| Competitive sport and social capital in rural Australia M Tonts Journal of rural studies 21 (2), 137-149, 2005 | 526 | 2005 |
| A prototype framework for models of socio-hydrology: identification of key feedback loops and parameterisation approach Y Elshafei, M Sivapalan, M Tonts, MR Hipsey Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 18 (6), 2141-2166, 2014 | 261 | 2014 |
| Boomtowns, resource dependence and socio-economic well-being M Lawrie, M Tonts, P Plummer Australian geographer 42 (2), 139-164, 2011 | 232 | 2011 |
| Containing urban sprawl: trends in land use and spatial planning in the metropolitan region of Barcelona V Paül, M Tonts Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 48 (1), 7-35, 2005 | 232 | 2005 |
| Socio-economic wellbeing in Australian mining towns: A comparative analysis M Tonts, P Plummer, M Lawrie Journal of Rural Studies 28 (3), 288-301, 2012 | 198 | 2012 |
| Commodification and creative destruction in the Australian rural landscape: the case of Bridgetown, Western Australia M Tonts, S Greive Australian Geographical Studies 40 (1), 58-70, 2002 | 196 | 2002 |
| Neoliberalism and changing regional policy in Australia M Tonts, F Haslam-McKenzie International Planning Studies 10 (3-4), 183-200, 2005 | 159 | 2005 |
| Sustainable livelihoods and indicators for regional development in mining economies J Horsley, S Prout, M Tonts, SH Ali The Extractive Industries and Society 2 (2), 368-380, 2015 | 150 | 2015 |
| The restructuring of Australia’s rural communities M Tonts Land of discontent: the dynamics of change in rural and regional Australia …, 2000 | 140 | 2000 |
| Path dependence, resilience and the evolution of new rural economies: Perspectives from rural Western Australia M Tonts, P Plummer, N Argent Journal of Rural Studies 36, 362-375, 2014 | 116 | 2014 |
| A creativity-led rural renaissance? Amenity-led migration, the creative turn and the uneven development of rural Australia N Argent, M Tonts, R Jones, J Holmes Applied Geography 44, 88-98, 2013 | 116 | 2013 |
| Regional development, redistribution and the extraction of mineral resources: The Western Australian Goldfields as a resource bank M Tonts, K Martinus, P Plummer Applied Geography 45, 365-374, 2013 | 113 | 2013 |
| Economic diversity and regional socioeconomic performance: An empirical analysis of the Western Australian grain belt A Davies, M Tonts Geographical Research 48 (3), 223-234, 2010 | 110 | 2010 |
| From state paternalism to neoliberalism in Australian rural policy: perspectives from the Western Australian wheatbelt M Tonts, R Jones Space and Polity 1 (2), 171-190, 1997 | 102 | 1997 |
| Amenity-led migration in rural Australia: a new driver of local demographic and environmental change? N Argent, M Tonts, R Jones, J Holmes Demographic change in Australia's rural landscapes: implications for society …, 2010 | 101 | 2010 |
| Rural restructuring and the changing geography of competitive sport M Tonts, K Atherley Australian Geographer 36 (2), 125-144, 2005 | 100 | 2005 |
| Labour market dynamics in resource dependent regions: an examination of the Western Australian goldfields M Tonts Geographical Research 48 (2), 148-165, 2010 | 99 | 2010 |
| Evolutionary perspectives on rural Australia M Tonts, N Argent, P Plummer Geographical Research 50 (3), 291-303, 2012 | 91 | 2012 |
| The amenity principle, internal migration, and rural development in Australia N Argent, M Tonts, R Jones, J Holmes Geographies of Migration, 95-108, 2018 | 89 | 2018 |
| Strategic globalizing centers and sub-network geometries: A social network analysis of multi-scalar energy networks K Martinus, TJ Sigler, G Searle, M Tonts Geoforum 64, 78-89, 2015 | 85 | 2015 |
