| Nongovernmental organizations in international society: struggles over recognition V Heins Springer, 2008 | 187 | 2008 |
| Das Andere der Zivilgesellschaft V Heins Transcript Verlag, 2002 | 146* | 2002 |
| Konvivialismus: Eine Debatte F Adloff transcript, 2015 | 86 | 2015 |
| Critical theory and the traps of conspiracy thinking V Heins Philosophy & social criticism 33 (7), 787-801, 2007 | 84 | 2007 |
| Max Weber zur Einführung V Heins Junius Verlag, 2018 | 80 | 2018 |
| Realizing Honneth: Redistribution, recognition, and global justice V Heins Journal of Global Ethics 4 (2), 141-153, 2008 | 68 | 2008 |
| Ambivalenzen der Zivilgesellschaft V Heins Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 235-242, 1992 | 67 | 1992 |
| Rethinking ethical foreign policy D Chandler, V Heins London: Routledge, 2006 | 55 | 2006 |
| Konfliktfeld Natur M Flitner, C Görg, V Heins Biologische Ressourcen und globale Politik. Opladen, 1998 | 54 | 1998 |
| Gift-giving and reciprocity in global society: Introducing Marcel Mauss in international studies VM Heins, C Unrau, K Avram Journal of International Political Theory 14 (2), 126-144, 2018 | 51 | 2018 |
| Der Skandal der Vielfalt: Geschichte und Konzepte des Multikulturalismus V Heins Campus Verlag, 2013 | 51 | 2013 |
| Orientalising America? Continental intellectuals and the search for Europe's identity V Heins Millennium 34 (2), 433-448, 2006 | 47 | 2006 |
| Refugees welcome: Arrival gifts, reciprocity, and the integration of forced migrants VM Heins, C Unrau Journal of International Political Theory 14 (2), 223-239, 2018 | 46 | 2018 |
| Der Neue Transnationalismus: Nichtregierungsorganisationen und Firmen im Konflikt um die Rohstoffe der Biotechnologie V Heins Campus Verlag, 2001 | 46 | 2001 |
| Weltbürger und Lokalpatrioten: eine Einführung in das Thema Nichtregierungsorganisationen V Heins Springer-Verlag, 2013 | 45 | 2013 |
| New actors and contested architectures in global migration governance: continuity and change M Van Riemsdijk, MH Marchand, VM Heins Third World Quarterly 42 (1), 1-15, 2021 | 43 | 2021 |
| Reasons of the heart: Weber and Arendt on emotion in politics V Heins European Legacy 12 (6), 715-728, 2007 | 41 | 2007 |
| Biologische Ressourcen und ‚Life Politics ‘ V Heins, M Flitner Konfliktfeld Natur: Biologische Ressourcen und globale Politik, 13-38, 1998 | 40 | 1998 |
| Modernity and life politics: conceptualizing the biodiversity crisis M Flitner, V Heins Political Geography 21 (3), 319-340, 2002 | 37 | 2002 |
| The global politics of recognition V Heins Recognition theory as social research: investigating the dynamics of social …, 2012 | 33 | 2012 |