| ‘Dreams don't come true in Eritrea’: Anomie and family disintegration due to the structural militarisation of society N Hirt, AS Mohammad The Journal of Modern African Studies 51 (1), 139-168, 2013 | 124 | 2013 |
| The Eritrean diaspora and its impact on regime stability: Responses to UN sanctions N Hirt African Affairs 114 (454), 115-135, 2015 | 94 | 2015 |
| By way of patriotism, coercion, or instrumentalization: How the Eritrean regime makes use of the diaspora to stabilize its rule N Hirt, A Saleh Mohammad Globalizations 15 (2), 232-247, 2018 | 88 | 2018 |
| Intervention: Extraterritorial authoritarian power E Dalmasso, A Del Sordi, M Glasius, N Hirt, M Michaelsen, ... Political Geography 64 (95–104), 2018 | 50 | 2018 |
| Eritrea zwischen Krieg und Frieden. Die Entwicklung seit der Unabhängigkeit. N Hirt Aethiopica 4, 278-279, 2001 | 27 | 2001 |
| The Eritrean diaspora: Savior or gravedigger of the regime? Diaspora responses to the imposition of UN sanctions N Hirt GIGA Working Paper, 2013 | 24 | 2013 |
| The lack of political space of the Eritrean diaspora in the Arab Gulf and Sudan: Torn between an autocratic home and authoritarian hosts N Hirt, AS Mohammad Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies …, 2018 | 21 | 2018 |
| Eritrea’s chosen trauma and the legacy of the martyrs: The impact of postmemory on political identity formation of second-generation diaspora Eritreans N Hirt Africa Spectrum 56 (1), 19-38, 2021 | 16 | 2021 |
| Eritrea N Hirt Africa Yearbook Volume 8, 319-328, 2012 | 14 | 2012 |
| Flüchtlinge aus Eritrea: Spielball europäischer Interessen N Hirt DEU 2, 10, 2016 | 11 | 2016 |
| One Eritrean generation, two worlds: The established diaspora, the new exiles and their relations to the homeland N Hirt Horn of Africa Bulletin 25 (5), 23-29, 2015 | 11 | 2015 |
| Die Afrika-Strategie der EU: Abschottung statt Fluchtursachenbekämpfung N Hirt DEU 3, 11, 2017 | 10 | 2017 |
| Eritrea zwischen Krieg und Frieden N Hirt | 10 | 2001 |
| Eritrea’s self-reliance narrative and the remittance paradox: Reflections on thirty years of retrogression N Hirt Remittances Review 6 (1), 21-39, 2021 | 9 | 2021 |
| Fleeing repression: Inside Eritrea N Hirt Out of Africa: Why people migrate, 95-118, 2017 | 8 | 2017 |
| Eritrean refugees: The pawns of European interests N Hirt DEU 2, 10, 2016 | 7 | 2016 |
| No Lessons Learned: Europe's unconditional engagement with the Eritrean regime N Hirt Horn of Africa Bulletin 28 (5), 22-27, 2016 | 6 | 2016 |
| Commentary: UN Security Council Resolution 2444 (2018) and the lifting of sanctions against Eritrea: a commentary on domestic and regional perspectives N Hirt Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law 2018: In Pursuit of Peace and …, 2019 | 5 | 2019 |
| Zones of Peace in a Region of Conflict and Crisis: The Role of Eritrean Civil Society Reviewed A Saleh, N Hirt Hot Spot Horn of Africa Revisited. Approaches to Make Sense of Conflict …, 2008 | 5 | 2008 |
| Eritrea, the USA and the “War on Terrorism “: Internal challenges and the international dimension N Hirt Hot Spot Horn of Africa Revisited. Approaches to Make Sense of Conflict …, 2008 | 5 | 2008 |