| Critical mass theory and women's political representation C Sarah, LK Mona Political studies 56 (3), 725-736, 2008 | 816 | 2008 |
| Analysing women's substantive representation: From critical mass to critical actors S Childs, ML Krook Government and opposition 44 (2), 125-145, 2009 | 799 | 2009 |
| Rethinking women's substantive representation K Celis, S Childs, J Kantola, ML Krook Representation 44 (2), 99-110, 2008 | 704 | 2008 |
| Should feminists give up on critical mass? A contingent yes S Childs, ML Krook Politics & Gender 2 (4), 522-530, 2006 | 499 | 2006 |
| New Labour's women MPs: women representing women S Childs Routledge, 2004 | 452 | 2004 |
| The substantive representation of women: What to do with conservative claims? K Celis, S Childs Political Studies 60 (1), 213-225, 2012 | 320 | 2012 |
| Women and British party politics: Descriptive, substantive and symbolic representation S Childs Routledge, 2008 | 310 | 2008 |
| A feminised style of politics? Women MPs in the House of Commons S Childs The British journal of politics and international relations 6 (1), 3-19, 2004 | 266 | 2004 |
| Constituting women's interests through representative claims K Celis, S Childs, J Kantola, ML Krook Politics & Gender 10 (2), 149-174, 2014 | 261 | 2014 |
| Introduction: The descriptive and substantive representation of women: New directions K Celis, S Childs Parliamentary Affairs 61 (3), 419-425, 2008 | 258 | 2008 |
| Gender and politics: The state of the art S Childs, ML Krook Politics 26 (1), 18-28, 2006 | 233 | 2006 |
| Representation S Childs The impact of feminism on political concepts and debates, 73-91, 2024 | 232 | 2024 |
| Do women need women representatives? R Campbell, S Childs, J Lovenduski British Journal of Political Science 40 (1), 171-194, 2010 | 227 | 2010 |
| Sex, gender and the Conservative Party: From iron lady to kitten heels S Childs, P Webb Springer, 2011 | 218 | 2011 |
| Too spineless to rebel? New Labour's women MPs P Cowley, S Childs British Journal of Political Science 33 (3), 345-365, 2003 | 210 | 2003 |
| Women representatives acting for women: sex and the signing of early day motions in the 1997 British parliament S Childs, J Withey Political Studies 52 (3), 552-564, 2004 | 191 | 2004 |
| The complicated relationship between sex, gender and the substantive representation of women S Childs European Journal of Women's Studies 13 (1), 7-21, 2006 | 181 | 2006 |
| Women, gender, and politics: A reader M Krook, S Childs Oxford University Press, 2010 | 149 | 2010 |
| The politics of local presence: Is there a case for descriptive representation? S Childs, P Cowley Political Studies 59 (1), 1-19, 2011 | 141 | 2011 |
| Feminist democratic representation K Celis, S Childs Oxford University Press, 2020 | 125 | 2020 |
