| Formal procedures, informal processes, accountability, and responsiveness in bureaucratic policy making: An institutional policy analysis WF West Public Administration Review 64 (1), 66-80, 2004 | 408 | 2004 |
| Controlling the bureaucracy: Institutional constraints in theory and practice WF West Routledge, 2016 | 222 | 2016 |
| Who shapes the rulemaking agenda? Implications for bureaucratic responsiveness and bureaucratic control WF West, C Raso Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 23 (3), 495-519, 2013 | 146 | 2013 |
| Inside the black box: The development of proposed rules and the limits of procedural controls WF West Administration & Society 41 (5), 576-599, 2009 | 143 | 2009 |
| Presidential power and republican government: The theory and practice of OMB review of agency rules J Cooper, WF West The Journal of Politics 50 (4), 864-895, 1988 | 141 | 1988 |
| Administrative rulemaking: An old and emerging literature W West Pub. Admin. Rev. 65, 655, 2005 | 137 | 2005 |
| Neutral competence and political responsiveness: An uneasy relationship WF West Policy Studies Journal 33 (2), 147-160, 2005 | 103 | 2005 |
| The institutionalization of regulatory review: Organizational stability and responsive competence at OIRA WF West Presidential Studies Quarterly 35 (1), 76-93, 2005 | 92 | 2005 |
| Administrative rulemaking: Politics and processes WF West (No Title), 1985 | 84 | 1985 |
| Voluntary retirement, incumbency, and the modern house J Coopr, W West Political Science Quarterly 96 (2), 279-300, 1981 | 78 | 1981 |
| Structuring administrative discretion: The pursuit of rationality and responsiveness WF West American Journal of Political Science, 340-360, 1984 | 76 | 1984 |
| Legislative influence v. presidential dominance: Competing models of bureaucratic control WF West, J Cooper Political Science Quarterly 104 (4), 581-606, 1989 | 72 | 1989 |
| Dynamic rulemaking W Wagner, W West, T McGarity, L Peters NYUL Rev. 92, 183, 2017 | 63 | 2017 |
| Searching for a theory of bureaucratic structure WF West Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 7 (4), 591-614, 1997 | 62 | 1997 |
| Presidential leadership and administrative coordination: Examining the theory of a unified executive WF West Presidential Studies Quarterly 36 (3), 433-456, 2006 | 58 | 2006 |
| Program budgeting and the performance movement: The elusive quest for efficiency in government WF West Georgetown University Press, 2011 | 57 | 2011 |
| The congressional career in the 1970s J Cooper, W West Congress reconsidered, 83-106, 1981 | 57 | 1981 |
| Merit, management, and neutral competence: Lessons from the US merit systems protection board, FY 1988–FY 1997 WF West, RF Durant Public Administration Review 60 (2), 111-122, 2000 | 49 | 2000 |
| The growth of internal conflict in administrative regulation WF West Public Administration Review, 773-782, 1988 | 47 | 1988 |
| The politics of administrative rulemaking W West Public administration and law, 115-126, 2015 | 38 | 2015 |
