| Insect behavior RW Matthews, JR Matthews Springer, 2010 | 554 | 2010 |
| The social biology of wasps KG Ross, RW Matthews Cornell University Press, 2018 | 325 | 2018 |
| Successful scientific writing: a step-by-step guide for the biological and medical sciences JR Matthews, RW Matthews Cambridge University Press, 2014 | 320 | 2014 |
| Biology of braconidae RW Matthews Annual Review of Entomology 19 (1), 15-32, 1974 | 187 | 1974 |
| Insects as teaching tools in primary and secondary education RW Matthews, LR Flage, and, JR Matthews Annual review of entomology 42 (1), 269-289, 1997 | 164 | 1997 |
| The social biology of wasps HK Reeve, KG Ross, RW Matthews Polistes (Ed. by KG Ross & RW Matthews), 99-148, 1991 | 116 | 1991 |
| Biology of the Parasitoid Melittobia (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) RW Matthews, JM González, JR Matthews, LD Deyrup Annual Review of Entomology 54 (1), 251-266, 2009 | 112 | 2009 |
| Evolution of social behavior in sphecid wasps RW Matthews The social biology of wasps, 570-602, 1991 | 92 | 1991 |
| Observations on the nesting behavior of Megachile rubi and M. texana with a discussion of the significance of soil nesting in the evolution of megachilid bees (Hymenoptera … GC Eickwort, RW Matthews, J Carpenter Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 557-570, 1981 | 90 | 1981 |
| Courtship in parasitic wasps RW Matthews Evolutionary strategies of parasitic insects and mites, 66-86, 1975 | 89 | 1975 |
| Microstigmus comes: Sociality in a Sphecid Wasp RW Matthews Science 160 (3829), 787-788, 1968 | 81 | 1968 |
| The Malaise trap: its utility and potential for sampling insect populations. RW Matthews, JR Matthews | 79 | 1971 |
| Hierarchical genetic structure of the introduced wasp Vespula germanica in Australia MAD Goodisman, RW Matthews, RH Crozier Molecular ecology 10 (6), 1423-1432, 2001 | 76 | 2001 |
| Malaise traps: The Townes model catches more insects. RW Matthews, JR Matthews | 64 | 1983 |
| Nesting biology of the eastern yellowjacket, Vespula maculifrons (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) JF MacDonald, RW Matthews Journal of the Kansas entomological society, 433-457, 1981 | 62 | 1981 |
| Mating and reproduction in the wasp Vespula germanica MA Goodisman, RW Matthews, RH Crozier Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 51, 497-502, 2002 | 53 | 2002 |
| Nesting Biology of the Social Wasp Microstigmus Comes (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae, Pemphredoninae) RW Matthews Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 75 (1), 23-45, 1968 | 51 | 1968 |
| Malaise trap studies of flying insects in a New York mesic forest I. Ordinal composition and seasonal abundance RW Matthews, JR Matthews Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 52-59, 1970 | 50 | 1970 |
| Review of the biology of Melittobia acasta (Walker)(Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) and additions on development and sex ratio of the species JM Gonzalez, JB Teran, RW Matthews Caribbean Journal of Science 40 (1), 52-61, 2004 | 49 | 2004 |
| The social biology of wasps RL Jeanne, KG Ross, RW Matthews Polyethism, 389-425, 1991 | 49 | 1991 |
