| The power of a single number: a political history of GDP P Lepenies Columbia University Press, 2016 | 207 | 2016 |
| Die Macht der einen Zahl: eine politische Geschichte des Bruttoinlandsprodukts P Lepenies Suhrkamp Verlag, 2013 | 128 | 2013 |
| Happiness and Inequality: Insights into a Difficult Relationship–and Possible Political Implications P Lepenies | 98 | 2012 |
| Lernen vom Besserwisser: Wissenstransfer in der „Entwicklungshilfe “aus historischer Perspektive PH Lepenies Entwicklungswelten. Globalgeschichte der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit 33, 2009 | 73 | 2009 |
| Das Ende der Armut: zur Entstehung einer aktuellen politischen Vision P Lepenies | 54 | 2013 |
| Possibilism: An approach to problem‐solving derived from the life and work of Albert O. Hirschman PH Lepenies Development and Change 39 (3), 437-459, 2008 | 51 | 2008 |
| An inquiry into the roots of the modern concept of development PH Lepenies Contributions to the History of Concepts 4 (2), 202-225, 2008 | 50 | 2008 |
| Armut: Ursachen, formen, auswege P Lepenies CH Beck, 2017 | 37 | 2017 |
| Exit, Voice, and Vouchers: Using Vouchers to Train Microentrepreneurs––Observations from the Paraguayan Voucher Scheme PH Lepenies World Development 32 (4), 713-724, 2004 | 35 | 2004 |
| Verbot und Verzicht: Politik aus dem Geiste des Unterlassens P Lepenies Suhrkamp Verlag, 2022 | 30 | 2022 |
| Art, Politics, and Development PH Lepenies Temple University Press, 2013 | 28 | 2013 |
| Of goats and dogs: Joseph Townsend and the idealisation of markets—a decisive episode in the history of economics PH Lepenies Cambridge Journal of Economics 38 (2), 447-457, 2014 | 24 | 2014 |
| Statistical tests as a hindrance to understanding: What the controversy around the “Hiding Hand” reveals about research in the social sciences and conceals about project management PH Lepenies World Development 103, 360-365, 2018 | 20 | 2018 |
| „Die Politik der messbaren Ziele P Lepenies Die Millennium Development, 2014 | 17 | 2014 |
| Über die Armengesetze: Streitschrift eines Menschenfreundes J Townsend, C Krüger, P Lepenies (No Title), 2011 | 17 | 2011 |
| Modeling, statistics and political circumstances: How the concept of economic development triumphed and what this means for development alternatives P Lepenies European Journal of Sociology/Archives Européennes de Sociologie 56 (3), 375-404, 2015 | 16 | 2015 |
| 11 New institutional economics and development P Lepenies The companion to development studies, 73-77, 2014 | 15 | 2014 |
| Gezählte Armut PH Lepenies Leviathan 38 (1), 103-118, 2010 | 14 | 2010 |
| „La rage de vouloir conclure “: Wissensvermittlung als Entwicklungsengpass oder warum Experten so arbeiten, wie sie es tun P Lepenies Im Westen nichts Neues?, 211-235, 2014 | 11 | 2014 |
| Transforming by metrics that matter–progress, participation, and the national initiatives of fixing well-being indicators P Lepenies Historical Social Research/Historische Sozialforschung 44 (2 (168), 288-312, 2019 | 10 | 2019 |
