| The appearance of plant and animal domestication in New Guinea J Golson, PJ Hughes Journal de la Société des Océanistes 36 (69), 294-303, 1980 | 157 | 1980 |
| Occupational disturbance and types of archaeological deposit PJ Hughes, RJ Lampert Journal of Archaeological Science 4 (2), 135-140, 1977 | 137 | 1977 |
| Prehistoric population change in southern coastal New South Wales PJ Hughes, RJ Lampert S. Bowdler (ed) Coastal archaeology in eastern Australia, 1982 | 105 | 1982 |
| Aboriginal engineers of the western district, Victoria PJF Coutts, RK Frank, P Hughes Records of the Victorian Archaeological Survey No. 10 10, 47, 1978 | 98 | 1978 |
| Ten thousand years of cultivation at Kuk Swamp in the highlands of Papua New Guinea (Terra Australis 46) J Golson, T Denham, P Hughes, P Swadling, J Muke ANU Press, 2017 | 87 | 2017 |
| Geomorphological fieldwork and the evolution of the landscape of Kakadu National Park GS Hope, PJ Hughes, J Russell-Smith R. Jones (ed) Archaeological research in Kakadu National Park. Special …, 1985 | 79 | 1985 |
| Sea level change and Aboriginal coastal adaptations in southern New South Wales RJ Lampert, PJ Hughes Archaeology & Physical Anthropology in Oceania 9 (3), 226-235, 1974 | 75 | 1974 |
| Aboriginal burning and late Holocene geomorphic events in eastern NSW PJ Hughes, ME Sullivan Search (Sydney) 12 (Aug 1981), 277-278, 1981 | 72 | 1981 |
| Human-induced erosion in a highlands catchment in Papua New-Guinea: The prehistoric and contemporary records PJ Hughes, ME Sullivan, D Yok Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie. Supplementband, 227-239, 1991 | 69 | 1991 |
| The re-deposition of midden material by storm waves PJ Hughes, ME Sullivan Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 107, 6-10, 1974 | 63 | 1974 |
| Radiocarbon dates from archaeological sites on the south coast of New South Wales and the use of depth/age curves PJ Hughes, V Djohadze Occasional Papers in Prehistory No. 1., 1980 | 55 | 1980 |
| Prehistoric man-induced degradation of the Lakeba landscape: evidence from two inland swamps PJ Hughes, G Hope, M Latham, M Brookfield Lakeba: Environmental change, population and resource use, 93-111, 1979 | 49 | 1979 |
| Reading early agriculture at Kuk swamp, Wahgi Valley, Papua New Guinea: the archaeological features (phases 1–3) TP Denham, J Golson, PJ Hughes Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 70, 259-297, 2004 | 48 | 2004 |
| Implications of Expected Climate Changes in the South Pacific Region: An Overview-UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 128 JC Pernetta, PJ Hughes N/A, 1990 | 41* | 1990 |
| A geomorphological interpretation of selected archaeological sites in southern coastal New South wales PJ Hughes School of Geography, University of New South Wales, 1977 | 37 | 1977 |
| An early agricultural system at Mugumamp ridge, western highlands Province, Papua New Guinea HECP Hughes The Australian Journal of Anthropology 11 (4), 437, 1978 | 36 | 1978 |
| Early human occupation of the Flinders Ranges RJ Lampert, PJ Hughes Records of the South Australian Museum 22, 139-168, 1988 | 32 | 1988 |
| The Flinders Ranges: a Pleistocene outpost in the arid zone RJ Lampert, PJ Hughes Records of the South Australian Museum 20 (29-34), 479, 1987 | 32 | 1987 |
| Geoarchaeology in Australia PJ Hughes In G. Connah (ed) Manual for Australian Archaeology: a guide to field and …, 1983 | 32* | 1983 |
| Environmental impact assessment in Papua New Guinea: lessons for the wider Pacific region P Hughes, M Sullivan Pacific Viewpoint 30 (1), 34-55, 1989 | 30 | 1989 |