| Rogue urbanism: emergent African cities EA Pieterse, AM Simone | 181 | 2013 |
| Local ownership and security sector reform T Donais LIT Verlag Münster, 2008 | 107 | 2008 |
| Military expenditure S Perlo-Freeman, O Ismail, C Solmirano SIPRI yearbook 2009, 179-211, 2010 | 80 | 2010 |
| Armed violence and poverty in Sierra Leone: A case study for the Armed Violence and Poverty Initiative J Ginifer | 59 | 2005 |
| ECOWAS and the Dynamics of Conflict and Peace-building T Jaye, D Garuba African Books Collective, 2011 | 53 | 2011 |
| Post-war regimes and state reconstruction in Liberia and Sierra Leone A Sesay, C Ukeje African Books Collective, 2009 | 52 | 2009 |
| What is in a job? The social context of youth employment issues in Africa O Ismail Journal of African Economies 25 (suppl_1), i37-i60, 2016 | 49 | 2016 |
| The dialectic of ‘junctions’ and ‘bases’: Youth,‘securo-commerce’and the crises of order in downtown Lagos O Ismail Security Dialogue 40 (4-5), 463-487, 2009 | 49 | 2009 |
| Civil wars, child soldiers and post conflict peace building in West Africa A Sesay, A Strategic, Peace Research Group (No Title), 2003 | 47 | 2003 |
| The United States and West Africa: Interactions and Relations A Jalloh, T Falola University Rochester Press, 2008 | 42 | 2008 |
| Militancy and violence in West Africa J Gow, F Olonisakin, E Dijxhoorn Religion, Politics, 2013 | 41 | 2013 |
| Managing Africa's natural resources: capacities for development K Hanson, C D'Alessandro, F Owusu Springer, 2014 | 39 | 2014 |
| Why do youth participate in violence in Africa? A review of evidence O Ismail, F Olonisakin Conflict, Security & Development 21 (3), 371-399, 2021 | 38 | 2021 |
| Radicalisation and violent extremism in West Africa: implications for African and international security O Ismail Conflict, Security & Development 13 (2), 209-230, 2013 | 38 | 2013 |
| Youths in the Interface of Development and Security O Ismail, A Alao Conflict, Security & Development 7 (1), 3-25, 2007 | 28 | 2007 |
| Contemporary regional development in Africa KT Hanson Routledge, 2016 | 26 | 2016 |
| Security activities of external actors in Africa OM Ismail Oxford Univerity Press; Oxford, 2014 | 22 | 2014 |
| Toward a community of practice: ECOWAS and peace and security policy communities in west Africa O Ismail African Peace-building Network Paper 3, 2015 | 21 | 2015 |
| Rethinking youth, livelihoods, and fragility in West Africa: One size Doesn’t fit all F Fortune, O Ismail, M Stephen Fragility, Conflict, and Violence Group World Bank, 2015 | 21 | 2015 |
| Power elites, war and postwar reconstruction in Africa: continuities, discontinuities and paradoxes O Ismail Journal of Contemporary African Studies 26 (3), 259-278, 2008 | 21 | 2008 |
