| When do numbers count? The differential impact of the PISA rating and ranking on education policy in Germany and the US K Martens, D Niemann German Politics 22 (3), 314-332, 2013 | 206 | 2013 |
| Governance by comparison: How ratings & rankings impact national policy-making in education K Martens, D Niemann TranState working papers, 2010 | 137* | 2010 |
| PISA and its consequences: Shaping education policies through international comparisons D Niemann, K Martens, J Teltemann European Journal of Education 52 (2), 175-183, 2017 | 101 | 2017 |
| Soft governance by hard fact? The OECD as a knowledge broker in education policy D Niemann, K Martens Global Social Policy 18 (3), 267-283, 2018 | 85 | 2018 |
| Turn of the tide—New horizons in German education policymaking through IO influence D Niemann Transformation of education policy, 77-104, 2010 | 62 | 2010 |
| PISA as an ideational roadmap for policy change: Exploring Germany and England in a comparative perspective P Knodel, K Martens, D Niemann Globalisation, Societies and Education 11 (3), 421-441, 2013 | 61 | 2013 |
| Deutschland–Im Zentrum des PISA-Sturms D Niemann na, 2010 | 43 | 2010 |
| Grenzenlose Bildungspolitik? Empirische Evidenz für PISA als weltweites Leitbild für nationale Bildungsreformen T Bieber, K Martens, D Niemann, M Windzio Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, 2014 | 38 | 2014 |
| Effects of international assessments in education–a multidisciplinary review K Martens, D Niemann, J Teltemann European Educational Research Journal 15 (5), 516-522, 2016 | 31 | 2016 |
| Changing patterns in German education policy making: the impact of international organizations D Niemann TranState Working Papers, 2009 | 31 | 2009 |
| Global discourses, regional framings and individual showcasing: Analyzing the world of education IOs D Niemann, K Martens International organizations in global social governance, 163-186, 2021 | 23 | 2021 |
| Teachers unions in Germany: fragmented competitors R Nikolai, K Briken, D Niemann The Comparative Politics of Education. Teachers Unions and Education Systems …, 2016 | 23 | 2016 |
| PISA in Deutschland: Effekte auf Politikgestaltung und-organisation D Niemann DDS–Die Deutsche Schule 107 (2), 141-157, 2015 | 17 | 2015 |
| Placing PISA in perspective: the OECD’s multi-centric view on education H Seitzer, D Niemann, K Martens Globalisation, Societies and Education 19 (2), 198-212, 2021 | 16 | 2021 |
| Towards a global model in education? International student literacy assessments and their impact on policies and institutions T Bieber, K Martens, D Niemann, J Teltemann Literacy as numbers: Researching the politics and practices of international …, 2015 | 14 | 2015 |
| International organizations in global social governance K Martens, D Niemann, A Kaasch Springer Nature, 2021 | 13 | 2021 |
| The architecture of arguments in global social governance: Examining populations and discourses of international organizations in social policies D Niemann, K Martens, A Kaasch International Organizations in Global Social Governance, 3-28, 2021 | 13 | 2021 |
| Observing local dynamics of ILSA projections in federal systems: A comparison between Germany and the United States D Niemann, S Hartong, K Martens Globalisation, Societies and Education 16 (5), 596-608, 2018 | 13 | 2018 |
| After the Big Bang—German Education Policy in the Wake of the PISA Study and the Bologna Process D Niemann Internationalization of Education Policy: A New Constellation of Statehood …, 2014 | 12 | 2014 |
| International organizations in education: New takes on old paradigms D Niemann Global pathways to education: Cultural spheres, networks, and international …, 2022 | 10 | 2022 |
