| The seven deadly sins of performance auditing: Implications for monitoring public audit institutions S Kells Australian Accounting Review 21 (4), 383-396, 2011 | 90 | 2011 |
| Impacts of COVID-19 on corporate governance and assurance, international finance and economics, and non-fiction book publishing: some personal reflections S Kells Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change 16 (4), 629-635, 2020 | 38 | 2020 |
| The big four: The curious past and perilous future of the global accounting monopoly ID Gow, S Kells Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2018 | 34 | 2018 |
| Performance auditing in the public sector: reconceptualising the task S Kells, G Hodge TheJournal of Contemporary Issues in Business and Government 15 (2), 33-60, 2009 | 31 | 2009 |
| Diversification and the performance of Australian enterprises D Bosworth, P Dawkins, M Harris, S Kells Melbourne Institute Working Paper, 28-97, 1997 | 16 | 1997 |
| Conflict between independent scrutinisers of transport megaprojects: evidence from Australia S Kells European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research 11 (1), 2011 | 14 | 2011 |
| The Library: a catalogue of wonders S Kells Catapult, 2018 | 13 | 2018 |
| Redefining the performance auditing space S Kells, G Hodge Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration 32 (1), 63-88, 2010 | 13 | 2010 |
| The theory and measurement of profitability ID Gow, SS Kells Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, 1998 | 13 | 1998 |
| Sold down the river: how robber barons and Wall Street traders cornered Australia’s water market S Hamilton, S Kells Text Publishing, 2021 | 10 | 2021 |
| Knowledge spillovers, location and growth: theory and evidence M Harris, SS Kells Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, 1997 | 9 | 1997 |
| Penguin and the Lane Brothers: the untold story of a publishing revolution S Kells Black Inc., 2015 | 8 | 2015 |
| Measuring the performance of large Australian firms D Bosworth, SS Kells Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, 1998 | 8 | 1998 |
| A look inside the performance auditing box: Victoria's new ticketing system tender S Kells Accounting, Accountability & Performance 16 (1/2), 85-110, 2010 | 7 | 2010 |
| Shakespeare’s Library: Unlocking the Greatest Mystery in Literature S Kells Text Publishing, 2018 | 6 | 2018 |
| An introduction to the IBIS database SS Kells, C Worswick Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, 1997 | 6 | 1997 |
| Small business data sources in Australia D Johnson, S Kells Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, 1997 | 6 | 1997 |
| Performance Auditing and Public Sector Innovation: Friends with Benefts or Strange Bedfellows? S Kells, G Hodge Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration 33 (2), 163-184, 2011 | 5 | 2011 |
| Executive remuneration, board structure, corporate strategy and firm performance: a taste of the literature SS Kells, S Kells, M Rogers Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, 1997 | 5 | 1997 |
| Diversification and the Performance of the Australian Firms D Bosworth, P Dawkins, M Harris, S Kells Melbourne Institute Working Papers, 1997 | 5 | 1997 |
