| The autopoiesis of administrative systems: Niklas Luhmann on public administration and public policy M Brans, S Rossbach Public administration 75 (3), 417-439, 1997 | 206 | 1997 |
| The politics of Belgium: Institutions and policy under bipolar and centrifugal federalism W Swenden, M Brans, L De Winter The Politics of Belgium, 1-11, 2013 | 151 | 2013 |
| Social innovation & governance: a scoping review D Galego, F Moulaert, M Brans, G Santinha Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research 35 (2), 265-290, 2022 | 109 | 2022 |
| 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 | 104 | 2017 |
| Theories of local government reorganization: An empirical evaluation M Brans Public Administration 70 (3), 429-451, 1992 | 85 | 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 | 80 | 2006 |
| The state of political science in Western Europe E Appelt, AS Berck, D Berg-Schlosser, S Berglund, E Berndtson, ... Verlag Barbara Budrich, 2007 | 79 | 2007 |
| Comparative public administration: from general theory to general frameworks M Brans The SAGE handbook of public administration. London: SAGE Publications, 511-532, 2012 | 78 | 2012 |
| Competency frameworks in the Belgian governments: causes, construction and contents M Brans, A Hondeghem Public Administration 83 (4), 823-837, 2005 | 70 | 2005 |
| Rewards for high public office in Europe and North America M Brans, BG Peters Routledge, 2012 | 66 | 2012 |
| 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 | 64 | 2013 |
| The senior civil service in Belgium M Brans, A Hondeghem Bureaucratic Elites in Western European States: A Comparative Analysis of …, 1999 | 57 | 1999 |
| Administrative reform in Belgium: maintenance or modernisation? M Brans, C De Visscher, D Vancoppenolle The Politics of Belgium, 117-136, 2013 | 52 | 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 | 52 | 2012 |
| Challenges to the practice and theory of public administration in Europe M Brans Journal of Theoretical Politics 9 (3), 389-415, 1997 | 52 | 1997 |
| Impact of performance audit on the administration: a Belgian study (2005-2010) E Desmedt, D Morin, V Pattyn, M Brans Managerial Auditing Journal 32 (3), 251-275, 2017 | 49 | 2017 |
| Organisational analytical capacity: Policy evaluation in Belgium V Pattyn, M Brans Policy and Society 34 (3-4), 183-196, 2015 | 46 | 2015 |
| Academic policy advice in consensus-seeking countries: The cases of Belgium and Germany V Pattyn, S Blum, E Fobé, M Pekar-Milicevic, M Brans International Review of Administrative Sciences 88 (1), 26-42, 2022 | 45 | 2022 |
| Determinants of legislative turnover in Western Europe, 1945–2015 A Gouglas, B Maddens, M Brans European Journal of Political Research 57 (3), 637-661, 2018 | 43 | 2018 |
| Political control and bureaucratic expertise: Policy analysis by ministerial cabinet members M Brans, C de Visscher, A Gouglas, S Jaspers Policy analysis in Belgium, 57-78, 2017 | 42 | 2017 |
