| Small country ‘total defence’: a case study of Singapore R Matthews, NZ Yan Defence Studies 7 (3), 376-395, 2007 | 63 | 2007 |
| Managing the revolution in military affairs R Matthews Military Transformation and Strategy, 56-74, 2008 | 57 | 2008 |
| Saudi Arabia's defence offset programmes: Progress, policy and performance R Matthews Defence and Peace Economics 7 (3), 233-251, 1996 | 38 | 1996 |
| Japan’s Military Renaissance? K Matsuyama, R Matthews Springer, 2016 | 34* | 2016 |
| The role of offsets in Malaysian defence industrialisation K Balakrishnan, R Matthews Defence and Peace Economics 20 (4), 341-358, 2009 | 31 | 2009 |
| Defense offsets: policy versus pragmatism R Matthews, P Brauer, J Dunne Arms Trade and Economic Development: theory, policy and cases in arms trade …, 2004 | 28 | 2004 |
| The Defense Iron Triangle Revisited R Matthews, C Maharani The Modern Defense Industry: Political, Economic, and Technological Issues …, 2009 | 26 | 2009 |
| India's Tortuous Road to Defence-Industrial Self-Reliance MS Pardesi, R Matthews Defence & Security Analysis 23 (4), 419-438, 2007 | 26 | 2007 |
| Women in ground close combat Fitriani, RGS Cooper, R Matthews The RUSI journal 161 (1), 14-24, 2016 | 24 | 2016 |
| Defense Industrialisation through Offsets: The Case of Japan 1 MW Chinworth, R Matthews The Economics of Offsets, 177-218, 2014 | 21 | 2014 |
| Country Survey IV: Pakistan R Matthews Defence and peace economics 5 (4), 315-338, 1994 | 21 | 1994 |
| Learning from China’s foreign aid model R Matthews, X Ping, L Ling The Diplomat 26, 2016 | 20 | 2016 |
| European armaments collaboration R Matthews Routledge, 2013 | 20 | 2013 |
| “Made in China”: an emerging brand in the global arms market L Li, R Matthews Defense & Security Analysis 33 (2), 174-189, 2017 | 19 | 2017 |
| Defence production in India R Matthews (No Title), 1989 | 19 | 1989 |
| The UK offset model: from participation to engagement R Matthews Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, 2014 | 17 | 2014 |
| The development of a local machinery industry in Kenya R Matthews The Journal of Modern African Studies 25 (1), 67-93, 1987 | 17 | 1987 |
| The Political Economy of Defence R Matthews Cambridge University Press, 2019 | 16 | 2019 |
| Prime contracting in major defense contracts R Matthews, J Parker Defense Analysis 15 (1), 27-41, 1999 | 16 | 1999 |
| Saudi Arabia: defense offsets and development R Matthews Arming the South: The Economics of Military Expenditure, Arms Production and …, 2002 | 15 | 2002 |
