| Parliamentary representatives in Europe 1848-2000 H Best, M Cotta, M Cotta Oxford University Press, 2000 | 755 | 2000 |
| Democratic representation in Europe: diversity, change, and convergence M Cotta, H Best Oxford University Press, USA, 2007 | 267 | 2007 |
| The Europe of elites: A study into the Europeanness of Europe's political and economic elites H Best, G Lengyel, L Verzichelli Oxford University Press, 2012 | 201 | 2012 |
| New challenges, new elites? Changes in the recruitment and career patterns of European representative elites H Best Comparative Sociology 6 (1-2), 85-113, 2007 | 174 | 2007 |
| Elite transformation and modes of representation since the mid-nineteenth century: some theoretical considerations M Cotta, H Best Parliamentary representatives in Europe 1848-2000 1, 1-28, 2000 | 146 | 2000 |
| The Palgrave handbook of political elites: Introduction H Best, J Higley The Palgrave handbook of political elites, 1-6, 2018 | 142 | 2018 |
| Between profesionalisation and democratisation: a synoptic view of the making of the European Representative M Cotta, H Best Parliamentary representative in Europe 1848-2000 1, 493-526, 2000 | 135 | 2000 |
| Democratic elitism: New theoretical and comparative perspectives H Best, J Higley Brill, 2010 | 127 | 2010 |
| Elites in transition H Best, U Becker Elite Research in Central and Eastern Europe. Opladen, 1997 | 97 | 1997 |
| Does personality matter in politics? Personality factors as determinants of parliamentary recruitment and policy preferences H Best Comparative Sociology 10 (6), 928-948, 2011 | 87 | 2011 |
| Parliamentary Elites in Central and Eastern Europe E Semenova, M Edinger, H Best Routledge, 2015 | 84 | 2015 |
| Detours to modernity: long-term trends of parliamentary recruitment in Republican France 1848-1999 H Best, D Gaxie Parliamentary representatives in Europe 2000, 88-137, 1848 | 81 | 1848 |
| Challenges, failures, and final success: the winding path of german parliamentary leadership groups towards a structurally integrated elite 1848-1999 H Best, C Hausmann, K Schmitt Parliamentary representatives in Europe 2000, 138-195, 1848 | 79 | 1848 |
| Interessenpolitik und nationale Integration 1848/49: handelspolitische Konflikte im frühindustriellen Deutschland H Best Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1980 | 78 | 1980 |
| Biographisches Handbuch der Abgeordneten der Frankfurter Nationalversammlung 1848/49 H Best, W Weege (No Title), 1996 | 73 | 1996 |
| Maurizio Cotta, eds. 2000 H Best Parliamentary Representatives in Europe 1848–2000: Legislative Recruitment …, 1848 | 62 | 1848 |
| Karrieremuster und karrierekalküle deutscher parlamentarier H Best, S Jahr, L Vogel Politik als Beruf: Neue Perspektiven auf ein klassisches Thema, 168-192, 2010 | 61 | 2010 |
| Die Männer von Bildung und Besitz H Best Struktur und Handeln parlamentarischer Führungsgruppen in Deutschland und …, 1848 | 58 | 1848 |
| Vereine in Deutschland H Best Revue de l'IFHA, Date de parution de l'œuvre, 1993 | 57 | 1993 |
| Politik als prekäres Beschäftigungsverhältnis: Mythos und Realität der Sozialfigur des Berufspolitikers im wiedervereinten Deutschland H Best, S Jahr Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen 37 (1), 63-79, 2006 | 53 | 2006 |
