1979

• Lawrence, J.F. & Hlavac, T.F. 1979. Review of the Derodontidae (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) with new species from North America and Chile. Coleopterists Bulletin 33: 369–414. JSTOR JSTOR

1995

• Lawrence, J.F & Newton, A.F. 1995. Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names) in Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2: pp 779–1006. ISBN 83-85192-34-4. Reference page. 

1999

• Lawrence, J.F. 1999. The Australian Ommatidae (Coleoptera: Archostemata): new species, larva and discussion of relationships. Invertebrate Taxonomy 13: 369–390. DOI: 10.1071/IT99008

2005

• Leschen, R.A.B., Lawrence, J.F. & Ślipiński, S.A. 2005: Classification of basal Cucujoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga): cladistic analysis, keys and review of new families. Invertebrate systematics, 19: 17–73. DOI: 10.1071/IS04007 . Reference page. 

2007

• Lawrence, J.F.; Yoshitomi, H. 2007: Nipponocyphon, a new genus of Japanese Scirtidae (Coleoptera) and its phylogenetic significance. Elytra 35(2): 507–527. Full issue. Reference page. 

2011

• Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Davies, A.E., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Lawrence, J.F., Lyal, C.H.C., Newton, A.F., Reid, C.A.M., Schmitt, M., Ślipiński, S.A. & Smith, A.B.T. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 88: 1–972. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 Reference page. 

• Slipinski, S.A., Leschen, R.A.B. & Lawrence, J.F. 2011. Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758. Pp 203–208 In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page. . (PDF) Reference page. 

2015

• Matthews, E.G. & Lawrence, J.F. 2015. Trachelostenini sensu novo: redescriptions of Trachelostenus Solier, Myrmecodema Gebien and Leaus Matthews & Lawrence, based on adults and larvae, and descriptions of three new species of Leaus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Zootaxa 4020(2): 289–312. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4020.2.4 . Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

2016

• Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A preliminary revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1–208. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4198.1.1 . Reference page.