Swift, S. F. and Norton, R. A. 1998. Preliminary report on the diversity of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of the Hawaiian Islands. Occasional Papers of the Bishop Museum. 57: 1-44.

Hunt, G. S., Norton, R. A., Kelley J. P. H., Colloff, M. J. and Lindsay, S. M. 1998. An Interactive Glossary of Oribatid Mites, CD-ROM. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

Seniczak, S., Norton, R. A. and Wang, H.-f. 1998. The morphology of juvenile stages of moss mites of the family Trhypochthoniidae (Acari: Oribatida), and the taxonomic status of some genera and species. Zoologischer Anzeiger 237: 85-95.

Norton, R. A. 1998. Morphological evidence for the evolutionary origin of Astigmata (Acari: Acariformes). Experimental and Applied Acarology 22: 559-594.

Lions, J.-C. and Norton, R. A. 1999. North American Synichotritiidae (Acari: Oribatida) 2. Synichotritia spinulosa and S. caroli. Acarologia 39(3): 265-284.

Wang, H.-f., Norton, R. A. and Lu, J.-q. 1999. Notes on the development of Afronothrus incisivus, with new distribution records from Asia and Australia. Systematic and Applied Acarology 4: 111-120.

Casanueva, M. E. and R. A. Norton. 1998 (1999). Novonothrus kethleyi spec. nov., a new nothroid mite (Acari: Oribatida) from Chile. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 33: 60-64.

Norton, R. A. and Kinnear, A. 1999. New Australian records of xerophilic acariform mites (Oribatida and Prostigmata). The Australian Entomologist 26: 53-55.

Norton, R, A,, Florian, M. E. and Manning, L. E. 2001. Ecdysial cleavage line in Paralycus sp. (Acari: Oribatida: Pediculochelidae). International Journal of Acarology 27: 97-99.

Polyak, V. J., Cokendolpher, J. C., Norton, R. A. and Asmerom, Y. 2001. A wetter and cooler late Holocene climate in the southwestern USA from mites preserved in stalagmites. Geology 29(7): 643-646.

Norton, R. A. 2001. Systematic relationships of Nothrolohmanniidae, and the evolutionary plasticity of body form in Enarthronota (Acari: Oribatida). 2001. Pp 58-75 in: Halliday, R. B., Walter, D. E., Proctor, H. C., Norton, R. A. and Colloff, M. J. Acarology - Proceedings of the 10th International Congress of Acarology. (CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne).

Alberti, G., Norton, R. A. and Kasbohm, J. 2001. Fine structure and mineralization of cuticle in Enarthronota and Lohmannioidea (Acari: Oribatida). Pp 230-241 in: Halliday, R. B., Walter, D. E., Proctor, H. C., Norton, R. A. and Colloff, M. J. Acarology - Proceedings of the 10th International Congress of Acarology. (CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne).

Olszanowski, Z., Szywilewska, A. and Norton, R. A. 2001. New moss mite of the genus Camisia (Acari: Oribatida: Camisiidae) from the western Nearctic region. Genus 12: 395-406

Sakata, T. and Norton, R. A. 2001 Opisthonotal gland chemistry of early-derivative oribatid mites (Acari) and its relevance to systematic relationships of Astigmata. International Journal of Acarology 27: 281-291.

Olszanowski, Z. and Norton, R. A. 2002. Paracamisia osornensis n. gen., n. sp., (Acari: Oribatida) from Valdivian forest soil in Chile. Zootaxa 25:1-15.

Shimano, S., Sakata, T. and Norton, R.A. 2003. Occurrence of Camisia solhoeyi (Oribatida: Camisiidae) in Japan. Acta Arachnologica 51: 145-147.

Norton, R. A. 2003. Nothrolohmannia baloghi n. sp. (Acari: Oribatida), from rainforest in Papua New Guinea, and reevaluation of Nothrolohmanniidae. Acta Zoologica Hungarica 49(1): 25-42.

Norton, R. A., Sanders, F. H. and Minor, M. A. 2003. Euphthiracarus cooki n. sp., a new oribatid mite (Acari: Oribatida) from Michigan and New York. Pp. 201-210 In: Smith IM, editor. An Acarological Tribute to David R. Cook - From Yankee Springs to Wheeny Creek. Indira Publishing House, West Bloomfield, Indiana.

Maraun, M, Heethoff, M. Scheu, S. Norton, R. A., Weigmann, G. and Thomas, R. 2003. Radiation in sexual and parthenogenetic oribatid mites (Oribatida, Acari) as indicated by genetic divergence of closely related species. Experimental & Applied Acarology 29:265-277.

Sakata, T. and Norton, R.A. 2003. Opisthonotal gland chemistry of a middle-derivative oribatid mite, Archegozetes longisetosus (Acari: Trhypochthoniidae). International Journal of Acarology 29(4): 345-350.

Shimano, S. and Norton, R. A. 2003. Is the Japanese oribatid mite Euphthiracarus foveolatus Aoki, 1980 (Acari: Euphthiracaridae) a junior synonym of E. cribrarius (Berlese, 1904)? Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan. 12(2) 115-126.

Sanders, F.H. and Norton, R.A. 2004. Anatomy and function of the ptychoid defensive mechanism in the mite Euphthiracarus cooki (Acari: Oribatida). Journal of Morphology 259 (2): 119-154.

Minor, M. A., Volk, T. A. and Norton, R. A. 2004. Effects of site preparation techniques on communities of soil mites (Acari: Oribatida, Acari: Gamasina) under short-rotation forestry plantings in New York, USA. Applied Soil Ecology 25: 181-192.

Smrž, J. and Norton, R. A. 2004. Food selection and internal processing in Archegozetes longisetosus (Acari: Oribatida). Pedobiologia. 48: 111-120.

Maraun, M., Heethoff, M., Schneider, K, Scheu, S., Weigmann, G., Cianciolo, J. Thomas, R.H. and Norton, R.A. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of oribatid mites (Oribatida, Acari): evidence for multiple radiations of parthenogenetic lineages. Experimental and Applied Acarology 33: 183-201.

Minor, M. A. and Norton, R. A. 2004. Effects of soil amendments on assemblages of soil mites (Acari: Oribatida, Mesostigmata) in short-rotation willow plantings in central New York. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 34: 1417-1425.

Schneider, K., Migge, S., Norton, R.A., Scheu, S., Langel, R., Reineking, A and Maraun, M. 2004. Trophic niche differentiation in soil microarthropods (Oribatida, Acari): evidence from stable isotope ratios (15N/14N). Soil Biology & Biochemistry.36: 1769-1774.

Norton, R. A. 2004. John B. Kethley (1942-2004) - a personal rememberance. International Journal of Acarology 383-387.

Chen, J., Behan-Pelletier, V. M., Wang, H-f. and Norton, R. 2004. New species of Gymnodampia (Acari: Oribatida: Ameroidea) from China. Acarologia 44: 235-252.

Chen, J., Norton, R. A., Behan-Pelletier, V. M. and Wang, H-f. 2004. Analysis of Gymnodampia (Acari: Oribatida), with redescription of G. setata Jacot and description of two new species from North America. Canadian Entomologist 136: 793-821.

Oliveira, A. R., Norton, R. A. And DeMoraes, G. J. 2005. Edaphic and plant inhabiting oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Cerrado and Mata Atlântica ecosystems in the State of São Paulo, southeast Brazil. Zootaxa 1049:49-68.

Illig, J., Langel, R., Norton, R. A., Scheu, S. and Maraun, M. 2005 Where are the decomposers? Uncovering the soil food web of a tropical mountain rain forest in southern Ecuador using stable isotopes (15N). Journal of Tropical Ecology 21: 589-593.

Szywilewska, A., Olszanowski, Z. and Norton, R.A. 2005. New oribatid mite of the genus Crotonia (Acari: Oribatida: Crotoniidae) from Chile. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 55(3): 449-452

Schaeffer, I., Domes, K., Heethoff, M., Schneider, K., Scheu, S., Norton, R. A. and Maraun, M. 2006. No evidence for the Meselson effect in parthenogenetic oribatid mites (Oribatida, Acari). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19: 184-193.

Papers in press:

Illig, J., Langel, R., Norton, R. A., Scheu, S. and Maraun, M. Where are the decomposers? Uncovering the soil food web of a tropical mountain rain forest in southern Ecuador using stable isotopes (15N). Journal of Tropical Ecology