| Handbook of international relations W Carlsnaes, BA Simmons, T Risse Sage Publications Ltd, 2012 | 1275 | 2012 |
| The agency-structure problem in foreign policy analysis W Carlsnaes International studies quarterly 36 (3), 245-270, 1992 | 1148 | 1992 |
| Actors, structures, and foreign policy analysis W Carlsnaes Foreign policy: theories, actors, cases, 85-100, 2008 | 267 | 2008 |
| Contemporary European foreign policy W Carlsnaes, H Sjursen, B White Sage, 2004 | 254 | 2004 |
| Ideology and foreign policy: problems of comparative conceptualization W Carlsnaes | 224 | 1987 |
| European foreign policy: the EC and changing perspectives in Europe W Carlsnaes, S Smith Sage, London, 1994 | 188 | 1994 |
| On analysing the dynamics of foreign policy change: A critique and reconceptualization W Carlsnaes Cooperation and Conflict 28 (1), 5-30, 1993 | 148 | 1993 |
| The concept of ideology and political analysis: A critical examination of its usage by Marx, Lenin, and Mannheim W Carlsnaes | 119 | 1981 |
| Psychological explanations of international conflict JG Stein Handbook of international relations, 292-308, 2002 | 110 | 2002 |
| Where is the analysis of European foreign policy going? W Carlsnaes European Union Politics 5 (4), 495-508, 2004 | 82 | 2004 |
| In lieu of a conclusion: compatibility and the agency-structure issue in foreign policy analysis W Carlsnaes Sage, London, 1994 | 71 | 1994 |
| Critical theory, poststructuralism, and postcolonialism M Zehfuss Handbook of international relations 2, 145-169, 2013 | 65 | 2013 |
| Handbook of international relations F Gilardi, W Carlsnaes, T Risse, B Simmons Sage Publications, 2012 | 45 | 2012 |
| Handbook Hubungan Internasional W Carlsnaes, T Risse, BA Simmons Nusamedia, 2015 | 43 | 2015 |
| European foreign policy W Carlsnaes Handbook of European Union Politics, 545-560, 2007 | 42 | 2007 |
| In full flight: South African foreign policy after apartheid W Carlsnaes, P Nel Institute for Global Dialogue, Midrand, 2006 | 41 | 2006 |
| Handbook of international relations J Fearon, A Wendt, W Carlsnaes, T Risse, BA Simmons Sage, 2002 | 40 | 2002 |
| Change and South African external relations W Carlsnaes, M Müller International Thompson Publishing. Johannesburg, 1997 | 39 | 1997 |
| Foreign policy analysis W Carlsnaes, S Guzzini Sage, 2011 | 35 | 2011 |
| Energy Vulnerability and National Security. The energy crises, domestic policy responses and the logic of Swedish neutrality W Carlsnaes | 30 | 1988 |
