| Water as an economic good and demand management paradigms with pitfalls HHG Savenije, P Van Der Zaag Water international 27 (1), 98-104, 2002 | 370 | 2002 |
| Integrated water resources management: Concepts and issues HHG Savenije, P Van der Zaag Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 33 (5), 290-297, 2008 | 232 | 2008 |
| Conceptual framework for the management of shared river basins; with special reference to the SADC and EU HHG Savenije, P Van der Zaag Water policy 2 (1-2), 9-45, 2000 | 204 | 2000 |
| Interbasin water transfers and integrated water resources management: Where engineering, science and politics interlock J Gupta, P van der Zaag Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 33 (1-2), 28-40, 2008 | 200 | 2008 |
| Integrated Water Resources Management: Relevant concept or irrelevant buzzword? A capacity building and research agenda for Southern Africa P Van der Zaag Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 30 (11-16), 867-871, 2005 | 189 | 2005 |
| Going against the flow: A critical analysis of inter-state virtual water trade in the context of India’s National River Linking Program S Verma, DA Kampman, P van der Zaag, AY Hoekstra Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 34 (4-5), 261-269, 2009 | 175 | 2009 |
| River basin development and management F Molle, P Wester, P Hirsch, JR Jensen, H Murray-Rust, V Paranjpye, ... IWMI Books, Reports, 2007 | 169 | 2007 |
| Trend analysis of runoff and sediment fluxes in the Upper Blue Nile basin: A combined analysis of statistical tests, physically-based models and landuse maps TG Gebremicael, YA Mohamed, GD Betrie, P Van der Zaag, E Teferi Journal of Hydrology 482, 57-68, 2013 | 158 | 2013 |
| Policy and institutional reform: The art of the possible DJ Merrey, R Meinzen-Dick, PP Mollinga, E Karar, W Huppert, J Rees, ... IWMI Books, Reports, 2007 | 126 | 2007 |
| Assessing the usefulness of the water poverty index by applying it to a special case: Can one be water poor with high levels of access? V Komnenic, R Ahlers, P Van Der Zaag Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 34 (4-5), 219-224, 2009 | 104 | 2009 |
| Evolving water science in the Anthropocene HHG Savenije, AY Hoekstra, P van der Zaag Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 18 (1), 319, 2014 | 99 | 2014 |
| Towards measurable criteria for the equitable sharing of international water resources P Van der Zaag, IM Seyam, HHG Savenije Water Policy 4 (1), 19-32, 2002 | 98 | 2002 |
| Understanding soil conservation decision of farmers in the Gedeb watershed, Ethiopia A Tesfaye, W Negatu, R Brouwer, P Van der Zaag Land Degradation & Development 25 (1), 71-79, 2014 | 91 | 2014 |
| Sharing the Incomati waters: cooperation and competition in the balance A Carmo Vaz, P Van Der Zaag Technical Documents in Hydrology - PCCP Series, 2003 | 90* | 2003 |
| Water losses and the political constraints to demand management: the case of the City of Mutare, Zimbabwe B Gumbo, P Van der Zaag Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 27 (11-22), 805-813, 2002 | 85 | 2002 |
| Chicanery at the canal. Changing practice in irrigation management in Western Mexico P Zaag Landbouwuniversiteit, 1992 | 79* | 1992 |
| Sharing the Incomati waters: cooperation and competition in the balance P Van der Zaag, Á Carmo Vaz Water Policy 5 (4), 349-368, 2003 | 75 | 2003 |
| Asymmetry and equity in water resources management; critical institutional issues for Southern Africa P Van der Zaag Water Resources Management 21 (12), 1993-2004, 2007 | 71 | 2007 |
| Dam operation for environmental water releases; the case of Osborne dam, Save catchment, Zimbabwe GR Symphorian, E Madamombe, P van der Zaag Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 28 (20-27), 985-993, 2003 | 70 | 2003 |
| Implementing the millennium development food security goals–challenges of the southern African context D Love, S Twomlow, W Mupangwa, P van der Zaag, B Gumbo Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 31 (15-16), 731-737, 2006 | 68 | 2006 |
