| Causes of war JS Levy, WR Thompson John Wiley & Sons, 2011 | 1119 | 2011 |
| Seapower in global politics, 1494–1993 G Modelski, WR Thompson Springer, 1988 | 724 | 1988 |
| Leading sectors and world powers: the coevolution of global politics and economics G Modelski, WR Thompson Univ of South Carolina Press, 1996 | 719 | 1996 |
| Identifying rivals and rivalries in world politics WR Thompson International Studies Quarterly 45 (4), 557-586, 2001 | 678 | 2001 |
| On global war: Historical-structural approaches to world politics WR Thompson (No Title), 1988 | 464 | 1988 |
| The regional subsystem: a conceptual explication and a propositional inventory WR Thompson International Studies Quarterly 17 (1), 89-117, 1973 | 461 | 1973 |
| Strategic rivalries in world politics: Position, space and conflict escalation MP Colaresi, K Rasler, WR Thompson Cambridge University Press, 2008 | 435 | 2008 |
| Democracy and peace: putting the cart before the horse? WR Thompson International organization 50 (1), 141-174, 1996 | 413 | 1996 |
| A tale of two democratic peace critiques WR Thompson, R Tucker Journal of Conflict Resolution 41 (3), 428-454, 1997 | 322 | 1997 |
| War and state making: The shaping of the global powers KA Rasler, WR Thompson Routledge, 2021 | 319 | 2021 |
| The great powers and global struggle, 1490-1990 KA Rasler, WR Thompson University Press of Kentucky, 2014 | 295 | 2014 |
| Balancing on land and at sea: do states ally against the leading global power? JS Levy, WR Thompson International Security 35 (1), 7-43, 2010 | 274 | 2010 |
| Principal rivalries WR Thompson Journal of Conflict Resolution 39 (2), 195-223, 1995 | 271 | 1995 |
| The" coup contagion" hypothesis RPY Li, WR Thompson Journal of Conflict Resolution 19 (1), 63-84, 1975 | 248 | 1975 |
| War making and state making: governmental expenditures, tax revenues, and global wars KA Rasler, WR Thompson American Political Science Review 79 (2), 491-507, 1985 | 242 | 1985 |
| Esophageal perforations: a 15 year experience LA Goldstein, WR Thompson The American Journal of Surgery 143 (4), 495-503, 1982 | 238 | 1982 |
| Handbook of international rivalries, 1494-2010 WR Thompson, DR Dreyer (No Title), 2012 | 235 | 2012 |
| The grievances of military coup-makers WR Thompson Sage Publications (CA), 1973 | 230 | 1973 |
| Globalization and global history BK Gills, W Thompson Routledge, 2012 | 222 | 2012 |
| Hegemonic threats and great-power balancing in Europe, 1495-1999 JS Levy, WR Thompson Security Studies 14 (1), 1-33, 2005 | 197 | 2005 |
Jack S. LevyBoard of Governors' Professor of Political Science, Rutgers UniversityVerified email at rci.rutgers.edu
