| Rethinking the music industry J Williamson, M Cloonan Popular music 26 (2), 305-322, 2007 | 452 | 2007 |
| Popular music and the state in the UK: Culture, trade or industry? M Cloonan Routledge, 2016 | 150 | 2016 |
| The History of Live Music in Britain, Volume I: 1950-1967: From Dance Hall to the 100 Club S Frith, M Brennan, M Cloonan, E Webster Routledge, 2016 | 148 | 2016 |
| Pop and the nation-state: towards a theorisation M Cloonan Popular music 18 (2), 193-207, 1999 | 141 | 1999 |
| What is popular music studies? Some observations M Cloonan British Journal of Music Education 22 (1), 77-93, 2005 | 123 | 2005 |
| Cultural value and cultural policy: some evidence from the world of live music A Behr, M Brennan, M Cloonan International Journal of Cultural Policy 22 (3), 403-418, 2016 | 121 | 2016 |
| Killing me softly with his song: An initial investigation into the use of popular music as a tool of oppression M Cloonan, B Johnson Popular Music 21 (1), 27-39, 2002 | 115 | 2002 |
| Live concert performance: An ecological approach A Behr, M Brennan, M Cloonan, S Frith, E Webster Rock Music Studies 3 (1), 5-23, 2016 | 110 | 2016 |
| Popular music censorship in Africa M Drewett, M Cloonan Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006 | 95* | 2006 |
| Players’ Work Time: A History of the British Musicians’ Union, 1893–2013 J Williamson, M Cloonan Players’ work time, 2016 | 88 | 2016 |
| State of the nation:“Englishness,” pop, and politics in the mid‐1990s M Cloonan Popular Music & Society 21 (2), 47-70, 1997 | 88 | 1997 |
| Banned!: censorship of popular music in Britain, 1967-92 M Cloonan Arena, 1996 | 88 | 1996 |
| Policing pop M Cloonan, R Garofalo Temple University Press, 2009 | 80 | 2009 |
| Alco‐pop? The use of popular music in Glasgow pubs A Forsyth, M Cloonan Popular Music and Society 31 (1), 57-78, 2008 | 72 | 2008 |
| Having an impact? Academics, the music industries and the problem of knowledge J Williamson, M Cloonan, S Frith International journal of cultural policy 17 (5), 459-474, 2011 | 70 | 2011 |
| Valuing live music: the UK live music census 2017 report E Webster, M Brennan, A Behr, M Cloonan, J Ansell Newcastle University, 2018 | 69 | 2018 |
| Rock the vote: popular culture and politics MJ Cloonan Street Politics 18 (1), 33-38, 1998 | 52 | 1998 |
| On music as a creative industry S Frith, M Cloonan, J Williamson Creativity, innovation and the cultural economy, 74-89, 2009 | 48 | 2009 |
| Analysing live music in the UK: Findings one year into a three-year research project S Frith, M Brennan, M Cloonan, E Webster IASPM 1 (1), 2010 | 46 | 2010 |
| Mapping the music industry in Scotland: a report J Williamson, M Cloonan, S Frith Scottish Enterprise, 2003 | 44 | 2003 |
