| Agonism and institutional ambiguity: Ideas on democracy and the role of participation in the development of planning theory and practice-the case of Finland P Bäcklund, R Mäntysalo Planning theory 9 (4), 333-350, 2010 | 331 | 2010 |
| Legitimacy of informal strategic urban planning—Observations from Finland, Sweden and Norway R Mäntysalo, K Jarenko, KL Nilsson, IL Saglie European Planning Studies 23 (2), 349-366, 2015 | 133 | 2015 |
| Planning as agonistic communication in a trading zone: Re-examining Lindblom’s partisan mutual adjustment R Mäntysalo, A Balducci, J Kangasoja Planning Theory 10 (3), 257-272, 2011 | 123 | 2011 |
| Between input legitimacy and output efficiency: Defensive routines and agonistic reflectivity in Nordic land-use planning R Mäntysalo, IL Saglie, G Cars European Planning Studies 19 (12), 2109-2126, 2011 | 120 | 2011 |
| Urban planning as a trading zone A Balducci, R Mäntysalo Springer, 2013 | 117 | 2013 |
| The paradox of strategic spatial planning: A theoretical outline with a view on Finland R Mäntysalo, JK Kangasoja, V Kanninen Planning Theory & Practice 16 (2), 169-183, 2015 | 104 | 2015 |
| Private influence preceding public involvement: Strategies for legitimizing preliminary partnership arrangements in urban housing planning in Norway and Finland R Mäntysalo, IL Saglie Planning Theory & Practice 11 (3), 317-338, 2010 | 104 | 2010 |
| Dilemmas in critical planning theory R Mäntysalo Town Planning Review 73 (4), 417-436, 2002 | 95 | 2002 |
| Land-use planning as inter-organizational learning R Mäntysalo University of Oulu, 2000 | 90 | 2000 |
| Approaches to participation in urban planning theories R Mäntysalo Rehabilitation of suburban areas–Brozzi and Le Piagge neighbourhoods, 23-38, 2005 | 85 | 2005 |
| Polycentricity as spatial imaginary: The case of Helsinki City Plan K Granqvist, S Sarjamo, R Mäntysalo European Planning Studies 27 (4), 739-758, 2019 | 72 | 2019 |
| The “deliberative bureaucrat”: Deliberative democracy and institutional trust in the jurisdiction of the Finnish planner S Puustinen, R Mäntysalo, J Hytönen, K Jarenko Planning Theory & Practice 18 (1), 71-88, 2017 | 68 | 2017 |
| Tensions in city-regional spatial planning: The challenge of interpreting layered institutional rules K Granqvist, A Humer, R Mäntysalo Regional Studies 55 (5), 844-856, 2021 | 56 | 2021 |
| The new normative: Synergistic scenario planning for carbon-neutral cities and regions J Ravetz, A Neuvonen, R Mäntysalo Planning Regional Futures, 288-314, 2021 | 49 | 2021 |
| Yhdyskuntasuunnittelun teorioiden kehitys ja asukkaiden osallistumisen tarkoitus P Bäcklund, R Mäntysalo Terra 121 (1), 19-31, 2009 | 47 | 2009 |
| Regional planning: an arena of interests, institutions and relations E Purkarthofer, A Humer, R Mäntysalo Regional Studies 55 (5), 773-777, 2021 | 45 | 2021 |
| Defensive routines in land use policy steering in Finnish urban regions J Hytönen, R Mäntysalo, L Peltonen, V Kanninen, P Niemi, M Simanainen European Urban and Regional Studies 23 (1), 40-55, 2016 | 44 | 2016 |
| Autoriippuvainen yhdyskunta ja sen vaihtoehdot V Kanninen, P Kontio, R Mäntysalo, M Ristimäki Aalto-yliopiston teknillinen korkeakoulu, 2010 | 43 | 2010 |
| Learning from the UK: Towards market-oriented land-use planning in Finland R Mäntysalo Housing, Theory and Society 16 (4), 179-191, 1999 | 43 | 1999 |
| The governance of planning: Flexibly networked, yet institutionally grounded R Mäntysalo, P Bäcklund The Routledge handbook of planning theory, 237-249, 2017 | 38 | 2017 |
