| The politics of blame avoidance RK Weaver Journal of public policy 6 (4), 371-398, 1986 | 2706 | 1986 |
| Do institutions matter?: government capabilities in the United States and abroad RK Weaver, BA Rockman Brookings Institution Press, 2010 | 1718 | 2010 |
| Do institutions matter?: government capabilities in the United States and abroad RK Weaver, BA Rockman Brookings Institution Press, 2010 | 1713 | 2010 |
| Ending welfare as we know it RK Weaver Rowman & Littlefield, 2000 | 704 | 2000 |
| The changing world of think tanks RK Weaver PS: Political Science & Politics 22 (3), 563-578, 1989 | 666 | 1989 |
| Think tanks & civil societies: Catalysts for ideas and action JG McGann, RK Weaver (No Title), 2000 | 497 | 2000 |
| Assessing the effects of institutions RK Weaver, BA Rockman Do institutions matter, 1-41, 1993 | 395 | 1993 |
| When policies undo themselves: Self‐undermining feedback as a source of policy change AM Jacobs, RK Weaver Governance 28 (4), 441-457, 2015 | 386 | 2015 |
| Automatic government: The politics of indexation RK Weaver Brookings Institution Press, 2010 | 355 | 2010 |
| Paths and forks or chutes and ladders?: Negative feedbacks and policy regime change K Weaver Journal of Public Policy 30 (2), 137-162, 2010 | 334 | 2010 |
| Imposing losses in pension policy P Pierson, RK Weaver Do institutions matter 87, 1993 | 203 | 1993 |
| Compliance regimes and barriers to behavioral change RK Weaver Governance 27 (2), 243-265, 2014 | 197 | 2014 |
| The polls—trends: welfare RK Weaver, RY Shapiro, LR Jacobs Public Opinion Quarterly 59 (4), 606-627, 1995 | 168 | 1995 |
| Think tanks in the US media A Rich, RK Weaver Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics 5 (4), 81-103, 2000 | 162 | 2000 |
| Getting people to behave: Research lessons for policy makers RK Weaver Public Administration Review 75 (6), 806-816, 2015 | 148 | 2015 |
| Think tanks and civil societies in a time of change RK Weaver, JG McGann Think tanks and civil societies, 1-36, 2017 | 143 | 2017 |
| Separation of powers and cleavage management A Lijphart, R Rogowski, RK Weaver Do institutions matter, 302-344, 1993 | 110 | 1993 |
| The government taketh away: The politics of pain in the United States and Canada CH Tuohy, RJ Schultz, DT Studlar, PW Lackenbauer, AG Stalnaker, ... Georgetown University Press, 2003 | 103 | 2003 |
| Do Institutions Matter?: Government Capabilities in the United States and Abroad BA Rockman, RK Weaver Brookings Institution, 1993 | 102 | 1993 |
| But will it work? Implementation analysis to improve government performance RK Weaver Contract, 2009 | 99 | 2009 |
