| The economic functions of violence in civil wars D Keen The Adelphi Papers, 2005 | 1466 | 2005 |
| Conflict and collusion in Sierra Leone D Keen James Currey (Firm), 2005 | 1039 | 2005 |
| Incentives and disincentives for violence D Keen Lynne Reinner Publishers; International Development Research Centre, 2000 | 695 | 2000 |
| The benefits of famine: a political economy of famine and relief in Southwestern Sudan 1983-89. D Keen The benefits of famine: a political economy of famine and relief in …, 2008 | 694 | 2008 |
| Complex emergencies D Keen Polity, 2008 | 641 | 2008 |
| Violence and economic agendas in civil wars: some policy implications M Berdal, D Keen Millennium 26 (3), 795-818, 1997 | 280 | 1997 |
| Greed and grievance in civil war D Keen International Affairs 88 (4), 757-777, 2012 | 258 | 2012 |
| War and peace: What's the difference? D Keen International Peacekeeping 7 (4), 1-22, 2000 | 250 | 2000 |
| A rational kind of madness D Keen Oxford Development Studies 25 (1), 67-75, 1997 | 193 | 1997 |
| Useful enemies: When waging wars is more important than winning them D Keen Yale University Press, 2012 | 173 | 2012 |
| Endless war? Hidden functions of the" War on Terror" D Keen Pluto Press, 2006 | 170 | 2006 |
| Greedy elites, dwindling resources, alienated youths the anatomy of protracted violence in Sierra Leone D Keen Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft, 67-94, 2003 | 155 | 2003 |
| When disasters and conflicts collide: Improving links between disaster resilience and conflict prevention K Harris, D Keen, T Mitchell ODI, 2013 | 97 | 2013 |
| Liberalization and conflict D Keen International Political Science Review 26 (1), 73-89, 2005 | 95 | 2005 |
| Refugees: rationing the right to life. The crisis in emergency relief. D Keen | 72 | 1992 |
| The political economy of war D Keen Oxford University Press, 2001 | 70 | 2001 |
| “Since I am a dog, beware my fangs”: beyond a ‘rational violence’framework in the Sierra Leonean war D Keen Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2002 | 69 | 2002 |
| Engaging with violence: a reassessment of relief in wartime D Keen, K Wilson Zed Books in association with Save the Children Fund (UK), 1994 | 64 | 1994 |
| Functions of famine in the South Western Sudan: Implications for refief D Keen Den Ny Verden (Denmark) 29 (4), 1996 | 56 | 1996 |
| III A disaster for whom?: Local interests and international donors during famine among the Dinka of Sudan D Keen Disasters 15 (2), 150-165, 1991 | 54 | 1991 |
