| Explaining the Supreme Court's shrinking docket RJ Owens, DA Simon Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 53, 1219, 2011 | 234 | 2011 |
| Justices and legal clarity: Analyzing the complexity of US Supreme Court opinions RJ Owens, JP Wedeking Law & Society Review 45 (4), 1027-1061, 2011 | 231 | 2011 |
| Agenda setting in the Supreme Court: The collision of policy and jurisprudence RC Black, RJ Owens The Journal of Politics 71 (3), 1062-1075, 2009 | 230 | 2009 |
| The separation of powers and Supreme Court agenda setting RJ Owens American Journal of Political Science 54 (2), 412-427, 2010 | 156 | 2010 |
| The solicitor general and the United States Supreme Court: Executive branch influence and judicial decisions RC Black, RJ Owens Cambridge University Press, 2012 | 134 | 2012 |
| How the Supreme Court alters opinion language to evade congressional review RJ Owens, J Wedeking, PC Wohlfarth Journal of Law and Courts 1 (1), 35-59, 2013 | 114 | 2013 |
| US Supreme Court opinions and their audiences RC Black, RJ Owens, J Wedeking, PC Wohlfarth Cambridge University Press, 2016 | 104 | 2016 |
| Courting the president: how circuit court judges alter their behavior for promotion to the Supreme Court RC Black, RJ Owens American Journal of Political Science 60 (1), 30-43, 2016 | 93 | 2016 |
| Adding Recess Appointments to the President's “Tool Chest” of Unilateral Powers RC Black, AJ Madonna, RJ Owens, MS Lynch Political Research Quarterly 60 (4), 645-654, 2007 | 74 | 2007 |
| The influence of public sentiment on Supreme Court opinion clarity RC Black, RJ Owens, J Wedeking, PC Wohlfarth Law & Society Review 50 (3), 703-732, 2016 | 72 | 2016 |
| Solicitor general influence and agenda setting on the US Supreme Court RC Black, RJ Owens Political Research Quarterly 64 (4), 765-778, 2011 | 72 | 2011 |
| The role of emotional language in briefs before the US Supreme Court RC Black, MEK Hall, RJ Owens, EM Ringsmuth Journal of Law and Courts 4 (2), 377-407, 2016 | 65 | 2016 |
| Predicting drift on politically insulated institutions: A study of ideological drift on the United States supreme court RJ Owens, J Wedeking The Journal of Politics 74 (2), 487-500, 2012 | 59 | 2012 |
| A built-in advantage: The office of the Solicitor General and the US Supreme Court RC Black, RJ Owens Political Research Quarterly 66 (2), 454-466, 2013 | 58 | 2013 |
| Amici curiae during the Rehnquist years RJ Owens, L Epstein Judicature 89, 127, 2005 | 52 | 2005 |
| Consider the source (and the message) Supreme Court justices and strategic audits of lower court decisions RC Black, RJ Owens Political Research Quarterly 65 (2), 385-395, 2012 | 51 | 2012 |
| State solicitors general, appellate expertise, and state success before the US Supreme Court RJ Owens, PC Wohlfarth Law & Society Review 48 (3), 657-685, 2014 | 45 | 2014 |
| Assessing congressional responses to growing presidential powers: The case of recess appointments RC Black, MS Lynch, AJ Madonna, RJ Owens Presidential Studies Quarterly 41 (3), 570-589, 2011 | 42 | 2011 |
| The solicitor general and the United States Supreme Court: Executive influence and judicial decisions RC Black, RJ Owens New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012 | 36 | 2012 |
| Ideology, Qualifications, and Covert Senate Obstruction of Federal Court Nominations RJ Owens, DE Walters, RC Black, A Madonna U. Ill. L. Rev., 347, 2014 | 29 | 2014 |
