| India in Central Asia: the road ahead R Sharma Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies., 2009 | 29 | 2009 |
| China’s Afghanistan Policy: Slow Recalibration R Sharma China Report 46 (3), 201-215, 2010 | 24 | 2010 |
| Nation, Ethnicity and the Conflict in Afghanistan: Political Islam and the Rise of Ethno-politics 1992–1996 R Sharma Routledge, 2016 | 13 | 2016 |
| AFGHANISTAN: DISCERNING CHINA’S WESTWARD MARCH R Sharma Asian Affairs 50 (4), 546-568, 2019 | 12 | 2019 |
| India’s relations with Afghanistan R Sharma Handbook of India's International Relations, 107-117, 2011 | 10 | 2011 |
| Afghanistan Post-2014: Power Configurations and Evolving Trajectories R Harshé, D Tripathi Routledge, 2015 | 6 | 2015 |
| India & Afghanistan: Charting the Future R Sharma Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, 2009 | 6 | 2009 |
| India in Central Asia R Sharma New Delhi, India: Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPSC), Special Report, 2009 | 5 | 2009 |
| Education compromised?: a Survey of schools in 10 provinces of Afghanistan R Sharma, SI Afzali Afghanistan: Integrity Watch Afghanistan, 2018., 2018 | 2 | 2018 |
| Afghanistan: Evolving an Indo-Pak Strategy Perspectives from India R Sharma Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), 2009 | 2* | 2009 |
| Afghan Cauldron: Achieving India's Interests R Sharma Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies., 2008 | 2* | 2008 |
| Cast away: Understanding experiences of Afghan Hindu, Sikh, and Christian refugees 1 R Sharma The Routledge Handbook of Refugees in India, 732-746, 2022 | 1 | 2022 |
| From The Crossroads To The Periphery: The Ebb and Flow of Cultural Currents between Afghanistan and the Indian Subcontinent R Sharma IIC Quarterly 48 (1), 2021 | 1 | 2021 |
| Discerning Taliban 2.0 and Afghanistan’s Political Landscape R Sharma India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, 2024 | | 2024 |
| To safeguard its interests, India needs to step up as Afghan partner R Sharma Gandhara: Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, 2021 | | 2021 |
| Afghanistan R Sharma Handbook of Asian States: Geography-History-Culture-Politics-Economy 1, 2021 | | 2021 |
| The long read: What next for the US–Taliban ‘peace deal’? R Sharma The Asia Dialogue, University of Nottingham, UK, 2020 | | 2020 |
| Afghanistan is to the rest of the world what NE is to India R Sharma G Plus (Special issue), 2019 | | 2019 |
| Education Compromised? A Survey of Schools in 10 Provinces of Afghanistan RSSI Afzali Integrity Watch Afghanistan, Kabul, 2018 | | 2018 |
| Book Review: Rajen Harshe and Dhananjay Tripathi (Ed.), Afghanistan Post 2014: Power Configurations and Evolving Trajectories R Sharma India Quarterly 73 (3), 360-363, 2017 | | 2017 |
