| Local Governance and Inter-municipal Cooperation F Teles Palgrave, 2015 | 235 | 2015 |
| Inter-municipal cooperation in Europe F Teles, P Swianiewicz Institutions and Governance (Cham: Palgrave Macmillan), 2018 | 119* | 2018 |
| Sustainable food transition in Portugal: Assessing the Footprint of dietary choices and gaps in national and local food policies A Galli, SM Pires, K Iha, AA Alves, D Lin, MS Mancini, F Teles Science of the Total Environment 749, 141307, 2020 | 87 | 2020 |
| Local government and the bailout: Reform singularities in Portugal F Teles European Urban and Regional Studies, 2014 | 70 | 2014 |
| Intermunicipal cooperation: The quest for governance capacity? P Silva, F Teles, J Ferreira International Review of Administrative Sciences 84 (4), 619-638, 2018 | 63 | 2018 |
| The institutionalization of nature-based solutions—a discourse analysis of emergent literature R Mendes, T Fidélis, P Roebeling, F Teles Resources 9 (1), 6, 2020 | 60 | 2020 |
| The distinctiveness of democratic political leadership F Teles Political Studies Review 13 (1), 22-36, 2015 | 57 | 2015 |
| Descentralização e poder local em Portugal F Teles Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, 2021 | 53 | 2021 |
| Policy narratives of circular economy in the EU–Assessing the embeddedness of water and land in national action plans T Fidélis, AS Cardoso, F Riazi, AC Miranda, J Abrantes, F Teles, ... Journal of Cleaner Production 288, 125685, 2021 | 52 | 2021 |
| Sustainable development discourse in smart specialization strategies A Polido, SM Pires, C Rodrigues, F Teles Journal of Cleaner Production 240, 118224, 2019 | 52 | 2019 |
| Memória das políticas educativas em Timor-Leste AM Ramos, F Teles, PJC Freitas Development 24, 373-83, 2004 | 48 | 2004 |
| Sub-municipal governance in Europe: Decentralization beyond the municipal tier NK Hlepas, N Kersting, S Kuhlmann, P Swianiewicz, F Teles palgrave macmillan, 2018 | 43* | 2018 |
| Close ties in European local governance: Linking local state and society F Teles, A Gendźwiłł, C Stănuș, H Heinelt Springer Nature, 2020 | 42* | 2020 |
| Political leaders: the paradox of freedom and democracy F Teles Revista Enfoques: Ciencia Política y Administración Pública 10 (16), 113-131, 2014 | 37 | 2014 |
| Qualidade da governação local em Portugal AF Tavares, L Sousa, A Macedo, D Fernandes, F Teles, LF Mota, NF Cruz, ... Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, 2018 | 35 | 2018 |
| Territorial innovation models in less developed regions in Europe: the quest for a new research agenda? SM Pires, A Polido, F Teles, P Silva, C Rodrigues European planning studies 28 (8), 1639-1666, 2020 | 33 | 2020 |
| Improving local service delivery: increasing performance through reforms T Steen, F Teles, H Torsteinsen The Future of Local Government in Europe, 53-78, 2017 | 32 | 2017 |
| Deeply Rooted but Still Striving for a Role: The Portuguese Freguesias Under Reform AF Tavares, F Teles Sub-Municipal Governance in Europe: Decentralization Beyond the Municipal …, 2018 | 27 | 2018 |
| Facilitative mayors in complex environments: why political will matters F Teles Local Government Studies 40 (5), 809-829, 2014 | 26 | 2014 |
| Beyond paternalism towards social capital: Local governance reform in Portugal F Teles International Journal of Public Administration 35 (13), 864-872, 2012 | 25 | 2012 |
