Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Briggs was (co-) author of articles in journals such as "American Journal of Botany, Nature, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Science" and "Scientific American". Along with John L. Spudich he was editor of "the Handbook of Sensory Receptors Photo" published in 2005. According to ISIHighlyCited, Briggs is one of the most cited scientists in the field of botany and zoology (with co-authors/collaborators, such as Ulrich Kutschera, etc.).