| Measurement of sap flow in plant stems DM Smith, SJ Allen Journal of experimental Botany 47 (12), 1833-1844, 1996 | 764 | 1996 |
| Water relations in sugarcane and response to water deficits NG Inman-Bamber, DM Smith Field crops research 92 (2-3), 185-202, 2005 | 627 | 2005 |
| Growth and function of the sugarcane root system DM Smith, NG Inman-Bamber, PJ Thorburn Field Crops Research 92 (2-3), 169-183, 2005 | 397 | 2005 |
| Pay: Establishing payments for watershed services M Smith, D de Groot, GJJ Bergkamp IUCN, 2006 | 184* | 2006 |
| Reverse flow of sap in tree roots and downward siphoning of water by Grevillea robusta DM Smith, NA Jackson, JM Roberts, CK Ong Functional Ecology 13 (2), 256-264, 1999 | 158 | 1999 |
| Productivity, microclimate and water use in Grevillea robusta-based agroforestry systems on hillslopes in semi-arid Kenya CK Ong, CR Black, JS Wallace, AAH Khan, JE Lott, NA Jackson, ... Agriculture, ecosystems & environment 80 (1-2), 121-141, 2000 | 144 | 2000 |
| Spring–Managing groundwater sustainably M Smith, K Cross, M Paden, P Laban IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, 2016 | 141 | 2016 |
| Managed flood releases from reservoirs: issues and guidance M Acreman, FAK Farquharson, MP McCartney, C Sullivan, K Campbell, ... Report to DFID and the World Commission on Dams. Centre for Ecology and …, 2000 | 138 | 2000 |
| Planning future landscapes in the Wet Tropics of Australia: A social–ecological framework I Bohnet, DM Smith Landscape and Urban Planning 80 (1-2), 137-152, 2007 | 121 | 2007 |
| Sources of water used by trees and millet in Sahelian windbreak systems DM Smith, PG Jarvis, JCW Odongo Journal of hydrology 198 (1-4), 140-153, 1997 | 108 | 1997 |
| Tree roots in the built environment J Roberts, N Jackson, M Smith The Stationery Office, 2006 | 107 | 2006 |
| Share: Managing water across boundaries T Greiber, M Smith, G Bergkamp IUCN, 2008 | 92 | 2008 |
| Root distributions in a Grevillea robusta-maize agroforestry system in semi-arid Kenya DM Smith, NA Jackson, JM Roberts, CK Ong Plant and Soil 211, 191-205, 1999 | 75 | 1999 |
| Physiological and environmental control of transpiration by trees in windbreaks DM Smith, PG Jarvis Forest ecology and management 105 (1-3), 159-173, 1998 | 63 | 1998 |
| The critical role of risk in setting directions for water, food and energy policy and research L Gallagher, J Dalton, C Bréthaut, T Allan, H Bellfield, D Crilly, K Cross, ... Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 23, 12-16, 2016 | 62 | 2016 |
| Implementing environmental flows in integrated water resources management and the ecosystem approach IC Overton, DM Smith, J Dalton, S Barchiesi, MC Acreman, JC Stromberg, ... Hydrological Sciences Journal 59 (3-4), 860-877, 2014 | 62 | 2014 |
| Sugarcane physiology: integrating from cell to crop to advance sugarcane production NG Inman-Bamber, G Bonnett, PJ Thorburn, DM Smith | 54 | 2005 |
| Tackling trade-offs in the nexus of water, energy and food J Pittock, S Orr, L Stevens, M Aheeyar, M Smith Aquatic Procedia 5, 58-68, 2015 | 50 | 2015 |
| Investment in resilient food systems in the most vulnerable and fragile regions is critical C Queiroz, AV Norström, A Downing, ZV Harmáčková, C De Coning, ... Nature food 2 (8), 546-551, 2021 | 47 | 2021 |
| Negotiate: reaching agreements over water J Dore, J Robinson, DM Smith IUCN, 2010 | 46 | 2010 |
