| When do numbers count? The differential impact of the PISA rating and ranking on education policy in Germany and the US K Martens, D Niemann German Politics 22 (3), 314-332, 2013 | 142 | 2013 |
| Governance by comparison: How ratings & rankings impact national policy-making in education K Martens, D Niemann TranState working papers, 2010 | 89 | 2010 |
| PISA as an ideational roadmap for policy change: Exploring Germany and England in a comparative perspective P Knodel, K Martens, D Niemann Globalisation, Societies and Education 11 (3), 421-441, 2013 | 54 | 2013 |
| Turn of the tide—New horizons in German education policymaking through IO influence D Niemann Transformation of education policy, 77-104, 2010 | 51 | 2010 |
| PISA and its consequences: Shaping education policies through international comparisons D Niemann, K Martens, J Teltemann European Journal of Education 52 (2), 175-183, 2017 | 45 | 2017 |
| Deutschland–Im Zentrum des PISA-Sturms D Niemann na, 2010 | 35 | 2010 |
| Grenzenlose Bildungspolitik? Empirische Evidenz für PISA als weltweites Leitbild für nationale Bildungsreformen T Bieber, K Martens, D Niemann, M Windzio Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft 17 (4), 141-166, 2014 | 25 | 2014 |
| Changing patterns in German education policy making: the impact of international organizations D Niemann SFB 597 Staatlichkeit im Wandel, 2009 | 23 | 2009 |
| Soft governance by hard fact? The OECD as a knowledge broker in education policy D Niemann, K Martens Global Social Policy 18 (3), 267-283, 2018 | 21 | 2018 |
| Effects of international assessments in education–a multidisciplinary review K Martens, D Niemann, J Teltemann European Educational Research Journal 15 (5), 516-522, 2016 | 17 | 2016 |
| Teachers unions in Germany: fragmented competitors R Nikolai, K Briken, D Niemann The Comparative Politics of Education. Teachers Unions and Education Systems …, 2016 | 13 | 2016 |
| Governance by comparison K Martens, D Niemann How ratings and rankings impact national policy-making in education 139, 2010 | 10 | 2010 |
| Towards a global model in education? International student literacy assessments and their impact on policies and institutions T Bieber, K Martens, D Niemann, J Teltemann Literacy as numbers: Researching the politics and practices of international …, 2015 | 9 | 2015 |
| The Intersection of International Achievement Testing and Educational Policy Development D Niemann The intersection of international achievement testing and educational policy …, 2016 | 8 | 2016 |
| PISA in Deutschland: Effekte auf Politikgestaltung und-organisation D Niemann DDS–Die Deutsche Schule 107 (2), 141-157, 2015 | 8 | 2015 |
| Governance by comparison: How ratings and rankings impact national policy-making in education (Transtate Working Papers, 139) K Martens, D Niemann Bremen: Sn597, Staatlichkeit im Wandel, 2010 | 8 | 2010 |
| Measuring transformation: a mixed-method-approach to the internationalization of education politics AK Nagel, T Bieber, AP Jakobi, P Knodel, D Niemann Transtate Working Papers, 2009 | 8 | 2009 |
| Monitoring standards of education worldwide: PISA and its consequences D Niemann, K Martens The SAGE Handbook of Research in International Education, London: Sage, 488-498, 2015 | 6 | 2015 |
| After the Big Bang—German Education Policy in the Wake of the PISA Study and the Bologna Process D Niemann Internationalization of Education Policy, 91-114, 2014 | 6 | 2014 |
| Le «choc PISA» en Allemagne et les réformes de l’éducation D Niemann Administration Education, 39-44, 2015 | 5 | 2015 |
