- Weko T, G Golden and R Smyth (2022) A review of the technological university academic career paths, contracts and organisation in Ireland, OECD Publishing
- Kalamova M, R Smyth and M Wehrle (2022) Accessing Higher Education in the German State of Brandenburg Higher Education, OECD Publishing
- Mangeol P, R Smyth, S Kato, C Teixeira, C Frambourt (2021) Supporting the digital transformation of higher education in Hungary OECD Publishing
- Hofer A-R, A Zhivkovikj, R Smyth (2020) The role of labour market information in guiding educational and occupational choices, OECD Education Working Papers No 229, Paris, OECD Publishing.
- Donaldson G, B Jensen, R Smyth, B Pont, P Gouëdard, H Ikesako (2018) Education policy in Japan: Building bridges towards 2030. Paris, OECD Publishing.
- Herzynski J, J Looney, R Smyth, F Stylianidou, B Pont, A Macintyre (2018) Education for a bright future in Greece, Paris, OECD Publishing,
- Park Z, P Mahoney, W Smart, R Smyth (2014) What young graduates earn when they leave study, Ministry of Education
- Smyth R (2013) Monitoring the recovery: Post-compulsory education in greater Christchurch, Ministry of Education
- Park Z, P Mahoney, W Smart, R Smyth (2013) Looking at the employment outcomes of tertiary education: New data on the earnings of young graduates, Ministry of Education
- Smart W, R Smyth, S Hendy (2013) An analysis of collaborative journal article authorship at New Zealand universities,Ministry of Education
- Smyth R, W Smart, S Hendy, C Sissons (2013) Cores and effect, Ministry of Education
- Park Z, P Mahoney, R Smyth (2013) Moving on up, Ministry of Education
- Smyth R (2012) Two decades in the life of a small tertiary education system, OECD
- Urlich M, W Smart and R Smyth (2012) The New Zealand Student Loan Scheme – ensuring access to tertiary education while maintaining affordability to the taxpayer, Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
- Smyth R and W Smart (2012) Commercialisation of university research, Ministry of Education
- Smyth R and D Spackman (2012) Going abroad: what do we know about people going overseas after tertiary study? Ministry of Education
- Engler R and R Smyth (2011) Doing a bachelors degree, Ministry of Education
- Smyth R and R Strathdee (2010) The effects of type of institution attended on graduate earnings in New Zealand: a cross field comparison, British Journal of the Sociology of Education, Volume 31, Number 4
- Smyth R and C Lane (2009) Skills and education: How well do educational qualifications measure skills? Ministry of Education
- Smyth R, J Hyatt, B Nair and W Smart (2009) Does it really matter where you study? Ministry of Education
- Smyth R and W Smart (2008) Measuring up: How does the New Zealand tertiary education system compare? Ministry of Education
- Smyth R (2008) How the PBRF has shifted research funding, Ministry of Education
- Smart W and R Smyth (2008) Monitoring research: a synthesis of Ministry of Education analyses of tertiary education research 2004-2008, Ministry of Education
- Nair B, W Smart and R Smyth (2007) How does investment in tertiary education improve outcomes for New Zealanders? Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, 31, pp 195-217
- Bakker L, J Boston, L Campbell and R Smyth (eds) (2006) Evaluating the Performance-Based Research Fund: Framing the debate, Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
- Smart W and R Smyth (2006) Performance-based research fund: what the data are telling us pp 147-159 in: Bakker L, J Boston, L Campbell and R Smyth (eds) Evaluating the Performance-Based Research Fund: Framing the Debate, Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
- Neave G, P Santiago, S Borrás, J Gulddahl Rasmussen, R Smyth and T Weko (2006) OECD reviews of tertiary education: Iceland, OECD Publishing.
- Hyatt J and R Smyth (2006) How do graduates’ earnings change over time? Ministry of Education
- Boston J, B Mischewski and R Smyth (2005) Performance-based research fund – implications for research in the social sciences and social policy, Social Policy Journal of New Zealand 24, pp 55 – 84
- Smart W and R Smyth (2005) Research measures: comparing seven new measures of research performance, Ministry of Education
- Smart W and R Smyth (2005) Research measures: comparing the new with the old, Ministry of Education
- Hyatt J, P Gini and R Smyth (2005) Incomes of Student Loan Scheme borrowers, Ministry of Education,
- Hyatt J and R Smyth (2005) Who doesn’t pay back – the characteristics of borrowers who make no progress in reducing their student loans, Ministry of Education
- Griffin F, D Scott and R Smyth (2005) Living with a student loan: a profile of student loan debt and repayment, post-study income and going overseas, Ministry of Education.