| Islamic orientations in contemporary Indonesia: Islamism on the rise? M Sakai, A Fauzia Asian Ethnicity 15 (1), 41-61, 2014 | 141 | 2014 |
| Performing Muslim Womanhood: Muslim Business Women Moderating Islamic Practices in Contemporary Indonesia M Sakai, A Fauzia Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations 27 (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs …, 2016 | 67 | 2016 |
| Growing together in partnership: Women's views of the business practices of an Islamic Savings and Credit Cooperative (Baitul Maal wat Tamwil) in Central Java, Indonesia M Sakai Women's Studies International Forum 33 (4), 412-421, 2010 | 67 | 2010 |
| Community development through Islamic microfinance: Serving the financial needs of the poor in a viable way M Sakai Expressing Islam: Religious life and politics in Indonesia, 267-286, 2008 | 64 | 2008 |
| Building a partnership for social service delivery in Indonesia: state and faith‐based organisations M Sakai Australian Journal of Social Issues 47 (3), 373-388, 2012 | 56 | 2012 |
| Beyond Jakarta: regional autonomy and local societies in Indonesia M Sakai Crawford House, 2002 | 53 | 2002 |
| Preaching to Muslim youth in Indonesia: The'dakwah'activities of Habiburrahman El Shirazy M Sakai RIMA: Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs 46 (1), 9-31, 2012 | 52 | 2012 |
| Limits to religious diversity practice in Indonesia: Case studies from religious philanthropic institutions and traditional Islamic schools M Sakai, MF Isbah Asian Journal of Social Science 42 (6), 722-746, 2014 | 45 | 2014 |
| Givers and governance: the potential of faith-based development in the Asia Pacific A Thornton, M Sakai, G Hassall Religion, Religious Organisations and Development, 159-171, 2016 | 40 | 2016 |
| Establishing social justice through financial inclusivity: Islamic propagation by Islamic savings and credit cooperatives in Indonesia M Sakai TRaNS: Trans-Regional and-National Studies of Southeast Asia 2 (2), 201-222, 2014 | 36 | 2014 |
| Remembering origins: ancestors and places in the Gumai society of South Sumatra M Sakai The poetic power of place 43, 1997 | 29 | 1997 |
| The privatisation of Padang Cement: Regional identity and economic hegemony in the new era of decentralisation M Sakai Local power and politics in Indonesia: Decentralisation and democratisation, 2003 | 23 | 2003 |
| Resisting the mainland: The formation of the province of the Bangka-Belitung (Babel) M Sakai Autonomy and disintegration in Indonesia, 189-200, 2014 | 22 | 2014 |
| Land dispute resolution in the political reform at the time of decentralization in Indonesia M Sakai Antropologi Indonesia 68, 40-56, 2002 | 22 | 2002 |
| The politics of the periphery in Indonesia: Social and geographical perspectives M Sakai, G Banks, JH Walker NUS Press, 2009 | 20 | 2009 |
| Narratives of Muslim womanhood and women’s agency M Sakai, S Yasmeen Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations 27 (4), 371-377, 2016 | 19 | 2016 |
| Embracing Islam, Work and Family: Women's Economic Empowerment in Islamising Indonesia M Sakai Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific, 2019 | 18* | 2019 |
| Creating a new centre in the periphery of Indonesia: Sumatran Malay identity politics M Sakai The politics of the periphery in Indonesia: Social and geographical …, 2009 | 18 | 2009 |
| Solusi Sengketa Tanah di Era Reformasi Politik dan Desentralisasi Indonesia M Sakai Antropologi Indonesia, 2002 | 16 | 2002 |
| Regional responses to resurgence of adat movements in Indonesia M Sakai Beyond Jakarta: Regional Autonomy and Local Society in Indonesia, 2002 | 16 | 2002 |