| The origins of alliance SM Walt Cornell University Press, 1990 | 8636 | 1990 |
| The renaissance of security studies SM Walt International studies quarterly 35 (2), 211-239, 1991 | 2811 | 1991 |
| The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy JJ Mearsheimer Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007 | 2499 | 2007 |
| Alliance formation and the balance of world power SM Walt International security 9 (4), 3-43, 1985 | 2421 | 1985 |
| International relations: One world, many theories SM Walt Foreign policy, 29-46, 1998 | 2127 | 1998 |
| Taming American power: the global response to US primacy SM Walt WW Norton & Company, 2006 | 1408 | 2006 |
| Revolution and war SM Walt Cornell University Press, 2013 | 818 | 2013 |
| Why alliances endure or collapse SM Walt Survival 39 (1), 156-179, 1997 | 751 | 1997 |
| An unnecessary war JJ Mearsheimer, SM Walt Foreign Policy, 50, 2003 | 668 | 2003 |
| Alliances in a unipolar world SM Walt World politics 61 (1), 86-120, 2009 | 660 | 2009 |
| Rigor or rigor mortis?: Rational choice and security studies SM Walt International security 23 (4), 5-48, 1999 | 568 | 1999 |
| The hell of good intentions: America's foreign policy elite and the decline of US primacy SM Walt Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018 | 561 | 2018 |
| Leaving theory behind: Why simplistic hypothesis testing is bad for International Relations JJ Mearsheimer, SM Walt European Journal of International Relations 19 (3), 427-457, 2013 | 555 | 2013 |
| The case for offshore balancing: A superior US grand stategy JJ Mearsheimer, SM Walt Foreign Aff. 95, 70, 2016 | 523 | 2016 |
| The relationship between theory and policy in international relations SM Walt Annu. Rev. Polit. Sci. 8 (1), 23-48, 2005 | 429 | 2005 |
| Testing theories of alliance formation: the case of Southwest Asia SM Walt International Organization 42 (2), 275-316, 1988 | 407 | 1988 |
| The enduring relevance of the realist tradition SM Walt WW Norton Company, 2002 | 370 | 2002 |
| Beyond bin Laden: Reshaping US foreign policy SM Walt International Security 26 (3), 56-78, 2001 | 309 | 2001 |
| Revolution and war SM Walt World Politics 44 (3), 321-368, 1992 | 289 | 1992 |
| The progressive power of realism SM Walt American Political Science Review 91 (4), 931-935, 1997 | 281 | 1997 |
