| Field guide to the dragonflies of Britain and Europe KD Dijkstra, A Schröter Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020 | 1158* | 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 | 560 | 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 | 451 | 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 | 397 | 2019 |
| De Nederlandse Libellen (Odonata).–Nederlandse Fauna 4 NVV LIBELLENSTUDIE Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis, KNNV Uitgeverij & European …, 2002 | 358* | 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 | 333 | 2014 |
| Freshwater biodiversity and aquatic insect diversification KDB Dijkstra, MT Monaghan, SU Pauls Annual review of entomology 59, 143-163, 2014 | 260 | 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 | 241 | 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 | 227 | 2020 |
| The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and … KDB Dijkstra, G Bechly, SM Bybee, RA Dow, HJ Dumont, G Fleck, ... Zootaxa 3703 (1), 36–45-36–45, 2013 | 218 | 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 | 204 | 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 | 124 | 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 | 122 | 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 | 121 | 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 | 111 | 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 | 90 | 2012 |
| The dragonflies and damselflies of eastern Africa: handbook for all Odonata from Sudan to Zimbabwe KDB Dijkstra, V Clausnitzer | 82 | 2014 |
| Odonate assemblages of running waters in the Upper Guinean forest KDB Dijkstra, J Lempert Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 157 (3), 397-412, 2003 | 74 | 2003 |
| Sixty new dragonfly and damselfly species from Africa (Odonata) KDB Dijkstra, N Mézière, J Kipping Odonatologica 44 (4), 447-678, 2015 | 72 | 2015 |
| Gone with the wind: westward dispersal across the Indian Ocean and island speciation in Hemicordulia dragonflies (Odonata: Corduliidae) KDB Dijkstra Zootaxa 1438 (1), 27–48-27–48, 2007 | 58 | 2007 |
