| The politics of United States foreign policy JM Scott, JA Rosati CQ Press, 2020 | 365 | 2020 |
| Deciding to intervene: The Reagan doctrine and American foreign policy JM Scott Duke University Press, 1996 | 307 | 1996 |
| Sponsoring democracy: The United States and democracy aid to the developing world, 1988–2001 JM Scott, CA Steele International Studies Quarterly 55 (1), 47-69, 2011 | 228 | 2011 |
| Choosing to lead RG Carter, JM Scott Choosing to Lead, 2009 | 184* | 2009 |
| Assisting democrats or resisting dictators? The nature and impact of democracy support by the United States National Endowment for Democracy, 1990–99 JM Scott, CA Steele Democratization 12 (4), 439-460, 2005 | 109 | 2005 |
| Transnationalizing democracy promotion: The role of Western political foundations and think‐tanks JM Scott Democratization 6 (3), 146-170, 1999 | 95 | 1999 |
| Treaty-making and partisan politics: Arms control and the US Senate, 1960–2001 CJ DeLaet, JM Scott Foreign Policy Analysis 2 (2), 177-200, 2006 | 83 | 2006 |
| Acting on the hill: Congressional assertiveness in US foreign policy JM Scott, RG Carter Congress & the Presidency 29 (2), 151-169, 2002 | 77 | 2002 |
| Interbranch Rivalry and the Reagan Doctrine in Nicaragua JM Scott Political Science Quarterly 112 (2), 237-260, 1997 | 64 | 1997 |
| Setting a Course: Congressional Foreign Policy Entrepreneurs In Post‐World War II US Foreign Policy RG Carter, JM Scott, CM Rowling International Studies Perspectives 5 (3), 278-299, 2004 | 60 | 2004 |
| Taking the lead: Congressional foreign policy entrepreneurs in US foreign policy RG Carter, JM Scott Politics & Policy 32 (1), 34-70, 2004 | 46 | 2004 |
| In the loop: Congressional influence in American foreign policy JM Scott Journal of Political & Military Sociology, 47-75, 1997 | 41 | 1997 |
| Understanding congressional foreign policy innovators: Mapping entrepreneurs and their strategies RG Carter, JM Scott The Social Science Journal 47 (2), 418-438, 2010 | 40 | 2010 |
| Supporting the wave: western political foundations and the promotion of a global democratic society JM Scott, KJ Walters Global Society 14 (2), 237-257, 2000 | 34 | 2000 |
| Out of the cold: The post-Cold War context of US foreign policy JM Scott, AL Crothers After the End: Making US Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War World, 1-28, 1998 | 30 | 1998 |
| The not-so-silent partner: patterns of legislative–executive interaction in the war on terror, 2001–2009 JM Scott, RG Carter International Studies Perspectives 15 (2), 186-208, 2014 | 28 | 2014 |
| Promoting democracy in Latin America: foreign policy change and US democracy assistance, 1975–2010 JM Scott, RG Carter Third World Quarterly 37 (2), 299-320, 2016 | 27 | 2016 |
| Countering adversaries and cultivating friends: Indirect rivalry factors and the allocation of US foreign aid P Rudloff, JM Scott, T Blew Cooperation and Conflict 48 (3), 401-423, 2013 | 25 | 2013 |
| The Democracy Aid Calculus: Regimes, political opponents, and the allocation of US democracy assistance, 1981–2009 TM Peterson, JM Scott International Interactions 44 (2), 268-293, 2018 | 23 | 2018 |
| Reagan's Doctrine? The Formulation of an American Foreign Policy Strategy JM Scott Presidential Studies Quarterly 26 (4), 1047-1061, 1996 | 21 | 1996 |
