| Fighting with faith I Svensson Journal of Conflict Resolution 51 (6), 930-949, 2007 | 344 | 2007 |
| Bargaining, bias and peace brokers: How rebels commit to peace I Svensson Journal of Peace Research 44 (2), 177-194, 2007 | 306 | 2007 |
| Talking peace: International mediation in armed conflicts P Wallensteen, I Svensson Journal of peace research 51 (2), 315-327, 2014 | 286 | 2014 |
| Who brings which peace? Neutral versus biased mediation and institutional peace arrangements in civil wars I Svensson Journal of conflict resolution 53 (3), 446-469, 2009 | 251 | 2009 |
| Explaining political jiu-jitsu: Institution-building and the outcomes of regime violence against unarmed protests J Sutton, CR Butcher, I Svensson Journal of Peace Research 51 (5), 559-573, 2014 | 198 | 2014 |
| Manufacturing dissent: Modernization and the onset of major nonviolent resistance campaigns C Butcher, I Svensson Journal of Conflict Resolution 60 (2), 311-339, 2016 | 156 | 2016 |
| Disputes over the divine: Introducing the religion and armed conflict (relac) data, 1975 to 2015 I Svensson, D Nilsson Journal of Conflict Resolution 62 (5), 1127-1148, 2018 | 134 | 2018 |
| Incentives for talking: Accepting mediation in international and civil wars MM Melin, I Svensson International Interactions 35 (3), 249-271, 2009 | 131 | 2009 |
| Mediation with muscles or minds? Exploring power mediators and pure mediators in civil wars I Svensson International negotiation 12 (2), 229-248, 2007 | 124 | 2007 |
| Mediating between tigers and lions: Norwegian peace diplomacy in Sri Lanka's civil war K Höglund, I Svensson Contemporary South Asia 17 (2), 175-191, 2009 | 88 | 2009 |
| Ending holy wars: Religion and conflict resolution in civil wars I Svensson University of Queensland Press (Australia), 2013 | 80 | 2013 |
| Community and consent: Unarmed insurrections in non-democracies I Svensson, M Lindgren European Journal of International Relations 17 (1), 97-120, 2011 | 70 | 2011 |
| How holy wars end: Exploring the termination patterns of conflicts with religious dimensions in Asia I Svensson, E Harding Terrorism and Political Violence 23 (2), 133-149, 2011 | 65 | 2011 |
| The go-between: Jan Eliasson and the styles of mediation I Svensson, P Wallensteen US Institute of Peace Press, 2010 | 62 | 2010 |
| International mediation bias and peacemaking: Taking sides in civil wars I Svensson Routledge, 2014 | 58 | 2014 |
| Peace from the inside: Exploring the role of the insider-partial mediator I Svensson, M Lindgren International Interactions 39 (5), 698-722, 2013 | 53 | 2013 |
| Dialogue and interethnic trust: A randomized field trial of ‘sustained dialogue’in Ethiopia I Svensson, K Brounéus Journal of Peace Research 50 (5), 563-575, 2013 | 50 | 2013 |
| Where are the women in peace mediation? K Aggestam, I Svensson Gendering diplomacy and international negotiation, 149-168, 2018 | 49 | 2018 |
| One God, many wars: Religious dimensions of armed conflict in the Middle East and North Africa I Svensson Civil Wars 15 (4), 411-430, 2013 | 47 | 2013 |
| Between the bombs: Exploring partial ceasefires in the Syrian civil war, 2011–2017 DC Karakus, I Svensson Terrorism and Political Violence 32 (4), 681-700, 2020 | 46 | 2020 |
