| An annotated checklist of the birds of Iraq MA Salim, OF Al-Sheikhly, KA Majeed, RF Porter Sandgrouse 34 (1), 3-44, 2012 | 52 | 2012 |
| Lutrogale perspicillata P De Silva, WA Khan, B Kanchanasaka, I Reza Lubis, MM Feeroz, ... The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2, 2015 | 46 | 2015 |
| Checklist of the mammals of Iraq (Chordata: Mammalia) OF Al Sheikhly, MK Haba, F Barbanera, G Csorba, DL Harrison Bonn Zoological Bulletin 64 (1), 33-58, 2015 | 37 | 2015 |
| The status of Iraq smooth-coated otter Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli Hayman 1956 and Eurasian otter Lutra lutra Linnaeus 1758 in Iraq OF Al-Sheikhly, IA Nader IUCN Otter Specialist Group Bulletin 30 (1), 18-30, 2013 | 31 | 2013 |
| Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra): A review of the current world status P Yoxon, B Yoxon OTTER, Journal of the International Otter Survival Fund 5, 53-73, 2019 | 26 | 2019 |
| Phylogeography of the smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata): distinct evolutionary lineages and hybridization with the Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus) B Moretti, OF Al-Sheikhly, M Guerrini, M Theng, BK Gupta, MK Haba, ... Scientific Reports 7 (1), 41611, 2017 | 26 | 2017 |
| Impacts of biological globalization in the Mediterranean: Unveiling the deep history of human-mediated gamebird dispersal G Forcina, M Guerrini, H van Grouw, BK Gupta, P Panayides, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (11), 3296-3301, 2015 | 26 | 2015 |
| Otter hunting and trapping, a traditional practice of Marsh Arabs of Iraq OF Al-Sheikhly, MK Haba, F Barbanera IUCN Otter Specialist Group Bulletin 31 (2), 80-88, 2014 | 18 | 2014 |
| The field guide to the wild mammals of Iraq OF Al-Sheikhly, MK Haba Al-Farahidi Press, Baghdad, 2014 | 17 | 2014 |
| Identification and molecular analysis of infectious bursal disease in broiler farms in the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq OGM Amin, DJ Jackwood Tropical animal health and production 46, 1297-1301, 2014 | 16 | 2014 |
| New localities of the Kurdistan newt Neurergus microspilotus and Lake Urmia newt Neurergus crocatus (Caudata: Salamandridae) in Iraq OF Al-Sheikhly, AN Iyad, N Rastegar-Pouyani, RK Browne Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 6 (4), 42-49, 2013 | 16 | 2013 |
| Investigation of ancient DNA to enhance natural history museum collections: misidentification of smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) specimens across multiple museums F Barbanera, B Moretti, M Guerrini, OF Al-Sheikhly, G Forcina Belgian Journal of Zoology 146 (2), 2016 | 14 | 2016 |
| The Diurnal birds of Prey (Raptors) in the Mesopotamian Marshes of Southern Iraq with notes on their conservation status OF Al-Sheikhly, AJ Al-Azawi Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum (P-ISSN: 1017-8678, E-ISSN: 2311 …, 2019 | 13 | 2019 |
| The hunting of endangered mammals in Iraq OF Al-Sheikhly Wildlife Middle East 6 (10), 2012 | 13 | 2012 |
| Tigris and Euphrates rivers: their environment from headwaters to mouth LA Jawad Springer Nature, 2021 | 10 | 2021 |
| Recent sighting of smooth-coated otter Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli in Hawizeh Marsh (Southern Iraq) OF AL SHEIKHLY, MK Haba, F Barbanera IUCN Otter Specialist Group Bulletin 32 (1), 30-32, 2015 | 10 | 2015 |
| The Small Asian Mongoose Herpestes javanicus and the Indian Grey Mongoose Herpestes edwardsii in Iraq (Mammalia: Carnivora: Herpestidae) OF Al-Sheikhly, D Mallon Zoology in the Middle East 59 (2), 173-175, 2013 | 10 | 2013 |
| On the mechanism and kinetics of synthesizing polymer nanogels by ionizing radiation-induced intramolecular crosslinking of macromolecules A Ashfaq, JC An, P Ulański, M Al-Sheikhly Pharmaceutics 13 (11), 1765, 2021 | 8 | 2021 |
| Ring recoveries from Steppe eagles and Eastern Imperial eagles from the Russian and Kazakhstan breeding populations and a review of major threats to eagles in Iraq OF Al-Sheikhly, AN Al-Barazangi, MK Haba, NA Fazaa, HK Abdulzahra, ... | 8 | 2018 |
| First photographic evidence of Smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli) and Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra seistanica) in Iraq since 1950s OF Al-Sheikhly, MK Haba, NA Fazaa, F Barbanera, G Yoxon, B Mclennan, ... OTTER, Journal of the International Otter Survival Fund 3, 15-20, 2017 | 8 | 2017 |
