Korsch, R.J., Huston, D.L., Henderson, R.A., Blewett, R.S., Withnall, I.W., Fergusson, C.I., Collins, W.J., Saygin, E., Kositcin, N., Meixner, A.J., Chopping, R., Henson, P.A., Champion, D.C., Hutton, L.J., Wormald, R., Holzschuh, J., and Costelloe, R.D. (2012) Crustal architecture and geodynamics of North Queensland, Australia: insights from deep seismic reflection profiling. Tectonophysics, 572-573. pp. 76-99.

Collins, William J., Belousova, Elena A., Kemp, Anthony I.S., and Murphy, J. Brendan (2011) Two contrasting Phanerozoic orogenic systems revealed by hafnium isotope data. Nature Geoscience, 4 (5). pp. 333-337.

Vernon, R.H., and Collins, W.J. (2011) Structural criteria for identifying granitic cumulates. Journal of Geology, 119 (2). pp. 127-142.

Murphy, J. Brendan, van Staal, Cees R., and Collins, William J. (2011) A comparison of the evolution of arc complexes in Paleozoic interior and peripheral orogens: speculations on geodynamic correlations. Gondwana Research, 19 (3). pp. 812-827.

Cawood, Peter A., Kröner, Alfred, Collins, William J., Kusky, Timothy M., Mooney, Walter D., and Windley, Brian F. (2009) Accretionary orogens through Earth history. In: Cawood, P.A., and Kröner, A., (eds.) Earth Accretionary Systems in Space and Time. Geological Society, London, Special Publications (318). Geological Society, Bath, UK, pp. 1-36.

Kemp, A.I.S., Hawkesworth, C.J., Collins, W.J., Gray, C.M., Blevin, P.L., and EIMF, (2009) Isotopic evidence for rapid continental growth in an extensional accretionary orogen: the Tasmanides, eastern Australia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 284 (3-4). pp. 455-466.

Collins, W.J., and Richards, S.W. (2008) Geodynamic significance of S-type granites in circum-Pacific orogens. Geology (Boulder), 36 (7). pp. 559-562.

Mantle, G.W., and Collins, W.J. (2008) Quantifying crustal thickness variations in evolving orogens: correlation between arc basalt composition and Moho depth. Geology, 36 (1). pp. 87-90.

Collins, W.J., Kennett, Brian, and Goleby, Bruce (2008) The AuScope Far North Queensland survey. In: Australian Earth Sciences Convention. p. 72. From: Australian Earth Sciences Convention 2008, 20-24 July 2008, Perth, WA, Australia.

Collins, W.J., and Kemp, A.I.S (2008) The Phanerozoic: reconciling modern plate tectonics with ancient orogenic systems and crustal growth. In: Geological Society of Australia Abstract Series. pp. 71-72. From: Australian Earth Sciences Convention 2008, 20-24 July 2008, Perth, WA, Australia.

Collins, W.J., Wiebe, R.A., Healy, B., and Richards, S.W. (2006) Replenishment, crystal accumulation and floor aggradation in the megacrystic Kameruka Suite, Australia. Journal of Petrology, 47 (11). pp. 2073-2104.

Healy, B., Collins, W.J., and Richards, S.W. (2004) A hybrid origin for Lachlan S-type granites: the Murrumbidgee Batholith example. Lithos, 78 (1-2). pp. 197-216.

Van Kranendonk, Martin J., Collins, W.J., Hickman, Arthur, and Pawley, Mark J. (2004) Critical tests of vertical vs. horizontal tectonic models for the Archaean East Pilbara Granite–Greenstone Terrane, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia. Precambrian Research, 131 (3-4). pp. 173-211.

Pawley, M.J., Van Kranendonk, M.J., and Collins, W.J. (2004) Interplay between deformation and magmatism during doming of the Archaean Shaw Granitoid Complex, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia. Precambrian Research, 131 (3-4). pp. 213-230.

Richards, S.W., and Collins, W.J. (2004) Growth of wedge-shaped plutons at the base of active half-grabens. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 95 (1-2). pp. 309-317.

Collins, W.J. (2003) Slab pull, mantle convection, and Pangaean assembly and dispersal. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 205 (3-4). pp. 225-237.

Baker, D.E.L., Seccombe, P.K., and Collins, W.J. (2002) Structural History and Timing of Gold Mineralization in the Northern East Strelley Belt, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia. Economic Geology, 97 (4). pp. 775-786.

Collins, W.J. (2002) Hot orogens, tectonic switching, and creation of continental crust. Geology, 30 (3). pp. 535-538.

Pawley, M.J., Collins, W.J., and Van Kranendonk, M.J. (2002) Origin of fine-scale sheeted granites by incremental injection of magma into active shear zones: examples from the Pilbara Craton, NW Australia. Lithos, 61 (3-4). pp. 127-139.

Pawley, M.J., and Collins, W.J. (2002) The development of contrasting structures during the cooling and crystallisation of a syn-kinematic pluton. Journal of Structural Geology, 24 (3). pp. 469-483.

Richards, S.W., and Collins, W.J. (2002) The Cooma Metamorphic Complex, a low-P, high-T (LPHT) regional aureole beneath the Murrumbidgee Batholith. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 20 (1). pp. 119-134.

Collins, William J. (2002) Nature of extensional accretionary orogens. Tectonics, 21 (4).