| Governance, politics and the state J Pierre, BG Peters Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020 | 6002 | 2020 |
| Institutional theory in political science: The new institutionalism BG Peters Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019 | 5848 | 2019 |
| The politics of bureaucracy: An introduction to comparative public administration BG Peters Routledge, 2018 | 2757 | 2018 |
| Governance without government? Rethinking public administration BG Peters, J Pierre Journal of public administration research and theory 8 (2), 223-243, 1998 | 2657 | 1998 |
| The future of governing BG Peters Studies in Government and Public Policy, 2001 | 2417 | 2001 |
| Managing horizontal government BG Peters Public administration 76 (2), 295-311, 1998 | 1626 | 1998 |
| The middle aging of new public management: into the age of paradox? C Hood, G Peters Journal of public administration research and theory 14 (3), 267-282, 2004 | 1545 | 2004 |
| Comparative politics: Theory and methods BG Peters NYU Press, 1998 | 1445 | 1998 |
| Interactive governance: Advancing the paradigm J Torfing Oxford University Press, USA, 2012 | 1407 | 2012 |
| The coordination of public sector organizations G Bouckaert, BG Peters, K Verhoest Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 | 1216 | 2010 |
| The politics of path dependency: Political conflict in historical institutionalism BG Peters, J Pierre, DS King The journal of politics 67 (4), 1275-1300, 2005 | 1196 | 2005 |
| American public policy: Promise and performance BG Peters Cq Press, 2018 | 1102 | 2018 |
| El nuevo institucionalismo: la teoría institucional en ciencia política BG Peters Gedisa Editorial, 2003 | 1068 | 2003 |
| Governing complex societies: Trajectories and scenarios J Pierre Palgrave Macmillan, 2005 | 974 | 2005 |
| Instruments of government: Perceptions and contexts SH Linder, BG Peters Journal of public policy 9 (1), 35-58, 1989 | 936 | 1989 |
| The study of organisational autonomy: a conceptual review K Verhoest, BG Peters, G Bouckaert, B Verschuere Public Administration and Development: The International Journal of …, 2004 | 897 | 2004 |
| The SAGE handbook of public administration J Pierre, BG Peters Sage, 2012 | 858 | 2012 |
| American public policy BG Peters Chatham, NJ: Chatham House, 11-28, 1986 | 755 | 1986 |
| Multi-level governance: a Faustian bargain? BG Peters, J Pierre Multi-level governance, 75-89, 2004 | 734 | 2004 |
| Politicization of the civil service in comparative perspective BG Peters, J Pierre The quest for control, 2004 | 713 | 2004 |
