| Colonialism and coffee plantations: Decline of environment and tribals in Madras Presidency during the nineteenth century V Saravanan The Indian Economic & Social History Review 41 (4), 465-488, 2004 | 43 | 2004 |
| Political economy of the recognition of Forest Rights Act, 2006: Conflict between environment and tribal development V Saravanan South Asia Research 29 (3), 199-221, 2009 | 41 | 2009 |
| Commercialisation of forests, environmental negligence and alienation of tribal rights in Madras Presidency: 1792-1882 V Saravanan The Indian Economic & Social History Review 35 (2), 125-146, 1998 | 38 | 1998 |
| British imperial railways in Nineteenth century South asia LD Satya Economic and Political Weekly, 69-77, 2008 | 30 | 2008 |
| Colonial commercial forest policy and tribal private forests in Madras Presidency: 1792-1881 V Saravanan The Indian Economic & Social History Review 40 (4), 403-423, 2003 | 29 | 2003 |
| Environmental history of Tamil Nadu State, law and decline of forest and tribals, 1950–2000 V Saravanan Modern Asian Studies 41 (4), 723-767, 2007 | 24 | 2007 |
| Technological transformation and water conflicts in the Bhavani River Basin of Tamil Nadu, 1930-1970 V Saravanan Environment and History 7 (3), 289-334, 2001 | 24 | 2001 |
| Women's employment and reduction of child labour: beedi workers in rural Tamil Nadu V Saravanan Economic and Political Weekly, 5205-5214, 2002 | 22 | 2002 |
| Participatory forest management in Andhra Pradesh: A review VR Reddy, MG Reddy, V Saravanan, M Bandhii, O Springate-Baginski Development Economics Working Papers, 2004 | 20 | 2004 |
| Environmental History and Tribals in Modern India V Saravanan | 19 | 2018 |
| Tribal land alienation in Madras Presidency during the colonial period: 1792-1947 V Saravanan Review of Development and Change 6 (1), 73-104, 2001 | 19 | 2001 |
| Economic exploitation of forest resources in south India during the pre-Forest Act colonial era, 1793-1882 V Saravanan International Forestry Review 10 (1), 65-73, 2008 | 18 | 2008 |
| Commercial crops, alienation of common property resources and change in tribal economy in the Shervaroy hills of Madras Presidency during the colonial period V Saravanan Review of Development and Change 4 (2), 298-317, 1999 | 15 | 1999 |
| Integration of Policies in Framing Water Management Problem: Analysing Policy Processes using a Bayesian Network VS Saravanan | 14 | 2009 |
| Colonialism and conservation: Commercialisation of forests and decline of tribals in Madras Presidency, 1882–1947 V Saravanan Journal of forest economics 17 (4), 337-362, 2011 | 13 | 2011 |
| Social security of labour in India and economic reforms M Naidu (No Title), 2003 | 13 | 2003 |
| Colonialism, environment and tribals in South India, 1792-1947 V Saravanan Routledge India, 2016 | 12 | 2016 |
| Economic Transformation of Tribals in Tamil Nadu: Causes of Migration and its Employment Pattern, 1792–1991 V Saravanan Indian Journal of Labour Economics 41 (4), 695-705, 1998 | 12 | 1998 |
| Colonial agrarian policies in the tribal areas of Madras Presidency: 1872–1947 V Saravanan South Asia Research 26 (1), 63-85, 2006 | 11 | 2006 |
| Tribal Revolts in India with Reference to Salem and Baramahal Districts of Madras Presidency During the Late 18th Century* Velayutham Saravanan V Saravanan Artha Vij̃n̄ana 41, 67, 1999 | 11* | 1999 |
