| A price worth fighting for? Natural resources and conflict recurrence SA Rustad, HM Binningsbø Journal of Peace Research 49 (4), 531-546, 2012 | 168 | 2012 |
| Oil and Insurgency in the Niger Delta: managing the complex politics of petro-violence M Bøås, A Ikelegbe, N Duquet, O Oluwaniyi, A Zalik, U Idemudia, U Ukiwo, ... Zed Books Ltd., 2011 | 145 | 2011 |
| All conflict is local: Modeling sub-national variation in civil conflict risk SC Aas Rustad, H Buhaug, Å Falch, S Gates Conflict Management and Peace Science 28 (1), 15-40, 2011 | 138 | 2011 |
| Foliage and fighting: Forest resources and the onset, duration, and location of civil war SCA Rustad, JK Rød, W Larsen, NP Gleditsch Political Geography 27 (7), 761-782, 2008 | 107 | 2008 |
| Sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers: Understanding variation R Nordås, SCA Rustad International Interactions 39 (4), 511-534, 2013 | 93 | 2013 |
| High-value natural resources and post-conflict peacebuilding P Lujala, SA Rustad Routledge, 2012 | 84 | 2012 |
| Has the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative been a success? Identifying and evaluating EITI goals SA Rustad, P Le Billon, P Lujala Resources Policy 51, 151-162, 2017 | 72 | 2017 |
| Development aid and infant mortality. Micro-level evidence from Nigeria A Kotsadam, G Østby, SA Rustad, AF Tollefsen, H Urdal World Development 105, 59-69, 2018 | 69 | 2018 |
| Artisanal mining, conflict, and sexual violence in Eastern DRC SA Rustad, G Østby, R Nordås The Extractive Industries and Society 3 (2), 475-484, 2016 | 55 | 2016 |
| Introduction: petro-violence in the Niger Delta–the complex politics of an insurgency C Obi, SA Rustad Oil and Insurgency in the Niger Delta: managing the complex politics of …, 2011 | 55 | 2011 |
| Trends in armed conflict, 1946–2016 K Dupuy, S Gates, HM Nygård, I Rudolfsen, SA Rustad, H Strand, H Urdal Conflict Trends 2, 1-4, 2017 | 46 | 2017 |
| Trends in armed conflict, 1946–2017 K Dupuy, SA Rustad Conflict Trends 5, 2018, 2018 | 45 | 2018 |
| Building or Spoiling Peace: Lessons from the Management of High-Value Natural Resources SA Rustad, P Lujala, P Le Billon Envtl. L. Rep. News & Analysis 42, 10546, 2012 | 44 | 2012 |
| High value natural resources: A blessing or a curse for peace P Lujala, SA Rustad Sustainable Dev. L. & Pol'y 12, 19, 2011 | 42 | 2011 |
| Sharing the wealth: A pathway to peace or a trail to nowhere? HM Binningsbø, SA Rustad Conflict Management and Peace Science 29 (5), 547-566, 2012 | 37 | 2012 |
| Horizontal inequality, decentralizing the distribution of natural resource revenues, and peace ML Ross, P Lujala, SA Rustad High-value natural resources and post-conflict peacebuilding, 251-59, 2012 | 32 | 2012 |
| Socioeconomic Inequalities and Attitudes toward Violence: A Test with New Survey Data in the Niger Delta SA Rustad | 26* | |
| Identifying the effect of climate variability on communal conflict through randomization J Nordkvelle, SA Rustad, M Salmivalli Climatic Change 141 (4), 627-639, 2017 | 25 | 2017 |
| Trends in armed conflict, 1946–2018 H Strand, SA Rustad, H Urdal, HM Nygård Conflict trends 3, 2019, 2019 | 22 | 2019 |
| Conclusion: Amnesty and Post Amnesty Peace, Is the Window of Opportunity Closing for the Niger Delta C Obi, SA Rustad Oil and insurgency in the Niger Delta: Managing the complex politics of …, 2011 | 21 | 2011 |
