| The perilous frontier: nomadic empires and China T Barfield Blackwell, Cambridge MA, 1989 | 1509 | 1989 |
| Afghanistan: A cultural and political history T Barfield Princeton University Press, 2010 | 1418* | 2010 |
| The dictionary of anthropology T Barfield Blackwell, Cambridge, Mass, 1997 | 847 | 1997 |
| Diccionario de antropologia T Barfield Diccionario de antropología, 2000 | 731 | 2000 |
| The nomadic alternative TJ Barfield Prentice Hall, 1993 | 560 | 1993 |
| The Shadow Empires: Imperial State Formation along the Chinese-Nomad Frontier T Barfield Empires: perspectives from archaeology and history, 11-41, 2001 | 333 | 2001 |
| The Central Asian Arabs of Afghanistan: pastoral nomadism in transition TJ Barfield University of Texas Press, 1981 | 202 | 1981 |
| The Hsiung-nu imperial confederacy: Organization and foreign policy TJ Barfield The Journal of Asian Studies 41 (1), 45-61, 1981 | 190 | 1981 |
| Weak links on a Rusty Chain: Structural weaknesses in Afghanistan’s Provincial government administration TJ Barfield Revolutions and rebellions in Afghanistan, 170-183, 1984 | 147* | 1984 |
| Tribe and state relations: The Inner Asian perspective TJ Barfield Tribes and state formation in the Middle East, 153-182, 1990 | 128 | 1990 |
| Problems in establishing legitimacy in Afghanistan TJ Barfield Iranian Studies 37 (2), 263-293, 2004 | 110 | 2004 |
| The clash of two goods: State and non-state dispute resolution in Afghanistan TJ Barfield, N Nojumi, JA Thier United States Institute of Peace, 2006 | 91 | 2006 |
| Afghanistan: An atlas of indigenous domestic architecture A Szabo, TJ Barfield University of Texas Press, 1991 | 91 | 1991 |
| Culture and custom in nation-building: law in Afghanistan T Barfield Me. L. Rev. 60, 347, 2008 | 90 | 2008 |
| Afghanistan's ethnic puzzle: decentralizing power before the US withdrawal T Barfield Foreign Aff. 90, 54, 2011 | 82 | 2011 |
| Afghan Customary Law and Its Relationship to Formal Judicial Institutions T Barfield United States Institute of Peace, 2003 | 79 | 2003 |
| Nomadic Pathways in Social Evolution NN Kradin, TJ Barfield MeaBooks Inc, 2015 | 69 | 2015 |
| Inner Asia and cycles of power in China’s imperial dynastic history TJ Barfield Rulers from the Steppe: State Formation on the Eurasian Periphery, 21-62, 1991 | 63 | 1991 |
| Bringing more effective governance to Afghanistan: 10 pathways to stability T Barfield, N Nojumi Middle East Policy 17 (4), 40-52, 2010 | 61 | 2010 |
| Steppe empires, China, and the Silk Route: Nomads as a force in international trade and politics T Barfield Nomads in the sedentary world, 234-249, 2001 | 47 | 2001 |
