| The Desert" Kites" of the Badiyat Esh-Sham and North Arabia S Helms, A Betts Paléorient, 41-67, 1987 | 171 | 1987 |
| The Harra and the Hamad: excavations and explorations in Eastern Jordan AVG Betts A&C Black, 1999 | 143 | 1999 |
| The origins of wheat in China and potential pathways for its introduction: A review A Betts, PW Jia, J Dodson Quaternary International 348, 158-168, 2014 | 138 | 2014 |
| Summary of palaeoenvironmental and prehistoric investigations in the Azraq Basin. AN Garrard, A Betts, B Byrd, C Hunt BAR 396, 311-337, 1988 | 90 | 1988 |
| Qermez Dere and the early aceramic Neolithic of N. Iraq T Watkins, D Baird, A Betts Paléorient, 19-24, 1989 | 86 | 1989 |
| Early Islamic architecture of the desert: a Bedouin station in eastern Jordan SW Helms, AVG Betts Edinburgh University Press, 1990 | 82 | 1990 |
| Early cotton in north Arabia A Betts, K van der Borg, A de Jong, C McClintock, M van Strydonck Journal of archaeological science 21 (4), 489-499, 1994 | 73 | 1994 |
| Prehistoric environment and settlement in the Azraq Basin: an interim report on the 1984 excavation season A Garrard, B Byrd, A Betts Levant 18 (1), 5-24, 1986 | 73 | 1986 |
| Prehistoric environment and settlement in the Azraq Basin: an interim report on the 1985 excavation season A Garrard, A Betts, B Byrd, C Hunt Levant 19 (1), 5-25, 1987 | 71 | 1987 |
| Adunqiaolu: new evidence for the Andronovo in Xinjiang, China PW Jia, A Betts, D Cong, X Jia, PD Dupuy antiquity 91 (357), 621-639, 2017 | 66 | 2017 |
| A re-analysis of the Qiemu'erqieke (Shamirshak) cemeteries, Xinjiang, China PWM Jia, AVG Betts Journal of Indo-European Studies 38 (3/4), 275, 2010 | 58 | 2010 |
| The later prehistory of the Badia: excavations and surveys in eastern Jordan AVG Betts, DN Cropper, LD Martin, C McCartney Council for British Research in the Levant and Oxbow Books, 2013 | 56 | 2013 |
| New evidence for Bronze Age agricultural settlements in the Zhunge’er (Junggar) Basin, China PW Jia, A Betts, X Wu Journal of Field Archaeology 36 (4), 269-280, 2011 | 54 | 2011 |
| Prehistoric sites at Qa'a Mejalla, eastern Jordan A Betts Levant 14 (1), 1-34, 1982 | 54 | 1982 |
| The Solubba: nonpastoral nomads in Arabia A Betts Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 274 (1), 61-69, 1989 | 52 | 1989 |
| Desert kites in Jordan–a new appraisal A Betts, D Burke Arabian archaeology and epigraphy 26 (2), 74-94, 2015 | 47 | 2015 |
| Rock Art in Eastern Jordan:'Kite'Carvings? A Betts, SW Helms Paléorient 12 (1), 67-72, 1986 | 47 | 1986 |
| Excavations at Jawa 1972-1986: stratigraphy, pottery and other finds AVG Betts, SW Helms Excavations and explorations in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 1, 1991 | 46 | 1991 |
| A new look at desert kites AVG Betts, VN Yagodin The archaeology of Jordan and beyond, 29-43, 2000 | 42 | 2000 |
| The Burqu'/Ruweishid Project: preliminary report on the 1988 field season A Betts, S Helms, W Lancaster, E Jones, A Lupton, L Martin, F Matsaert Levant 22 (1), 1-20, 1990 | 42 | 1990 |
