| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Decision Making in Political Systems: Veto Players in Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, Multicameralism and Multipartyism | British Journal of Political Science | 1995 | 2,079 |
| 2 | Political Opportunity Structures and Political Protest: Anti-Nuclear Movements in Four Democracies | British Journal of Political Science | 1986 | 2,021 |
| 3 | A Re-assessment of the Concept of Political Support | British Journal of Political Science | 1975 | 2,008 |
| 4 | A Postfunctionalist Theory of European Integration: From Permissive Consensus to Constraining Dissensus | British Journal of Political Science | 2009 | 1,832 |
| 5 | Sociotropic Politics: The American Case | British Journal of Political Science | 1981 | 1,157 |
| 6 | What Is Policy Convergence and What Causes It? | British Journal of Political Science | 1991 | 787 |
| 7 | European Opinion About Immigration: The Role of Identities, Interests and Information | British Journal of Political Science | 2007 | 774 |
| 8 | Why Are American Presidential Election Campaign Polls So Variable When Votes Are So Predictable? | British Journal of Political Science | 1993 | 674 |
| 9 | Varieties of Capitalism and Institutional Complementarities in the Political Economy: An Empirical Analysis | British Journal of Political Science | 2009 | 660 |
| 10 | Political Parties and Confidence in Government: A Comparison of Norway, Sweden and the United States | British Journal of Political Science | 1990 | 614 |
| 11 | Social Capital in Britain | British Journal of Political Science | 1999 | 584 |
| 12 | Empirical Linkages Between Democracy and Economic Growth | British Journal of Political Science | 1994 | 567 |
| 13 | Where's the Party? | British Journal of Political Science | 1993 | 537 |
| 14 | Considered Opinions: Deliberative Polling in Britain | British Journal of Political Science | 2002 | 528 |
| 15 | A Framework for the Study of Personality and Political Behaviour | British Journal of Political Science | 2008 | 500 |
| 16 | Sources of Corruption: A Cross-Country Study | British Journal of Political Science | 2002 | 445 |
| 17 | Conditions Favouring Parties of the Extreme Right in Western Europe | British Journal of Political Science | 1996 | 434 |
| 18 | Corporatism and Consensus Democracy in Eighteen Countries: Conceptual and Empirical Linkages | British Journal of Political Science | 1991 | 425 |
| 19 | Electoral Rules and Constitutional Structures as Constraints on Corruption | British Journal of Political Science | 2005 | 415 |
| 20 | Political Institutions and Corruption: The Role of Unitarism and Parliamentarism | British Journal of Political Science | 2004 | 414 |
| 21 | Social Capital: Explaining Its Origins and Effects on Government Performance | British Journal of Political Science | 1998 | 404 |
| 22 | Testing the Second-Order Election Model after Four European Elections | British Journal of Political Science | 1998 | 394 |
| 23 | How's Your Government? International Evidence Linking Good Government and Well-Being | British Journal of Political Science | 2008 | 373 |
| 24 | Rumors and Health Care Reform: Experiments in Political Misinformation | British Journal of Political Science | 2017 | 372 |
| 25 | Review Article: Understanding the Regulatory State | British Journal of Political Science | 2002 | 370 |
| 26 | A New Spatial Theory of Party Competition: Uncertainty, Ideology and Policy Equilibria Viewed Comparatively and Temporally | British Journal of Political Science | 1994 | 366 |
| 27 | Race, Ethnicity and Political Resources: Participation in the United States | British Journal of Political Science | 1993 | 357 |
| 28 | The Past in the Present: A Cleavage Theory of Party Response to European Integration | British Journal of Political Science | 2000 | 349 |
| 29 | The Institutional Turn in Comparative Authoritarianism | British Journal of Political Science | 2014 | 344 |
| 30 | The Economic Contradictions of Democracy | British Journal of Political Science | 1975 | 339 |
| 31 | Understanding Change and Stability in Party Ideologies: Do Parties Respond to Public Opinion or to Past Election Results? | British Journal of Political Science | 2004 | 339 |
| 32 | Social Choice Theory and Deliberative Democracy: A Reconciliation | British Journal of Political Science | 2003 | 333 |
| 33 | Strong States and Weak States: Sectoral Policy Networks in Advanced Capitalist Economies | British Journal of Political Science | 1989 | 330 |
| 34 | The Individual–Institutional Nexus of Protest Behaviour | British Journal of Political Science | 2010 | 325 |
| 35 | Democratization Backwards: The Problem of Third-Wave Democracies | British Journal of Political Science | 2001 | 324 |
| 36 | Presidential Leadership and the Resurgence of Trust in Government | British Journal of Political Science | 1986 | 323 |
| 37 | The Diffusion of Policy Diffusion Research in Political Science | British Journal of Political Science | 2013 | 314 |
| 38 | Partisan Dealignment in Britain 1964–1974 | British Journal of Political Science | 1977 | 310 |
| 39 | The Politics and Economics of Democratic Commitment: Support for Democracy in Transition Societies | British Journal of Political Science | 1995 | 302 |
| 40 | Does Taxation Lead to Representation? | British Journal of Political Science | 2004 | 297 |
| 41 | Identifying the Bases of Party Competition in Eastern Europe | British Journal of Political Science | 1993 | 295 |
| 42 | Democracy, Institutions and Attitudes about Citizen Influence on Government | British Journal of Political Science | 2002 | 295 |
| 43 | The Value of a Vote: Malapportionment in Comparative Perspective | British Journal of Political Science | 2001 | 293 |
| 44 | When Do Governments Resort to Election Violence? | British Journal of Political Science | 2014 | 293 |
| 45 | Democracy, Political Stability and Economic Growth | British Journal of Political Science | 1997 | 285 |
| 46 | Government Coalitions and Legislative Success Under Presidentialism and Parliamentarism | British Journal of Political Science | 2004 | 285 |
| 47 | Legislative Procedures in the European Community | British Journal of Political Science | 1996 | 276 |
| 48 | Conquered or Granted? A History of Suffrage Extensions | British Journal of Political Science | 2009 | 269 |
| 49 | Niche Party Success and Mainstream Party Policy Shifts – How Green and Radical Right Parties Differ in Their Impact | British Journal of Political Science | 2016 | 268 |
| 50 | Mere Description | British Journal of Political Science | 2012 | 265 |
