| Meritocracy and elitism in a global city: Ideological shifts in Singapore KP Tan International Political Science Review 29 (1), 7-27, 2008 | 338 | 2008 |
| The ideology of pragmatism: Neo-liberal globalisation and political authoritarianism in Singapore KP Tan Journal of Contemporary Asia 42 (1), 67-92, 2012 | 242 | 2012 |
| Sexing up Singapore KP Tan International Journal of Cultural Studies 6 (4), 403-423, 2003 | 111 | 2003 |
| Cinema and television in Singapore: Resistance in one dimension KP Tan Brill, 2008 | 88 | 2008 |
| Governing global-city Singapore: Legacies and futures after Lee Kuan Yew KP Tan Routledge, 2016 | 75 | 2016 |
| Civic society and the new economy in patriarchal Singapore: Emasculating the political, feminizing the public KPASS Tan Crossroads: An interdisciplinary journal of Southeast Asian studies, 95-122, 2001 | 71 | 2001 |
| Renaissance Singapore? Economy, Culture, and Politics: Economy, Culture, and Politics KP Tan NUS Press, 2007 | 66 | 2007 |
| Imagining the gay community in Singapore K Paul Tan, G Lee Jack Jin Critical Asian Studies 39 (2), 179-204, 2007 | 65 | 2007 |
| Impulsivity, communication, and marital satisfaction in newlywed couples K Tan, AM Jarnecke, SC South Personal Relationships 24 (2), 423-439, 2017 | 61 | 2017 |
| Singapore's National Day Rally speech: A site of ideological negotiation KP Tan Journal of Contemporary Asia 37 (3), 292-308, 2007 | 60 | 2007 |
| Commitment readiness and relationship formation BW Hadden, CR Agnew, K Tan Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 44 (8), 1242-1257, 2018 | 56 | 2018 |
| Who's afraid of Catherine Lim? The state in patriarchal Singapore KP Tan Asian Studies Review 33 (1), 43-62, 2009 | 55 | 2009 |
| Choosing what to remember in neoliberal Singapore: The Singapore story, state censorship and state-sponsored nostalgia KP Tan Asian Studies Review 40 (2), 231-249, 2016 | 50 | 2016 |
| Singapore in 2011: A “new normal” in politics? KP Tan Asian Survey 52 (1), 220-226, 2012 | 45 | 2012 |
| Pontianaks, Ghosts and the Possessed: Female Monstrosity and National Anxiety in Singapore Cinema KP Tan Asian Studies Review 34 (2), 151-170, 2010 | 44 | 2010 |
| In Renaissance Singapore KP Tan Renaissance Singapore, 1-14, 2007 | 35 | 2007 |
| Tigers in Trouble: Financial Governance, Liberalization and the Crises in East Asia KPSS Tan Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 14 (2 …, 2000 | 34 | 2000 |
| The transformation of meritocracy KP Tan Management of success: Singapore revisited, 272-287, 2010 | 33 | 2010 |
| It’s about time: Readiness, commitment, and stability in close relationships CR Agnew, BW Hadden, K Tan Social Psychological and Personality Science 10 (8), 1046-1055, 2019 | 31 | 2019 |
| New politics for a renaissance city KP Tan Renaissance Singapore, 17-36, 2007 | 31 | 2007 |