OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Studies in Conflict & Terrorism is 8. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-06-01 to 2023-06-01.)

Article	Citations
What Happened to Suicide Bombings in Israel? Insights from a Terror Stock Model	80
Who Supports Terrorism? Evidence from Fourteen Muslim Countries	77
End of the Lone Wolf: The Typology that Should Not Have Been	60
Preventing Violent Extremism: A Review of the Literature	59
An Analysis of Inspire and Dabiq: Lessons from AQAP and Islamic State's Propaganda War	47
The Plots that Failed: Intelligence Lessons Learned from Unsuccessful Terrorist Attacks Against the United States	40
Home Thoughts from Abroad: Diasporas and Peace-Building in Northern Ireland and Sri Lanka	35
Promoting Exit from Violent Extremism: Themes and Approaches	32
Technology Acquisition by Terrorist Groups: Threat Assessment Informed by Lessons from Private Sector Technology Adoption	30
From Cubs to Lions: A Six Stage Model of Child Socialization into the Islamic State	28
When Extremists Become Violent: Examining the Association Between Social Control, Social Learning, and Engagement in Violent Extremism	27
Consenting to a Child's Decision to Join aJihad: Insights from a Survey of Militant Families in Pakistan	27
The Almajiri Heritage and the Threat of Non-State Terrorism in Northern Nigeria--Lessons from Central Asia and Pakistan	26
From spikes to bombs: The rise of eco‐terrorism	25
From Words to Action: Exploring the Relationship between a Group's Value References and Its Likelihood of Engaging in Terrorism	24
Troubling Masculinities: Changing Patterns of Violent Masculinities in a Society Emerging from Political Conflict	23
Police and Community Cooperation in Counterterrorism: Evidence and Insights from Australia	22
Jihadism in Western Europe After the Invasion of Iraq: Tracing Motivational Influences from the Iraq War on Jihadist Terrorism in Western Europe	21
Creating the Ideology of Al Qaeda: From Hypocrites to Salafi-Jihadists	21
Influence in Terrorist Networks: From Undirected to Directed Graphs	20
Driving Factors behind Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq	20
What Does the “Terrorist” Label Really Do? Measuring and Explaining the Effects of the “Terrorist” and “Islamist” Categories	19
The Logic of Terrorist Target Choice: An Examination of Chechen Rebel Bombings from 1997–2003	18
Foreign Fighters and the Radicalization of LocalJihad:Interview Evidence from SwedishJihadists	18
“From Terrorists to Peacekeepers”: The IRA's Disengagement and the Role of Community Networks	18

Terrorist Group Rivalries and Alliances: Testing Competing Explanations	17
Transitional Journeys Into and Out of Extremism. A Biographical Approach	16
Jihadafter Iraq: Lessons from the Arab Afghans	16
Exploring the “Demand Side” of Online Radicalization: Evidence from the Canadian Context	16
Multi-track Microproliferation: Lessons from Aum Shinrikyo and Al Qaida	16
The Cyberterrorism Threat: Findings from a Survey of Researchers	16
Disrupting Daesh: Measuring Takedown of Online Terrorist Material and Its Impacts	15
Evaluating Case-Managed Approaches to Counter Radicalization and Violent Extremism: An Example of the Proactive Integrated Support Model (PRISM) Intervention	15
A Political Sociology Approach to the Diffusion of Conflict from Chechnya to Dagestan and Ingushetia	15
Organizational [Dis]trust: Comparing Disengagement Among Former Left-Wing and Right-Wing Violent Extremists	14
Reality Versus Perception: Toward Understanding Boko Haram in Nigeria	14
Let's Play a Video Game: Jihadi Propaganda in the World of Electronic Entertainment	14
A Guide to Interviewing Terrorists and Violent Extremists	14
Defying Rules. Defying Gender?: Women’s Resistance to Islamic State	14
What Drives Inter-Religious Violence? Lessons from Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, and Tanzania	14
From Munich to Boston, and from Theater to Social Media: The Evolutionary Landscape of World Sporting Terror	14
Islam and Attitudes toward U.S. Policy in the Middle East: Evidence from Survey Research in Lebanon	12
The Oslo Talks: Revealing the Turkish Government's Secret Negotiations with the PKK	12
An Investigation of Mass Public Shooting Attacks Against Government Targets in the United States	12
Can Knowledge of Islam Explain Lack of Support for Terrorism? Evidence from Pakistan	11
Does Domestic Political Instability Foster Terrorism? Global Evidence from the Arab Spring Era (2011–14)	11
From Pawn to Knights: The Changing Role of Women’s Agency in Terrorism?	11
From Direct Rule to Motorman: Adjusting British Military Strategy for Northern Ireland in 1972	11
The Role of Islamist Ideology in Shaping Muslims Believers’ Attitudes toward Terrorism: Evidence from Europe	11
Pick Your POICN: Introducing the Profiles of Incidents involving CBRN and Non-State Actors (POICN) Database	11
Framing Separatism as Terrorism: Lessons from Kosovo	11
Intra-Jihadist Conflict and Cooperation: Islamic State–Khorasan Province and the Taliban in Afghanistan	10
Social Learning and Social Control in the Off- and Online Pathways to Hate Crime and Terrorist Violence	10
Contextualizing Radicalization: The Emergence of the “Sauerland-Group” from Radical Networks and theSalafistMovement	10
Is It Terrorism?: Public Perceptions, Media, and Labeling the Las Vegas Shooting	10
Terrorism and Terrorist Leaders: Insights from Developmental and Ecological Psychology	10
The Impact of Illegal Fishing on Maritime Piracy: Evidence from West Africa	9
Engaging Insurgency: The Impact of the 2016 Colombian Peace Agreement on FARC's Political Participation	9
From Ocalan to Al Qaida: The Continuing Terrorist Threat in Turkey	9
Women’s Radicalization to Religious Terrorism: An Examination of ISIS Cases in the United States	8
Muslim Youth Unemployment and Expat Jihadism: Bored to Death?	8
Cyberterrorism Today? Findings From a Follow-on Survey of Researchers	8
Trauma, Trust in Government, and Social Connection: How Social Context Shapes Attitudes Related to the Use of Ideologically or Politically Motivated Violence	8
“The Lions of Tomorrow”: A News Value Analysis of Child Images in Jihadi Magazines	8
From Cooperation to Competition: Localization, Militarization and Rebel Co-Governance Arrangements in Syria	8
Challenges for Effective Counterterrorism Communication: Practitioner Insights and Policy Implications for Preventing Radicalization, Disrupting Attack Planning, and Mitigating Terrorist Attacks	8
Visual Jihad: Constructing the “Good Muslim” in Online Jihadist Magazines	8
Fighting Networked Terrorist Groups: Lessons from Israel	8