George R. Stewart, Toponymist by Madison S. Beeler

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A Revised Typology of Place-Naming by David Blair, Jan Tent

“… A functional and systematic typology of toponyms is an essential instrument for the toponymist wishing to investigate the naming practices and patterns of a region. …”
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Changes of Romanian place names during the communist era by Ion Nicolae

“…Seventy years ago Professor Ion Conea, a famous Romanian geographer and toponymist, suggested that, when not modified by officials, place-names are like ´some condensed description of the country’ (Conea 1928). …”
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“The Lapps are used like camels in distant lands”: Sámi research in the northernmost parsonage of Finnish Lapland by Ritva Kylli

“…Andelin himself was an amateur ethnographer, historian, archaeologist, meteorologist, geographer, natural scientist, linguist, and toponymist. He was, as a Sámi researcher, between old and new scientific traditions: The middle of the nineteenth century has been regarded as a turning point in the history of academic research in Finland. …”
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Projet d’un dictionnaire de la prononciation des toponymes bretons (DPTB) by Humphrey Lloyd Humphreys

“…Traditionally, toponymists have been concerned almost exclusively with diachronic considerations. …”
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Folk Toponymy and Offshore Fishing Ground Names on the Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia by Joshua Nash

“…It argues that a deeper analysis of various taxa of folk toponymy, especially in remote island locations with brief histories, can help toponymists and linguists understand broad principles involved in place-naming. …”
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Island Placenaming and Insular Toponymies by Joshua Nash

“…Abstract Islands as distinct research sites have been given little specific attention by toponymists. The physical segregation, distinctness, and isolation of islands from continental environments may provide linguists and onomasticians with significant micro case studies for examining the role of toponyms as proper names. …”
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Development of a geographic information system for toponyms of Karelia: historical and cultural aspect by Ekaterina V. Zakharova

“…It has been established that, in addition to the tasks of preserving and systematizing the toponymic heritage of the peoples of Karelia, displaying the desired geographical objects on maps, the created resource provides the access to the field materials of toponymists not only in linguistic research, but also for solving ethnohistorical and historical and cultural problems. …”
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