| The politics of dissatisfaction: Citizens, services and urban institutions WE Lyons, D Lowery, RH DeHoog Routledge, 2019 | 375 | 2019 |
| Citizen satisfaction with local governance: A test of individual, jurisdictional, and city-specific explanations RH DeHoog, D Lowery, WE Lyons The Journal of Politics 52 (3), 807-837, 1990 | 370 | 1990 |
| A tale of two electorates: Generational replacement and the decline of voting in presidential elections W Lyons, R Alexander The Journal of Politics 62 (4), 1014-1034, 2000 | 214 | 2000 |
| The myth of legality and public evaluation of the Supreme Court JM Scheb, W Lyons Social Science Quarterly, 928-940, 2000 | 166 | 2000 |
| Reform and response in American cities: Structure and policy reconsidered W Lyons Social Science Quarterly 59 (1), 118-132, 1978 | 164 | 1978 |
| Democratic theory, nonvoting, and public policy: The 1972-1988 presidential elections MM Gant, W Lyons American Politics Quarterly 21 (2), 185-204, 1993 | 87 | 1993 |
| Judicial behavior and public opinion: Popular expectations regarding the factors that influence Supreme Court decisions JM Scheb, W Lyons Political Behavior 23, 181-194, 2001 | 72 | 2001 |
| The politics of city-county merger: the Lexington-Fayette County experience WE Lyons University Press of Kentucky, 2014 | 71 | 2014 |
| Candidates, Parties, and Issues in The American Electorate Two Decades of Change SA Kirkpatrick, WL Lyons, MR Fitzgerald American Politics Quarterly 3 (3), 247-283, 1975 | 57 | 1975 |
| Ideology and candidate evaluation in the 1984 and 1988 presidential elections W Lyons, JM Scheb The Journal of Politics 54 (2), 573-584, 1992 | 39 | 1992 |
| The impact of intergovernmental revenue on city expenditures: An analysis over time W Lyons, DR Morgan The Journal of Politics 39 (4), 1088-1097, 1977 | 39 | 1977 |
| Per capita index construction: a defense W Lyons American Journal of Political Science, 177-182, 1977 | 36 | 1977 |
| Saying “no” one more time: The rejection of consolidated government in Knox County, Tennessee W Lyons, JM Scheb State and Local Government Review 30 (2), 92-105, 1998 | 35 | 1998 |
| The measurement of municipal service quality and productivity: A comparative perspective DH Folz, W Lyons Public Productivity Review, 21-33, 1986 | 33 | 1986 |
| Industrialization and affluence revisited: a note on socioeconomic dimensions of the American states, 1970 DR Morgan, W Lyons American Journal of Political Science, 263-276, 1975 | 31 | 1975 |
| Race, prosecution, and juries: The death penalty in Tennessee JM Scheb, W Lyons, KA Wagers Justice System Journal 29 (3), 338-347, 2008 | 21 | 2008 |
| Female Legislators: Is There a New Type of Woman in Office? P Freeman, W Lyons Changing patterns in state legislative careers, 59-73, 1992 | 21 | 1992 |
| Assessing the impact of inmigration on a state political system W Lyons, RF Durant Social Science Quarterly 61 (3/4), 473-484, 1980 | 18 | 1980 |
| Urban structures and policy: Reassessing additive assumptions of reform W Lyons Political Methodology, 213-226, 1977 | 18 | 1977 |
| Race, gender, and age discrepancies in police motor vehicle stops in Knoxville, Tennessee: evidence of racially biased policing? JM Scheb, W Lyons, KA Wagers Police Practice and Research: An International Journal 10 (1), 75-87, 2009 | 17 | 2009 |
