| ‘Fragile States’: introducing a political concept S Grimm, N Lemay-Hébert, O Nay The Political Invention of Fragile States, 1-13, 2016 | 232 | 2016 |
| Not all good things go together: conflicting objectives in democracy promotion S Grimm, J Leininger Conflicting Objectives in Democracy Promotion, 3-26, 2017 | 209* | 2017 |
| Erzwungene Demokratie VS Grimm Demokratie, 29, 2009 | 65 | 2009 |
| Building good (enough) governance in postconflict societies & areas of limited statehood: The European Union & the Western Balkans TA Börzel, S Grimm Daedalus 147 (1), 116-127, 2018 | 61 | 2018 |
| External democratization after war: Success and failure S Grimm War and Democratization, 69-93, 2013 | 61 | 2013 |
| Too good to be true? United Nations peacebuilding and the democratization of war-torn states JI Steinert, S Grimm Conflict Management and Peace Science 32 (5), 513-535, 2015 | 58 | 2015 |
| War and democratization: Legality, legitimacy and effectiveness S Grimm, W Merkel War and Democratization, 1-15, 2013 | 56 | 2013 |
| Stability First, Development Second, Democracy Third: The European Union's Policy towards the Post-Conflict Western Balkans, 1991–2010 S Grimm, OL Mathis Europe-Asia Studies 67 (6), 916-947, 2015 | 40 | 2015 |
| The European Union's ambiguous concept of ‘state fragility’ S Grimm The Political Invention of Fragile States, 56-71, 2016 | 39 | 2016 |
| Democratization via aid? The European Union’s democracy promotion in the Western Balkans 1994–2010 S Grimm, OL Mathis European Union Politics 19 (1), 163-184, 2018 | 37 | 2018 |
| Domestic elites and external actors in post-conflict democratisation: mapping interactions and their impact S Grimm, B Weiffen Conflict, Security & Development 18 (4), 257-282, 2018 | 36 | 2018 |
| European Democracy Promotion in Crisis: Conflicts of Objectives, Neglected External–Domestic Interactions and the Authoritarian Backlash S Grimm Global Policy 6, 73-82, 2015 | 29 | 2015 |
| The external-domestic interplay in democracy promotion: a case study on public administration reform in Croatia L Groß, S Grimm Democratization 21 (5), 912-936, 2014 | 27 | 2014 |
| Predicting social tipping points: Current research and the way forward S Grimm DIE-Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, 2011 | 26 | 2011 |
| The political invention of fragile states S Grimm, N Lemay-Hébert, O Nay Routledge, 2015 | 24 | 2015 |
| Democracy promotion in EU enlargement negotiations: more interaction, less hierarchy S Grimm Democratization 26 (5), 851-868, 2019 | 22 | 2019 |
| Does National Identity Matter? Political Conditionality and the Crucial Case of Serbia's (Non‐) Co‐operation with the ICTY M Pawelec, S Grimm JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies 52 (6), 1290-1306, 2014 | 22 | 2014 |
| War and Democratization W Merkel, S Grimm Routledge, 2009 | 16 | 2009 |
| Democracy promotion S Brown Routledge handbook of African politics, 404-413, 2017 | 14* | 2017 |
| Predicting social tipping points S Grimm, G Schneider Current research and the way forward, 2011 | 14 | 2011 |
