| The demonstration of plasma cells and other immunoglobulin-containing cells in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues using peroxidase-labelled antibody CR Taylor, J Burns Journal of clinical pathology 27 (1), 14-20, 1974 | 450 | 1974 |
| Strengthening central CCP control of leadership selection: the 1990 nomenklatura JP Burns The China Quarterly 138, 458-491, 1994 | 311 | 1994 |
| Political participation in rural China JP Burns University of California Press, 1988 | 223 | 1988 |
| The Chinese communist party's nomenklatura system JP Burns Routledge, 2019 | 218 | 2019 |
| China's nomenklatura system JP Burns Probs. Communism 36, 36, 1987 | 208 | 1987 |
| Civil service reform in China: Impacts on civil servants' behaviour JP Burns, W Xiaoqi The China Quarterly 201, 58-78, 2010 | 156 | 2010 |
| “Downsizing” the Chinese state: Government retrenchment in the 1990s JP Burns The China Quarterly 175, 775-802, 2003 | 139 | 2003 |
| The People's Republic of China at 50: National political reform JP Burns The China Quarterly 159, 580-594, 1999 | 136 | 1999 |
| Intracellular immunoglobulins: a comparative study on three standard tissue processing methods using horseradish peroxidase and fluorochrome conjugates J Burns, M Hambridge, CR Taylor Journal of Clinical Pathology 27 (7), 548-557, 1974 | 130 | 1974 |
| Civil service reform in China JP Burns OECD Journal on Budgeting 7 (1), 1-25, 2007 | 124 | 2007 |
| Performance management in the government of the People's Republic of China: Accountability and control in the implementation of public policy JP Burns, Z Zhiren OECD Journal on Budgeting 10 (2), 1-28, 2010 | 122 | 2010 |
| Government capacity and the Hong Kong civil service JP Burns Oxford University Press., 2004 | 117 | 2004 |
| Chinese civil service reform: the 13th Party Congress proposals JP Burns CQ Volume 120 / December 1989, pp 739-770, 1989 | 98 | 1989 |
| China's administrative reforms for a market economy JP Burns Public Administration and Development 13 (4), 345-360, 1993 | 86 | 1993 |
| Clinical evaluation of a DNA probe assay for the Philadelphia (Ph1) translocation in chronic myelogenous leukemia. GT Blennerhassett, ME Furth, A Anderson, JP Burns, RS Chaganti, ... Leukemia 2 (10), 648-657, 1988 | 84 | 1988 |
| Placental and decidual histology in spontaneous abortion: detailed description and correlations with chromosome number C SALAFIA, D MAIER, C VOGEL, J PEZZULLO, J BURNS, L SILBERMAN Obstetrics & Gynecology 82 (2), 295-303, 1993 | 77 | 1993 |
| When does bilateral optic atrophy become Leber hereditary optic neuropathy? N Howell, S Halvorson, J Burns, DA McCullough, J Paulton American journal of human genetics 53 (4), 959, 1993 | 75 | 1993 |
| Reforming China's bureaucracy, 1979-82 JP Burns Asian Survey 23 (6), 692-722, 1983 | 74 | 1983 |
| China's governance: political reform in a turbulent environment JP Burns The China Quarterly 119, 481-518, 1989 | 68 | 1989 |
| Immigration from China and the future of Hong Kong JP Burns Asian Survey 27 (6), 661-682, 1987 | 58 | 1987 |
