| Emperors and ancestors: Roman rulers and the constraints of tradition O Hekster OUP Oxford, 2015 | 243 | 2015 |
| Commodus: an emperor at the crossroads O Hekster Brill, 2021 | 225 | 2021 |
| Rome and its Empire, AD 193-284 O Hekster Edinburgh University Press, 2008 | 171 | 2008 |
| Octavian and the thunderbolt: The temple of Apollo Palatinus and Roman traditions of temple building O Hekster, J Rich The Classical Quarterly 56 (1), 149-168, 2006 | 133 | 2006 |
| Coins and messages: audience targeting on coins of different denominations? O Hekster The representation and perception of Roman imperial power, 20-35, 2003 | 110 | 2003 |
| Severus Pius Augustus: Studien zur sakralen Repräsentation und Rezeption der Herrschaft des Septimius Severus und seiner Familie (193–211 n. Chr.) A Lichtenberger Brill, 2011 | 89 | 2011 |
| Crises and the Roman Empire: Proceedings of the Seventh Workshop of the International Network Impact of Empire (Nijmegen, June 20-24, 2006) O Hekster, G De Kleijn, D Slootjes Brill, 2007 | 81 | 2007 |
| Commodus OJ Hekster | 79 | 2007 |
| The Antonine Constitution: An Edict for the Caracallan Empire A Imrie Brill, 2018 | 65 | 2018 |
| Imagining kings: from Persia to Rome OJ Hekster, R Fowler Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2005 | 55 | 2005 |
| The city of Rome in late imperial ideology: The Tetrarchs, Maxentius, and Constantine OJ Hekster | 52 | 2000 |
| Propagating power: Hercules as an example for second-century emperors OJ Hekster [Sl]: Blackwell/Classical Press of Wales, 2005 | 49 | 2005 |
| Imaginary kings: royal images in the ancient Near East, Greece and Rome O Hekster Franz Steiner Verlag, 2005 | 48 | 2005 |
| Fighting for Rome: The Emperor as a military leader OJ Hekster The Impact of the Roman Army (200 BC–AD 476): Economic, Social, Political …, 2007 | 45 | 2007 |
| The Impact of the Roman Army (200 BC–AD 476): Economic, Social, Political, Religious and Cultural Aspects: Proceedings of the Sixth Workshop of the International Network Impact … L De Blois, E Lo Cascio, O Hekster, G de Kleijn Brill, 2007 | 44 | 2007 |
| Hercules, Omphale, and Octavian's' counter-propaganda' O Hekster babesch 79, 159-166, 2004 | 43 | 2004 |
| The Roman army and propaganda O Hekster A Companion to the Roman Army, 339-358, 2007 | 42 | 2007 |
| All in the family: the appointment of emperors designate in the second century AD O Hekster Administration, Prosopography and Appointment Policies in the Roman Empire …, 2001 | 40 | 2001 |
| The Representation and Perception of Roman Imperial Power: Proceedings of the Third Workshop of the International Network Impact of Empire (Roman Empire, c. 200 BC-AD 476 … P Erdkamp, O Hekster, G de Kleijn, STAM Mols, L de Blois Brill, 2019 | 39 | 2019 |
| Captured in the gaze of power. Visibility, games and Roman imperial representation OJ Hekster Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2005 | 39 | 2005 |
