P.R. Backus, J.C. Tarter, M.M. Davis, J.C. Jordan, T.N. Kilsdonk, G.S. Shostak, R. Ackermann, D.R. DeBoer, J.W. Dreher, G.R. Harp, J.E. Ross, R. Stauduhar;  "Galactic Plane SETI Observations with the Allen Telescope Array", Bulletin of the AAS, 37, 1160, 2005.

DeBoer, David R.; Welch, William J.; Dreher, John; Tarter, Jill; Blitz, Leo; Davis, Michael; Fleming, Matt; Bock, Douglas; Bower, Geoffrey; Lugten, John; Girmay-Keleta, G.; D'Addario, Larry R.; Harp, Gerry R.; Ackermann, Rob; Weinreb, Sander; Engargiola, Greg; Thornton, Doug; Wadefalk, Niklas, 2004," The Allen Telescope Array," Proceedings of the SPIE 5489, pp. 1021-1028 (2004).

Dreher, John W., 2003, "Against the Use of Power Law Luminosity Functions for ET Beacons," Bioastronomy 2002, Proceedings of IAU Symposium #213. Edited by R. Norris, and F. Stootman. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, p. 467.

J.C. Tarter, J.W. Dreher, S.W. Ellingson, and W.J. Welch, "Recent Progress and Current Activities in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)," Review of Radio Science 1999-2002, W. Ross Stone, ed., IEEE Press, Wiley & Sons, Inc. Piscataway, NJ, Chapter 36, pp. 901-931 (2002).

Welch, William J.; Dreher, John W., 2000, "The One-Hectare Telescope," Proc. SPIE 4015, p. 8-18, Radio Telescopes, Harvey R. Butcher; Ed.

Tarter, J.; Backus, P.; Heiligman, G.; Dreher, J.; LaRoque, S., 2000, "Studies of radio frequency interference at Parkes Observatory," Acta Astronautica 46, issue 10-12, p. 683-691.

Dreher, John W., 2000, "The One Hectare Telescope (1HT) Project," Perspectives on Radio Astronomy: Technologies for Large Antenna Arrays, Proceedings of the Conference held at the ASTRON Institute in Dwingeloo on 12-14 April 1999. Edited by A. B. Smolders and M. P. Haarlem. Published by ASTRON. ISBN: 90-805434-2-X, 354 pages, 2000., p.33

Dreher, John, 2000, "The One Hectare Telescope for SETI," Bioastronomy 99, ASP Conference Series 213. Edited by G. Lemarchand and K. Meech. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, p. 537.

Dreher, John W.; Cullers, D. K., 1997, "SETI Figure of Merit," Astronomical and Biochemical Origins and the Search for Life in the Universe, IAU Colloquium 161, Publisher: Editrice Compositori, Bologna, Italy, p. 711.

Backus, Peter R.; Laroque, Sam; Tarter, Jill C.; Dreher, John; Cullers, Kent; Patrick, Alan; Heiligman, Gary, 1997, "Studies of Radio Frequency Interference at Parkes Observatory," Astronomical and Biochemical Origins and the Search for Life in the Universe, IAU Colloquium 161, Publisher: Editrice Compositori, Bologna, Italy, p. 661.

Carilli, Chris; Perley, Rick; Bartel, Norbert; Dreher, John, 1996, "The Jets in Cygnus A: from pc- to kpc-scales," Cygnus A -- Study of a Radio Galaxy, Proceedings of the Greenbank Workshop, held in Greenbank, West Virginia, 1-4 May, 1995. Edited by C.L. Carilli and D.E. Harris. ISBN 0521553431, Cambridge University Press, 1996., p.76

J.W. Dreher, 1992, "Suppression of RFI by Means of Interferometry," Acta Astronautica 26, p. 223-226.

Carilli, C. L.; Perley, R. A.; Dreher, J. W.; Leahy, J. P., 1991, "Multifrequency Radio observations of Cygnus A - Spectral aging in powerful radio galaxies," Astrophysical Journal 383, p. 554-573.

Perley, R. A.; Carilli, C. I.; Dreher, J. W., 1991, "Cygnus A: Magnetic Fields with Radio Sources and Cluster Gas," Magnetic Fields and Extragalactic Objects, Proceedings of an International Workshop, held at Cargese, Corsica, May 31st - June 6th, 1987. Edited by E. Asseo, and D. Gresillon. Les Ulis Cedex: Editions de Physique, 1991., p. 349.

Tarter, J. C.; Backus, P.; Cullers, K.; Dreher, J.; Hlavka, C.; Jordan, J., 1991, "Trying to Do Science Using High Spectral Resolution SETI Prototypes," Bioastronomy, Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Bio- astronomy Held at Val Cenis, Savoie, France, 18-23 June 1990, edited by J. Heidmann and M.J. Klein. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York. Also Lecture Notes in Physics, volume 390, p.283

Dreher, J. W.; Tarter, J.; Werthimer, D., 1991, "A 1Hz Resolution RFI Survey: Preliminary Results," Bioastronomy, Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Bio- astronomy Held at Val Cenis, Savoie, France, 18-23 June 1990, edited by J. Heidmann and M.J. Klein. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York. Also Lecture Notes in Physics, volume 390, p.217

Carilli, Chris; Conner, Sam; Dreher, John; Perley, Rick, 1990, "Multiband Observations of Cygnus A: A study of pressure balance in the core of a powerful radio galaxy," in The Interstellar Medium in External Galaxies:, p. 146. Also in 2nd Wyoming Conference: The interstellar medium in external galaxies, p. 146 – 148.

Dreher, J.W; 1998, "The Phoenix Signal Detection System," Acta Astronautica 42, p. 635-640.

J. C. Tarter, P. Backus, D. K. Cullers, J. Dreher, 1989, "A Search for Single Mode Emission from Saturated Astronomical OH Masers," Bull. Am. Astron. Soc 21, No. 4, p. 1212 – 1213.

C. L. Carilli, J. W. Dreher, S. Conner, R. A. Perley, 1989, "Broad- and Narow-band Imaging of the Giant Radio Galaxy Cygnus A," Astron. J. 98, No. 2, p. 513 – 523.

C. L. Carilli, J. W. Dreher, R. A. Perley, 1989, "Cygnus A and the Williams Model," in Proceedings of the Ringberg Workshop on Hot Spots in Extragalactic Radio Sources, p. 51 – 60.

C.L. Carilli, R.A. Perley, and J.W. Dreher, 1988, "Discovery of the Bow Shock of Cygnus A," Ap. J. L. 334, L73.

C. L. Carilli, J. W. Dreher, R. A. Perley, P. Leahy, T. Muxlow, 1988, "A Low Frequency Spectral Flattening of the Hot Spots in 3C 405," Bull. Am. Astron. Soc. 20, No. 2, p. 734.

J. Dreher, S. Vogel, S. Terebey, W. J. Welch, 1987, "Massive star formation in W49," in Star Forming Regions, p. 143 - 145

J.W. Dreher, C.L. Carilli, and R.A. Perley, 1987, "The Faraday Rotation of Cygnus A: Magnetic Fields in Cluster Gas," Ap. J. 316, 611.

R. A. Perley, C. L. Carilli, J. W. Dreher, 1987, "Cygnus A: magnetic fields with radio sources and cluster gas," in 7th Cargèse Workshop on Magnetic Fields and Extragalactic Objects, (Editions de Physique, Les Ulis, France), edited by E. Asseo and D. Gresillon,p. 349 – 352.

D.H. Roberts, J. Lehar, and J.W. Dreher, 1987, "Time Series Analysis with CLEAN: I. Derivation of a Spectrum," Astron. J. 93,968.

Wm.J. Welch, J.W. Dreher, J.M. Jackson, S. Tereby, and S.N. Vogel, 1987, "Star Formation in W49A: Gravitational Collapse of the Molecular Cloud Core Toward a Ring of Massive Stars," Science 238, 1550.

W. J. Welch, S. Vogel, S. Terebey, J. Dreher, J. Jackson, J. Carlstrom, 1986, "Effects of Stellar Outflows on Interstellar Sulfur Oxide Chemistry," NASA Tech. Memo., NASA TM-88342, p. 157.

J.W. Dreher and S.M. Simkin, 1986, "The Optical-Radio Structure of the Southwest Hotspot of 3C33: Astrometry," Astron. J. 91, 58.

J.W. Dreher, D.H. Roberts, and J. Lehar, 1986, "VLA Observations of Rapid Non-Periodic Variations in OJ 287," Nature 320, 239.

M. Cohen, J. Bieging, J.W. Dreher, and W.J. Welch, 1985, "MWC 349 as a Binary System," Ap. J. 292, 249.

J.W. Dreher, 1985, "An Argument for Jet Velocities > 0.1 c in Powerful Doubles," in Physics of Energy Transport in Extragalactic Radio Sources (National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville), edited by A.H. Bridle and J. Eilek, p 109.

J.W. Dreher, R.A. Perley, and J.J. Cowan, 1985, "Multiconfiguration VLA Maps of Cygnus A," in Physics of Energy Transport in Extragalactic Radio Sources (National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville), edited by A.H. Bridle and J. Eilek, p 57.

J.W. Dreher, S. Vogel, S. Tereby, and W.J. Welch, 1985, "Massive Star Formation in W49," IAU Symp. No. 115: Star Forming Regions (M. Peimbert and J. Jugaka, eds.), 143.

J.W. Dreher and E.D. Feigelson, 1984, "Rings and Wiggles in Hercules A," Nature 308, 43.

R.A. Perley, J.W. Dreher, and J.J. Cowan, 1984, "The Jet and Filaments in Cygnus A," Ap. J. L. 285, L35.

J.W. Dreher, K.J. Johnston, W.J. Welch, and R.C. Walker, 1984, "Ultracompact Structure in the HII Region W49N," Ap. J. 283, 632.

J.W. Dreher and W.J. Welch, 1983, "VLA Observations of MWC 349 at 15 and 23 GHz," Astron. J. 88, 1014.

J.W. Dreher, 1982, "The Quasar Jet 4C32.69 at 1.4 GHz," IAU Symp. No. 97: Extragalactic Radio Sources (D.S. Heeschen and C.M. Wade, eds.), 135.

J.W. Dreher and W.J. Welch, 1981, "Discovery of Shell Structure in the Ultra-Compact HII Region W3(OH), Ap. J. 245, 857.

J.W. Dreher, 1981, "High Resolution Maps of the Hotspots of Several Class II Radio Galaxies," Astron. J. 86, 833.

J.W. Dreher, 1979, "Polarization Maps of Cygnus A at 23 GHz," Ap. J. 230, 687.

J. R. Forster, J. Dreher, M. C. H. Wright, W. J. Welch, 1978, "Virgo A at 1.3 Centimeters," Astrophys. J. Lett. 221, p. L3 - L6.

W.J. Welch, J.R. Forster, J.W. Dreher, W. Hoffman, D.D. Thornton, and M.C.H. Wright, 1977, "An Interferometer for Millimeter Wavelengths," Astron. Astrophys 59, 379.

J. Dreher, J. Forster, W. Hoffman, D. Thornton, J. Welch, M. Wright, 1976, "Interferometer Maps of Cygnus A and Virgo A at 23 GHz," Bull. Am. Astron. Soc. 8, p.  530.