1970

• Nikolajev, G.V. 1970. [Taxonomic position of groups included in the subfamily Geotrupinae (Col., Scarabaeidae)]. Materials of the Second Scientific Session of Young Specialists and PhD Candidates (Thesis of Lectures), Kazakhstan, 31–34 [in Russian].

1979

• Nikolaev, G.V. 1979. Neue Gattungen und Untergattungen der Blatthornkäfer. (Col. Scar.). Reichenbachia, Zeitschrift für taxonomische Entomologie des Staatlichen Museums für Tierkunde Dresden 17: 189–191.

1989

• Nikolaev, G.V. & Schukronajev, S. 1989. Dva novyhk vida zhukov-kravchikov (Scarabaeidae, Lethrini) iz Tadzhikistana). [Two new species of Lethrini (Scarabaeidae, Lethrini) from Tadzhik SSR.] Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal 68: 153–155.

1990

• Nikolajev, G.V. 1990. [The usage of the particularities of wing venation for clarification of the system of Lamellicornia beetles]. In: Medvedev G.S., Korotyaev B.A. (Eds) Advances of Entomology in USSR: Coleoptera Proceedings of the X Meeting of the All-Soviet Entomology Society, Leningrad, September 11–15, 1989. USSR Academy of Sciences Zoology Institute, Leningrad, 98–99 [in Russian].

1992

• Nikolajev, G.V. 1992. [Taxonomic characters and generic composition of Mesozoic Scarabaeidae.] Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1: 76–88. [in Russian]

1996

• Nikolajev, G.V. 1996. Vidy plastinchatousykh zhukov (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) s bol’shim kolichestvom borozdok na nadkryl’yakh iz nizhnemelovogo mestonakhozhdeniya Baysa v Zabaykal’e [Lamellicorn beetle species (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) with multistriate elytra, from the Lower Cretaceous Baysa locality, Transbaikalia]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1996(2): 91–99. [in Russian]

2003

• Nikolajev, G.V. 2003. Taksonomicheskiy sostav podsemeystva Bolboceratinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) Palearktiki [The taxonomic composition of the subfamily Bolboceratinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) from Palaearctic faunistic region]. Tethys Entomological Research 8: 187–206 [in Russian].
• Nikolajev, G.V. 2003. Opisanie lichinki roda Eubolbitus Reitter (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Bolboceratinae). [A description of the larva of the genus Eubolbitus Reitter (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Bolboceratinae).] Evraziatskii Entomologicheskii Zhurnal 1(2): 207–209 [in Russian].
• Nikolajev, G.V. 2003. [Scarab[?]-beetles (Scarabaeidae, Geotrupinae, Lethrini): biology, systematics, distribution, determination.] [Almaty]: Cossack of [universitet]i 1–255. ISBN 9965-12-434-5 PDF
• Nikolajev, G.V. 2003. Dva novykh vida plastinchatousykh zhukov (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) fauny Araviyskogo poluostrova. Evraziatskiy Entomologicheskiy Zhurnal 2: 117–118.
• Nikolajev, G.V. 2003. Obzor vidov podroda Scelolethrus Semenov, 1892 roda Lethrus Scop. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Geotrupinae). Tethys Entomological Research 7: 169–186.

2015

• Nikolajev, G.V. 2015: A new genus of the family Glaphyridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Mesozoic of China. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 11(1): 19–23. Full article (PDF) in russian.Reference page. 

• Nikolaev, G.V. 2015. About raising of the status of the subfamily Eremazinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae) with description of new taxa from the Mesozoic in China. Caucasian entomological bulletin 11(2): 297–302. Reference page. 

2016

• Nikolajev, G.V. 2016: Taxonomic composition of the family Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) of the Russian fauna. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin, 12(1): 81–91. Full article (PDF) in russian and english.Reference page. 

• Nikolajev, G.V. 2016a: About the type species of the subgenus Scelolethrus Semenov, 1892 of the genus Lethrus Scopoli, 1777 (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Lethrinae). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 12(2): 243–244. Full article (PDF) in russian and english.Reference page.