| The foreign policies of small states: Challenging neorealism in its own backyard MF Elman British Journal of Political Science 25 (2), 171-217, 1995 | 507 | 1995 |
| Paths to peace: Is democracy the answer? MF Elman (No Title), 1997 | 268 | 1997 |
| Progress in international relations theory: Appraising the field KN Waltz MIT Press, 2003 | 245 | 2003 |
| Bridges and boundaries: Historians, political scientists, and the study of international relations C Elman, MF Elman MIT Press, 2001 | 213 | 2001 |
| Unpacking democracy: presidentialism, parliamentarism, and theories of democratic peace MF Elman Security Studies 9 (4), 91-126, 2000 | 181 | 2000 |
| Diplomatic history and international relations theory: respecting difference and crossing boundaries C Elman, MF Elman International Security 22 (1), 5-21, 1997 | 143 | 1997 |
| How not to be Lakatos intolerant: Appraising progress in IR research C Elman, MF Elman International Studies Quarterly 46 (2), 231-262, 2002 | 113 | 2002 |
| Lakatos and neorealism: a reply to Vasquez C Elman, MF Elman American Political Science Review 91 (4), 923-926, 1997 | 110 | 1997 |
| History vs. neo-realism: A second look C Elman, MF Elman, PW Schroeder International Security 20 (1), 182-195, 1995 | 103 | 1995 |
| The need for a qualitative test of the democratic peace theory MF Elman Paths to Peace: Is Democracy the Answer, 1-57, 1997 | 69 | 1997 |
| The role of history in international relations C Elman, MF Elman Millennium 37 (2), 357-364, 2008 | 60 | 2008 |
| Lessons from Lakatos C Elman, MF Elman | 60 | 2003 |
| Negotiating international history and politics C Elman, MF Elman Bridges and boundaries: Historians, political scientists, and the study of …, 2001 | 53 | 2001 |
| Democracy, security, and religious political parties: a framework for analysis MF Elman, CM Warner Asian Security 4 (1), 1-22, 2008 | 36 | 2008 |
| Testing the democratic peace theory MF Elman Paths to peace: is democracy the answer 501, 1997 | 33 | 1997 |
| Bridges and boundaries C Elman, MF Elman Historians, Political Scientist, and the Study of International Relations …, 2001 | 32 | 2001 |
| The never-ending story: Democracy and peace MF Elman International Studies Review 1 (3), 87-103, 1999 | 32 | 1999 |
| Bridges and Boundaries: Historians C Elman, MF Elman Political Scientists, 2001 | 31 | 2001 |
| Introduction: Appraising progress in international relations theory C Elman, MF Elman | 28 | 2003 |
| Jerusalem: Conflict and cooperation in a contested city M Adelman, MF Elman Syracuse University Press, 2014 | 22 | 2014 |
