| The ombudsman enterprise and administrative justice T Buck, R Kirkham, B Thompson Routledge, 2016 | 167 | 2016 |
| Monitoring, inspection and complaints adjudication in prison: The limits of prison accountability frameworks C Behan, R Kirkham The Howard journal of crime and justice 55 (4), 432-454, 2016 | 34 | 2016 |
| When putting things right goes wrong: Enforcing the recommendations of the ombudsman R Kirkham, B Thompson, T Buck Public law, 510-530, 2008 | 24 | 2008 |
| A complainant's view of the local government ombudsman BR Kirkham Journal of social welfare and family law 27 (3-4), 383-394, 2005 | 24 | 2005 |
| The Parliamentary Ombudsman: withstanding the test of time, 4th report session 2006-2007 R Kirkham The Stationery Office, 2007 | 22 | 2007 |
| The ombudsman, tribunals and administrative justice section: A 2020 vision for the ombudsman sector R Kirkham Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 38 (1), 103-114, 2016 | 19 | 2016 |
| The European Union: a role model for regional governance? R Kirkham, PJ Cardwell Eur. Pub. L. 12, 403, 2006 | 16 | 2006 |
| Explaining the lack of enforcement power possessed by the ombudsman R Kirkham Journal of Social Welfare & Family Law 30 (3), 253-263, 2008 | 15 | 2008 |
| Challenging the Authority of the Ombudsman: The Parliamentary Ombudsman's Special Report on Wartime Detainees R Kirkham Mod. L. Rev. 69, 792, 2006 | 15 | 2006 |
| External evaluation of the local government Ombudsman in England R Thomas, J Martin, R Kirkham Retrieved September 6, 2019, 2013 | 13 | 2013 |
| The procedural fairness limitations of fitness to practise hearings: A case study into social work R Kirkham, J Leigh, K McLaughlin, A Worsley Legal Studies 39 (2), 339-357, 2019 | 12 | 2019 |
| Designing an English public services ombudsman R Kirkham, J Martin Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 36 (3), 330-348, 2014 | 12 | 2014 |
| A manifesto for ombudsman reform R Kirkham, C Gill Springer International Publishing, 2020 | 11 | 2020 |
| Research handbook on the ombudsman M Hertogh, R Kirkham Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018 | 11 | 2018 |
| A content analysis of judicial decision-making R Kirkham, EA O’Loughlin Routledge handbook of socio-legal theory and methods, 329-341, 2019 | 10 | 2019 |
| The ombudsman and administrative justice: from promise to performance M Hertogh, R Kirkham Research handbook on the Ombudsman, 1-15, 2018 | 10 | 2018 |
| The history and evolution of the ombudsman model S Carl Research Handbook on the Ombudsman, 17-33, 2018 | 9 | 2018 |
| The 21st century Ombudsman enterprise R Kirkham International Ombudsman Institute Biennial Conference. Wellington, New Zealand, 2012 | 9 | 2012 |
| Putting the ombudsman into constitutional context R Kirkham, B Thompson, T Buck Parliamentary Affairs 62 (4), 600-617, 2009 | 9 | 2009 |
| Administrative justice in a digital world P Henman, M Hertogh, R Kirkham, R Thomas, J Tomlinson The Oxford Handbook of Administrative Justice, 2020 | 8 | 2020 |
