| The comparative study of electoral governance—introduction S Mozaffar, A Schedler International political Science review 23 (1), 5-27, 2002 | 563 | 2002 |
| Electoral institutions, ethnopolitical cleavages, and party systems in Africa's emerging democracies S Mozaffar, JR Scarritt, G Galaich American political science review 97 (3), 379-390, 2003 | 558 | 2003 |
| The puzzle of African party systems S Mozaffar, JR Scarritt Party Politics 11 (4), 399-421, 2005 | 266 | 2005 |
| Patterns of electoral governance in Africa's emerging democracies S Mozaffar International Political Science Review 23 (1), 85-101, 2002 | 228 | 2002 |
| The specification of ethnic cleavages and ethnopolitical groups for the analysis of democratic competition in contemporary Africa JR Scarritt, S Mozaffar Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 5 (1), 82-117, 1999 | 215 | 1999 |
| Why territorial autonomy is not a viable option for managing ethnic conflict in African plural societies S Mozaffar, JR Scarritt Nationalism and ethnic politics 5 (3-4), 230-253, 1999 | 83 | 1999 |
| Parliaments and the enhancement of democracy on the African continent: An analysis of institutional capacity and public perceptions L Nijzink, S Mozaffar, E Azevedo Comparing and Classifying Legislatures, 54-78, 2013 | 76 | 2013 |
| In whose interest? Gender and mass–elite priority congruence in Sub-Saharan Africa A Clayton, C Josefsson, R Mattes, S Mozaffar Comparative Political Studies 52 (1), 69-101, 2019 | 74 | 2019 |
| A ‘whole system’approach to the choice of electoral rules in democratizing countries:: Senegal in comparative perspective S Mozaffar, R Vengroff Electoral studies 21 (4), 601-616, 2002 | 70 | 2002 |
| Electoral systems and conflict management in Africa: a twenty-eight state comparison S Mozaffar | 61 | 1998 |
| The interaction between democracy and ethnopolitical protest and rebellion in Africa JR Scarritt, SM McMillan, S Mozaffar Comparative Political Studies 34 (7), 800-827, 2001 | 59 | 2001 |
| The institutional logic of ethnic politics: A prolegomenon S Mozaffar | 50 | 1995 |
| The African legislatures project: First findings JD Barkan, R Mattes, S Mozaffar, K Smiddy | 47 | 2010 |
| Between science and engineering: Reflections on the APSA Presidential Task Force on political science, electoral rules, and democratic governance: Political scientists as … J Carey, S Hix, M Htun, S Mozaffar, GB Powell, A Reynolds Perspectives on Politics 11 (3), 827-840, 2013 | 46 | 2013 |
| Electoral systems and their political effects in Africa: A preliminary analysis S Mozaffar Representation 34 (3-4), 148-156, 1997 | 41 | 1997 |
| Education, legislators and legislatures in Africa R Mattes, S Mozaffar Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network in Africa (HERANA), Wynberg: CHET, 2011 | 33 | 2011 |
| Legislatures and democratic development in Africa R Mattes, S Mozaffar African Studies Review 59 (3), 201-215, 2016 | 24 | 2016 |
| Party, ethnicity and democratization in Africa S Mozaffar Handbook of Party Politics, 239-247, 2006 | 24 | 2006 |
| Can parliaments enhance the quality of democracy on the African continent? An analysis of institutional capacity and public perceptions L Nijzink, S Mozaffar, E Azevedo | 23 | 2006 |
| Africa: electoral systems in emerging democracies S Mozaffar The Handbook of Electoral System Choice, 419-439, 2004 | 18 | 2004 |
