| World atlas of desertification DSG Thomas Arnold, 1997 | 1683 | 1997 |
| The effect of environmental change on human migration R Black, WN Adger, NW Arnell, S Dercon, A Geddes, D Thomas Global environmental change 21, S3-S11, 2011 | 1456 | 2011 |
| Equity and justice in climate change adaptation amongst natural-resource-dependent societies DSG Thomas, C Twyman Global environmental change 15 (2), 115-124, 2005 | 879 | 2005 |
| Adaptation to climate change and variability: farmer responses to intra-seasonal precipitation trends in South Africa DSG Thomas, C Twyman, H Osbahr, B Hewitson Climatic change 83 (3), 301-322, 2007 | 854 | 2007 |
| Desertification: exploding the myth. DSG Thomas, NJ Middleton Desertification: exploding the myth., 1994 | 677 | 1994 |
| The Kalahari Environment D Thomas, PA Shaw Cambridge University Press, 1991 | 675 | 1991 |
| Migration, immobility and displacement outcomes following extreme events R Black, NW Arnell, WN Adger, D Thomas, A Geddes Environmental Science & Policy 27, S32-S43, 2013 | 517 | 2013 |
| Effective livelihood adaptation to climate change disturbance: scale dimensions of practice in Mozambique H Osbahr, C Twyman, WN Adger, DSG Thomas Geoforum 39 (6), 1951-1964, 2008 | 495 | 2008 |
| Remobilization of southern African desert dune systems by twenty-first century global warming DSG Thomas, M Knight, GFS Wiggs Nature 435 (7046), 1218-1221, 2005 | 382 | 2005 |
| Arid zone geomorphology: process, form and change in drylands DSG Thomas John Wiley & Sons, 2011 | 354 | 2011 |
| Climate change adaptation: Linking indigenous knowledge with western science for effective adaptation CC Makondo, DSG Thomas Environmental science & policy 88, 83-91, 2018 | 301 | 2018 |
| Evaluating successful livelihood adaptation to climate variability and change in southern Africa H Osbahr, C Twyman, WN Adger, DSG Thomas Ecology and Society 15 (2), 2010 | 291 | 2010 |
| Multiple episodes of aridity in southern Africa since the last interglacial period S Stokes, DSG Thomas, R Washington Nature 388 (6638), 154-158, 1997 | 272 | 1997 |
| Dune mobility and vegetation cover in the southwest Kalahari Desert GFS Wiggs, DSG Thomas, JE Bullard, I Livingstone Earth surface processes and landforms 20 (6), 515-529, 1995 | 262 | 1995 |
| Spreading deserts or spatially confined environmental impacts? Land degradation and cattle ranching in the Kalahari desert of Botswana JS Perkins, DSG Thomas Land Degradation & Development 4 (3), 179-194, 1993 | 226 | 1993 |
| Good or bad rangeland? Hybrid knowledge, science, and local understandings of vegetation dynamics in the Kalahari DSG Thomas, C Twyman Land degradation & development 15 (3), 215-231, 2004 | 225 | 2004 |
| The geomorphology of the Anthropocene: emergence, status and implications AG Brown, S Tooth, JE Bullard, DSG Thomas, RC Chiverrell, AJ Plater, ... Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 42 (1), 71-90, 2017 | 208 | 2017 |
| Science and the desertification debate DSG Thomas Journal of Arid Environments 37 (4), 599-608, 1997 | 199 | 1997 |
| Sedimentation and diagenesis of Chinese loess: Implications for the preservation of continuous, high-resolution climate records T Stevens, SJ Armitage, H Lu, DSG Thomas Geology 34 (10), 849-852, 2006 | 195 | 2006 |
| The dictionary of physical geography DSG Thomas, AS Goudie John Wiley & Sons, 2009 | 193 | 2009 |
