| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | The Logical Framework Method for Defining Project Success | Project Management Journal | 1999 | 676 |
| 2 | Assessing Project Management Maturity | Project Management Journal | 2000 | 254 |
| 3 | Success of Projects in Different Organizational Conditions | Project Management Journal | 2006 | 163 |
| 4 | We're not in Kansas Anymore, Toto: Mapping the Strange Landscape of Complexity Theory, and Its Relationship to Project Management | Project Management Journal | 2007 | 158 |
| 5 | Project Management for Development in Africa: Why Projects are Failing and What Can be Done about It | Project Management Journal | 2012 | 144 |
| 6 | A Bibliometric View on the Use of Contingency Theory in Project Management Research | Project Management Journal | 2012 | 143 |
| 7 | Managing the Institutional Context for Projects | Project Management Journal | 2011 | 140 |
| 8 | Project Management Topic Coverage in Recent Conferences | Project Management Journal | 2000 | 130 |
| 9 | Projects and Project Managers: The Relationship between Project Managers' Personality, Project Types, and Project Success | Project Management Journal | 2006 | 128 |
| 10 | What Are the Causes and Cures of Poor Megaproject Performance? A Systematic Literature Review and Research Agenda | Project Management Journal | 2020 | 127 |
| 11 | Critical Chain Project Management Improves Project Performance | Project Management Journal | 1999 | 121 |
| 12 | A Multi-Phase Research Program Investigating Project Management Offices (PMOS): The Results of Phase 1 | Project Management Journal | 2007 | 119 |
| 13 | Teamwork in Integrated Design Projects: Understanding the Effects of Trust, Conflict, and Collaboration on Performance | Project Management Journal | 2011 | 118 |
| 14 | Project Management Research—The Challenge and Opportunity | Project Management Journal | 2007 | 114 |
| 15 | A Model of Project Knowledge Management | Project Management Journal | 2011 | 114 |
| 16 | On Faith, Fact, and Interaction in Projects | Project Management Journal | 2007 | 111 |
| 17 | Identifying and Acting on Early Warning Signs in Complex Projects | Project Management Journal | 2012 | 104 |
| 18 | A Leadership Profile of American Project Managers | Project Management Journal | 1998 | 98 |
| 19 | Risk Management: The Undiscovered Dimension of Project Management | Project Management Journal | 2000 | 97 |
| 20 | A Learning Framework for Project Management | Project Management Journal | 1999 | 94 |
| 21 | The past and Present of Megaprojects | Project Management Journal | 2017 | 94 |
| 22 | The Effect of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Rewards for Developers on Information Systems Project Success | Project Management Journal | 2006 | 93 |
| 23 | Project Management Systems: Moving Project Management from an Operational to a Strategic Discipline | Project Management Journal | 2009 | 89 |
| 24 | Government and Governance: The Value of Project Management in the Public Sector | Project Management Journal | 2009 | 89 |
| 25 | A Case Study of Project and Stakeholder Management Failures: Lessons Learned | Project Management Journal | 2006 | 88 |
| 26 | Calculating Project Management's Return on Investment | Project Management Journal | 2000 | 87 |
| 27 | Evaluation of Models for Forecasting the Final Cost of a Project | Project Management Journal | 2000 | 84 |
| 28 | Clients, Contractors, and Consultants: The Consequences of Organizational Fragmentation in Contemporary Project Environments | Project Management Journal | 2001 | 83 |
| 29 | Managing Knowledge and Learning in it Projects: A Conceptual Framework and Guidelines for Practice | Project Management Journal | 2007 | 83 |
| 30 | Evaluating an Agile Method for Planning and Controlling Innovative Projects | Project Management Journal | 2010 | 80 |
| 31 | What Project Strategy Really Is: The Fundamental Building Block in Strategic Project Management | Project Management Journal | 2012 | 80 |
| 32 | Updating the Project Management Bodies of Knowledge | Project Management Journal | 2001 | 74 |
| 33 | How Digital Information Transforms Project Delivery Models | Project Management Journal | 2019 | 73 |
| 34 | Outsourcing Operations in Project Management Offices: The Reality of Brazilian Companies | Project Management Journal | 2012 | 72 |
| 35 | An Assessment of Post-Project Reviews | Project Management Journal | 1999 | 70 |
| 36 | The Changing Bias of Project Management Research: A Consideration of the Literatures and an Application of Extant Theory | Project Management Journal | 2007 | 68 |
| 37 | Coordinating Knowledge Work in Multiteam Programs | Project Management Journal | 2018 | 68 |
| 38 | Realistic Criteria for Project Manager Selection and Development | Project Management Journal | 2000 | 65 |
| 39 | Explanation Plus Prediction—The Logical Focus of Project Management Research | Project Management Journal | 2021 | 65 |
| 40 | Project Management and Communication of Product Development through Electronic Document Management | Project Management Journal | 2000 | 64 |
| 41 | Project Scheduling: Improved Approach to Incorporate Uncertainty Using Bayesian Networks | Project Management Journal | 2007 | 64 |
| 42 | Decision-Making over the Project Life Cycle: An Analytical Hierarchy Approach | Project Management Journal | 1999 | 61 |
| 43 | Exploring Negotiation through Boundary Objects in Global Design Project Networks | Project Management Journal | 2012 | 60 |
| 44 | 2000 International Student Paper Award Winner: Balanced Scorecard for Projects | Project Management Journal | 2001 | 59 |
| 45 | Project Control: Literature Review | Project Management Journal | 2006 | 59 |
| 46 | Important Behavioral Skills for is Project Managers: The Judgments of Experienced is Professionals | Project Management Journal | 1998 | 57 |
| 47 | A Project Management Research Framework Integrating Multiple Theoretical Perspectives and Influencing Factors | Project Management Journal | 2011 | 57 |
| 48 | Risk Management Affecting IS/IT Project Success through Communicative Action | Project Management Journal | 2011 | 57 |
| 49 | Soft Skills Quantification (SSQ) Foi Project Manager Competencies | Project Management Journal | 2007 | 56 |
| 50 | Multi-Paradigmatic Perspectives on a Business Transformation Program | Project Management Journal | 2011 | 56 |
