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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Understanding Territorial Withdrawal: Israeli Occupations and Exits	54
The Peace Formula: Voice, Work and Warranties, Not Violence	49
The World White Web: Uncovering the Hidden Meanings of Online Far-Right Propaganda	33
The Mathematics of Political Mayhem: A Computational Model for Predicting Stochastic Violence	25
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	20
Image Content Indicators of Extremist Group Evolution: A Comparative Study of MENA-Based and Far-Right Groups	19
Mobilizing for Jihad: How Political Exclusion and Organized Protest Contribute to Foreign Fighter Outflows	17
Selective Visibility: How Newsworthiness Shapes Unattributed Violence Across Terrorist Tactics in Open-Source Data	15
Social Learning Theory and Racial Extremist Ideologies: Differing Learning Processes for Youth/Young Adults Compared to Older Adults	14
The Politics of Jihadist Expansion: Sadiku and “Boko Haram” In Northwestern Nigeria	13
The Pathway Model of Radicalization 2.0: Empirical Insights into the Religiously Motivated, Right-Wing and Left-Wing Radicalization Process	13
Assessing Violence Risk among Far-Right Extremists: A New Role for Natural Language Processing	12
Four Typologies of Leadership Applied to a Survey of the Provisional IRA and Sinn Féin in the Troubles	11
A Call to Dissent: Defending Democracy Against Extremism and Populism	10
The Rhetoric of Radicalism: The Anti-Colonial Inspiration Behind Osama bin Laden’s Ideology	10
Psychopathologies Among European Women Involved in Islamist Radicalization: A Review	10
Citizenship, Family Law, and the Repatriation of Islamic State Affiliates in MENA	10
How do Militant Organizations Respond to Counterterrorism? Introducing the LIVE Typology, with Examples from Proscription in Pakistan	9
From Waves to Questions: How David Rapoport Shaped My Thinking as a Practitioner & Research as a Scholar	9
Countering ISIS Finances: A New Paradigm of Success	8
Ideology and Cognitive Complexity in Terrorism: Insights from a Terrorist Rehabilitation Program	8
The Coercion-Manipulation-Persuasion Framework: Analyzing the Modus Operandi of Systems of Non-State Actors	8
Deconstructing Fears of Terrorism: A Comparison between Fear from Domestic and International Terrorist Groups	8
Foreign Fighter Mobilization: YPG Volunteers in Their Own Words	8

Polarized by Fear: Exploring the Links Between Fear of Terrorism, Ideological Extremity, and Populist Voting	8
Mapping the Waves of Terrorism Using Computational Text Analysis	7
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: Looking at the Current Milieu Through Rapoport’s Four Waves Theory of Modern Terrorism	7
The Aftermath: Societal and Political Responses to Jihadist Terrorism	7
The Word and the Bullet: Out-Grouping and Threat Framing as Predictors of Islamic State Targeting, 2015–2020	7
Developmental and Biographical Issues in Radicalization Pathways: A Comparative Case Analysis of Homegrown German Convicts of Islamist Terrorism-Related Offenses	7
Ceasefires: Stopping the Violence and Negotiating Peace	7
Elections and Anti-Refugee Violence in Germany from 2014-2020	7
A Conversation with Professor Max Taylor	6
When Do Radical Flanks Use Violence? Conditions for Violent Protest in Radical Left-Libertarian Activism in Sweden, 1997–2016	6
From Theory to Policy: The Four Waves and U.S. Counterterrorism	5
The Crime-Terrorism Nexus and Jihadist Radicalization in the West: New Data and Interpretative Challenges	5
Assessing the Validity of Open-Source Biographical Data in Terrorism Research	5
The Radical Redemption Model: Terrorist Beliefs and Narratives	5
Politico-Ideological Mobilisation and Violence in the Arab World: All In	5
Introduction to the Special Issue: A Legacy of David C. Rapoport	5
Belief and Behavior in Radicalization: Clarifying the Link in Response to Peels	5
Theories of Civilian Victimization: Constraint, Control, or Contestation? Evidence from Afghanistan	4
Religious Political Violence in Early 19th Century America	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
Innovation and Organisational Survival in Terrorist Groups: Evidence from the PKK	4
Correction	4
Predicting Novel Terrorism: Media Coverage as Early-Warning System of Novelty in Terror Attacks	4
Public Perceptions of What Qualifies as Terrorism Across Similar Countries with Diverse Terrorism Experiences	4
Boko Haram’s Child Soldiers: Media Mujahids, Martyrs, and Militants	4
Retribution versus Rehabilitation for Children within Insurgency: Public Attitudes Toward ISIS-Affiliated Youth in Mosul, Iraq	4
Measuring the Potential for Hateful Behaviours: Development and Validation of the Hate Behaviours Scale (HBS)	4
What Is Deradicalization? Translating Security Practices in the Maghreb and the Sahel	4
Success or Shirking in Terror: Control Mechanisms in State Sponsored Terrorism	4
Airport Target-Hardening Fails to Deter Attempted Attacks on Aircraft: A Quasi-Experimental Study of Deterrence and Displacement	3
Perspectives on Violent Extremism: Insights from Swedish Population Registers in a Global Comparison	3
To Be Experienced or Not? Unpacking the Relationship between Leader Tenure and Counterinsurgency Efforts	3
Examining the Persisting and Desisting Online Posting Behaviors of Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists	3
White Jihad: Fused Extremism?	3
Silent Sympathy: News Attention, Subtle Support for Far-Right Extremism, and Negative Attitudes Toward Muslims	3
Part-Time Foreign Jihadist Fighters in the Syrian Civil War	3
Conceptualizing Election-Related Violence	3
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
Targeting Taxonomy and Patterns of Political Violence in Stable Societies: Evidence from the Far Right in Italy	3
The Gangster and the Bride: The Media Representation of Masculinity and Femininity in News Coverage of Jihadi Terrorists	3
Killing Strangers: How Political Violence Became Modern	3
PTSD and Coping Strategies Among Palestinian University Students During Political Violence: A Cross Sectional Study	3
Does Incapacitation Effectively Deter the Occurrence of Terror Attacks? Israel as a Case Study	3
(De)legitimization of Private Soldiers without Legal Status: The Case of Ukraine	3
Hate Crime in Northern Ireland: The Need for Legislation and a Bespoke Version of the Prevent Strategy	3
Non-State Special Operations: Capabilities and Effects	2
Gendered Narratives and Misogyny as Motivators Towards Violent Extremism: The Case of Far-Right Extremism in the UK and Australia	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
Gaming and Extremism. The Radicalization of Digital Playgrounds	2

Riding the Waves: Reimagining Rapoport’s Thesis with Stochastic Terrorist Actors	2
The Violence of Peace: Post Good Friday Agreement Paramilitary Vigilantism in Northern Ireland	2
Needs, Rights and Systems: Increasing Canadian Intimate Bystander Reporting on Radicalizing to Violence	2
Seeing through Troubled Water: Proposing a Narrow Focus on Behavioral Warning Signals for the Prevention of Terrorist Violence	2
Automating Terror: The Role and Impact of Telegram Bots in the Islamic State’s Online Ecosystem	2
Cognitive Distortions in Men Who Have Exited White Supremacist Groups	2
Reluctant Spies: The Role of Neighbourhood Leaders in Indonesia’s PVE Strategy	2
“What Made Me Change”: Transformative Experiences in the Jihadist Radicalization Process	2
Why do Insurgents Target Religion? The Case of Shining Path in Peru	2
A Conversation with Dr. Jessica Stern	2
David Rapoport Tribute	2
Linking Conspiracy Beliefs and Violent Anti-Government Extremism: Mitigating the Threat with Procedurally Just Governance	2
Nativist and Islamist Radicalism: Anger and Anxiety	2
Regime Type of Foreign Supporters of Resistance Movements and its Impact on State Repression	2
Countering Counterterrorism: The Impact of Citizenship Revocation on National Security	2
Why They Fight: Ideology and Terrorist Motivation	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
Taming the Beast: Democratic Institutions and Terrorist Groups’ Involvement in Civil War	2
Sympathy for ISIS Among Political Islamists: The Moderating Role of Institutional Trust	2
Psychological Dynamics of Terrorism: Insights from Individuals Exposed to Extremist Activities Embedded in Conflict-Prone Environments	2
The Impact of Policy (Il)Legitimacy on Interagency Collaboration and Trust: Differential Impact on CVE Professionals in Denmark	2
Islam, State, and Terrorism: A Quantitative Analysis	2
Assessing Racial and Ethnically Motivated Extremist Cyberattacks Using Open Source Data	2
How to Make Sense of it All: A Feasibility Study of Meaning-Centered Interventions in Deradicalization Counseling	2