| Thirty years of urban regeneration in Britain, Germany and France: The importance of context and path dependency C Couch, O Sykes, W Börstinghaus Progress in planning 75 (1), 1-52, 2011 | 513 | 2011 |
| Neo-liberalization processes and spatial planning in France, Germany, and the Netherlands: An exploration B Waterhout, F Othengrafen, O Sykes Spatial Planning and the New Localism, 141-159, 2018 | 180 | 2018 |
| A city profile of Liverpool O Sykes, J Brown, M Cocks, D Shaw, C Couch Cities 35, 299-318, 2013 | 148 | 2013 |
| The concept of polycentricity in European spatial planning: reflections on its interpretation and application in the practice of spatial planning D Shaw, O Sykes International Planning Studies 9 (4), 283-306, 2004 | 103 | 2004 |
| Policy and practice spatial imaginaries: Tyrannies or transformations? S Davoudi, J Crawford, R Raynor, B Reid, O Sykes, D Shaw Town Planning Review 89 (2), 97-124, 2018 | 87 | 2018 |
| Reurbanisation and suburbia in Northwest Europe: A comparative perspective on spatial trends and policy approaches S Dembski, O Sykes, C Couch, X Desjardins, D Evers, F Osterhage, ... Progress in Planning 150, 100462, 2021 | 81 | 2021 |
| The importance of context and comparison in the study of European spatial planning O Sykes European Planning Studies 16 (4), 537-555, 2008 | 68 | 2008 |
| Post-geography worlds, new dominions, left behind regions, and ‘other’places: unpacking some spatial imaginaries of the UK’s ‘Brexit’debate O Sykes Space and Polity 22 (2), 137-161, 2018 | 67 | 2018 |
| Planning theory or planning theories? The hydra model and its implications for planning education A Ferreira, O Sykes, P Batey Journal for Education in the Built Environment 4 (2), 29-54, 2009 | 67 | 2009 |
| Investigating the application of the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP) to regional planning in the United Kingdom D Shaw, O Sykes Town Planning Review 74 (1), 31-50, 2003 | 54 | 2003 |
| Territorial impact assessment of European draft directives—the emergence of a new policy assessment instrument TB Fischer, O Sykes, T Gore, N Marot, M Golobič, P Pinho, B Waterhout, ... European Planning Studies 23 (3), 433-451, 2015 | 40 | 2015 |
| Defining and managing the historic urban landscape: Reflections on the English experience and some stories from Liverpool O Sykes, C Ludwig European Spatial Research and Policy 22 (2), 2015 | 36 | 2015 |
| Investigating territorial positioning by sub-state territories in Europe O Sykes, D Shaw Regional & Federal Studies 18 (1), 55-76, 2008 | 33 | 2008 |
| Introduction: European cities and capitals of culture–a comparative approach O Sykes Town Planning Review 82 (1), 1-12, 2011 | 32 | 2011 |
| European spatial development policy and evolving forms of territorial mobilisation in the United Kingdom D Shaw, O Sykes Planning Practice & Research 20 (2), 183-199, 2005 | 30 | 2005 |
| Heritage conservation through planning: a comparison of policies and principles in England and China F Chen, C Ludwig, O Sykes Planning Practice & Research 36 (5), 578-601, 2021 | 25 | 2021 |
| The evolving context for territorial development policy and governance in Europe–from shifting paradigms to new policy approaches P O’Brien, O Sykes, D Shaw L’Information géographique 79 (1), 72-97, 2015 | 25 | 2015 |
| Place-based vs. place blind?–Where do England’s new local industrial strategies fit in the ‘levelling up’agenda? A Nurse, O Sykes Local Economy 35 (4), 277-296, 2020 | 24 | 2020 |
| What about the urban periphery? The effects of the urban renaissance in the Mersey Belt S Dembski, AS Bäing, O Sykes Comparative Population Studies 42, 2017 | 24 | 2017 |
| Can less sometimes be more? Integrating land use and transport planning on Merseyside (1965–2008) TB Fischer, M Smith, O Sykes Urban, Planning and Transport Research 1 (1), 1-27, 2013 | 24 | 2013 |
