| Emerging Johannesburg: perspectives on the postapartheid city R Tomlinson, R Beauregard, L Bremner, X Mangcu Routledge, 2003 | 167 | 2003 |
| Democracy and delivery: Urban policy in South Africa U Pillay, R Tomlinson, J Du Toit Hsrc Press, 2006 | 163 | 2006 |
| Urbanization in Post-Apartheid South Africa R Tomlinson Routledge Library Editions: Ubanization. Volume 8, 2018 | 153 | 2018 |
| Urbanization in post-apartheid South Africa. R Tomlinson Unwin Hyman, 1990 | 153* | 1990 |
| Development and dreams: the urban legacy of the 2010 Football World Cup. U Pillay, R Tomlinson, O Bass HSRC Press, 2009 | 143 | 2009 |
| Regional Restructuring Under Apartheid: Urban and Regional Policies in Contemporary South Africa R Tomlinson, M Addleson Ravan Press, 1987 | 92 | 1987 |
| The postapartheid struggle for an integrated Johannesburg R Tomlinson, RA Beauregard, L Bremner, X Mangcu Emerging Johannesburg, 19-36, 2003 | 90* | 2003 |
| From exclusion to inclusion: rethinking Johannesburg's central city R Tomlinson Environment and Planning A 31 (9), 1655-1678, 1999 | 78 | 1999 |
| Urban Development Planning: lessons for the economic reconstruction of South Africa's cities R Tomlinson, D Dewar (No Title), 1994 | 72 | 1994 |
| Ten years in the making: a history of the evolution of metropolitan government in Johannesburg R Tomlinson Urban Forum 10 (1), 1-39, 1999 | 66 | 1999 |
| The local economic development mirage in South Africa R Tomlinson Geoforum 34 (1), 113-122, 2003 | 65 | 2003 |
| International best practice, enabling frameworks and the policy process: A South African case study R Tomlinson International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 26 (2), 377-388, 2002 | 63 | 2002 |
| Whose accolades? An alternative perspective on motivations for hosting the Olympics R Tomlinson Urban forum 21 (2), 139-152, 2010 | 56 | 2010 |
| Best practice post-disaster housing and livelihood recovery interventions: Winners and losers MT Tafti, R Tomlinson International Development Planning Review 37 (2), 165-185, 2015 | 54 | 2015 |
| Australia's Unintended Cities: The Impact of Housing on Urban Development R Tomlinson CSIRO Publishing, 2012 | 49 | 2012 |
| The Race, Class, and Space of Shopping R Tomlinson, P Larsen Emerging Johannesburg, 43-55, 2003 | 41* | 2003 |
| Anticipating 2011. R Tomlinson Development and dreams: the urban legacy of the 2010 Football World Cup, 96-113, 2009 | 40 | 2009 |
| The role of post-disaster public policy responses in housing recovery of tenants MT Tafti, R Tomlinson Habitat International 40, 218-224, 2013 | 39 | 2013 |
| Industrial decentralization and the relief of poverty in the homelands. R Tomlinson | 39 | 1983 |
| Before and after the vuvuzela: identity, image and mega-events in South Africa, China and Brazil R Tomlinson, O Bass, T Bassett South African Geographical Journal= Suid-Afrikaanse Geografiese Tydskrif 93 …, 2011 | 37 | 2011 |
