| Field guide to the dragonflies of Britain and Europe KD Dijkstra, A Schröter Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020 | 1192* | 2020 |
| Global diversity of dragonflies (Odonata) in freshwater VJ Kalkman, V Clausnitzer, KDB Dijkstra, AG Orr, DR Paulson, J Van Tol Freshwater animal diversity assessment, 351-363, 2008 | 574 | 2008 |
| Odonata enter the biodiversity crisis debate: the first global assessment of an insect group V Clausnitzer, VJ Kalkman, M Ram, B Collen, JEM Baillie, M Bedjanič, ... Biological conservation 142 (8), 1864-1869, 2009 | 452 | 2009 |
| DNA barcode reference libraries for the monitoring of aquatic biota in Europe: Gap-analysis and recommendations for future work H Weigand, AJ Beermann, F Čiampor, FO Costa, Z Csabai, S Duarte, ... Science of the Total Environment 678, 499-524, 2019 | 445 | 2019 |
| De Nederlandse Libellen (Odonata).–Nederlandse Fauna 4 NVV LIBELLENSTUDIE Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis, KNNV Uitgeverij & European …, 2002 | 360* | 2002 |
| Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Z ygoptera (O donata) KDB DIJKSTRA, VJ Kalkman, RA Dow, FR Stokvis, JAN Van Tol Systematic entomology 39 (1), 68-96, 2014 | 343 | 2014 |
| Freshwater biodiversity and aquatic insect diversification KDB Dijkstra, MT Monaghan, SU Pauls Annual review of entomology 59 (1), 143-163, 2014 | 282 | 2014 |
| Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation SA Thomson, RL Pyle, ST Ahyong, M Alonso-Zarazaga, J Ammirati, ... PLoS biology 16 (3), e2005075, 2018 | 256 | 2018 |
| International scientists formulate a roadmap for insect conservation and recovery JA Harvey, R Heinen, I Armbrecht, Y Basset, JH Baxter-Gilbert, ... Nature Ecology & Evolution 4 (2), 174-176, 2020 | 241 | 2020 |
| The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) KDB Dijkstra, G Bechly, SM Bybee, RA Dow, HJ Dumont, G Fleck, ... Zootaxa 3703 (1), 36-45, 2013 | 224 | 2013 |
| Implications of bias in conservation research and investment for freshwater species WRT Darwall, RA Holland, KG Smith, D Allen, EGE Brooks, V Katarya, ... Conservation Letters 4 (6), 474-482, 2011 | 215 | 2011 |
| A strategy for the next decade to address data deficiency in neglected biodiversity A Hochkirch, MJ Samways, J Gerlach, M Böhm, P Williams, P Cardoso, ... Conservation Biology 35 (2), 502-509, 2021 | 146 | 2021 |
| A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research A Maasri, SC Jähnig, MC Adamescu, R Adrian, C Baigun, DJ Baird, ... Ecology Letters 25 (2), 255-263, 2022 | 139 | 2022 |
| Order odonata F Suhling, G Sahlén, S Gorb, VJ Kalkman, KDB Dijkstra, J van Tol Thorp and Covich's freshwater invertebrates, 893-932, 2015 | 126 | 2015 |
| Focus on African freshwaters: hotspots of dragonfly diversity and conservation concern V Clausnitzer, KDB Dijkstra, R Koch, JP Boudot, WRT Darwall, J Kipping, ... Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 10 (3), 129-134, 2012 | 117 | 2012 |
| Phylogeny, classification and taxonomy of European dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata): a review KDB Dijkstra, VJ Kalkman Organisms Diversity & Evolution 12 (3), 209-227, 2012 | 94 | 2012 |
| The dragonflies and damselflies of eastern Africa: handbook for all Odonata from Sudan to Zimbabwe KDB Dijkstra, V Clausnitzer | 83 | 2014 |
| Sixty new dragonfly and damselfly species from Africa (Odonata) KDB Dijkstra, N Mézière, J Kipping Odonatologica 44 (4), 447-678, 2015 | 76 | 2015 |
| Odonate assemblages of running waters in the Upper Guinean forest KDB Dijkstra, J Lempert Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 157 (3), 397-412, 2003 | 74 | 2003 |
| Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics SM Bybee, VJ Kalkman, RJ Erickson, PB Frandsen, JW Breinholt, ... Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 160, 107115, 2021 | 64 | 2021 |