| The geopolitics of Russia's annexation of Crimea: narratives, identity, silences, and energy J Biersack, S O’lear Eurasian geography and economics 55 (3), 247-269, 2014 | 220 | 2014 |
| Climate science and slow violence: A view from political geography and STS on mobilizing technoscientific ontologies of climate change S O'Lear Political Geography 52, 4-13, 2016 | 110 | 2016 |
| Azerbaijan's resource wealth: political legitimacy and public opinion S O’lear Geographical journal 173 (3), 207-223, 2007 | 73 | 2007 |
| Resources and conflict in the Caspian Sea S O'Lear Geopolitics 9 (1), 161-186, 2004 | 71 | 2004 |
| Using electronic mail (e-mail) surveys for geographic research: Lessons from a survey of Russian environmentalists SRM O'Lear The Professional Geographer 48 (2), 209-217, 1996 | 70 | 1996 |
| Environmental geopolitics S O'Lear Rowman & Littlefield, 2018 | 59 | 2018 |
| Electronic communication and environmental policy in Russia and Estonia S O'lear Geographical Review 87 (2), 275-290, 1997 | 52 | 1997 |
| Reframing climate change: constructing ecological geopolitics S O'Lear, S Dalby Routledge, 2015 | 49 | 2015 |
| Networks of engagement: Electronic communication and grassroots environmental activism in Kaliningrad S O'lear Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography 81 (3), 165-178, 1999 | 48 | 1999 |
| Environmental politics: Scale and power S O'Lear Cambridge University Press, 2010 | 45 | 2010 |
| Not drawn to scale: Research on resource and environmental conflict S O'Lear, PF Diehl Geopolitics 12 (1), 166-182, 2007 | 44 | 2007 |
| Migration and the environment: a review of recent literature S O'lear Social science quarterly 78 (2), 606-618, 1997 | 41 | 1997 |
| Research and communication in the “invisible college” of the Human Dimensions of Global Change SD Brunn, SR O'Lear Global Environmental Change 9 (4), 285-301, 1999 | 35 | 1999 |
| Russians in Estonia: Is Narva the Next Crimea? DJ Trimbach, S O’Lear Eurasian Geography and Economics 56 (5), 493-504, 2015 | 34 | 2015 |
| Resource concerns for territorial conflict S O’Lear GeoJournal 64, 297-306, 2005 | 33 | 2005 |
| Asking the right questions: environmental conflict in the case of Azerbaijan S O’Lear, A Gray Area 38 (4), 390-401, 2006 | 29 | 2006 |
| Which comes first, the nation or the state? A multiple scale model applied to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the Caucasus S O'Lear, R Whiting National Identities 10 (2), 185-206, 2008 | 23 | 2008 |
| Dimensions of territorial conflict and resolution: tangible and intangible values of territory S O'lear, PF Diehl, DV Frazier, TL Allee GeoJournal 64 (4), 259-261, 2005 | 21 | 2005 |
| Environmental security, military planning, and civilian research: The case of water S O'Lear, CM Briggs, GM Denning Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development 55 (5), 3-13, 2013 | 19 | 2013 |
| Introduction: Geographies of genocide S O'Lear, SL Egbert Space and Polity 13 (1), 1-8, 2009 | 17 | 2009 |
