| Rektor-en stark länk i styrningen av skolan E Nihlfors, O Johansson SNS förlag, 2013 | 97 | 2013 |
| Skolchefen i skolans styrning och ledning E Nihlfors Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2003 | 73 | 2003 |
| Nordic superintendents: Agents in a broken chain L Moos, E Nihlfors, JM Paulsen Springer International Publishing, 2016 | 57 | 2016 |
| Superintendent leadership under shifting governance regimes J Merok Paulsen, O Johansson, L Moos, E Nihlfors, M Risku International Journal of Educational Management 28 (7), 812-822, 2014 | 49 | 2014 |
| Kunskap vidgar världen: Globaliseringens inverkan på skola och lärande E Nihlfors | 30 | 2008 |
| Sweden: Swedish school leadership research–An important but neglected area H Ärlestig, O Johansson, E Nihlfors A decade of research on school principals: Cases from 24 countries, 103-122, 2016 | 28 | 2016 |
| Lärarens dubbla uppdrag: enligt den nya skollagen E Nihlfors Natur och kultur, 2012 | 27 | 2012 |
| The Swedish superintendent in the policy stream O Johansson, E Nihlfors Leadership and Policy in Schools 13 (4), 362-382, 2014 | 26 | 2014 |
| Sense-making of autonomy and control: Comparing school leaders in public and independent schools in a Swedish case D Nordholm, A Arnqvist, E Nihlfors Journal of educational change 23 (4), 497-519, 2022 | 21 | 2022 |
| Perceptions on the local school and further education: A rural school leader’s perspective D Nordholm, E Nihlfors, A Arnqvist Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research 66 (1), 150-162, 2022 | 21 | 2022 |
| Sweden: Centralisation and decentralisation as implementation strategies M Holmgren, O Johansson, E Nihlfors Transnational Influences on Values and Practices in Nordic Educational …, 2013 | 21 | 2013 |
| Nordic Superintendents’ Leadership Roles: Cross-National Comparisons O Johansson, L Moos, E Nihlfors, JM Paulsen, M Risku International handbook of leadership for learning, 529-551, 2011 | 21 | 2011 |
| Superintendent leadership in hierarchy and network JM Paulsen, E Nihlfors, U Brinkkjær, M Risku Nordic superintendents: Agents in a broken chain, 207-231, 2016 | 20 | 2016 |
| Superintendents in Sweden: Structures, cultural relations and leadership O Johansson, E Nihlfors, LJ Steen, S Karlsson Nordic Superintendents: Agents in a broken chain, 139-173, 2016 | 19 | 2016 |
| Local decisions under central watch: A Nordic quality assurance system O Johansson, M Holmgren, E Nihlfors, L Moos, G Skedsmo, JM Paulsen, ... Transnational influences on values and practices in Nordic educational …, 2013 | 19 | 2013 |
| The Nordic superintendents’ leadership roles: Cross-national comparison E Nihlfors, O Johansson, L Moos, JM Paulsen, M Risku Transnational Influences on Values and Practices in Nordic Educational …, 2013 | 19 | 2013 |
| Styrning och ledning av svensk förskola och skola J Ringarp, E Nihlfors Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2020 | 18 | 2020 |
| Directions for our investigation of the chain of governance and the agents L Moos, E Nihlfors, JM Paulsen Nordic superintendents: Agents in a broken chain, 1-22, 2016 | 18 | 2016 |
| Principals’ emotional identity–the Swedish case D Nordholm, A Arnqvist, E Nihlfors School Leadership & Management 40 (4), 335-351, 2020 | 17 | 2020 |
| Local school governance in Sweden: boards, parents, and democracy M Holmgren, O Johansson, E Nihlfors, P Skott Journal of School Public Relations 33 (1), 8-28, 2012 | 15 | 2012 |
