| The world of the policy analyst: Rationality, values, and politics RA Heineman, WT Bluhm, SA Peterson, EN Kearny (No Title), 2002 | 302 | 2002 |
| Political behavior: Patterns in everyday life SA Peterson (No Title), 1990 | 231 | 1990 |
| Church participation and political participation: The spillover effect SA Peterson American Politics Quarterly 20 (1), 123-139, 1992 | 225 | 1992 |
| Darwinism, dominance, and democracy: The biological bases of authoritarianism A Somit, SA Peterson (No Title), 1997 | 175 | 1997 |
| The dynamics of evolution: The punctuated equilibrium debate in the natural and social sciences A Somit, SA Peterson (No Title), 1992 | 144 | 1992 |
| Determinants of citizens’ attitudes toward police: Results of the Harrisburg citizen survey–1999 B Sims, M Hooper, SA Peterson Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management 25 (3 …, 2002 | 139 | 2002 |
| Dissent in American courts SA Peterson The Journal of Politics 43 (2), 412-434, 1981 | 98 | 1981 |
| Biopolitics after three decades–A balance sheet A Somit, SA Peterson British Journal of Political Science 28 (3), 559-571, 1998 | 89 | 1998 |
| Living while Black: A state-level analysis of the influence of select social stressors on the quality of life among Black Americans SL Gabbidon, SA Peterson Journal of Black Studies 37 (1), 83-102, 2006 | 76 | 2006 |
| The failure of democratic nation building: Ideology meets evolution A Somit, S Peterson Springer, 2015 | 72 | 2015 |
| Personality changes in the old–old: A longitudinal study RJ Maiden, SA Peterson, M Caya, BJ Hayslip Journal of Adult Development 10, 31-39, 2003 | 64 | 2003 |
| Workplace politicization and its political spillovers: A research note SA Peterson Economic and Industrial Democracy 13 (4), 511-524, 1992 | 61 | 1992 |
| Correlates of college men's sexual abuse of women. SA Peterson, B Franzese Journal of College Student Personnel, 1987 | 60 | 1987 |
| Rational choice and biopolitics: A (Darwinian) tale of two theories A Somit, SA Peterson PS: Political Science & Politics 32 (1), 39-44, 1999 | 55 | 1999 |
| Human nature and public policy: An evolutionary approach A Somit, S Peterson Springer, 2003 | 52 | 2003 |
| Methodological problems associated with a biologically-oriented social science SA Peterson, A Somit journal of Social and Biological Structures 1 (1), 11-25, 1978 | 51* | 1978 |
| Observing Supreme Court oral argument: A biosocial approach JN Schubert, SA Peterson, G Schubert, S Wasby Politics and the Life Sciences 11 (1), 35-52, 1992 | 45 | 1992 |
| Biology and politics: The cutting edge A Somit, SA Peterson Emerald Group Publishing, 2011 | 43 | 2011 |
| The per curiam opinion: Its nature and functions SL Wasby, S Peterson, J Schubert, G Schubert Judicature 76, 29, 1992 | 43 | 1992 |
| Risky business: Prospect theory and politics SA Peterson, R Lawson Political psychology, 325-339, 1989 | 42 | 1989 |
