| Explaining patterns of corruption in the Russian regions P Dininio, R Orttung World Politics 57 (4), 500-529, 2005 | 187 | 2005 |
| A limited toolbox: explaining the constraints on Russia's foreign energy policy RW Orttung, I Overland Journal of Eurasian Studies 2 (1), 74-85, 2011 | 162 | 2011 |
| Dynamics of Russian politics: Putin's reform of federal-regional relations P Reddaway, RW Orttung Rowman & Littlefield, 2004 | 135 | 2004 |
| Breaking the news: The role of state-run media C Walker, RW Orttung J. Democracy 25, 71, 2014 | 124 | 2014 |
| Business and politics in the Russian regions RW Orttung Problems of Post-communism 51 (2), 48-60, 2004 | 116 | 2004 |
| War of words: the impact of Russian state television on the Russian Internet C Cottiero, K Kucharski, E Olimpieva, RW Orttung Nationalities Papers 43 (4), 533-555, 2015 | 99 | 2015 |
| The Republics and Regions of the Russian Federation: A Guide to the Politics, Policies and Leaders: A Guide to the Politics, Policies and Leaders RW Orttung, EW Insitute Routledge, 2019 | 98 | 2019 |
| The 2014 Sochi Olympic mega-project and Russia's political economy RW Orttung, S Zhemukhov East European Politics 30 (2), 175-191, 2014 | 89 | 2014 |
| Russia Today’s strategy and effectiveness on YouTube RW Orttung, E Nelson Post-Soviet Affairs 35 (2), 77-92, 2019 | 82 | 2019 |
| The Russian parliamentary elections of 1995: The battle for the Duma L Belin, RW Orttung ME Sharpe, 1997 | 76 | 1997 |
| Russian energy power and foreign relations: implications for conflict and cooperation J Perovic, RW Orttung, A Wenger Routledge, 2009 | 70 | 2009 |
| Putin's Olympics: the Sochi games and the evolution of twenty-first century Russia RW Orttung, S Zhemukhov Routledge, 2017 | 65 | 2017 |
| From Leningrad to St. Petersburg: democratization in a Russian city RW Orttung (No Title), 1995 | 64 | 1995 |
| Dealing with the bust in Vorkuta, Russia N Shiklomanov, D Streletskiy, L Suter, R Orttung, N Zamyatina Land Use Policy 93, 103908, 2020 | 58 | 2020 |
| The Russian right and the dilemmas of party organisation RW Orttung Soviet Studies 44 (3), 445-478, 1992 | 52 | 1992 |
| Sustaining Russia's Arctic cities: Resource politics, migration, and climate change RW Orttung Berghahn Books, 2016 | 50 | 2016 |
| Climate change in Northern Russia through the prism of public perception O Anisimov, R Orttung Ambio 48 (6), 661-671, 2019 | 48 | 2019 |
| Beyond the Euromaidan: Comparative Perspectives on Advancing Reform in Ukraine HE Hale, RW Orttung Stanford University Press, 2016 | 44 | 2016 |
| Measuring the sustainability of Russia’s Arctic cities RW Orttung, O Anisimov, S Badina, C Burns, L Cho, B DiNapoli, M Jull, ... Ambio 50, 2090-2103, 2021 | 41 | 2021 |
| Measuring progress toward urban sustainability: Do global measures work for Arctic cities? M Berman, RW Orttung Sustainability 12 (9), 3708, 2020 | 40 | 2020 |
