| The Rise and Decline of Dutch Technological Leadership (2 Vols): Technology, Economy and Culture in the Netherlands, 1350-1800 K Davids Brill, 2008 | 154 | 2008 |
| A miracle mirrored. The Dutch Republic in European perspective K Davids, J Lucassen Cambridge University Press, 1995 | 148 | 1995 |
| Zeewezen en wetenschap. De wetenschap en de ontwikkeling van de navigatietechniek in Nederland tussen 1585 en 1815 K Davids De Bataafsche Leeuw, 1986 | 132 | 1986 |
| Shifts of technological leadership in early modern Europe CA Davids A miracle mirrored, 338-366, 1995 | 70 | 1995 |
| Religion, Technology, and the Great and Little Divergences: China and Europe Compared, C. 700-1800 K Davids Brill, 2013 | 61 | 2013 |
| Urban public debts, urban government and the market for annuities in Western Europe (14th-18th centuries) M Boone, K Davids, P Janssens Brepols Publishers, 2003 | 60 | 2003 |
| Innovation and creativity in Late Medieval and Early Modern European Cities K Davids, B De Munck Ashgate, 2014 | 56 | 2014 |
| The Dutch economy in the Golden Age: nine studies K Davids Nederlandsch Economisch-Historisch Archief, 1993 | 41 | 1993 |
| Apprenticeship and Guild Control in the Netherlands, C. 1450-1800 K Davids Learning on the Shop Floor: Historical Perspectives on Apprenticeship, 65-84, 2007 | 40 | 2007 |
| Craft secrecy in Europe in the early modern period: a comparative view K Davids Early Science and Medicine 10 (3), 341-348, 2005 | 37 | 2005 |
| Openness or secrecy? Industrial espionage in the Dutch Republic K Davids Journal of European Economic History 24 (2), 333-348, 1995 | 36 | 1995 |
| Neringen, hallen en gilden. Kapitalisten, kleine ondernemers en de stedelijke overheid in de tijd van de Republiek K Davids Kapitaal, ondernemerschap en beleid, 95-119, 1996 | 33 | 1996 |
| Patents and Patentees in the Dutch Republic between c. 1580 and 1720 K Davids History and Technology, an International Journal 16 (3), 263-283, 2000 | 31 | 2000 |
| Seamen's organizations and social protest in Europe, c. 1300–1825 K Davids International Review of Social History 39 (S2), 145-169, 1994 | 27 | 1994 |
| Universiteiten, illustre scholen en de verspreiding van technische kennis in Nederland, eind 16de-begin 19de eeuw K Davids Batavia Academica. Bulletin van de Nederlandse werkgroep …, 1990 | 26 | 1990 |
| Technological change and the economic expansion of the Dutch Republic, c. 1580-1680 K Davids Economic and social history in the Netherlands 4, 79-104, 1993 | 25 | 1993 |
| River control and the evolution of knowledge: a comparison between regions in China and Europe, c. 1400–1850 K Davids Journal of Global History 1 (1), 59-79, 2006 | 24 | 2006 |
| The Bookkeeper's Tale. Learning Merchant Skills in the Northern Netherlands in the Sixteenth Century K Davids Education and Learning in the Netherlands, 1400-1600, 235-251, 2004 | 24 | 2004 |
| Amsterdam as a centre of learning in the Dutch golden age, c. 1580-1700 K Davids Patrick O’Brien, Derek Keene, Marjolein ‘t Hart and Herman van der Wee (eds …, 2001 | 24 | 2001 |
| From de la Court to Vreede. Regulation and Self-Regulation in Dutch Economic Discourse from c. 1660 to the Napoleonic Era K Davids Journal of European economic history 30 (2), 245-289, 2001 | 24 | 2001 |
