| Local government and the governing of climate change in Germany and the UK H Bulkeley, K Kern Urban studies 43 (12), 2237-2259, 2006 | 1072 | 2006 |
| Cities, Europeanization and multi‐level governance: governing climate change through transnational municipal networks K Kern, H Bulkeley JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies 47 (2), 309-332, 2009 | 1022 | 2009 |
| Governing climate change in cities: modes of urban climate governance in multi-level systems K Kern, G Alber The international conference on Competitive Cities and Climate Change, Milan …, 2009 | 581 | 2009 |
| Cities as leaders in EU multilevel climate governance: embedded upscaling of local experiments in Europe K Kern Environmental Politics 28 (1), 125-145, 2019 | 305 | 2019 |
| The role of cities in multi-level climate governance: local climate policies and the 1.5 C target H Fuhr, T Hickmann, K Kern Current opinion in environmental sustainability 30, 1-6, 2018 | 274 | 2018 |
| Zivilgesellschaft und Sozialkapital: Herausforderungen politischer und sozialer Integration A Klein Springer-Verlag, 2004 | 244* | 2004 |
| Die Diffusion von Politikinnovationen: Umweltpolitische Innovationen im Mehrebenensystem der USA K Kern Leske und Budrich, 2000 | 235* | 2000 |
| Environmental governance and transnational municipal networks in Europe H Bulkeley, A Davies, B Evans, D Gibbs, K Kern, K Theobald Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning 5 (3), 235-254, 2003 | 200 | 2003 |
| The Diffusion of Environmental Policy Innovations: A Contribution to the Globalisation of Environmental Policy K Kern, H Jörgens, M Jänicke WZB Working Paper No. FS II 01-302, 2001 | 178 | 2001 |
| The Diffusion of Local Agenda 21 in Germany: Comparing the German federal states K Kern, C Koll, M Schophaus Environmental politics 16 (4), 604-624, 2007 | 140 | 2007 |
| The Energiewende in Germany: background, developments and future challenges R Beveridge, K Kern Renewable Energy L. & Pol'y Rev. 4, 3, 2013 | 126 | 2013 |
| Ranking local climate policy: assessing the mitigation and adaptation activities of 104 German cities A Otto, K Kern, W Haupt, P Eckersley, AH Thieken Climatic Change 167 (1), 5, 2021 | 117 | 2021 |
| Kommunaler Klimaschutz in Deutschland-Handlungsoptionen, Entwicklung und Perspektiven K Kern, S Niederhafner, S Rechlin, J Wagner DEU 2005, 117, 2005 | 115 | 2005 |
| Die Diffusion umweltpolitischer Innovationen: Ein Beitrag zur Globalisierung von Umweltpolitik K Kern, H Jörgens, M Jänicke | 112 | 1999 |
| Identifying the methodological characteristics of European green city rankings JV Meijering, K Kern, H Tobi Ecological Indicators 43, 132-142, 2014 | 103 | 2014 |
| Governance for sustainable development in the Baltic Sea region K Kern Journal of Baltic Studies 42 (1), 21-35, 2011 | 103 | 2011 |
| Governing climate change in Dutch cities: anchoring local climate strategies in organisation, policy and practical implementation R Den Exter, J Lenhart, K Kern Local Environment 20 (9), 1062-1080, 2015 | 89 | 2015 |
| Socio-spatial dimensions in energy transitions: Applying the TPSN framework to case studies in Germany L Gailing, A Bues, K Kern, A Röhring Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 52 (6), 1112-1130, 2020 | 87 | 2020 |
| Transnationale Städtenetzwerke in Europa K Kern Empirische Policy-und Verwaltungsforschung: Lokale, Nationale und …, 2001 | 82 | 2001 |
| A 'macro-regional' Europe in the making: theoretical approaches and empirical evidence S Gänzle, K Kern Springer, 2015 | 80 | 2015 |
