| Governance and state capacity F Matthews | 159 | 2012 |
| Thematic Review: Think again: patronage, governance and the smarter state M Flinders, F Matthews Policy & Politics 38 (4), 639-656, 2010 | 41 | 2010 |
| The capacity to co-ordinate–Whitehall, governance and the challenge of climate change F Matthews Public Policy and Administration 27 (2), 169-189, 2012 | 32 | 2012 |
| Letting go and holding on: The politics of performance management in the United Kingdom FM Matthews Public policy and administration 31 (4), 303-323, 2016 | 30 | 2016 |
| Governance, governing and the capacity of executives in times of crisis F Matthews Executive politics in times of crisis, 217-238, 2012 | 27 | 2012 |
| Whose mandate is it anyway? Brexit, the constitution and the contestation of authority F Matthews The Political Quarterly 88 (4), 603-611, 2017 | 24 | 2017 |
| The watchdogs of ‘Washminster’–parliamentary scrutiny of executive patronage in the UK F Matthews, M Flinders Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 53 (2), 153-176, 2015 | 22 | 2015 |
| Complexity, fragmentation, and uncertainty: Government capacity in an evolving state F Matthews | 19 | 2013 |
| Enacting accountability under populist pressures: Theorizing the relationship between anti-elite rhetoric and public accountability M Wood, F Matthews, S Overman, T Schillemans Administration & Society 54 (2), 311-334, 2022 | 18 | 2022 |
| The value of ‘between-election’political participation: Do parliamentary e-petitions matter to political elites? F Matthews The British Journal of Politics and International Relations 23 (3), 410-429, 2021 | 17 | 2021 |
| Political recruitment beyond elections: An exploration of the linkage between patronage, democracy, and diversity in the United Kingdom M Flinders, F Matthews, C Eason Public Administration 90 (2), 511-528, 2012 | 16 | 2012 |
| Constitutional stretching: coalition governance and the Westminster model F Matthews Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 49 (4), 486-509, 2011 | 14 | 2011 |
| Are public bodies still ‘male, pale and stale’? Examining diversity in UK public appointments 1997–2010 M Flinders, F Matthews, C Eason Politics 31 (3), 129-139, 2011 | 14 | 2011 |
| Parliamentary scrutiny of executive patronage: The relationship between institutional norms, reputation and accountability F Matthews Public Administration 98 (3), 625-642, 2020 | 13 | 2020 |
| Patterns of democracy: Coalition governance and majoritarian modification in the United Kingdom, 2010–2015 F Matthews, M Flinders British Politics 12, 157-182, 2017 | 13 | 2017 |
| Rebuilding strategic capacity? Multi-level governance, leadership and public service agreements in Britain M Flinders, F Matthews Public Governance and Leadership: Political and Managerial Problems in …, 2007 | 12 | 2007 |
| Majoritarianism reinterpreted: Effective representation and the quality of Westminster democracy F Matthews Parliamentary Affairs 71 (1), 50-72, 2018 | 10 | 2018 |
| Does decentralisation make a difference? Comparing the democratic performance of central and regional governing systems in the United Kingdom F Matthews The British Journal of Politics and International Relations 20 (2), 341-359, 2018 | 9 | 2018 |
| The Oxford handbook of governance F Matthews, D Levi-Faur | 9 | 2012 |
| Formal rules, informal norms and the everyday practice of coalition governance F Matthews The British Journal of Politics and International Relations 21 (1), 148-168, 2019 | 8 | 2019 |
