| Developing democracy: Toward consolidation L Diamond JHU press, 1999 | 6797 | 1999 |
| Elections without democracy: Thinking about hybrid regimes L Diamond Journal of democracy 13 (2), 21-35, 2002 | 4288 | 2002 |
| Rethinking civil society: Toward democratic consolidation L Diamond Journal of democracy 5 (3), 4-17, 1994 | 3021 | 1994 |
| Democracy in developing countries: Africa L Diamond, J Linz, SM Lipset Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1988 | 2043* | 1988 |
| Facing up to the democratic recession L Diamond Journal of democracy 26 (1), 141-155, 2015 | 1603 | 2015 |
| The spirit of democracy: The struggle to build free societies throughout the world L Diamond Macmillan, 2008 | 1477 | 2008 |
| Is the third wave over? LJ Diamond Journal of democracy 7 (3), 20-37, 1996 | 1437 | 1996 |
| The quality of democracy: An overview L Diamond, L Morlino Journal of democracy 15 (4), 20-31, 2004 | 1348 | 2004 |
| Liberation technology 1 L Diamond In search of democracy, 132-146, 2015 | 1291 | 2015 |
| Assessing the quality of democracy L Diamond, L Morlino JHU Press, 2005 | 1281 | 2005 |
| Economic development and democracy reconsidered L Diamond American behavioral scientist 35 (4-5), 450-499, 1992 | 1265 | 1992 |
| The self-restraining state: power and accountability in new democracies A Schedler, LJ Diamond, MF Plattner Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1999 | 1251 | 1999 |
| Species of political parties: A new typology R Gunther, L Diamond Party politics 9 (2), 167-199, 2003 | 1179 | 2003 |
| The global resurgence of democracy MF Plattner, LJ Diamond Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996 | 867 | 1996 |
| Politics in developing countries: Comparing experiences with democracy L Diamond, J Linz, SM Lipset Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1995 | 855 | 1995 |
| Political culture and democracy in developing countries L Diamond Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1993 | 804 | 1993 |
| The democratic rollback-the resurgence of the predatory state L Diamond Foreign Aff. 87, 36, 2008 | 803 | 2008 |
| Class, ethnicity, and democracy in Nigeria: The failure of the first republic L Diamond Syracuse University Press, 1988 | 619 | 1988 |
| Consolidating the third wave democracies L Diamond JHU Press, 1997 | 588 | 1997 |
| Political parties and democracy L Diamond, R Gunther JHU Press, 2001 | 577 | 2001 |
