| Ambiguous spaces: the struggle over African identities and urban communities in colonial Douala, 1914–45 L Schler The Journal of African History 44 (1), 51-72, 2003 | 41 | 2003 |
| Looking through a glass of beer: Alcohol in the cultural spaces of colonial Douala, 1910-1945 L Schler The International Journal of African Historical Studies 35 (2/3), 315-334, 2002 | 30 | 2002 |
| History, the Nation-State, and alternative narratives: an example from colonial Douala L Schler African Studies Review 48 (1), 89-108, 2005 | 24 | 2005 |
| Dilemmas of Postcolonial Diplomacy: Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda, and the Middle East Crisis, 1964–73 L Schler The Journal of African History 59 (1), 97-119, 2018 | 21 | 2018 |
| Rethinking labour in Africa, past and present L Schler, L Bethlehem, G Sabar Taylor & Francis Group 7 (3), 287-298, 2009 | 21 | 2009 |
| The Strangers of New Bell: Immigration, Public Space and Community in Colonial Douala, Cameroon, 1914-1960 L Schler Unisa Press, 2008 | 21* | 2008 |
| Bridewealth, guns and other status symbols: immigration and consumption in colonial Douala L Schler Journal of African Cultural Studies 16 (2), 213-234, 2003 | 16 | 2003 |
| Development shadows: the afterlife of collapsed development projects in the Zambian Copperbelt L Schler, YN Gez Africa Spectrum 53 (3), 3-31, 2018 | 15 | 2018 |
| Nation on board: becoming Nigerian at sea L Schler Ohio University Press, 2016 | 14 | 2016 |
| Transnationalism and nationalism in the Nigerian Seamen's Union L Schler Rethinking Labour in Africa, Past and Present, 99-110, 2013 | 14 | 2013 |
| No policies and no politics: Israeli teachers, asylum seeker pupils, and remobilized strategies of avoidance and depoliticization M Kagan, H Pinson, L Schler Race Ethnicity and Education 25 (1), 73-91, 2022 | 13 | 2022 |
| Decolonisation reconsidered: Rebirths, continuities and erasures R Ginio, L Schler HAGAR: Studies in Culture, Polity and Identity 9, 2-12, 2010 | 12 | 2010 |
| Green Eagle Nation: The Politicization of Sports Journalism in the Post-Independence Nigerian Press L Schler, I Dubinsky African Studies Review 63 (4), 883-905, 2020 | 10 | 2020 |
| Becoming Nigerian: African seamen, decolonisation, and the nationalisation of consciousness L Schler Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism 11 (1), 42-62, 2011 | 9 | 2011 |
| Goal dreams: Conflicting development imaginaries in Ghanaian football academies I Dubinsky, L Schler The Journal of Modern African Studies 57 (2), 247-272, 2019 | 7 | 2019 |
| Writing African Women's History with Male Sources: Possibilities and Limitations L Schler History in Africa 31, 319-333, 2004 | 7 | 2004 |
| Decolonizing Independence: Statecraft in Nigeria’s First Republic and Israeli Interventions L Schler MSU Press, 2022 | 5 | 2022 |
| Green Eagle Nation: The Politicization of Sports Journalism in the Post-Independence Nigerian Press–CORRIGENDUM L Schler, I Dubinsky African Studies Review 64 (3), 738-738, 2021 | 5 | 2021 |
| The Mandela soccer academy: Historical and contemporary intersections between Ghana, Lebanon, and the West I Dubinsky, L Schler The International Journal of the History of Sport 33 (15), 1730-1747, 2016 | 5 | 2016 |
| ‘The facts stated do not seem to be true’: The Contested Process of Repatriation in British Colonial Nigeria L Schler The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 42 (1), 134-152, 2014 | 4 | 2014 |
