| The tragedy of great power politics JJ Mearsheimer WW Norton & Company, 2001 | 15009 | 2001 |
| The false promise of international institutions JJ Mearsheimer International organization, 237-282, 2017 | 7014 | 2017 |
| Back to the future: Instability in Europe after the Cold War JJ Mearsheimer National and International Security, 107-158, 2018 | 5344 | 2018 |
| The Israel lobby and US foreign policy JJ Mearsheimer, SM Walt Macmillan, 2007 | 2317 | 2007 |
| Why the Ukraine crisis is the West's fault: the liberal delusions that provoked Putin JJ Mearsheimer Foreign Aff. 93, 77, 2014 | 2130 | 2014 |
| Conventional deterrence JJ Mearsheimer Cornell University Press, 1983 | 1383 | 1983 |
| The gathering storm: China’s challenge to US power in Asia JJ Mearsheimer The Chinese journal of international politics 3 (4), 381-396, 2010 | 1167 | 2010 |
| Structural realism JJ Mearsheimer International relations theories: Discipline and diversity 83, 77-94, 2007 | 1111 | 2007 |
| China's unpeaceful rise JJ Mearsheimer The realism reader, 464-467, 2014 | 1052 | 2014 |
| Bound to fail: The rise and fall of the liberal international order JJ Mearsheimer International security 43 (4), 7-50, 2019 | 961 | 2019 |
| The great delusion: Liberal dreams and international realities JJ Mearsheimer Yale University Press, 2018 | 909 | 2018 |
| Why we will soon miss the Cold War JJ Mearsheimer Conflict after the cold war, 28-44, 2015 | 691 | 2015 |
| An unnecessary war JJ Mearsheimer, SM Walt Foreign Policy, 50, 2003 | 646 | 2003 |
| A realist reply JJ Mearsheimer International security 20 (1), 82-93, 1995 | 574 | 1995 |
| Why leaders lie: The truth about lying in international politics JJ Mearsheimer Oxford University Press, 2011 | 522 | 2011 |
| Leaving theory behind: Why simplistic hypothesis testing is bad for International Relations JJ Mearsheimer, SM Walt European Journal of International Relations 19 (3), 427-457, 2013 | 519 | 2013 |
| The case for a Ukrainian nuclear deterrent JJ Mearsheimer Foreign affairs, 50-66, 1993 | 502 | 1993 |
| Can China rise peacefully? JJ Mearsheimer The National Interest 25 (1), 1-40, 2014 | 497 | 2014 |
| The case for offshore balancing: A superior US grand stategy JJ Mearsheimer, SM Walt Foreign Aff. 95, 70, 2016 | 464 | 2016 |
| The Israel Lobby J Mearsheimer, S Walt London Review of Books 28 (6), 3-12, 2006 | 377 | 2006 |
