OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The Role of Railways in the Ottoman Empire During the First World War	20
Digital age: the changes in economy, society, politics	15
The Unsettled Plain: An Environmental History of the Late Ottoman Frontier	13
The Contribution of the Guaranteed Minimum Income in Alleviating Extreme Poverty in Greece	11
China-Central and Eastern Europe Cooperation in a Divided World: Narratives and Scenarios	10
Cyprus, 1955–1959: The US, Britain and the USSR: Then is Now	9
The Late 19th Century Liberal Islamist Young Turk Movement in Egypt	9
Editorial to the special issue on ”Asian Powers in the Eastern Mediterranean”	9
The Complexities of Interreligious Dialogue in the Post-Yugoslav Context	9
The Effect of Geography on Banditry Movements in 19th Century Smyrna and Its Hinterland	7
Revisiting Kemal Kaya in the Turmoil of 1930s Xinjiang	7
Neo-Liberalism, Depopulation and Economic Stagnation in the Balkans	7
The Foreign Policy of PASOK and the Greek–Turkish Crisis in the Aegean (1981–89)	6
‘A Longdrawn-Out Game of Chess’ and the Camouflaged Partition of the Island of Cyprus that followed on 16 August 1960: A Review of Achilles C. Emilianides, A Longdraw	6
Cyprus 1974: Anatomy of an Invasion	6
Political and Legal Problems of the Soviet–Yugoslav Military Co-Operation During the World War II: The Case of the 1 ^st Yugoslav Rifle Brigade	6
The Ottoman Legacy of the Connected Histories of Demographic Engineering: The Case of the Ottoman Greeks of Western Anatolia	6
Can Nacar, Labor and Power in the Late Ottoman Empire: Tobacco Workers, Managers, and the State, 1872-1912 Can Nacar, Labor and Power in the Late Ottoman Empire: Tobacco Workers, Manage	6
March 1941: Relations Between Yugoslavia and Bulgaria with a View to Joining the Tripartite Pact	6
Multinationals in the Grain Trade: The Louis Dreyfus Company at the Lower Danube, 1889–1948	5
Remaking “Small Business” in Turkey: Critical Assessment of Small Business Politics Under the AKP Rule	5
The Role of Republican and AKP Elites in the Construction and Reconstruction of Turkiye’s Foreign Policy Identity: A Critical Narrative Analysis	5
China’s Mediation Paradigm: How China’s Mediation Diplomacy Advanced Saudi-Iran Reconciliation	5
British Russophobia and The Greek Connexion	5
Industrial Islamism: How Authoritarian Movements Mobilize Workers	5

Syrian Immigrants and Turkish–European Union Migration Deals: Business as Usual	5
2023 Elections in Turkey within Global Context: Right Wing Populism in the Era of Global Shift	4
Republican People Party’s Policy Towards Syrian Refugees in Türkiye: An Example for Securitization by an Opposition Party	4
From Missionary Teacher to Dysfunctional Technician: Teacher Training System in Turkey and Formations of Turkish Modernity	4
Iran and post-Assad Syria: strategic dilemmas and constraints	4
The Turkish Bourgeoisie at the Foundation of the Republic of Turkey: The Case of the Ship Owners	4
Re-Inventing Reis: History and the Discursive Evolution of Erdoğan’s Popular Title	4
Social Security in the Balkans—Volume 1. An Overview of Social Policy in Croatia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria	4
Hicret, Dîn ü Devlet: Osmanlı Göç Politikası(1856- 1908)[Hegira, the Religion and the State: The Ottoman Policy of Migration(1856- 1908)] Hicret, Dîn ü Devlet: Osmanlı Göç Politikası(18	3
Ukraine, Multipolarity and the Crisis of Grand Strategies	3
How Do Voters Evaluate the Economy? An Empirical Study of Government Change in the European Union	3
The Strategic Use of Narratives and Governance of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Major Autocratisers in Europe	3
To Be or Not to Be Dark? Tourists’ Voices on Visiting the Hill Church Cemetery, Sighișoara (Romania)	3
The Soviet Land Demands from Türkiye: Kars, Ardahan and Artvin Issue, 1945–1953	3
The Merchants During the Metaxas Dictatorship in Greece (1936–1941)	3
The Far-Right Redox Reaction: The Transformation of Populist Radical Right Parties from Marginal ‘Groupuscules’ into Considerable Political Forces	3
Ontological Insecurity and the Return of the Greek-Turkish Conflicts: Reconfiguring Hagia Sophia as an Ontic Space	3
The New Challenges of the Western Balkan Banking Industry During Ongoing Global Crisis	3
The Penetration of European Banking into Ottoman Lands During the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century	3
The Role of Turkish Airlines in Türkiye’s Relations with Djibouti, Burkina Faso, and Rwanda	3
Autonomy and Control in the Gig Economy and Platform Work: Domestic and Home Repair Workers in Turkey	3
Islam and Politics in Turkey: Alliance and Disunion Between the Fethullah Gülen Movement and the Justice and Development Party of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	3
Post-Pandemic Inflation and Currency Board Arrangements in the Balkans	3
Summitry Diplomacy in Turkey–Africa Relations: Statements, (Non-)Accomplishments and Effectiveness	3
Greece’s (Un)competitive Capitalism and the Economic Crisis: Critical Thoughts Under the Lens of Social Policy Greece’s (un) Competitive Capitalism and the Economic Cr	2
Introduction Turkey and Africa: Motivations, Challenges and Future Prospects	2
International Exchanges Between National People’s Congress of China and Middle East Countries in the Xi Era	2
The War in Ukraine Unveiled: Beyond the Narratives	2
The Role of Armed Non-State Actors in Iran’s Syria Strategy: A Case Study of Fatemiyoun and Zainabiyoun Brigades	2
Which Legitimization for de facto States? The Case of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq	2
Defend the Nation, Crush the People: Desertion and Civil War in Greek Macedonia, 1916–17	2
From Home Visits to Upper Networks: AKP’s Women Brokers	2
Gendering Public Diplomacy: Turkey and Europe in the 1930s	2
The Rise of the Right-Wing Good Party (İYİP) in Turkey: Authoritarian Turn, Anomie, and Regulatory Nostalgia	2
Aviation Diplomacy as Soft Power? Qatar Airways in the Balkans	2
Turkey-Africa Relations and Turkey’s National Role Conception as the Centre Country: Continuity or a Break with the Past?	2
Exploring the Maritime Nexus in Turkey’s African Agenda	2
Unravelling the Social Formation: Free Trade, the State and Business Associations in Turkey	2