| Thirty years of urban regeneration in Britain, Germany and France: The importance of context and path dependency C Couch, O Sykes, W Börstinghaus Progress in planning 75 (1), 1-52, 2011 | 480 | 2011 |
| Neo-liberalization processes and spatial planning in France, Germany, and the Netherlands: An exploration B Waterhout, F Othengrafen, O Sykes Spatial Planning and the New Localism, 141-159, 2018 | 171 | 2018 |
| A city profile of Liverpool O Sykes, J Brown, M Cocks, D Shaw, C Couch Cities 35, 299-318, 2013 | 140 | 2013 |
| The concept of polycentricity in European spatial planning: reflections on its interpretation and application in the practice of spatial planning D Shaw, O Sykes International Planning Studies 9 (4), 283-306, 2004 | 101 | 2004 |
| Policy and practice spatial imaginaries: Tyrannies or transformations? S Davoudi, J Crawford, R Raynor, B Reid, O Sykes, D Shaw Town Planning Review 89 (2), 97-124, 2018 | 75 | 2018 |
| The importance of context and comparison in the study of European spatial planning O Sykes European Planning Studies 16 (4), 537-555, 2008 | 67 | 2008 |
| Planning theory or planning theories? The hydra model and its implications for planning education A Ferreira, O Sykes, P Batey Journal for Education in the Built Environment 4 (2), 29-54, 2009 | 65 | 2009 |
| Reurbanisation and suburbia in Northwest Europe: A comparative perspective on spatial trends and policy approaches S Dembski, O Sykes, C Couch, X Desjardins, D Evers, F Osterhage, ... Progress in Planning 150, 100462, 2021 | 61 | 2021 |
| Post-geography worlds, new dominions, left behind regions, and ‘other’places: unpacking some spatial imaginaries of the UK’s ‘Brexit’debate O Sykes Space and Polity 22 (2), 137-161, 2018 | 56 | 2018 |
| Investigating the application of the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP) to regional planning in the United Kingdom D Shaw, O Sykes The Town Planning Review, 31-50, 2003 | 52 | 2003 |
| Territorial impact assessment of European draft directives—the emergence of a new policy assessment instrument TB Fischer, O Sykes, T Gore, N Marot, M Golobič, P Pinho, B Waterhout, ... European Planning Studies 23 (3), 433-451, 2015 | 40 | 2015 |
| Defining and managing the historic urban landscape: Reflections on the English experience and some stories from Liverpool O Sykes, C Ludwig European Spatial Research and Policy 22 (2), 2015 | 35 | 2015 |
| Investigating territorial positioning by sub-state territories in Europe O Sykes, D Shaw Regional & Federal Studies 18 (1), 55-76, 2008 | 32 | 2008 |
| Introduction: European cities and capitals of culture—a comparative approach O Sykes The Town Planning Review, 1-11, 2011 | 31 | 2011 |
| European spatial development policy and evolving forms of territorial mobilisation in the United Kingdom D Shaw, O Sykes Planning Practice & Research 20 (2), 183-199, 2005 | 30 | 2005 |
| Heritage conservation through planning: a comparison of policies and principles in England and China F Chen, C Ludwig, O Sykes Planning Practice & Research 36 (5), 578-601, 2021 | 23 | 2021 |
| Can less sometimes be more? Integrating land use and transport planning on Merseyside (1965–2008) TB Fischer, M Smith, O Sykes Urban, Planning and Transport Research 1 (1), 1-27, 2013 | 23 | 2013 |
| It’s more complicated than that!: Unpacking ‘Left Behind Britain’and some other spatial tropes following the UK’s 2016 EU referendum A Nurse, O Sykes Local Economy 34 (6), 589-606, 2019 | 21 | 2019 |
| What about the urban periphery? The effects of the urban renaissance in the Mersey Belt S Dembski, AS Bäing, O Sykes Comparative Population Studies 42, 2017 | 21 | 2017 |
| Addressing connectivity in spatial planning: the case of the English regions D Shaw, O Sykes Planning Theory & Practice 6 (1), 11-33, 2005 | 21 | 2005 |
