| Measuring citizen and government ideology in the American states, 1960–93 WD Berry, EJ Ringquist, RC Fording, RL Hanson | 1790 | 1998 |
| Disciplining the poor: Neoliberal paternalism and the persistent power of race J Soss, RC Fording, SF Schram University of Chicago Press, 2011 | 909 | 2011 |
| Measuring citizen and government ideology in the US states: A re-appraisal WD Berry, RC Fording, EJ Ringquist, RL Hanson, CE Klarner State Politics & Policy Quarterly 10 (2), 117-135, 2010 | 351 | 2010 |
| Voter ideology in Western democracies, 1946–1989 H Kim, RC Fording European Journal of Political Research 33 (1), 73-97, 1998 | 323 | 1998 |
| Deciding to discipline: Race, choice, and punishment at the frontlines of welfare reform SF Schram, J Soss, RC Fording, L Houser American sociological review 74 (3), 398-422, 2009 | 243 | 2009 |
| The organization of discipline: From performance management to perversity and punishment J Soss, R Fording, SF Schram Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 21 (suppl_2), i203-i232, 2011 | 227 | 2011 |
| Race and the politics of welfare reform University of Michigan Press, 2003 | 209* | 2003 |
| Reassessing the “race to the bottom” in state welfare policy WD Berry, RC Fording, RL Hanson The Journal of Politics 65 (2), 327-349, 2003 | 189 | 2003 |
| The conditional effect of violence as a political tactic: Mass insurgency, welfare generosity, and electoral context in the American states RC Fording American Journal of Political Science, 1-29, 1997 | 185 | 1997 |
| An Annual Cost of Living Index for the American States, 1960‐1995 WD Berry, RC Fording, RL Hanson Journal of Politics 62 (2), 550-567, 2000 | 175* | 2000 |
| Devolution, discretion, and the effect of local political values on TANF sanctioning RC Fording, J Soss, SF Schram Social Service Review 81 (2), 285-316, 2007 | 158* | 2007 |
| Politics and state punitiveness in black and white J Yates, R Fording The Journal of Politics 67 (4), 1099-1121, 2005 | 158 | 2005 |
| The color of devolution: Race, federalism, and the politics of social control J Soss, RC Fording, SF Schram American Journal of Political Science 52 (3), 536-553, 2008 | 156 | 2008 |
| Government partisanship in Western democracies, 1945–1998 H Kim, RC Fording European Journal of Political Research 41 (2), 187-206, 2002 | 151 | 2002 |
| Voter ideology in Western democracies: An update H Kim, RC Fording European Journal of Political Research 42 (1), 95-105, 2003 | 112 | 2003 |
| The political response to black insurgency: A critical test of competing theories of the state RC Fording American Political Science Review 95 (01), 115-130, 2001 | 111 | 2001 |
| The third level of US welfare reform: Governmentality under neoliberal paternalism SF Schram, J Soss, L Houser, RC Fording Citizenship Studies 14 (6), 739-754, 2010 | 109 | 2010 |
| Race and the local politics of punishment in the new world of welfare RC Fording, J Soss, SF Schram American Journal of Sociology 116 (5), 1610-57, 2011 | 105* | 2011 |
| The measurement and stability of state citizen ideology WD Berry, EJ Ringquist, RC Fording, RL Hanson State Politics & Policy Quarterly 7 (2), 111-132, 2007 | 95 | 2007 |
| Laboratories of democracy or symbolic politics RC Fording Race and the politics of welfare reform, 298-319, 2003 | 87 | 2003 |