| Rebel rulers: Insurgent governance and civilian life during war ZC Mampilly Cornell University Press, 2012 | 1484 | 2012 |
| Rebel governance in civil war A Arjona, N Kasfir, Z Mampilly Cambridge University Press, 2015 | 1332* | 2015 |
| Africa uprising: Popular protest and political change A Branch, Z Mampilly Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015 | 549 | 2015 |
| Peacemaking: from practice to theory A Bartoli | 197* | 2012 |
| Winning the war, but losing the peace? The dilemma of SPLM/A civil administration and the tasks ahead A Branch, ZC Mampilly The Journal of Modern African Studies 43 (1), 1-20, 2005 | 192 | 2005 |
| A typology of rebel political institutional arrangements Z Mampilly, MA Stewart Journal of Conflict Resolution 65 (1), 15-45, 2021 | 191 | 2021 |
| Performing the nation-state: Rebel governance and symbolic processes Z Mampilly Rebel governance in civil war 74, 2015 | 152 | 2015 |
| 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 | 148 | 2021 |
| Stationary bandits: Understanding rebel governance ZC Mampilly University of California, Los Angeles, 2007 | 87* | 2007 |
| Resistance and repression under the rule of rebels: women, clergy, and civilian agency in LTTE governed Sri Lanka N Gowrinathan, Z Mampilly Comparative Politics 52 (1), 1-20, 2019 | 51 | 2019 |
| A Marriage of Inconvenience: Tsunami Aid and the Unraveling of the LTTE and the GoSL's Complex Dependency Z Mampilly Civil Wars 11 (3), 302-320, 2009 | 35 | 2009 |
| Rebel Taxation: Between the Moral and Market Economy Z Mampilly Rebel Economies: Warlords, Insurgents, Humanitarians, 77, 2021 | 28 | 2021 |
| Research in violent or post-conflict political settings AM Arjona, ZC Mampilly, W Pearlman American Political Science Association Organized Section for Qualitative and …, 2018 | 21 | 2018 |
| Insurgent governance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Z Mampilly Inducing compliance with international humanitarian law: Lessons from the …, 2015 | 19 | 2015 |
| The nexus of militarisation and corruption in post-conflict Sri Lanka Z Mampilly Corruption and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, 180-198, 2012 | 16 | 2012 |
| Rebel taxation as extortion or a technology of governance? Telling the difference in India’s northeast Z Mampilly, S Thakur Comparative Political Studies 58 (3), 462-493, 2025 | 15 | 2025 |
| Shifts in global power and UN peacekeeping performance: India’s rise and its impact on civilian protection in Africa Z Mampilly African Affairs 117 (467), 171-194, 2018 | 14 | 2018 |
| Rebel diplomacy: Theorizing violent non-state actors’ strategic use of talk C Bridget, A Ana, K Nelson, M Zachariah Rebel Governance in Civil War, 98-118, 2015 | 14 | 2015 |
| And the twain shall meet: connecting Africa and the Middle East H Aïdi, M Lynch, Z Mampilly Africa and the Middle East: Beyond the Divides, 8, 2020 | 13* | 2020 |
| Determinants of Middle East states involvement in the Horn of Africa F Donelli, H Aïdi, M Lynch, Z Mampilly Africa and the Middle East: Beyond the divides. The Project on Middle East …, 2020 | 12 | 2020 |
