| Multiculturalism CW Watson Open University Press, 2000 | 428 | 2000 |
| Being there: Fieldwork in anthropology CW Watson | 226 | 1999 |
| A popular Indonesian preacher: the significance of Aa Gymnastiar CW Watson Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 11 (4), 773-792, 2005 | 107 | 2005 |
| An anthropology of indirect communication J Hendry, CW Watson Routledge, 2001 | 100 | 2001 |
| Islamic books and their publishers: notes on the contemporary Indonesian scene CW Watson Journal of Islamic Studies 16 (2), 177-210, 2005 | 88 | 2005 |
| Of self and nation: autobiography and the representation of modern Indonesia CW Watson University of Hawaii Press, 2000 | 81 | 2000 |
| Understanding witchcraft and sorcery in Southeast Asia CW Watson, RF Ellen University of Hawaii Press, 1993 | 78 | 1993 |
| Introduction: The quality of being there CW Watson Being there: Fieldwork in anthropology, 1-24, 1999 | 61 | 1999 |
| Some preliminary remarks on the antecedents of modern Indonesian literature CW Watson Bijdragen tot de taal-, land-en volkenkunde, 417-433, 1971 | 58 | 1971 |
| Of self and injustice: Autobiography and repression in modern Indonesia CW Watson Of Self and Injustice, 2021 | 47 | 2021 |
| The construction of the post-colonial subject in Malaysia CW Watson Asian forms of the nation, 297-322, 2013 | 41 | 2013 |
| Reconstructing Malay Identity CW Watson Anthropology Today, 1996 | 38 | 1996 |
| 'Born a Lady, Became a Princess, Died a Saint': The Reaction to the Death of Diana, Princess of Wales CW Watson Anthropology today 13 (6), 3-7, 1997 | 32 | 1997 |
| Autobiography, anthropology and the experience of Indonesia CW Watson Anthropology and Autobiography, 145-156, 1992 | 31 | 1992 |
| State and society in Indonesia, three papers CW Watson (No Title), 1987 | 31 | 1987 |
| Kinship, Property and Inheritance in Kerinci, Central Sumatra CW Watson Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing, University of Kent at Canterbury, 1992 | 29 | 1992 |
| English-medium instruction in Asian business schools: A case study A Pritasari, H Reinaldo, CW Watson Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 40 (1), 1-13, 2019 | 22 | 2019 |
| The study of Indonesian and Malay autobiography CW Watson Indonesia Circle 17 (49), 3-18, 1989 | 22 | 1989 |
| Kerinci, two historical studies CW Watson (No Title), 1984 | 20 | 1984 |
| The Sociology of the Indonesian Novel, 1920-1955 CW Watson University of Hull, 1972 | 17 | 1972 |
