| Turtles of the world: annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status SA Thomson Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology 20 (2), 225-228, 2021 | 492 | 2021 |
| 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 | 211 | 2018 |
| Global conservation status of turtles and tortoises (order Testudines) AGJ Rhodin, CB Stanford, PP Van Dijk, C Eisemberg, L Luiselli, ... Chelonian Conservation and Biology 17 (2), 135-161, 2018 | 200 | 2018 |
| Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species A Georges, S Thomson Zootaxa 2496 (1), 1–37-1–37, 2010 | 107 | 2010 |
| Turtles and tortoises of the world during the rise and global spread of humanity: first checklist and review of extinct Pleistocene and Holocene chelonians AGJ Rhodin, S Thomson, GL Georgalis, HV Karl, IG Danilov, A Takahashi, ... Chelonian Research Foundation, 2015 | 80 | 2015 |
| Former distribution and apparent disappearance of the Litoria aurea complex from the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory WS Osborne, MJ Littlejohn, SA Thomson Australian Zoologist 30 (2), 190-198, 1996 | 68 | 1996 |
| Principles for creating a single authoritative list of the world’s species ST Garnett, L Christidis, S Conix, MJ Costello, FE Zachos, OS Bánki, ... PLoS Biology 18 (7), e3000736, 2020 | 64 | 2020 |
| A new species of freshwater turtle in the genus Elseya (Testudines: Chelidae) from central coastal Queensland, Australia S Thomson, A Georges, CJ Limpus Chelonian Conservation and Biology 5 (1), 74-86, 2006 | 50 | 2006 |
| Evolution and zoogeography of Australasian freshwater turtles A Georges Evolution and Zoogeography of Australasian Freshwater turtles, 291-308, 2006 | 48 | 2006 |
| Characterisation of sterol biosynthesis and validation of 14α-demethylase as a drug target in Acanthamoeba S Thomson, CA Rice, T Zhang, RA Edrada-Ebel, FL Henriquez, ... Scientific reports 7 (1), 8247, 2017 | 42 | 2017 |
| Neural bones in Australian chelid turtles S Thomson, A Georges Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2 (1-1996), 1996 | 39 | 1996 |
| Re-evaluation of Emydura lavarackorum: identification of a living fossil S Thomson, A White, A Georges Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42 (1), 327-336, 1997 | 38 | 1997 |
| Myuchelys gen. nov.—a new genus for Elseya latisternum and related forms of Australian freshwater turtle (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) S Thomson, A Georges Zootaxa 2053 (1), 32–42-32–42, 2009 | 37 | 2009 |
| Comment on Spracklandus Hoser, 2009 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Elapidae): request for confirmation of the availability of the generic name and for the nomenclatural validation of … AGJ Rhodin, H Kaiser, PP van Dijk, W Wuster, M O'Shea, M Archer, ... ICZN International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 2015 | 35 | 2015 |
| Fossil turtles from the early Pliocene Bluff Downs Local Fauna, with a description of a new species of Elseya SA Thomson, B Mackness Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 123 (3), 101-105, 1999 | 33 | 1999 |
| Mitogenomics of historical type specimens of Australasian turtles: clarification of taxonomic confusion and old mitochondrial introgression C Kehlmaier, X Zhang, A Georges, PD Campbell, S Thomson, U Fritz Scientific reports 9 (1), 1-12, 2019 | 32 | 2019 |
| A new species of Chelodina (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from northern Australia WP McCord, SA Thomson Journal of Herpetology 36 (2), 255-267, 2002 | 30 | 2002 |
| The prevalence of tuberculosis at necropsy in progressive massive fibrosis of coalworkers D Rivers, WRL James, DG Davies, S Thomson British journal of industrial medicine 14 (1), 39, 1957 | 30 | 1957 |
| Validity of taxonomic changes for turtles proposed by Wells and Wellington JB Iverson, SA Thomson, A Georges Journal of Herpetology, 361-368, 2001 | 26 | 2001 |
| A new species of long-necked turtle (Testudines: Chelidae) from the Arnhem Land Plateau, Northern Territory, Australia S Thomson, R Kennett, A Georges Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3 (4), 675-685, 2000 | 26 | 2000 |
