| Anatomy of a conflict: the 2006–2007 communal violence in East Timor J Scambary Conflict, Security & Development 9 (2), 265-288, 2009 | 175 | 2009 |
| A survey of gangs and youth groups in Dili, Timor-Leste J Scambary, H Da Gama, J Barreto Report commissioned by AusAid Timor-Leste, Dili, 2006 | 77 | 2006 |
| In search of white elephants: The political economy of resource income expenditure in East Timor J Scambary Critical Asian Studies 47 (2), 283-308, 2015 | 56 | 2015 |
| Conflict and resilience in an urban squatter settlement in Dili, East Timor J Scambary Urban Studies 50 (10), 1935-1950, 2013 | 36 | 2013 |
| Timor-Leste votes: Parties and patronage E Aspinall, A Hicken, J Scambary, M Weiss J. Democracy 29, 153, 2018 | 28 | 2018 |
| Conflict, identity, and state formation in East Timor 2000-2017 J Scambary Brill, 2019 | 22 | 2019 |
| Measuring attitudes to national identity and nation-building in Papua New Guinea S Feeny, M Leach, J Scambary Political Science 64 (2), 121-144, 2012 | 20 | 2012 |
| A survey of gangs and youth groups in Dili J Scambary, H Da Gama, J Barreto Timor-Leste (Canberra: AusAID, 2006), 4, 2006 | 20 | 2006 |
| Groups, gangs, and armed violence in Timor-Leste J Scambary Timor-Leste Armed Violence Assessment 2, 1-8, 2009 | 15 | 2009 |
| Informal security groups and social movements J Scambary The Politics of Timor-Leste, 197-214, 2013 | 14 | 2013 |
| Reconciling custom, citizenship and colonial legacies: N i‐V anuatu tertiary student attitudes to national identity M Clarke, M Leach, J Scambary Nations and Nationalism 19 (4), 715-738, 2013 | 13 | 2013 |
| Anatomy of a conflict: The 2006–7 communal violence in East Timor J Scambary Security, Development and Nation-Building in Timor-Leste, 59-79, 2012 | 13 | 2012 |
| Hybrid peacebuilding in hybrid communities: A case study of East Timor J Scambary, T Wassel HYBRIDITY, 181, 2018 | 12 | 2018 |
| The road to nowhere: The rise of a neo-patrimonialist state in East Timor J Scambary The Changing Face of Corruption in the Asia Pacific, 267-280, 2017 | 12 | 2017 |
| National identity in fragile states: insights from tertiary students in Melanesia and Timor-Leste M Leach, J Scambary, M Clarke, S Feeny, H Wallace Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 51 (4), 447-478, 2013 | 12 | 2013 |
| Attitudes to national identity among tertiary students in Melanesia and Timor Leste: a comparative analysis M Leach, J Scambary, M Clarke, S Feeny, H Wallac Canberra, ACT: State, Society and Governance in Melanesia (SSGM) Program …, 2012 | 12 | 2012 |
| Timor-Leste armed violence assessment final report R Muggah, E LeBrun Small Arms Survey, 2010 | 12 | 2010 |
| Attitudes to national identity in Melanesia and Timor-Leste: a survey of future leaders in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Timor-Leste M Leach, J Scambary, M Clarke, S Feeny, H Wallace Peter Lang, 2013 | 11 | 2013 |
| Disaffected groups and social movements in East Timor J Scambary unpublished research paper for AusAID, 2007 | 11 | 2007 |
| Urban violence in an urban village: a case study of Dili, Timor-Leste OC Jütersonke, R Murray, E Rees, J Scambary Geneva Declaration Secretariat, 2010 | 10 | 2010 |
