| The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda S Straus Cornell University Press, 2006 | 1654* | 2006 |
| Making and Unmaking Nations: War, Leadership, and Genocide in Modern Africa S Straus Cornell University Press, 2015 | 486* | 2015 |
| The great lakes of Africa JP Chrétien Zone books;, 2003 | 483 | 2003 |
| Remaking Rwanda: State building and human rights after mass violence S Straus, L Waldorf Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2011 | 431 | 2011 |
| Wars do end! Changing patterns of political violence in sub-Saharan Africa S Straus African affairs 111 (443), 179-201, 2012 | 398 | 2012 |
| Darfur and the genocide debate S Straus Foreign Aff. 84, 123, 2005 | 356 | 2005 |
| Democratization and Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1990-2008 S Straus, C Taylor Voting in Fear: Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa, 15-38, 2012 | 351 | 2012 |
| What is the relationship between hate radio and violence? Rethinking Rwanda's “Radio Machete” S Straus Politics & Society 35 (4), 609-637, 2007 | 348 | 2007 |
| Africa's stalled development: international causes and cures DK Leonard, S Straus Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003 | 308 | 2003 |
| How many perpetrators were there in the Rwandan genocide? An estimate S Straus Journal of Genocide Research 6 (1), 85-98, 2004 | 289 | 2004 |
| Contested meanings and conflicting imperatives: A conceptual analysis of genocide S Straus Journal of Genocide Research 3 (3), 349-375, 2001 | 235 | 2001 |
| “Destroy Them to Save Us”: Theories of Genocide and the Logics of Political Violence S Straus Terrorism and political violence 24 (4), 544-560, 2012 | 166 | 2012 |
| Retreating from the brink: Theorizing mass violence and the dynamics of restraint S Straus Perspectives on Politics 10 (2), 343-362, 2012 | 166 | 2012 |
| Second-generation comparative research on genocide S Straus World Politics 59 (3), 476-501, 2007 | 147 | 2007 |
| Perils of pluralism: Electoral violence and incumbency in sub-Saharan Africa CF Taylor, JCW Pevehouse, S Straus Journal of Peace Research 54 (3), 397-411, 2017 | 139 | 2017 |
| Fundamentals of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention S Straus United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2016 | 127 | 2016 |
| ‘It's sheer horror here’: Patterns of violence during the first four months of Côte d'Ivoire's post-electoral crisis S Straus African Affairs 110 (440), 481-489, 2011 | 120 | 2011 |
| Radio in Africa: Publics, cultures, communities WJ Tettey, W Mano, T Bosch, SR Davis, S Wolters, SP Lekgoathi, S Straus, ... Wits University Press, 2011 | 111 | 2011 |
| Introduction: Seeing like a post-conflict state S Straus, L Waldorf Remaking Rwanda: State building and human rights after mass violence 3 (21), 2011 | 110 | 2011 |
| Macro, meso, and micro research on genocide: gains, shortcomings, and future areas of inquiry E Finkel, S Straus Genocide Studies and Prevention 7 (1), 56-67, 2012 | 106 | 2012 |