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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Understanding Territorial Withdrawal: Israeli Occupations and Exits	52
The Peace Formula: Voice, Work and Warranties, Not Violence	47
The World White Web: Uncovering the Hidden Meanings of Online Far-Right Propaganda	36
The Mathematics of Political Mayhem: A Computational Model for Predicting Stochastic Violence	29
The Relational Dimension of Radicalization: Context and Tie Formation in Dutch Salafi-Jihadi Networks	23
Exploring the Religious Dimensions of American Far-Right Extremist Discourse	22
Image Content Indicators of Extremist Group Evolution: A Comparative Study of MENA-Based and Far-Right Groups	19
Assessing Violence Risk among Far-Right Extremists: A New Role for Natural Language Processing	18
Mobilizing for Jihad: How Political Exclusion and Organized Protest Contribute to Foreign Fighter Outflows	18
Selective Visibility: How Newsworthiness Shapes Unattributed Violence Across Terrorist Tactics in Open-Source Data	17
The Pathway Model of Radicalization 2.0: Empirical Insights into the Religiously Motivated, Right-Wing and Left-Wing Radicalization Process	16
Social Learning Theory and Racial Extremist Ideologies: Differing Learning Processes for Youth/Young Adults Compared to Older Adults	16
Four Typologies of Leadership Applied to a Survey of the Provisional IRA and Sinn Féin in the Troubles	16
Citizenship, Family Law, and the Repatriation of Islamic State Affiliates in MENA	13
A Call to Dissent: Defending Democracy Against Extremism and Populism	13
Ideology and Cognitive Complexity in Terrorism: Insights from a Terrorist Rehabilitation Program	12
Psychopathologies Among European Women Involved in Islamist Radicalization: A Review	12
How do Militant Organizations Respond to Counterterrorism? Introducing the LIVE Typology, with Examples from Proscription in Pakistan	10
The Rhetoric of Radicalism: The Anti-Colonial Inspiration Behind Osama bin Laden’s Ideology	10
From Waves to Questions: How David Rapoport Shaped My Thinking as a Practitioner & Research as a Scholar	10
Deconstructing Fears of Terrorism: A Comparison between Fear from Domestic and International Terrorist Groups	10
Countering ISIS Finances: A New Paradigm of Success	9
The Coercion-Manipulation-Persuasion Framework: Analyzing the Modus Operandi of Systems of Non-State Actors	9
“Why We Have Become Revolutionaries and Murderers”: Radicalization, Terrorism, and Fascism in the Ustaša–Croatian Revolutionary Organization	9
Foreign Fighter Mobilization: YPG Volunteers in Their Own Words	9

Ceasefires: Stopping the Violence and Negotiating Peace	8
The Word and the Bullet: Out-Grouping and Threat Framing as Predictors of Islamic State Targeting, 2015–2020	8
Elections and Anti-Refugee Violence in Germany from 2014-2020	8
Developmental and Biographical Issues in Radicalization Pathways: A Comparative Case Analysis of Homegrown German Convicts of Islamist Terrorism-Related Offenses	8
From Theory to Policy: The Four Waves and U.S. Counterterrorism	7
Belief and Behavior in Radicalization: Clarifying the Link in Response to Peels	7
The Aftermath: Societal and Political Responses to Jihadist Terrorism	7
Politico-Ideological Mobilisation and Violence in the Arab World: All In	7
A Conversation with Professor Max Taylor	7
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: Looking at the Current Milieu Through Rapoport’s Four Waves Theory of Modern Terrorism	7
The Crime-Terrorism Nexus and Jihadist Radicalization in the West: New Data and Interpretative Challenges	7
Assessing the Validity of Open-Source Biographical Data in Terrorism Research	7
When Do Radical Flanks Use Violence? Conditions for Violent Protest in Radical Left-Libertarian Activism in Sweden, 1997–2016	7
Mapping the Waves of Terrorism Using Computational Text Analysis	7
Innovation and Organisational Survival in Terrorist Groups: Evidence from the PKK	6
Theories of Civilian Victimization: Constraint, Control, or Contestation? Evidence from Afghanistan	6
Retribution versus Rehabilitation for Children within Insurgency: Public Attitudes Toward ISIS-Affiliated Youth in Mosul, Iraq	6
Introduction to the Special Issue: A Legacy of David C. Rapoport	6
The Radical Redemption Model: Terrorist Beliefs and Narratives	6
Boko Haram’s Child Soldiers: Media Mujahids, Martyrs, and Militants	5
Conceptualizing Election-Related Violence	5
Religious Political Violence in Early 19th Century America	5
Correction	5
Gathering Storm: An Introduction to the Special Issue on Climate Change and Terrorism	5
Measuring the Potential for Hateful Behaviours: Development and Validation of the Hate Behaviours Scale (HBS)	5
Predicting Novel Terrorism: Media Coverage as Early-Warning System of Novelty in Terror Attacks	5
To Be Experienced or Not? Unpacking the Relationship between Leader Tenure and Counterinsurgency Efforts	4
Success or Shirking in Terror: Control Mechanisms in State Sponsored Terrorism	4
Killing Strangers: How Political Violence Became Modern	4
What Drives Counter-Extremism? The Extent of P/CVE Policies in the West and Their Structural Correlates	4
Public Perceptions of What Qualifies as Terrorism Across Similar Countries with Diverse Terrorism Experiences	4
What Is Deradicalization? Translating Security Practices in the Maghreb and the Sahel	4
Part-Time Foreign Jihadist Fighters in the Syrian Civil War	4
Religious Redemption as the Motivation for the Jihadist Crime-Terrorism Nexus: A Critical Inquiry	4
Dogs and Cats Living Together? Explaining the Crime-Terror Nexus	4
Watching Murder: ISIS, Death Videos and Radicalization Watching Murder: ISIS, Death Videos and Radicalization , by Simon Cottee, New York, NY, Routledge, 2022, 156 pp.,	3
Does Incapacitation Effectively Deter the Occurrence of Terror Attacks? Israel as a Case Study	3
White Jihad: Fused Extremism?	3
Examining the Persisting and Desisting Online Posting Behaviors of Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists	3
(De)legitimization of Private Soldiers without Legal Status: The Case of Ukraine	3
Perspectives on Violent Extremism: Insights from Swedish Population Registers in a Global Comparison	3
Targeting Taxonomy and Patterns of Political Violence in Stable Societies: Evidence from the Far Right in Italy	3
Regime Type of Foreign Supporters of Resistance Movements and its Impact on State Repression	3
Longevity of Partnering Terrorist Organization: An Empirical Study Using A Network Diffusion Model	3
Silent Sympathy: News Attention, Subtle Support for Far-Right Extremism, and Negative Attitudes Toward Muslims	3
Cognitive Distortions in Men Who Have Exited White Supremacist Groups	3
PTSD and Coping Strategies Among Palestinian University Students During Political Violence: A Cross Sectional Study	3
The Gangster and the Bride: The Media Representation of Masculinity and Femininity in News Coverage of Jihadi Terrorists	3
Hate Crime in Northern Ireland: The Need for Legislation and a Bespoke Version of the Prevent Strategy	3
Countering Counterterrorism: The Impact of Citizenship Revocation on National Security	2

Monsters to Destroy: Understanding the War on Terror	2
Automating Terror: The Role and Impact of Telegram Bots in the Islamic State’s Online Ecosystem	2
Drone Activity and Cyber Terrorism Cyber Enigma: Unravelling the Terror in the Cyber World , by E. Dilipraj, New York, NY Routledge, 2019, 262 pp., $155.00 (hardcover),	2
Gendered Narratives and Misogyny as Motivators Towards Violent Extremism: The Case of Far-Right Extremism in the UK and Australia	2
Sympathy for ISIS Among Political Islamists: The Moderating Role of Institutional Trust	2
Reluctant Spies: The Role of Neighbourhood Leaders in Indonesia’s PVE Strategy	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
The Violence of Peace: Post Good Friday Agreement Paramilitary Vigilantism in Northern Ireland	2
Nativist and Islamist Radicalism: Anger and Anxiety	2
Linking Conspiracy Beliefs and Violent Anti-Government Extremism: Mitigating the Threat with Procedurally Just Governance	2
Riding the Waves: Reimagining Rapoport’s Thesis with Stochastic Terrorist Actors	2
Why They Fight: Ideology and Terrorist Motivation	2
Islam, State, and Terrorism: A Quantitative Analysis	2
Non-State Special Operations: Capabilities and Effects	2
Why do Insurgents Target Religion? The Case of Shining Path in Peru	2
Assessing Racial and Ethnically Motivated Extremist Cyberattacks Using Open Source Data	2
Psychological Dynamics of Terrorism: Insights from Individuals Exposed to Extremist Activities Embedded in Conflict-Prone Environments	2
Needs, Rights and Systems: Increasing Canadian Intimate Bystander Reporting on Radicalizing to Violence	2
“What Made Me Change”: Transformative Experiences in the Jihadist Radicalization Process	2
David Rapoport Tribute	2
Seeing through Troubled Water: Proposing a Narrow Focus on Behavioral Warning Signals for the Prevention of Terrorist Violence	2
A Conversation with Dr. Jessica Stern	2
How to Make Sense of it All: A Feasibility Study of Meaning-Centered Interventions in Deradicalization Counseling	2