mednarodna nagrada evropskega projekta 2Bparks za celostno interpretacijo reke Iške na Ljubljanskem barju v kategoriji »Places of Sense«, 2013

posebna omemba Europa Nostra žirije za Akcijski načrt »Kulturna dediščina in razvoj podeželske skupnosti Črni Vrh« v kategoriji »Izobraževanje, 2015

prva nagrada za Okljuk – Interpretacijski poligon kot orodje za razumevanje kulturne pokrajine, mednarodni natečaj za krajine E-cLiC: Landscape and possibilities (kategorija C – širša javnost), 2015

LIDA 2006: prva nagrada za raziskovalni poster »End-users and their impact on digital repositories«

2. mesto na video natečaju Transnacionalnega programa Podonavja, 2019

Diploma odličnosti: Socialno-ekonomski inovator – Črno morje in Podonavje, pod okriljem Evropske komisije - DG MARE ob evropskem dnevu pomorstva v Romuniji, 2019

- Šmid Hribar, M., Urbanc, M., Zorn, M. 2023: Commons and their contribution to sustaining Slovenian cultural landscapes. Acta geographica Slovenica 63–3. 
- Tucker, C., Šmid Hribar, M., Urbanc, M., Bogataj, N., Gunya, A., Rodela, R., Sigura, M., Piani, L. 2023: Governance of interdependent ecosystem services and common-pool resources. Land Use Policy. 106575, vol. 127.
- Pipan, P., Šmid Hribar, M., Urbanc, M. 2023: Motivation, robustness and benefits of water commons: insights from small drinking water supply systems. Acta geographica Slovenica63–3.

- Šmid Hribar, M., Hori, K., Urbanc, M., Saito, O., Zorn, M. 2023: Evolution and new potentials of landscape commons: insights from Japan and Slovenia. Ecosystem services 59, 101499. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2022.101499.

- Šmid Hribar, M., Japelj, A., Vurunić, S. 2021: Sistematično kartiranje raziskav o ekosistemskih storitvah v Sloveniji. Geografski vestnik 93(1):9-62.

- Steger, C., Klein, J.A., Reid, R.S., Lavorel, S., Tucker, C., Hopping, K.A., Marchant, R., Teel, T., Cuni-Sanchez, A., Dorji, T., Greenwood, G., Huber, R., Kasam, K.-A., Kreuer, D., Nolin, A., Russell, A., Sharp, J.L., Šmid Hribar, M., Thorn, J.P.R., Grant, G., Mahdi, M., Moreno, M., Waiswa, D. 2021: Science with Society: Evidence-based Guidance for Best Practices in Environmental Transdisciplinary Work. Global Environmental Change 68, 102240.

- Urbanc, M., Šmid Hribar, M. 2021: Livek: A mountainous border area's transformation from a ski paradise to a resilient community. V: Martinez, G. (ed). Culture and climate resilience: perspectives from Europe, Palgrave Studies in Climate Resilient Societies. Cham.

- Rodela R., Tucker C.M., Šmid Hribar M., Sigura M., Bogataj N., Urbanc M., Gunya A. 2019: Intersections of ecosystem services and common-pool resources literature: An interdisciplinary encounter. Environmental Science and Policy 94, 72–81.
- Ribeiro, D., Šmid Hribar, M. 2019: Assessment of land-use changes and their impacts on ecosystem services in two Slovenian rural landscapes. Acta Geographica Slovenica 59-2.
- Gabrovec, M., Kumer, P., Ribeiro, D., Šmid Hribar, M. 2020: Land use in Slovenia. In: Perko D., Ciglič R., Zorn M. (eds) The Geography of Slovenia. World Regional Geography Book Series. Springer, Cham

- Urbanc, M., Šmid Hribar, M., Kumer, P. 2020: Culture in Slovenia. In: Perko D., Ciglič R., Zorn M. (eds) The Geography of Slovenia. World Regional Geography Book Series. Springer, Cham
- Šmid Hribar, M., Kozina, J., Bole, D., Urbanc, M. 2018: Javno dobro, skupni viri in skupno: Vpliv zgodovinske zapuščine na sodobno dojemanje v Sloveniji kot tranzicijski družbi. Urbani izziv, 29(1):43-55.    doi: 10.5379/urbani-izziv-2018-29-01-004
- Burkhard, B., Maes, J., Potschin-Young, M., Santos-Martín, F., Geneletti, D., Stoev, P., Kopperoinen, L., Šmid Hribar, M., et al. 2018: Mapping and assessing ecosystem services in the EU-Lessons learned from the ESMERALDA approach of integration. One Ecosystem 3: e29153, doi: 10.3897/oneeco.3.e291
- Šmid Hribar, M., Bole, D., Urbanc, M. 2015: Public And Common Goods in the Cultural Landscape. Geografski vestnik 87-2.
- Šmid Hribar, M., Geršič, M., Pipan, P., Repolusk, P., Tiran, J., Topole, M., Ciglič, R. 2017: Cultivated terraces in Slovenian landscapes. Acta geographica Slovenica, 57-2, 83–97. 
- Šmid Hribar, M., Bole, D., Pipan, P. 2015. Sustainable heritage management: Social, economic and other potentials of culture in local development. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 188, 103 – 110.
- Šmid Hribar, M., Ledinek Lozej, Š. 2013: The role of identifying and managing cultural values in rural development. Acta Geografica Slovenica 53–2.