| Empire and revolution: the political life of Edmund Burke R Bourke Princeton University Press, 2015 | 250 | 2015 |
| Peace in Ireland R Bourke Pimlico,, 2003 | 108 | 2003 |
| Popular sovereignty in historical perspective R Bourke, Q Skinner Cambridge University Press, 2016 | 64 | 2016 |
| What is conservatism? History, ideology and party R Bourke European Journal of Political Theory 17 (4), 449-475, 2018 | 56 | 2018 |
| Liberty, authority, and trust in Burke's idea of empire R Bourke Journal of the History of Ideas 61 (3), 453-471, 2000 | 51 | 2000 |
| Pocock and the presuppositions of the new British history R Bourke The Historical Journal 53 (3), 747-770, 2010 | 45 | 2010 |
| Political judgement: essays for John Dunn R Bourke, R Geuss, J Dunn | 45 | 2009 |
| Athenian democracy and popular tyranny K Hoekstra, R Bourke, Q Skinner Popular Sovereignty in Historical Perspective, 15-51, 2016 | 44 | 2016 |
| Languages of conflict and the Northern Ireland Troubles R Bourke The Journal of Modern History 83 (3), 544-578, 2011 | 43 | 2011 |
| Edmund Burke and the politics of conquest R Bourke Modern Intellectual History 4 (3), 403-432, 2007 | 39 | 2007 |
| The Princeton history of modern Ireland R Bourke, I McBride Princeton University Press, 2016 | 33 | 2016 |
| Edmund Burke and enlightenment sociability: Justice, honour and the principles of government R Bourke History of Political Thought, 632-656, 2000 | 25 | 2000 |
| Theory and practice: The revolution in political judgement R Bourke Political Judgement: Essays for John Dunn, 73-109, 2009 | 23 | 2009 |
| Burke, Enlightenment and R Bourke The Cambridge Companion to Edmund Burke, 27, 2012 | 22 | 2012 |
| Empire and Revolution R Bourke The political life of Edmund Burke, 440-443, 2015 | 20 | 2015 |
| Enlightenment, revolution and democracy R Bourke | 18 | 2008 |
| Discussion: Sovereignty, opinion and revolution in Edmund Burke R Bourke History of European ideas 25 (3), 99-120, 1999 | 18 | 1999 |
| On trusting the judgement of our rulers Q Skinner, R Bourke, R Geuss Political Judgement, 113-31, 2009 | 15 | 2009 |
| Historiography R Bourke The Princeton history of modern Ireland, 271-291, 1999 | 15 | 1999 |
| Revising the Cambridge School: republicanism revisited R Bourke Political Theory 46 (3), 467-477, 2018 | 14 | 2018 |
