| Why Americans hate welfare: Race, media, and the politics of antipoverty policy M Gilens University of Chicago Press, 2009 | 4218 | 2009 |
| Testing theories of American politics: Elites, interest groups, and average citizens M Gilens, BI Page Perspectives on politics 12 (3), 564-581, 2014 | 3370 | 2014 |
| Affluence and influence: Economic inequality and political power in America M Gilens Affluence and influence, 2012 | 2408 | 2012 |
| Inequality and democratic responsiveness M Gilens Public Opinion Quarterly 69 (5), 778-796, 2005 | 1130 | 2005 |
| Political ignorance and collective policy preferences M Gilens American Political Science Review 95 (2), 379-396, 2001 | 1030 | 2001 |
| “Race coding” and white opposition to welfare M Gilens American Political Science Review 90 (3), 593-604, 1996 | 829 | 1996 |
| Race and poverty in America: Public misperceptions and the American news media M Gilens Public Opinion Quarterly 60 (4), 515-541, 1996 | 721 | 1996 |
| Racial attitudes and the" New South" JH Kuklinski, MD Cobb, M Gilens The Journal of Politics 59 (2), 323-349, 1997 | 708 | 1997 |
| Racial attitudes and opposition to welfare M Gilens The Journal of Politics 57 (4), 994-1014, 1995 | 603 | 1995 |
| Corporate ownership and news bias: Newspaper coverage of the 1996 Telecommunications Act M Gilens, C Hertzman Journal of Politics 62 (2), 369-386, 2000 | 315 | 2000 |
| Preference gaps and inequality in representation M Gilens PS: Political Science & Politics 42 (2), 335-341, 2009 | 312 | 2009 |
| Democracy in America?: What has gone wrong and what we can do about it BI Page, M Gilens University of Chicago Press, 2020 | 293 | 2020 |
| Why Americans Hate Welfare: Race M Gilens Media, and the Politics of, 1999 | 266 | 1999 |
| Gender and support for Reagan: A comprehensive model of presidential approval M Gilens American Journal of Political Science, 19-49, 1988 | 265 | 1988 |
| Elite cues and political decision-making M Gilens, N Murakawa Research in micropolitics 6 (1), 15-49, 2002 | 209 | 2002 |
| Affirmative action and the politics of realignment M Gilens, PM Sniderman, JH Kuklinski British Journal of Political Science 28 (1), 159-183, 1998 | 193 | 1998 |
| How the Poor Became Black: The Racialization of American Poverty M Gilens Race and the politics of welfare reform, 101-30, 2003 | 137 | 2003 |
| The mass media and the public's assessments of presidential candidates, 1952–2000 M Gilens, L Vavreck, M Cohen The Journal of Politics 69 (4), 1160-1175, 2007 | 133 | 2007 |
| Personality and labor force participation across the life course: A longitudinal study of women's careers JA Clausen, M Gilens Sociological Forum 5, 595-618, 1990 | 112 | 1990 |
| Interregional migration and political resocialization: A study of racial attitudes under pressure JM Glaser, M Gilens The Public Opinion Quarterly 61 (1), 72-86, 1997 | 111 | 1997 |
