| The institutional presidency JP Burke Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000 | 454 | 2000 |
| Bureaucratic responsibility JP Burke | 389 | 1988 |
| How presidents test reality: Decisions on Vietnam, 1954 and 1965 JP Burke, FL Greenstein Russell Sage Foundation, 1989 | 348 | 1989 |
| Honest broker?: the national security advisor and presidential decision making JP Burke Texas A&M University Press, 2009 | 82 | 2009 |
| Reconciling public administration and democracy: The role of the responsible administrator JP Burke, RE Cleary Public Administration Review, 180-186, 1989 | 77 | 1989 |
| Advising Ike: The Memoirs of Attorney General Herbert Brownell H Brownell, JP Burke University Press of Kansas, 1993 | 73 | 1993 |
| Presidential transitions: From politics to practice JP Burke Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000 | 66 | 2000 |
| The Contemporary Presidency: Condoleezza Rice as NSC Advisor: A Case Study of the Honest Broker Role JP Burke Presidential Studies Quarterly 35 (3), 554-575, 2005 | 58 | 2005 |
| Becoming President: The Bush Transition, 2000-2003 JP Burke Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004 | 47 | 2004 |
| Administrative ethics and democratic theory JP Burke Handbook of administrative ethics, 603-619, 2019 | 42 | 2019 |
| Lessons from past presidential transitions: Organization, management, and decision making JP Burke Presidential Studies Quarterly 31 (1), 5-24, 2001 | 38 | 2001 |
| The neutral/honest broker role in foreign‐policy decision making: A reassessment JP Burke Presidential Studies Quarterly 35 (2), 229-258, 2005 | 37 | 2005 |
| A prescriptive view of the implementation process: When should bureaucrats exercise discretion? JP Burke Review of Policy Research 7 (1), 217-231, 1987 | 36 | 1987 |
| The Contemporary Presidency: The Obama Presidential Transition: An Early Assessment JP Burke Presidential Studies Quarterly 39 (3), 574-604, 2009 | 34 | 2009 |
| Policy implementation and the responsible exercise of discretion JP Burke Implementation and the Policy Process: Opening Up the Black Box. Greenwood …, 1990 | 32 | 1990 |
| with Larry Berman and Richard Immerman. 1989 JP Burke, FI Greenstein How presidents test reality: Decisions on Vietnam, 1954 and 1965, 1954 | 27 | 1954 |
| Organizational participation and public policy CE Black, JP Burke World Politics 35 (3), 393-425, 1983 | 25 | 1983 |
| Organizational structure and presidential decision making JP Burke | 23 | 2009 |
| The dynamics of presidential reality testing: Evidence from two Vietnam decisions FI Greenstein, JP Burke Political Science Quarterly 104 (4), 557-580, 1989 | 21 | 1989 |
| Responsibilities of Presidents and Advisers: A Theory and Case Study of Vietnam Decision Making JP Burke The Journal of Politics 46 (3), 818-845, 1984 | 21 | 1984 |
