| Quarrying in a tribal society J Burton World archaeology 16 (2), 234-247, 1984 | 146 | 1984 |
| Lectures on female education and manners.. J Burton William Porter, 1802 | 77 | 1802 |
| Axe makers of the Wahgi: pre-colonial industrialists of the Papua New Guinea highlands J Burton Australian National University; University Microfilms International, 1984 | 70 | 1984 |
| Making sense of waste flakes: new methods for investigating the technology and economics behind chipped stone assemblages J Burton Journal of Archaeological Science 7 (2), 131-148, 1980 | 55 | 1980 |
| Report of an Assessment of the Impacts of Frost and Drought in Papua New Guinea B Allen, M Bourke, J Burton, S Flew, B Gaupu, P Heai | 49 | 1997 |
| Repeng and the salt-makers: 'ecological trade' and stone axe production in the Papua New Guinea Highlands J Burton Man, 255-272, 1989 | 49 | 1989 |
| The fragmentation of responsibilities in the Melanesian mining sector C Filer, J Burton, G Banks Earth Matters: Indigenous Peoples, Corporate Social Responsibility and …, 2008 | 47* | 2008 |
| Agency and the «Avatar» narrative at the Porgera gold mine, Papua New Guinea J Burton Journal de la Société des Océanistes 138 (139), 37-52, 2014 | 36 | 2014 |
| A dysentery epidemic in New Guinea and its mortality J Burton The Journal of Pacific History 18 (4), 236-261, 1983 | 28 | 1983 |
| Land, labour and capital: small and large-scale miners in Papua New Guinea N Bainton, J Owen, S Kenema, J Burton Resources Policy 68 (October 2020), 101805, 2020 | 27 | 2020 |
| Terra nugax and the discovery paradigm: how Ok Tedi was shaped by the way it was found and how the rise of political process in the North Fly took the company by surprise J Burton The Ok Tedi Settlement: Issues, Outcomes and Implications. Canberra …, 1997 | 27 | 1997 |
| Exchange pathways at a stone axe factory in Papua New Guinea J Burton The Human Uses of Flint and Chert, ed. G. de G. Sieveking, MH Newcomer, 183-191, 1987 | 25 | 1987 |
| Mining and maladministration in Papua New Guinea J Burton Governance and reform in the South Pacific. Canberra, 154-182, 1998 | 24 | 1998 |
| Principles of compensation in the mining industry J Burton Compensation for resource development in Papua New Guinea, 116-136, 1997 | 18 | 1997 |
| Social impact of the Ok Tedi mine on the Yonggom villages of the North Fly, 1992 S Kirsch, S Hadley, J Burton Research in Melanesia 19, 23-102, 1995 | 18 | 1995 |
| Social mapping J Burton Customary land: registration and decentralisation in Papua New Guinea, 191-213, 1991 | 14 | 1991 |
| Tribal fighting: the scandal of inaction J Burton Catalyst 20 (3), 226-244, 1990 | 14 | 1990 |
| Tribal structure and rural ballot box counts in Hagen Open J Burton Eleksin: the 1987 National Election in Papua New Guinea, 253-284, 1989 | 14 | 1989 |
| Evidence of the “New Competencies”? J Burton Dilemmas of development: the social and economic impact of the Porgera gold …, 1999 | 13 | 1999 |
| Report of an Assessment of the Impacts of Frost and Drought in Papua New Guinea: Phase 2 BJ Allen, RM Bourke, J Burton, S Flew, B Gaupu, S Heia, P Igua, ... Department of Provincial and Local Government Affairs, 1997 | 13 | 1997 |
Nick BaintonAssociate Professor, The University of QueenslandVerified email at uq.edu.au
