| The autopoiesis of administrative systems: Niklas Luhmann on public administration and public policy M Brans, S Rossbach Public administration 75 (3), 417-439, 1997 | 173 | 1997 |
| The politics of Belgium: Institutions and policy under bipolar and centrifugal federalism W Swenden, M Brans, L De Winter West European Politics 29 (5), 863-873, 2006 | 125 | 2006 |
| Comparative public administration: from general theory to general frameworks M Brans Handbook of public administration, 424-439, 2003 | 68 | 2003 |
| Theories of local government reorganization: an empirical evaluation M Brans Public Administration 70 (3), 429-451, 1992 | 67 | 1992 |
| Comparative observations on tensions between professional policy advice and political control in the Low Countries M Brans, C Pelgrims, D Hoet International Review of Administrative Sciences 72 (1), 57-71, 2006 | 62 | 2006 |
| The state of political science in Western Europe E Appelt, AS Berck, D Berg-Schlosser, S Berglund, E Berndtson, ... Verlag Barbara Budrich, 2007 | 61 | 2007 |
| Competency frameworks in the Belgian governments: causes, construction and contents M Brans, A Hondeghem Public Administration 83 (4), 823-837, 2005 | 56 | 2005 |
| Rewards for high public office in Europe and North America M Brans, BG Peters Routledge, 2012 | 52 | 2012 |
| The senior civil service in Belgium M Brans, A Hondeghem Oxford University Press; London, 1999 | 48 | 1999 |
| Administrative reform in Belgium: maintenance or modernisation? M Brans, C De Visscher, D Vancoppenolle West European Politics 29 (5), 979-998, 2006 | 47 | 2006 |
| Challenges to the practice and theory of public administration in Europe M Brans Journal of Theoretical Politics 9 (3), 389-415, 1997 | 45 | 1997 |
| Recherche et Politiques Publiques: le cas de l'immigration en Belgique M Brans, D Jacobs, M Martiniello, A Rea, M Swyngedouw, I Adam, ... Academia press,; gent, 2004 | 40* | 2004 |
| Analysis of factors affecting a shift in a local energy system towards 100% renewable energy community J Young, M Brans Journal of cleaner production 169, 117-124, 2017 | 36 | 2017 |
| Institutionalized advisory systems: An analysis of member satisfaction of advice production and use across 9 strategic advisory councils in Flanders (Belgium) E Fobé, M Brans, D Vancoppenolle, J Van Damme Policy and Society 32 (3), 225-240, 2013 | 34 | 2013 |
| Managing public consultation: a conceptual framework and empirical findings from Belgian case studies JAN Van Damme, M Brans Public Administration 90 (4), 1047-1066, 2012 | 34 | 2012 |
| Making public administration teaching and theory relevant P Bogason, M Brans European Political Science 7 (1), 84-97, 2008 | 32 | 2008 |
| Systematic evaluation of public participation projects: Analytical framework and application based on two Belgian neighborhood watch projects D Gelders, M Brans, J Maesschalck, N Colsoul Government Information Quarterly 27 (2), 134-140, 2010 | 26 | 2010 |
| Belgium: political professionals and the crisis of the party state L De Winter, M Brans The political class in Advanced Democracies, 45-66, 2003 | 26 | 2003 |
| From Incremental to Copernican Reform?: Changes to the Position and Role of Senior Civil Servants in the Belgian Federal Administration M Brans, T Steen From the active to the enabling state, 63-80, 2007 | 23 | 2007 |
| Policy-making reforms and civil service systems: An exploration of agendas and consequences M Brans, D Vancoppenolle Challenges to State Policy Capacity, 164-184, 2005 | 23 | 2005 |
