| The influx of Zimbabweans into South Africa: a crisis of governance that spills over N De Jager, C Musuva Africa Review 8 (1), 15-30, 2016 | 75 | 2016 |
| ‘Unconditional aid’: Assessing the impact of China's development assistance to Zimbabwe O Hodzi, L Hartwell, N De Jager South African Journal of International Affairs 19 (1), 79-103, 2012 | 65 | 2012 |
| Locals only: Understanding xenophobia in South Africa. N Hopstock, N de Jager Strategic Review for Southern Africa 33 (1), 2011 | 41 | 2011 |
| Friend Or Foe?: Dominant Party Systems in Southern Africa N De Jager, P Du Toit United Nations University Press, 2013 | 38 | 2013 |
| The changing political culture of the African National Congress N De Jager, CL Steenekamp Democratization 23 (5), 919-939, 2016 | 31 | 2016 |
| South Africa's Dominant-Party System in Comparative Perspective. P Du Toit, N de Jager Taiwan Journal of Democracy 10 (2), 2014 | 26 | 2014 |
| The South African government and the application of co-optive power N De Jager Politikon 33 (1), 101-112, 2006 | 22 | 2006 |
| Towards understanding Botswana and South Africa’s ambivalence to liberal democracy N De Jager, D Sebudubudu Journal of Contemporary African Studies 35 (1), 15-33, 2017 | 21 | 2017 |
| No ‘New’ANC? N De Jager Politikon 36 (2), 275-288, 2009 | 20 | 2009 |
| Winners, losers and the playing field in southern Africa's ‘Democratic Darlings’: Botswana and South Africa compared N De Jager, CH Meintjes Politikon 40 (2), 233-253, 2013 | 18 | 2013 |
| Populist parties shifting the political discourse? A case study of the Economic Freedom Fighters in South Africa M Fölscher, N de Jager, R Nyenhuis The Journal of Modern African Studies 59 (4), 535-558, 2021 | 17 | 2021 |
| Political radicalism: Responding to the legitimacy gap in South Africa N De Jager, C Steenekamp Democracy under Threat: A Crisis of Legitimacy?, 147-169, 2019 | 15 | 2019 |
| Friend or foe N De Jager, P Du Toit Dominant party systems in southern Africa: Insights from the developing world, 2013 | 14 | 2013 |
| South Africa: A Democracy in the balance N De Jager UCT Press, 2013 | 12 | 2013 |
| The South African government, co-optive power and ideological hegemony N De Jager Acta Academica 38 (2), 61-84, 2006 | 10 | 2006 |
| Democratic contestation on the margins: Regimes in small African countries N de Jager, D Eizenga, MC Houngnikpo, BA Okonofua, D O'Regan, ... Lexington Books, 2015 | 9 | 2015 |
| The ANC government, co-optive power and the perpetuation of party dominance N De Jager Challenges to democracy by one-party dominance: A comparative assessment …, 2005 | 9 | 2005 |
| Xenophobic attacks in South Africa: the case of De Doorns 2009 L Hågensen, N de Jager The Strategic Review for Southern Africa 38 (1), 2016 | 8 | 2016 |
| An Analysis of the Historical Roots of Partisan Governance within the ANC: Understanding the Road to State Capture J Fredericks, N de Jager Politikon 49 (1), 21-42, 2022 | 7 | 2022 |
| Elections, political parties and voting trends in South Africa’s dominant party system N De Jager South African Politics: An Introduction, 144-171, 2015 | 6 | 2015 |
