OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Terrorism and Political Violence is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Censoring Extremism: Influence of Online Restriction on Official Media Products of ISIS	23
The Origins and Rise of Dissident Irish Republicanism: The Role and Impact of Organizational Splits	23
Losing Hearts and Minds: Civil Conflict, Counterinsurgency Policing and Postwar Crime in Insurgent Strongholds	21
Assessing Violence Risk among Far-Right Extremists: A New Role for Natural Language Processing	21
New Currents in the Middle East	20
Making and Unmaking Nations: War, Leadership, and Genocide in Modern Africa Making and Unmaking Nations: War, Leadership, and Genocide in Modern Africa , by Scott Straus	17
Understanding Territorial Withdrawal: Israeli Occupations and Exits	14
Image Content Indicators of Extremist Group Evolution: A Comparative Study of MENA-Based and Far-Right Groups	13
Exploring the Intersection of Environmental Events and Domestic Political Violence in the United States	12
Mobilizing for Jihad: How Political Exclusion and Organized Protest Contribute to Foreign Fighter Outflows	12
The Relational Dimension of Radicalization: Context and Tie Formation in Dutch Salafi-Jihadi Networks	12
Citizenship, Family Law, and the Repatriation of Islamic State Affiliates in MENA	10
Deconstructing Fears of Terrorism: A Comparison between Fear from Domestic and International Terrorist Groups	10
A Call to Dissent: Defending Democracy Against Extremism and Populism	8
The Rhetoric of Radicalism: The Anti-Colonial Inspiration Behind Osama bin Laden’s Ideology	8
How do Militant Organizations Respond to Counterterrorism? Introducing the LIVE Typology, with Examples from Proscription in Pakistan	8
Four Typologies of Leadership Applied to a Survey of the Provisional IRA and Sinn Féin in the Troubles	8
Climate Migration: Adding Fuel to the Ethnocentric Fire	7
Social Ties and Jihadist Participation: A Mixed-Methods Approach to the Differential Recruitment of Radicalized Youth in Spain	7
Racist and Anti-diversity Attitudes as Predictors of Support for Political Violence among Supporters of Mainstream Political Parties	7
The Coercion-Manipulation-Persuasion Framework: Analyzing theModus Operandiof Systems of Non-State Actors	7
Psychopathologies Among European Women Involved in Islamist Radicalization: A Review	7
Time Is of the Essence: Temporality and Competition as Drivers of Terrorist Credit-Taking	6
Foreign Fighter Mobilization: YPG Volunteers in Their Own Words	6
Silver Lining? The Effects of Epidemics on Terrorist Groups	6

“Why We Have Become Revolutionaries and Murderers”: Radicalization, Terrorism, and Fascism in the Ustaša–Croatian Revolutionary Organization	6
When Home Disappears: South Asia and the Growing Risk of Climate Conflict	5
Right-Wing Extremism in Canada Right-Wing Extremism in Canada , by Barbara Perry and Ryan Scrivens, New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, 277 pp., $89.99 (hardcover), ISBN	5
Assessing the Validity of Open-Source Biographical Data in Terrorism Research	5
International Organisations and Terrorism: Multilateral Antiterrorism Efforts, 1960–1990	5
Elections and Anti-Refugee Violence in Germany from 2014-2020	5
How Contagious Were the Capitol Riots in Europe – In Praxis and in Perception?	5
Portugal’s Forgotten Overseas Wars in the 20th Century	5
The Capitol Attack and the 5th Terrorism Wave	5
Developmental and Biographical Issues in Radicalization Pathways: A Comparative Case Analysis of Homegrown German Convicts of Islamist Terrorism-Related Offenses	5
Fortress Russia: Conspiracy Theories in Post-Soviet Russia	5
When Do Radical Flanks Use Violence? Conditions for Violent Protest in Radical Left-Libertarian Activism in Sweden, 1997–2016	5
Religious Fundamentalism in the Age of Pandemic Religious Fundamentalism in the Age of Pandemic , by Nina Käsehage, Bielefeld, Germany, Trancript, 2021, 278 pp., € 37 (p	5
The Origins of International Counterterrorism: Switzerland at the Forefront of Crisis Negotiations, Multilateral Diplomacy, and Intelligence Cooperation (1969-1977)	5
A New Counterterrorism Strategy: Why the World Failed to Stop Al Qaeda and ISIS/ISIL, and How to Defeat Terrorists	4
What Drives Counter-Extremism? The Extent of P/CVE Policies in the West and Their Structural Correlates	4
Predicting Novel Terrorism: Media Coverage as Early-Warning System of Novelty in Terror Attacks	4
Social Networks as the New Frontier of Terrorism Social Networks as the New Frontier of Terrorism , by Laura Scaife, London and New York, Routledge, 2017, 201 pp., $50.0	4
Success or Shirking in Terror: Control Mechanisms in State Sponsored Terrorism	4
Croatian Radical Separatism and Diaspora Terrorism During the Cold War	4
South Sudan’s Injustice System. Law and Activism on the Frontline	4
Boko Haram’s Child Soldiers: Media Mujahids, Martyrs, and Militants	4
Gathering Storm: An Introduction to the Special Issue on Climate Change and Terrorism	3
Retribution versus Rehabilitation for Children within Insurgency: Public Attitudes Toward ISIS-Affiliated Youth in Mosul, Iraq	3
Part-Time Foreign Jihadist Fighters in the Syrian Civil War	3
Perceived Policy Illegitimacy Leads to Acceptance of Political Violence: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Survey Experiment in Denmark	3
Examining the Persisting and Desisting Online Posting Behaviors of Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists	3
Contentious Rituals: Parading the Nation in Northern Ireland	3
Dogs and Cats Living Together? Explaining the Crime-Terror Nexus	3
Public Perceptions of What Qualifies as Terrorism Across Similar Countries with Diverse Terrorism Experiences	3
Principles of Conflict Economics: The Political Economy of War, Terrorism, Genocide, and Peace	3
To Be Experienced or Not? Unpacking the Relationship between Leader Tenure and Counterinsurgency Efforts	3
(De)legitimization of Private Soldiers without Legal Status: The Case of Ukraine	3
Killing Strangers: How Political Violence Became Modern Killing Strangers: How Political Violence Became Modern , by T. K. Wilson, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2020,	3
Lethal Beliefs: Ideology and the Lethality of Terrorist Organizations	3
Measuring the Potential for Hateful Behaviours: Development and Validation of the Hate Behaviours Scale (HBS)	3
Correction	3
How Terror Evolves: The Emergence and Spread of Terrorist Techniques	3
Super Mad at Everything All the Time: Political Media and Our National Anger	3
We Have All Been Warned: Public Debate on the Capitol Attack in Finland and Sweden	3
Why Do Online Countering Violent Extremism Strategies Not Work? The Case of Digital Jihad	2
Expressions of Radicalization: Global Politics, Processes and Practices	2
The Ulster Tales: A Tribute to Those Who Served 1969–2000	2
Longevity of Partnering Terrorist Organization: An Empirical Study Using A Network Diffusion Model	2
Watching Murder: ISIS, Death Videos and Radicalization Watching Murder: ISIS, Death Videos and Radicalization , by Simon Cottee, New York, NY, Routledge, 2022, 156 pp.,	2
Cognitive Distortions in Men Who Have Exited White Supremacist Groups	2
Pulling the Brakes on Political Violence: How Internal Brakes Limited Violent Escalation from the Provisional IRA in Pre- and Post-Good Friday Northern Ireland	2
Countering Terrorist Narratives: Assessing the Efficacy and Mechanisms of Change in Counter-narrative Strategies	2
Automating Terror: The Role and Impact of Telegram Bots in the Islamic State’s Online Ecosystem	2
U.S. Homegrown Political Violence and Terrorism	2

“What Made Me Change”: Transformative Experiences in the Jihadist Radicalization Process	2
Non-Western Responses to Terrorism Non-Western Responses to Terrorism , edited by Michael J. Boyle, Manchester, England, Manchester University Press, 2019, 504 pp., $36.	2
Silent Sympathy: News Attention, Subtle Support for Far-Right Extremism, and Negative Attitudes Toward Muslims	2
Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi: Spiritual Mentor of Wasati Salafism	2
Key Thinkers of the Radical Right: Behind the New Threat to Liberal Democracy	2
Hate Crime in Northern Ireland: The Need for Legislation and a Bespoke Version of the Prevent Strategy	2
Why do Insurgents Target Religion? The Case of Shining Path in Peru	2
Inequality and Radicalisation: Systematic Review of Quantitative Studies	2
The Representational Strategies of Lionization and Victimization in ISIS’s Online Magazine, Dabiq	2
How to Make Sense of it All: A Feasibility Study of Meaning-Centered Interventions in Deradicalization Counseling	2
Reluctant Spies: The Role of Neighbourhood Leaders in Indonesia’s PVE Strategy	2
Armed and Explosive? An Explorative Statistical Analysis of Extremist Radicalization Cases with Military Background	2
The Gangster and the Bride: The Media Representation of Masculinity and Femininity in News Coverage of Jihadi Terrorists	2
How Did 9/11 Affect Terrorism Research? Examining Articles and Authors, 1970–2019	2
Regime Type of Foreign Supporters of Resistance Movements and its Impact on State Repression	2
Local Conditions for Anti-immigrant Violence: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) of Asylum Housing Attacks in Sweden	2
The Role of Honeypots and Sabotage in State-Based Operations Against Online Jihadism, 2001-2020	2