| Authoritarian origins of democratic party systems in Africa RB Riedl Cambridge University Press, 2014 | 397 | 2014 |
| Political parties and uncertainty in developing democracies N Lupu, RB Riedl Comparative Political Studies 46 (11), 1339-1365, 2013 | 211 | 2013 |
| Religion as a stimulant of political participation: Experimental evidence from Nairobi, Kenya G McClendon, RB Riedl The Journal of Politics 77 (4), 1045-1057, 2015 | 111 | 2015 |
| Party systems and decentralization in Africa RB Riedl, JT Dickovick Studies in Comparative International Development 49, 321-342, 2014 | 109 | 2014 |
| Comparative assessment of decentralization in Africa: final report and summary of findings RB Riedl, JT Dickovick Unknown Publisher, 2010 | 87 | 2010 |
| Authoritarian-led democratization RB Riedl, D Slater, J Wong, D Ziblatt Annual Review of Political Science 23, 315-332, 2020 | 71 | 2020 |
| From pews to politics: Religious sermons and political participation in Africa GH McClendon, RB Riedl Cambridge University Press, 2019 | 67 | 2019 |
| The qualitative transparency deliberations: Insights and implications AM Jacobs, T Büthe, A Arjona, LR Arriola, E Bellin, A Bennett, L Björkman, ... Perspectives on Politics 19 (1), 171-208, 2021 | 65 | 2021 |
| Individualism and empowerment in Pentecostal sermons: New evidence from Nairobi, Kenya GH McClendon, RB Riedl African Affairs 115 (458), 119-144, 2016 | 50 | 2016 |
| Transforming Politics, Dynamic Religion: Religion's Political Impact in Contemporary Africa RB Riedl African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review 2 (2), 29-50, 2012 | 29 | 2012 |
| African decentralization in comparative perspective JT Dickovick, RB Riedl Decentralization in Africa: The paradox of state strength, 249-76, 2014 | 20 | 2014 |
| Institutions in new democracies: variations in African political party systems RB Riedl Princeton University, 2008 | 18 | 2008 |
| Institutional legacies: understanding multiparty politics in historical perspective RB Riedl Institutions and Democracy in Africa: How the rules of the game shape …, 2018 | 10 | 2018 |
| Sub-national–cross-national variation: method and analysis in sub-saharan Africa RB Riedl American Behavioral Scientist 61 (8), 932-959, 2017 | 10 | 2017 |
| Authoritarian successor parties in sub-Saharan Africa RB Riedl See Loxton & Mainwaring 2018, 175-205, 2018 | 8 | 2018 |
| Strong parties, weak parties: Divergent pathways to democracy in sub-Saharan Africa RB Riedl Parties, movements, and democracy in the developing world, 122-156, 2016 | 7 | 2016 |
| Transparency in Qualitative Research: An Overview of Key Findings and Implications of the Deliberations AM Jacobs, T Büthe, AM Arjona, LR Arriola, E Bellin, A Bennett, ... Introduction to American Political Science Association Organized Section for …, 2019 | 6 | 2019 |
| Political parties, regimes, and social cleavages RB Riedl The Oxford Handbook of Historical Institutionalism, 223-238, 2016 | 6 | 2016 |
| Are efforts to limit presidential power in Africa working? RB Riedl | 6 | 2015 |
| The Advantages–and drawbacks–of presidential term limits as a tool for building democracy in Africa RB Riedl Scholars Strategy Network: Key Findings, 2015 | 5 | 2015 |
