Invited Commentaries:

2. P. Kroupa, T. Jerabkova
The Salpeter IMF and its descendants
2019, Nature Astronomy

1. P. Kroupa
The properties of G-dwarf multiple stars. Commentary on: Duquennoy A. and Mayor M., 1991, A&A, 248, 485
2009, A&A

Major Reviews:

10. P. Kroupa, E. Gjergo, E. Asencio, M. Haslbauer, J. Pflamm-Altenburg, N. Wittenburg, N. Samaras, I. Thies, W. Oehm (58 pages)
The many tensions with dark-matter based models and implications on the nature of the Universe
2023, two chapters in award-winning Springer book.

9. P. Kroupa (52 pages)
A modern view of galaxies and their stellar populations
2017, two chapters in award-winning Springer book.

8. P. Kroupa, T. Jerabkova (62 pages)
The initial mass function of stars and the star-formation rates of galaxies
2015, Chapter 2 in Cambridge-University-Press book on star formation rates of galaxies.

7. P. Kroupa (33 pages)
Galaxies as simple dynamical systems: observational data disfavor dark matter and stochastic star formation
2015, Canadian Journal of Physics.

6. P. Kroupa, C. Weidner, J. Pflamm-Altenburg, I. Thies, J. Dabringhausen, M. Marks, Th. Maschberger (115 pages)
The stellar and sub-stellar initial mass function of simple and composite populations
2013, Stellar Systems and Galactic Structure, Vol.V., Springer (arXiv)

5. P. Kroupa, M. Pawlowski, M. Milgrom (11 pages)
The Failures of the Standard Model of Cosmology Require a New Paradigm
2012, International Journal of Modern Physics D.

4. P. Kroupa (50 pages)
The dark matter crisis: falsification of the current standard model of cosmology
2012, Publication of the Astronomical Society of Australia.

3. P. Kroupa (85 pages)
Initial Conditions for Star Clusters
2008, in "The Cambridge N-body Lectures", Sverre Aarseth, Christopher Tout, Rosemary Mardling (eds), Lecture Notes in Physics Series, Springer (arXiv).

2. S.P. Goodwin, P. Kroupa, A. Goodman, A. Burkert
The Fragmentation of Cores and the Initial Binary Population (16 pages)
2007, Protostars and Planets V (ed: B. Reipurth, D. Jewitt, K. Keil), University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 951 pp., 2007., p.133-147 (arXiv).

1. P. Kroupa
The Initial Mass Function of Stars: Evidence for Uniformity in Variable Systems
2002, Science, 295, 82-91 (arXiv).

Reviews:

21. P. Kroupa
The universality hypothesis: binary and stellar populations in star clusters and galaxies
2011, proceeding sof IAUS 270 on Computational Star Formation, eds: J. Alves, B. Elmegreen, J. Girart, V. Trimble (preprint)

20. P. Kroupa
Star Cluster Formation and Some Implications for Gaia
2011, Stellar Clusters & Associations: A RIA Workshop on Gaia. Proceedings. Granada, Spain, May 23 - 27, 2011. Edited by: Alfaro Navarro, E. J.; Gallego Calvente, A. T.; Zapatero Osorio, M. R., pp.17-27 (preprint)

19. P. Kroupa
The influence of star clusters on galactic disks: new insights on star-formation in galaxies
2008, 12 papges, in The Galactic disk in a cosmological context, IAUS254, eds J. Andersen, J. Bland-Hawthorn and B. Nordstrom (preprint)

18. P. Kroupa
The IMF of simple and composite populations (13 pages)
2008, in "Pathways Through an Eclectic Universe", J. H. Knapen, T. J. Mahoney, and A. Vazdekis (eds) (preprint)

17. P. Kroupa
The stellar initial mass function of metal-rich populations (17 pages)
2008, in ''The Metal Rich Universe'', La Palma, June 2006, G. Israelian & G. Meynet (eds), Cambridge University Press (preprint)

16. P. Kroupa
The initial mass function of simple and composite stellar populations (70 pages)
2008, in "Resolved Stellar Populations", Cancun, Mexico, 18-22 April 2005, eds. D. Valls-Gabaud and M. Chavez, ASP Conference Series (preprint)

15. P. Kroupa
The stellar initial mass function (10 pages)
2007, IAUS241, "Stellar Populations as Building Blocks of Galaxies", Proceedings of IAU Symposium Nr.241. A. Vazdekis and R. F. Peletier (eds)

14. P. Kroupa
The birth and early evolution of star clusters (8 pages)
2007 in "Mass loss from stars and the evolution of stellar clusters". Proc. of a workshop held in honour of H.J.G.L.M. Lamers, Lunteren, The Netherlands. A. de Koter, L. Smith and R. Waters (eds), ASP Conference Series (preprint)

13. P. Kroupa
Binary systems as tracers of the dynamical history of a stellar population
2006, IAUS240 Binary Stars as Critical Tools and Tests in Contemporary Astrophysics, Prague, 22-25 August 2006

12. P. Kroupa
Star-cluster formation and evolution (7 pages)
2007, IAUS237, in "Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM", B.G. Elmegreen and J. Palous (eds), held 14-18 August, 2006 in Prague, Czech Republic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007

11. P. Kroupa, C. Weidner
Evidence for a fundamental stellar upper mass limit from clustered star formation, and some implications therof (11 pages)
2005, IAUS227, Proceedings of IAU Symp. 227 on "Massive Star Birth" eds: R. Cesaroni et al. (preprint)

10. P. Kroupa
The Fundamental Building Blocks of Galaxies (9 pages)
2005, in the Proceedings of the Symposium "The Three-Dimensional Universe with Gaia", 4-7 October 2004, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France, eds: C. Turon, K.S. O'Flaherty, M.A.C. Perryman (ESA SP-576) (preprint)

9. P. Kroupa, C. Weidner
Variation of the IMF
2004, in IMF@50: The Initial Mass Function 50 years later, ed: E. Corbelli, F. Palla, and H. Zinnecker, Kluwer Academic Publishers; a meeting held at the Abbazia di Spineto, Tuscany, Italy -- May 16-20, 2004 (preprint)

8. P. Kroupa
Massive stars: their birth sites and distribution
2004, NewAR, 48, 47-54 (preprint)

7. P. Kroupa
The Birth, Evolution and Death of Star Clusters
2001, in Origin and Evolution of Young Stellar Clusters, T. Montmerle, Ph. Andre (eds.)
ASP Conf. Series, Vol.243,p.387-398 (invited review) (astro-ph/0010405)

6. P. Kroupa
Binary Stars in Young Clusters - a Theoretical Perspective
2001, in The Formation of Binary Stars, H. Zinnecker, R. Mathieu (eds.)
IAU Symp.200, p.199-206 (invited review) (astro-ph/0010347)

5. P. Kroupa
The Local Stellar Initial Mass Function
2001, in STAR2000: Dynamics of Star Clusters and the Milky Way, S. Deiters, B. Fuchs, A. Just, R. Spurzem, R. Wielen (eds.)
ASP Conf. Series, Vol.228, p.187-200 (invited review) (astro-ph/0011328)

4. P. Kroupa
Stellar-dynamics of young star clusters
2000, in Massive Stellar Clusters, C.Boily, A.Lancon (eds.)
ASP Conf. Series, Vol.211, p.233-240 (astro-ph/0001202)

3. I. Bonnell, P. Kroupa
Dynamical Interactions in Dense Stellar Clusters
in The Orion Complex Revisited, international workshop held at Ringberg Castle, June 2-6, 1997
McCaughrean M.J. (ed.)
ASP Conf. Series, in press (invited review) (astro-ph/9802306)

2. P. Kroupa
Formation of dSph Satellites without Dark Matter
1998, in Dynamics of Galaxies and Galactic Nuclei, W. Duschl, C. Einsel (eds.)
Proc. Ser. I.T.A. no. 2, p.243 (astro-ph/9801047)

1. P. Kroupa
The Stellar Mass Function
1998, in Brown Dwarfs and Extrasolar Planets, R. Rebolo, M.R. Zapatero Osorio, E. Martin (eds)
ASP Conf. Series, Vol.134, p.483-494 (astro-ph/9705133)

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