| U-turn: the Portuguese radical left from marginality to government support M Lisi Crisis Elections, New Contenders and Government Formation, 159-178, 2018 | 99 | 2018 |
| ‘Zippin’up my boots, goin’back to my roots’: radical left parties in southern Europe M Tsakatika, L Marco Transformations of the Radical Left in Southern Europe, 1-19, 2020 | 98 | 2020 |
| Political representation in bailed-out Southern Europe: Greece and Portugal compared A Freire, M Lisi, I Andreadis, JML Viegas Political Representation in Times of Bailout, 1-21, 2017 | 91 | 2017 |
| Economic crisis and the variety of populist response: evidence from Greece, Portugal and Spain M Lisi, I Llamazares, M Tsakatika Varieties of Populism in Europe in Times of Crises, 144-169, 2021 | 90 | 2021 |
| Os partidos políticos em Portugal: continuidade e transformação M Lisi Almedina, 2011 | 85 | 2011 |
| The professionalization of campaigns in recent democracies: The Portuguese case M Lisi European Journal of Communication 28 (3), 259-276, 2013 | 74 | 2013 |
| Party change, recent democracies, and Portugal: Comparative perspectives M Lisi Lexington books, 2015 | 71 | 2015 |
| Rediscovering civil society? Renewal and continuity in the Portuguese radical left M Lisi Transformations of the Radical Left in Southern Europe, 21-39, 2020 | 64 | 2020 |
| Populism, blame shifting and the crisis: discourse strategies in Portuguese political parties M Lisi, E Borghetto South European Society and Politics 23 (4), 405-427, 2018 | 61 | 2018 |
| New politics in Portugal: the rise and success of the left bloc M Lisi Pôle Sud, 127-144, 2009 | 59 | 2009 |
| The democratisation of party leadership selection: The Portuguese experience M Lisi Portuguese Journal of Social Science 9 (2), 127-149, 2010 | 57 | 2010 |
| Out of sight, out of mind? External voting and the political representation of Portuguese emigrants M Lisi, AM Belchior, M Abrantes, J Azevedo South European Society and Politics 20 (2), 265-285, 2015 | 44 | 2015 |
| Political representation in times of bailout: Evidence from Greece and Portugal A Freire, M Lisi, I Andreadis, JM Viegas Routledge, 2017 | 43 | 2017 |
| A arte de ser indispensável: Líder e organização no Partido Socialista Português M Lisi Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, 2009 | 43 | 2009 |
| Democratising party leadership selection in Spain and Portugal O Barberà, M Lisi, JR Teruel Party primaries in comparative perspective, 59-84, 2016 | 42 | 2016 |
| Party system change, the European crisis and the state of democracy M Lisi Routledge, 2019 | 38 | 2019 |
| Party system renewal or business as usual? Continuity and change in post-bailout Portugal M Lisi, ER Sanches, J dos Santos Maia The Exceptional Case of Post-Bailout Portugal, 53-77, 2021 | 36 | 2021 |
| The renewal of the socialist majority: The 2009 Portuguese legislative elections M Lisi West European Politics 33 (2), 381-388, 2010 | 36 | 2010 |
| Leadership selection methods and party types M Lisi, A Freire, O Barberà The politics of party leadership: A cross-national perspective, 12-30, 2015 | 33 | 2015 |
| Party innovation, hybridization and the crisis: the case of Podemos M Lisi Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica 49 (3 …, 2019 | 32 | 2019 |
