| The Sociology of Anthony Giddens S Loyal Pluto Press, 2003 | 280 | 2003 |
| Migration and immigrants two years after the financial collapse: Where do we stand DG Papademetriou, M Sumption, A Terrazas, C Burkert, S Loyal, ... Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute, 2010 | 191 | 2010 |
| “Agency” as a red herring in social theory S Loyal, B Barnes Philosophy of the social sciences 31 (4), 507-524, 2001 | 183 | 2001 |
| The Sociology of Norbert Elias S Loyal, S Quilley Cambridge University Press, 2004 | 127 | 2004 |
| Eliasian sociology as a ‘central theory’for the human sciences S Quilley, S Loyal Current Sociology 53 (5), 807-828, 2005 | 86 | 2005 |
| Bourdieu’s theory of the state S Loyal, S Loyal Bourdieu's Theory of the State: A Critical Introduction, 67-82, 2017 | 72 | 2017 |
| Towards a ‘central theory’: the scope and relevance of the sociology of Norbert Elias S Quilley, S Loyal The sociology of norbert elias, 1-22, 2004 | 72 | 2004 |
| Understanding immigration in Ireland: State, capital and labour in a global age S Loyal (No Title), 2011 | 69 | 2011 |
| Getting On: From Migration to Integration-Chinese, Indian, Lithuanian and Nigerian Migrants' Experiences in Ireland A Feldman, M Gilmartin, S Loyal, B Migge Immigrant council of Ireland, 2008 | 56 | 2008 |
| A land of a hundred thousand welcomes? Understanding established and outsiders relations in Ireland S Loyal The Sociological Review 59, 181-201, 2011 | 53 | 2011 |
| Asylum Seekers and the Rights to Work in Ireland B Fanning, S Loyal, C Staunton Irish refugee council, 2000 | 53 | 2000 |
| The french in Algeria, Algerians in France: Bourdieu, colonialism, and migration S Loyal The Sociological Review 57 (3), 406-427, 2009 | 49 | 2009 |
| Categories of state control: Asylum seekers and the direct provision and dispersal system in Ireland S Loyal, S Quilley Social Justice, 69-97, 2016 | 32 | 2016 |
| The particularity of the universal: critical reflections on Bourdieu’s theory of symbolic power and the state S Loyal, S Quilley Theory and Society 46, 429-462, 2017 | 30 | 2017 |
| Rethinking immigration and the state in Ireland S Loyal, K Allen Race and state, 209-228, 2006 | 29 | 2006 |
| Racism in Ireland: The Views of Black Amd Ethnic Minorities FAQs Research, S Loyal, A Mulcahy Amnesty International (Irish Section), 2001 | 22 | 2001 |
| Elias on class and stratification S Loyal The Sociology of Norbert Elias, 122-141, 2004 | 19 | 2004 |
| Contemporary sociological theory S Loyal, S Malesevic Sage, 2020 | 17 | 2020 |
| State power and asylum seekers in Ireland: An historically grounded examination of contemporary trends S Loyal, S Quilley Springer, 2018 | 16 | 2018 |
| State Formation, Habitus, and National Character S Loyal, S Quilley Historical Social Research/Historische Sozialforschung 45 (1 (171), 226-261, 2020 | 15 | 2020 |
