| Washington abandons the cities D Caraley Political Science Quarterly 107 (1), 1-30, 1992 | 186 | 1992 |
| The politics of military unification: A study of conflict and the policy process D Caraley (No Title), 1966 | 176 | 1966 |
| City governments and urban problems: a new introduction to urban politics D Caraley (No Title), 1977 | 64 | 1977 |
| Dismantling the federal safety net: Fictions versus realities D Caraley Political Science Quarterly 111 (2), 225-258, 1996 | 47 | 1996 |
| Ending welfare as we know it: A reform still in progress DJ Caraley Political Science Quarterly 116 (4), 525-560, 2001 | 38 | 2001 |
| Congressional politics and urban aid D Caraley Political Science Quarterly 91 (1), 19-45, 1976 | 32 | 1976 |
| The New American Interventionism: Lessons from Successes and Failures: Essays from Political Science Quarterly D Caraley Columbia University Press, 1999 | 23 | 1999 |
| Changing conceptions of federalism D Caraley Political Science Quarterly 101 (2), 289-306, 1986 | 20 | 1986 |
| Three trends over eight presidential elections, 1980-2008: toward the emergence of a democratic majority realignment? DJ Caraley Pol. Sci. Q. 124, 423, 2009 | 19 | 2009 |
| September 11, terrorist attacks, and US foreign policy D Caraley Academy of Political Science, 2002 | 16 | 2002 |
| Congress and Reagan's new federalism D Caraley, YR Schlussel Publius: The Journal of Federalism 16 (1), 49-80, 1986 | 16 | 1986 |
| Doing more with less: Cutback management in New York City D Caraley Columbia University. Graduate Program in Public Policy and Administration, 1982 | 15 | 1982 |
| Elections and Dilemmas of American Democratic Governance: Reflections D Caraley Political Science Quarterly 104 (1), 19-40, 1989 | 14 | 1989 |
| Editor's Opinion: Why Americans Deserve a Constitutional Right to Vote for Presidential Electors DJ Caraley Political Science Quarterly 116 (1), 1-3, 2001 | 10 | 2001 |
| Carter, Congress, and the Cities D Caraley Urban Policy Making 7, 67, 1979 | 9 | 1979 |
| Governing the city: challenges and options for New York RH Connery, D Caraley (No Title), 1969 | 9 | 1969 |
| Is the Large City Becoming Ungovernable? D Caraley Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science 29 (4), 206-223, 1969 | 8 | 1969 |
| Party politics and national elections D Caraley (No Title), 1966 | 8 | 1966 |
| Complications of American democracy: elections are not enough DJ Caraley Political Science Quarterly 120 (3), 379-405, 2005 | 6 | 2005 |
| American Political Institutions after Watergate--A Discussion D Caraley, CV Hamilton, AT Mason, RA McCaughey, NW Polsby, ... Political Science Quarterly 89 (4), 713-749, 1974 | 6 | 1974 |
