| Peacebuilding plans and local reconfigurations: Frictions between imported processes and indigenous practices G Millar, J Van Der Lijn, W Verkoren International Peacekeeping 20 (2), 137-143, 2013 | 128 | 2013 |
| Peacebuilding and friction: Global and local encounters in post conflict-societies A Björkdahl, K Höglund, G Millar, J van der Lijn, W Verkoren Routledge, 2016 | 107 | 2016 |
| If Only There Were a Blueprint!: Factors for Success and Failure of UN Peace-Building Operations J Lijn | 54* | 2009 |
| The known knowns and known unknowns of peacekeeping data G Clayton, J Kathman, K Beardsley, TI Gizelis, L Olsson, V Bove, ... International Peacekeeping 24 (1), 1-62, 2017 | 52 | 2017 |
| Walking the Tightrope: Do UN Peacekeeping operations actually contribute to durable peace? J Van der Lijn Rozenberg Publishers, 2006 | 42 | 2006 |
| Peacekeepers under threat J Van der Lijn, T Smit Fatality trends in UN peace operations. SIPRI Policy Brief, 2015 | 35* | 2015 |
| 3D “The Next Generation” Lessons Learned From Uruzgan for Future Operations J Van der Lijn Den Haag: Netherlands Institute of International Relations “Clingendael, 2011 | 34* | 2011 |
| Introduction: peacebuilding through the lens of friction A Björkdahl, K Höglund, G Millar, J Van der Lijn, W Verkoren Peacebuilding and Friction, 1-16, 2016 | 31 | 2016 |
| Success and failure of UN peacekeeping operations: UNMIS in Sudan J Van der Lijn Journal of International Peacekeeping 14 (1-2), 27-59, 2010 | 26 | 2010 |
| Rwanda 2025: Scenarios for the future political stability of Rwanda E Marijnen, J van Lijn Rwanda Fast Forward: Social, Economic, Military and Reconciliation Prospects …, 2012 | 17 | 2012 |
| Assessing the effectiveness of the United Nations Mission in Mali/MINUSMA J Van der Lijn, T Ahmed, L Darkwa, T von Gienanth, F Edu-Afful, ... EPON Series, 2019 | 16 | 2019 |
| Comprehensive approaches, diverse coherences: the different levels of policy coherence in the Dutch 3D approach in Afghanistan J van der Lijn Small wars & insurgencies 26 (1), 72-89, 2015 | 15 | 2015 |
| Peace operations and conflict management J Van der Lijn, T Smit, T HÖGHAMMAR SIPRI Yearbook 2015: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security …, 2015 | 15* | 2015 |
| Imagi-nation building in illusionstan: Afghanistan, where dilemmas become dogmas, and models are perceived to be reality J Van der Lijn International Peacekeeping 20 (2), 173-188, 2013 | 15 | 2013 |
| To paint the Nile blue: factors for success and failure of UNMIS and UNAMID J Van der Lijn Netherlands Institute of International Relations" Clingendael", 2008 | 15* | 2008 |
| The Future Peace Operations Landscape: Voices from Stakeholders Around the Globe: Final Report of the New Geopolitics of Peace Operations Initiative J Van der Lijn, X Avezov Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, 2015 | 13 | 2015 |
| Peacekeepers at Risk: the lethality of peace Operations J Van der Lijn, J Dundon SIPRI, 2014 | 13* | 2014 |
| Peacekeeping operations in a changing world J Van Der Lijn, I Briscoe, M Drent, K Homan, FP Van Der Putten, ... Clingendael Institute., 2022 | 12* | 2022 |
| For the long run: a mapping of migration-related activities in the wider Sahel region J Van der Lijn JSTOR Security Studies Collection, 2022 | 10* | 2022 |
| Sudan 2012: Scenarios for the future J Van der Lijn The Hague: Clingendael and Cordaid, 2009 | 9* | 2009 |
