Part 2: the Costa Rican fauna. American Museum novitates 3794: 1-75. DOI: 10.1206/3794.1 Reference page. 

• Platnick, N.I., Berniker, L. & Víquez, C. 2014a: A new goblin spider genus of the Zyngoonops group from Costa Rica, with notes on Coxapopha (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum novitates 3820 DOI: 10.1206/3820.1 Reference page.