| Oligarchs and politics in Ukraine H Pleines Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization 24 (1), 105-127, 2016 | 125 | 2016 |
| Energy materiality: A conceptual review of multi-disciplinary approaches M Balmaceda, P Högselius, C Johnson, H Pleines, D Rogers, ... Energy Research & Social Science 56, 101220, 2019 | 72 | 2019 |
| Ukrainische Seilschaften: informelle Einflussnahme in der ukrainischen Wirtschaftspolitik, 1992-2004 H Pleines LIT Verlag Münster, 2005 | 54 | 2005 |
| Wirtschaftseliten und Politik im Russland der Jelzin-Ära (1994-99) H Pleines LIT Verlag Münster, 2003 | 44* | 2003 |
| Mixing geopolitics and business: How ruling elites in the Caspian states justify their choice of export pipelines A Heinrich, H Pleines Journal of Eurasian Studies 6 (2), 107-113, 2015 | 42 | 2015 |
| Trust and informal practice among elites in East Central Europe, South East Europe and the West Balkans A Aasland, ÅB Grødeland, H Pleines Europe-Asia Studies 64 (1), 115-143, 2012 | 41 | 2012 |
| The capacity of Central and East European interest groups to participate in EU governance D Obradovic, H Pleines, ( eds.) Ibidem-Publishers, 2007 | 41* | 2007 |
| Geschäfte mit der Macht. Wirtschaftseliten als politische Akteure im Russland der Transformationsjahre 1992-2001 S Harter, J Grävingholt, H Pleines, HHS Schröder Verlag Temmen, Bremen, 2003 | 39* | 2003 |
| Challenges of the Caspian resource boom: Domestic elites and policy-making A Heinrich, H Pleines, ( eds) Palgrave Macmillan, 2012 | 32* | 2012 |
| Is this the way to Brussels? CEE civil society involvement in EU governance H Pleines Acta Politica 45 (1-2), 229-246, 2010 | 31 | 2010 |
| Participation of Civil Society in New Modes of Governance. The Case of the New EU Member States. 3 parts H Pleines, ( ed.) Arbeitspapiere und Materialien der Forschungsstelle Osteuropa, 2006 | 31* | 2006 |
| Foreign investment and national interests in the Russian oil and gas industry A Heinrich, J Kusznir, H Pleines Post-Communist Economies 14 (4), 495-507, 2002 | 31 | 2002 |
| Developing Russia’s Oil and Gas Industry: What Role for the State? H Pleines Perovic, Jeronim / Orttung, Robert / Wenger, Andreas (eds): Russian Energy …, 2009 | 30 | 2009 |
| Large-scale corruption and rent-seeking in the Russian banking sector H Pleines Ledeneva, Alena / Kurkchiyan, Marina (eds): Economic Crime in Russia, 191-207, 2000 | 29 | 2000 |
| The meaning of ‘limited pluralism’ in media reporting under authoritarian rule A Heinrich, H Pleines Politics and Governance 6 (2), 103-111, 2018 | 24 | 2018 |
| From Competitive Authoritarianism to Defective Democracy: Political Regimes in Ukraine before and after the Orange Revolution H Pleines S. Stewart, M. Klein, A. Schmitz and H.-H, Schröder (eds.) Presidents …, 2012 | 24* | 2012 |
| The political role of the oligarchs H Pleines Juliane Besters-Dilger (ed.): Ukraine on Its Way to Europe. Interim Results …, 2009 | 23* | 2009 |
| Manipulating politics: domestic investors in Ukrainian privatisation auctions 2000–2004 H Pleines Europe-Asia Studies 60 (7), 1177-1197, 2008 | 23 | 2008 |
| Czech environmental NGOs: actors or agents in EU multilevel governance H Pleines, K Bušková Contemporary European Studies 2 (1), 20-31, 2007 | 22 | 2007 |
| Social Partners and Captors. The role of non-state actors in economic policy-making in Eastern Europe H Pleines Romanian Journal of Political Science 4 (1), 2004 | 22 | 2004 |
