| Criticism in the University G Graff, R Gibbons Northwestern University Press, 1985 | 70 | 1985 |
| Writing blind H Cixous, E Prenowitz, R Gibbons TriQuarterly 97, 7, 1996 | 68 | 1996 |
| The poet's work: 29 poets on the origins and practice of their art R Gibbons University of Chicago Press, 1989 | 50* | 1989 |
| Antigone R Gibbons, C Segal Oxford University Press, 2003 | 47 | 2003 |
| From South Africa: New writing, photographs and art D Bunn, J Taylor, R Gibbons, S Plumpp (No Title), 1988 | 44 | 1988 |
| Political poetry and the example of Ernesto Cardenal R Gibbons Critical Inquiry 13 (3), 648-671, 1987 | 22 | 1987 |
| How poems think R Gibbons University of Chicago Press, 2015 | 19 | 2015 |
| On apophatic poetics R Gibbons The American Poetry Review 36 (6), 19-23, 2007 | 12 | 2007 |
| Poetic form and the translator R Gibbons Critical inquiry 11 (4), 654-671, 1985 | 12 | 1985 |
| The Pleasures of Formal Poetry L Bogan, R Gibbons The Poet's Work. Ed. Reginald Gibbons. Boston: Houghton, 203-14, 1979 | 12 | 1979 |
| Bakkhai R Gibbons, C Segal Greek Tragedy in New Translations, 2001 | 10 | 2001 |
| Poetry and self-making R Gibbons | 10 | 1996 |
| Thomas McGrath: life and the poem R Gibbons, T Des Pres Univeristy of Illinois Press, 1991 | 10 | 1991 |
| On Apophatic Poetics: Part Two R Gibbons The American Poetry Review 37 (2), 39-45, 2008 | 8 | 2008 |
| An Interview with Thomas McGrath, January 30-February 1, 1987 R Gibbons, T Des Pres TriQuarterly 70, 38, 1987 | 8 | 1987 |
| Academic criticism and contemporary literature R Gibbons Criticism in the University, 1985 | 8 | 1985 |
| New Writing from Mexico: A TriQuarterly Collection of Newly Translated Prose and Poetry R Gibbons TriQuarterly Books, 1992 | 7 | 1992 |
| The Writer in Our World R Gibbons Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986 | 7 | 1986 |
| On Rhyme R Gibbons The American Poetry Review 35 (6), 63-69, 2006 | 6 | 2006 |
| Teaching the translation of poetry R Gibbons Teaching Translation, 79-86, 2016 | 5 | 2016 |
