| Atlas of trace fossils in well core: appearance, taxonomy and interpretation D Knaust Springer, 2017 | 310 | 2017 |
| Trace fossils as indicators of sedimentary environments D Knaust, RG Bromley Newnes, 2012 | 245 | 2012 |
| The ichnogenus Rhizocorallium: classification, trace makers, palaeoenvironments and evolution D Knaust Earth-Science Reviews 126, 1-47, 2013 | 193 | 2013 |
| Trace-fossil systematics D Knaust Developments in sedimentology 64, 79-101, 2012 | 129 | 2012 |
| Bioerosion ichnotaxa: review and annotated list M Wisshak, D Knaust, M Bertling Facies 65 (2), 24, 2019 | 122 | 2019 |
| Shallow-marine carbonates D Knaust, HA Curran, AV Dronov Developments in Sedimentology 64, 705-750, 2012 | 103 | 2012 |
| Trace fossils and ichnofabrics on the Lower Muschelkalk carbonate ramp (Triassic) of Germany: tool for high-resolution sequence stratigraphy D Knaust Geologische Rundschau 87 (1), 21-31, 1998 | 92 | 1998 |
| Siphonichnidae (new ichnofamily) attributed to the burrowing activity of bivalves: Ichnotaxonomy, behaviour and palaeoenvironmental implications D Knaust Earth-Science Reviews 150, 497-519, 2015 | 91 | 2015 |
| Balanoglossites Mägdefrau, 1932 from the middle triassic of Germany: part of a complex trace fossil probably produced by burrowing and boring polychaetes D Knaust Paläontologische Zeitschrift 82, 347-372, 2008 | 84 | 2008 |
| Invertebrate trace fossils and ichnodiversity in shallow-marine carbonates of the German Middle Triassic (Muschelkalk) D Knaust | 84 | 2007 |
| The ichnofabric concept AA Ekdale, RG Bromley, D Knaust Developments in Sedimentology 64, 139-155, 2012 | 82 | 2012 |
| In defence of an iconic ichnogenus–Oichnus Bromley, 1981 M Wisshak, A Kroh, M Bertling, D Knaust, JK Nielsen, JWM Jagt, ... Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 85 (3), 445-451, doi: 10.14241/asgp …, 2015 | 81 | 2015 |
| Sequence stratigraphy JA MacEachern, SE Dashtgard, D Knaust, O Catuneanu, KL Bann, ... Developments in Sedimentology 64, 157-194, 2012 | 80 | 2012 |
| Ichnology as a tool in carbonate reservoir characterization: a case study from the Permian–Triassic Khuff Formation in the Middle East D Knaust GeoArabia 14 (3), 17-38, 2009 | 73 | 2009 |
| The end‐Permian mass extinction and its aftermath on an equatorial carbonate platform: insights from ichnology D Knaust Terra Nova 22 (3), 195-202, 2010 | 72 | 2010 |
| Methodology and techniques D Knaust Developments in Sedimentology 64, 245-271, 2012 | 71 | 2012 |
| Names for trace fossils 2.0: theory and practice in ichnotaxonomy M Bertling, LA Buatois, D Knaust, B Laing, MG Mángano, N Meyer, ... Lethaia 55 (3), 1-19, 2022 | 68 | 2022 |
| Characterisation of a Campanian deep-sea fan system in the Norwegian Sea by means of ichnofabrics D Knaust Marine and Petroleum Geology 26 (7), 1199-1211, 2009 | 65 | 2009 |
| Skolithos linearis Haldeman, 1840 at its early Cambrian type locality, Chickies Rock, Pennsylvania: Analysis and designation of a neotype D Knaust, RDK Thomas, HA Curran Earth-Science Reviews 185, 15-31, 2018 | 62 | 2018 |
| Complex behavioural pattern as an aid to identify the producer of Zoophycos from the Middle Permian of Oman D Knaust Lethaia 42 (2), 146-154, 2009 | 62 | 2009 |
