| V-Dem codebook v11 M Coppedge, J Gerring, CH Knutsen, SI Lindberg, J Teorell, D Altman, ... | 1350* | 2021 |
| V-Dem Dataset v6. 2 M Coppedge, J Gerring, SI Lindberg, SE Skaaning, J Teorell, D Altman, ... | 1145* | 2016 |
| Islam and authoritarianism MS Fish World politics 55 (1), 4-37, 2002 | 1136 | 2002 |
| Conceptualizing and measuring democracy: A new approach M Coppedge, J Gerring, D Altman, M Bernhard, S Fish, A Hicken, ... Perspectives on politics 9 (2), 247-267, 2011 | 1030 | 2011 |
| Democracy derailed in Russia: The failure of open politics MS Fish Cambridge University Press, 2005 | 792 | 2005 |
| Democracy from scratch: Opposition and regime in the new Russian revolution MS Fish Princeton University Press, 1996 | 603 | 1996 |
| Stronger legislatures, stronger democracies MS Fish J. Democracy 17, 5, 2006 | 511 | 2006 |
| V-Dem [Country–year/country–date]: Dataset V11. 1 M Coppedge, J Gerring, CH Knutsen, S Lindberg, E Tzelgov Cambridge University Press, 2020 | 458 | 2020 |
| The determinants of economic reform in the post-communist world MS Fish East European Politics and Societies 12 (01), 31-78, 1998 | 457 | 1998 |
| The handbook of national legislatures MS Fish, M Kroenig Cambridge University Press, 2009 | 455 | 2009 |
| A nation divided R Ford, M Goodwin J. Democracy 28, 17, 2017 | 321 | 2017 |
| Are Muslims distinctive?: A look at the evidence MS Fish OUP USA, 2011 | 253 | 2011 |
| Does diversity hurt democracy? MS Fish, RS Brooks J. Democracy 15, 154, 2004 | 234 | 2004 |
| V-Dem Codebook V10, Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project M Coppedge, J Gerring, CH Knutsen, SI Lindberg, J Teorell, D Altman, ... Retrieved June 20, 2019, 2020 | 215 | 2020 |
| V-dem [country–year/country–date] dataset v10. varieties of democracy (v-dem) project M Coppedge, J Gerring, CH Knutsen, SI Lindberg, J Teorell, D Altman, ... V-Dem Institute, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg …, 2020 | 210 | 2020 |
| Postcommunism and the Theory of Democracy PGVE Roeder, MS Fish, SE Hanson Princeton University Press, 2002 | 176 | 2002 |
| Mongolia: democracy without prerequisites MS Fish Journal of democracy 9 (3), 127-141, 1998 | 169 | 1998 |
| The dynamics of democratic erosion MS Fish Postcommunism and the Theory of Democracy 69, 2001 | 163 | 2001 |
| Postcommunist subversion: Social science and democratization in East Europe and Eurasia MS Fish Slavic Review 58 (4), 794-823, 1999 | 148 | 1999 |
| V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v8 M Coppedge, J Gerring, CH Knutsen, SI Lindberg, SE Skaaning, J Teorell, ... Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project, 2018 | 143 | 2018 |
