| A survey of knot theory A Kawauchi Birkhäuser, Basel, 1996 | 894* | 1996 |
| Descriptions on surfaces in four- space, I : Normal forms A Kawauchi, T Shibuya, S Suzuki Math. Sem. Notes, Kobe Univ. 10 (1982), 75-125, 1982 | 142 | 1982 |
| Proposals for unknotted surfaces in four-spaces F Hosokawa, A Kawauchi Osaka J. Math. 16, 233-248, 1979 | 102 | 1979 |
| Algebraic classification of linking pairings on 3-manifolds A Kawauchi, S Kojima Mathematische Annalen 253 (1), 29-42, 1980 | 100 | 1980 |
| Polynomials of amphicheiral knots R Hartley, A Kawauchi Mathematische Annalen 243 (1), 63-70, 1979 | 71 | 1979 |
| Almost identical imitations of (3, 1)-dimensional manifold pairs A Kawauchi Osaka J. Math. 26, 743-758, 1989 | 57 | 1989 |
| The invertibility problem on amphicheiral excellent knots A Kawauchi Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series A, Mathematical Sciences 55 (10 …, 1979 | 53 | 1979 |
| On the Alexander polynomials of cobordant links A Kawauchi Osaka J. Math. 15, 151-159, 1978 | 50 | 1978 |
| On quadratic forms of 3-manifolds A Kawauchi Inventiones mathematicae 43 (2), 177-198, 1977 | 46 | 1977 |
| On coefficient polynomials of the skein polynomial of an oriented link A Kawauchi Kobe J. Math 11 (1), 49-68, 1994 | 44 | 1994 |
| Three dualities on the integral homology of infinite cyclic coverings of manifolds A Kawauchi Osaka J. Math. 23, 633-651, 1986 | 42 | 1986 |
| Lectures on knot theory A Kawauchi Kyoritsu shuppan, 2007 | 37 | 2007 |
| Classfication of pretzel knots A Kawauchi Kobe journal of mathematics 2, 11-22, 1985 | 34 | 1985 |
| On links not cobordant to split links A Kawauchi Topology 19 (4), 321-334, 1980 | 33 | 1980 |
| An imitation theory of manifolds A Kawauchi Osaka J. Math. 26, 447-464, 1989 | 27 | 1989 |
| On pseudo-ribbon surface-links A Kawauchi Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications 11 (07), 1043-1062, 2002 | 25 | 2002 |
| Imitation of (3, 1)-dimensional manifold pairs A Kawauchi Sugaku Expositions 2, 141-156, 1989 | 23 | 1989 |
| On the integral homology of infinite cyclic coverings of links A Kawauchi Kobe J. Math 4 (1), 31-41, 1987 | 23 | 1987 |
| On alternation numbers of links A Kawauchi Topology and its Applications 157 (1), 274-279, 2010 | 20 | 2010 |
| A tabulation of 3-manifolds via Dehn surgery A Kawauchi Boletin de la Sociedad Matematica Mexicana 3 (10), 279-304, 2004 | 20 | 2004 |