| The changing nature of mining towns: Reflections from Australia, Canada and South Africa L Marais, FH McKenzie, L Deacon, E Nel, D van Rooyen, J Cloete Land use policy 76, 779-788, 2018 | 81 | 2018 |
| Municipal unrest in the Free State (South Africa): A new form of social movement? L Marais, Z Matebesi, M Mthombeni, L Botes, D Van Rooyen Politeia 27 (2), 51-69, 2008 | 36 | 2008 |
| Responses to mine downscaling: Evidence from secondary cities in the South African Goldfields L Marais, D van Rooyen, E Nel, M Lenka The Extractive Industries and Society 4 (1), 163-171, 2017 | 33 | 2017 |
| Mine decline and women: Reflections from the Free State Goldfields K Sesele, L Marais, D van Rooyen, J Cloete The Extractive Industries and Society 8 (1), 211-219, 2021 | 26 | 2021 |
| Economic transitions in South Africa's secondary cities: Governing mine closures L Marais, V Nel, K Rani, D Van Rooyen, K Sesele, P Van der Watt, ... Cogitatio, 2021 | 25 | 2021 |
| Women and mine closure: A case study of policy in South Africa K Sesele, L Marais, D van Rooyen Resources Policy 72, 102059, 2021 | 19 | 2021 |
| Coal and energy in South Africa: Considering a just transition L Marais, P Burger, M Campbell, SP Denoon-Stevens, D van Rooyen Edinburgh University Press, 2021 | 18 | 2021 |
| Place attachment and social disruption in Postmasburg, a rapidly growing South African mining town L Marais, J Cloete, D van Rooyen, S Denoon-Stevens, V Nel GeoJournal 84, 71-83, 2019 | 16 | 2019 |
| The background to the Postmasburg study L Marais, D van Rooyen, P Burger, M Lenka, J Cloete, S Denoon-Stevens, ... Mining and Community in South Africa, 5-22, 2017 | 16 | 2017 |
| Community development workers: Four lessons from international experience of community-based workers D van Rooyen Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk 43 (3), 2007 | 16 | 2007 |
| Revitalizing the Bloemfontein CBD: Prospects, obstacles and lost opportunities G Hoogendoorn, G Visser, M Lenka, L Marais, D Van Rooyen, A Venter Urban Forum 19, 159-174, 2008 | 13 | 2008 |
| Mining and community in the South African Platinum Belt: a decade after Marikana L Marais, D Van Rooyen, M Campbell, S Denoon-Stevens Nova Science Publishers, 2021 | 12 | 2021 |
| Mining and Community in South Africa L Marais, P Burger, D Van Rooyen New York: Routledge, 2018 | 12 | 2018 |
| Civic culture and local economic development in a small town D Van Rooyen University of the Free State, 2013 | 12 | 2013 |
| Planning for economic development in a secondary city? Trends, pitfalls and alternatives for Mangaung, South Africa L Marais, D Van Rooyen, M Lenka, J Cloete Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, 203–217-203–217, 2014 | 10 | 2014 |
| Social innovation in South Africa: building inclusive economies? A Sheik, D van Rooyen, M Mazzei Social Enterprise Journal 19 (1), 1-22, 2022 | 9 | 2022 |
| Mining and community in South Africa: From small town to iron town P Burger, L Marais, D Van Rooyen Routledge, 2017 | 9 | 2017 |
| The City of Matlosana D van Rooyen, M Lenka Secondary Cities and Development, 49-62, 2016 | 9 | 2016 |
| Low-income housing policy in practice in arid and semi-arid South Africa L Marais, J Cloete, Z Matebesi, K Sigenu, D Van Rooyen Journal of arid environments 74 (10), 1340-1344, 2010 | 7 | 2010 |
| Redressing spatial inequalities and underdevelopment in a former R293 town: the case of Winterveld, South Africa J Ntema, D Van Rooyen Journal of Public Administration 51 (1), 136-153, 2016 | 6 | 2016 |
