| Tampering with the evidence: a critical appraisal of evidence-based policy-making G Marston, R Watts The drawing board: An Australian review of public affairs 3 (3), 143-163, 2003 | 500 | 2003 |
| The precarious generation: A political economy of young people J Bessant, R Farthing, R Watts Routledge, 2017 | 268 | 2017 |
| Talking policy: how social policy is made J Bessant, R Watts, T Dalton, P Smyth Allen & Unwin, 2005 | 181 | 2005 |
| Arguing about the welfare state: the Australian experience P Beilharz, M Considine, R Watts (No Title), 1992 | 170 | 1992 |
| The foundations of the national welfare state R Watts (No Title), 1987 | 169 | 1987 |
| Youth studies: an Australian perspective J Bessant, H Sercombe, R Watts Longman, 1998 | 145 | 1998 |
| Sociology Australia R Watts Routledge, 2020 | 140 | 2020 |
| Public universities, managerialism and the value of higher education R Watts Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2017 | 101 | 2017 |
| International criminology: a critical introduction R Watts, J Bessant, R Hil Routledge, 2008 | 91 | 2008 |
| Discovery risk: Social research and policy making J Bessant, R Hil, R Watts Peter Lang Publishing, 2003 | 81 | 2003 |
| Government and modernity: an essay in thinking governmentality R Watts Arena Journal, 103-157, 1993 | 74 | 1993 |
| Co-designing a civics curriculum: Young people, democratic deficit and political renewal in the EU J Bessant, R Farthing, R Watts Journal of Curriculum Studies 48 (2), 271-289, 2016 | 65 | 2016 |
| Making groups work: Rethinking practice R Watts Routledge, 2020 | 56 | 2020 |
| The origins of the Australian welfare state R Watts Australian Historical Studies 19 (75), 175-198, 1980 | 56 | 1980 |
| Beyond nature and nurture: eugenics in twentieth century Australian history R Watts Australian Journal of Politics & History 40 (3), 318-334, 1994 | 52 | 1994 |
| ‘Cruel optimism’: a southern theory perspective on the European Union's Youth Strategy, 2008–2012 J Bessant, RW Watts International Journal of Adolescence and Youth 19 (sup1), 125-140, 2014 | 48 | 2014 |
| History, myth making and young people in a time of change J Bessant, R Watts Family Matters, 4-10, 1998 | 48 | 1998 |
| Candesartan cilexetil is not associated with cough in hypertensive patients with enalapril-induced cough PH Tanser, LM Campbell, J Carranza, J Karrash, P Toutouzas, R Watts American journal of hypertension 13 (2), 214-218, 2000 | 42 | 2000 |
| Truth and politics: Thinking about evidence‐based policy in the age of spin R Watts Australian Journal of Public Administration 73 (1), 34-46, 2014 | 36 | 2014 |
| Translating Bourdieu into youth studies J Bessant, S Pickard, R Watts Journal of Youth Studies 23 (1), 76-92, 2020 | 34 | 2020 |
