Blind, Knut, Bastian Krieger and Maikel Pellens (2022), The Interplay Between Product Innovation, Publishing, Patenting, and Developing Standards, Research Policy Volume 51, Issue 7, 104556-IN 0048-7333.

Krieger, Bastian, Maikel Pellens, Knut Blind, Sonia Gruber and Torben Schubert (2021), Are Firms Withdrawing From Basic Research? An Analysis of Firm-level Publication Behaviour in Germany, Scientometrics.

Pellens, Maikel and Katrin Hussinger (2019), Scientific misconduct and accountability in teams, PLOS ONE 14(5).

Hussinger, Katrin and Maikel Pellens (2019), Guilt by association: How scientific misconduct harms prior collaborators, Research Policy 48(2), 516-530.

Pellens, Maikel and Antonio Della Malva (2018), Corporate science, firm value, and vertical specialization: evidence from the semiconductor industry, Industrial and Corporate Change 27(3), 489-505.

Balsmeier, Benjamin and Maikel Pellens (2016), How much does it cost to be a scientist?, Journal of Technology Transfer 41, 469-505.

Czarnitzki, Dirk, Christoph Grimpe and Maikel Pellens (2015), Access to research inputs: open science versus the entrepreneurial university, Journal of Technology Transfer 40, 1050-1063.

Balsmeier, Benjamin and Maikel Pellens (2014), Who makes, who breaks: Which scientists stay in academe?, Economics Letters 122, 229-232.

Callaert, Julie, Maikel Pellens and Bart Van Looy (2014), Sources of inspiration? Making sense of scientific references in patents, Scientometrics 98, 1617-1629.

Berger, Marius, Georg Licht and Maikel Pellens (2018), Business Angels in Europa, in: Netzwerk Deutschland München, 439-445

Blind, Knut, Bastian Krieger and Maikel Pellens (2022), The Interplay between Product Innovation, Publishing, Patenting and Developing Standards, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-018, Mannheim

Pellens, Maikel, Bettina Peters, Martin Hud, Christian Rammer and Georg Licht (2021), Public R&D Investment in Economic Crises, DEM Discussion Paper , Luxembourg.

Blandinières, Florence and Maikel Pellens (2021), Scientist’s Industry Engagement and the Research Agenda: Evidence From Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-001, Mannheim

Pellens, Maikel, Bettina Peters, Martin Hud, Christian Rammer and Georg Licht (2020), Public R&D Investment in Economic Crises, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-088, Mannheim

Krieger, Bastian, Maikel Pellens, Knut Blind, Sonja Gruber and Torben Schubert (2020), Are Firms Withdrawing From Basic Research? An Analysis of Firm-Level Publication Behaviour in Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-083, Mannheim , published in : Scientometrics

Blind, Knut, Torben Schubert, Bastian Krieger and Maikel Pellens (2020), Are firms withdrawing from basic research? An analysis of firm-level publication behaviour in Germany, Papers in Innovation Studies .

Anic, Ivan-Damir, Michele Cincera, Maja Jokic, Martin Hud, Andrea Mervar, Maikel Pellens, Bettina Peters and Anabela Santos (2019), Promoting Openness and Capitalizing on Europe’s Creative Potential – Integration in the Eco-System, I3U Investigating the Impact of the Innovation Union – Deliverables , Brussels, Mannheim and Zagreb.

Comin, Diego, Georg Licht, Maikel Pellens and Torben Schubert (2019), Do Companies Benefit from Public Research Organizations? The Impact of the Fraunhofer Society in Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-006, Mannheim

Krieger, Bastian, Georg Licht and Maikel Pellens (2018), New Perspectives in European Innovation Policy, ZEW policy brief No. 18-07, Mannheim

Comin, Diego, Georg Licht, Maikel Pellens and Torben Schubert (2018), Do Companies Benefit from Public Research Organizations? The Impact of the Fraunhofer Society in Germany, CIRCLE Working Paper Series , Lund, Sweden.

Pellens, Maikel, Bettina Peters, Martin Hud, Christian Rammer and Georg Licht (2018), Public Investment in R&D in Reaction to Economic Crises – A Longitudinal Study for OECD Countries, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-005, Mannheim

Anic, Ivan-Damir, Michele Cincera, Maja Jokic, Martin Hud, Maikel Pellens, Bettina Peters, Edo Rajh, Anabela Santos and Bruno Skrinjaric (2017), Promoting Openness and Capitalizing on Europe’s Creative Potential – State of Implementation and Direct Impact Assessment, I3U Investigating the Impact of the Innovation Union – Deliverables , Brussels, Mannheim and Zagreb.

Pellens, Maikel and Georg Licht (2017), Business Angels: Crucial Elements of the European Financial Ecosystem, ZEW policy brief No. 17-05, Mannheim

Hussinger, Katrin and Maikel Pellens (2017), Guilt by Association: How Scientific Misconduct Harms Prior Collaborators, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-051, Mannheim

Anic, Ivan-Damir, Michele Cincera, Maja Jokic, Martin Hud, Maikel Pellens, Bettina Peters and Anabela Santos (2016), Promoting Openness and Capitalizing on Europe’s Creative Potential – Literature Review and Data Collection, I3U Investigating the Impact of the Innovation Union – Deliverables , Brussels, Mannheim and Zagreb.

Pellens, Maikel, Bettina Peters, Christian Rammer and Georg Licht (2016), Public Investment in R&D in Reaction to Economic Crises – A Longitudinal Study for OECD Countries, SPINTAN – Policy Brief , Brussels.

Pellens, Maikel, Bettina Peters, Christian Rammer and Georg Licht (2016), Public Investment in R&D in Reaction to Economic Crises - A Longitudinal Study for OECD Countries, SPINTAN Working Paper Series .

Pellens, Maikel and Antonio Della Malva (2016), Changing of the Guard: Structural Change and Corporate Science in the Semiconductor Industry, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-050, Mannheim

Blandinières, Florence, Bastian Krieger and Maikel Pellens (2021), Cluster Support Activities in the German Biotechnology Sector, Staatsministerium Baden-Württemberg, Mannheim

Ali, Sana, Marius Berger, Tiago Botelho, Jean-Noël Duvy, Chiara Frencia, Philippe Gluntz, Aurélie Delater, Georg Licht, Jacopo Losso and Maikel Pellens (2017), Understanding the Nature and Impact of the Business Angels in Funding Research and Innovation. Final Report, Final Report, Europäische Kommission, Brussels

Anciaux, David, Eurico Neves, Frans van der Zee, Annelieke van der Giessen, Christian Rammer and Maikel Pellens (2016), Mapping the regional embeddedness of the NMP programme. Final report of the project , Europäische Kommission, Brussels

HS 2018: Bloc "E5074 Economics of Innovation and Intellectual Property", University of Mannheim, Germany

2017 - 2018: Gastprofessur, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium