| Why international norms disappear sometimes D Panke, U Petersohn European journal of international relations 18 (4), 719-742, 2012 | 355 | 2012 |
| Norm challenges and norm death: The inexplicable? D Panke, U Petersohn Cooperation and Conflict 51 (1), 3-19, 2016 | 131 | 2016 |
| Hired guns: Views about armed contractors in Operation Iraqi Freedom M Webber, E O'Connell, U Petersohn, M Dunigan, M Zander Cotugno, ... Rand Corporation, 2010 | 86 | 2010 |
| Private military and security companies (PMSCs), military effectiveness, and conflict severity in weak states, 1990–2007 U Petersohn Journal of conflict resolution 61 (5), 1046-1072, 2017 | 71 | 2017 |
| The markets for force: Privatization of security across world regions M Dunigan, U Petersohn University of Pennsylvania press, 2015 | 65 | 2015 |
| Reframing the anti-mercenary norm: Private military and security companies and mercenarism U Petersohn International Journal 69 (4), 475-493, 2014 | 54 | 2014 |
| The impact of mercenaries and private military and security companies on civil war severity between 1946 and 2002 U Petersohn International Interactions 40 (2), 191-215, 2014 | 53 | 2014 |
| The effectiveness of contracted coalitions: Private security contractors in Iraq U Petersohn Armed Forces & Society 39 (3), 467-488, 2013 | 45 | 2013 |
| Die Nutzung privater Militärfirmen durch US-Streitkräfte und Bundeswehr U Petersohn DEU, 2006 | 44 | 2006 |
| Sovereignty and privatizing the military: An institutional explanation U Petersohn Contemporary Security Policy 31 (3), 531-552, 2010 | 40 | 2010 |
| Outsourcing the big stick: The consequences of using private military companies U Petersohn Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge …, 2008 | 39* | 2008 |
| President Donald J. Trump: An agent of norm death? D Panke, U Petersohn International Journal 72 (4), 572-579, 2017 | 35 | 2017 |
| The Other Side of the COIN: Private Security Companies and Counterinsurgency Operations U Petersohn Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 34 (10), 782-801, 2011 | 33 | 2011 |
| Military privatisation: Changing the military-civil force mix U Petersohn European Political Science 10, 146-156, 2011 | 17 | 2011 |
| Die Zukunft der ESVP nach den gescheiterten Referenden U Petersohn, S Lang SWP-Aktuell, 2005 | 15* | 2005 |
| Onset of new business? Private military and security companies and conflict onset in Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia from 1990 to 2011 U Petersohn Small Wars & Insurgencies 32 (8), 1362-1393, 2021 | 11 | 2021 |
| The social structure of the market for force U Petersohn Cooperation and conflict 50 (2), 269-285, 2015 | 11 | 2015 |
| The Commercial Military Actor Database U Petersohn, V Gottwick, C Penel, L Kellgren-Parker Journal of Conflict Resolution 66 (4-5), 899-923, 2022 | 10 | 2022 |
| To escalate, or not to escalate? Private military and security companies and conflict severity N Lees, U Petersohn Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 46 (12), 2622-2645, 2023 | 9 | 2023 |
| The anti-mercenary norm and the market for combat force U Petersohn International Journal 76 (1), 106-128, 2021 | 9 | 2021 |
