OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies is 1. 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
Digital age: the changes in economy, society, politics	22
Turkish Foreign Policy in the Chaos of War, 1939-1945	13
The Role of Railways in the Ottoman Empire During the First World War	8
Turkey in the Global Economy; Neoliberalism, Global shift and the Making of a Rising Power	7
China-Central and Eastern Europe Cooperation in a Divided World: Narratives and Scenarios	7
Past and present financialization in Central Eastern Europe: the case of Western subsidiary banks	7
The Contribution of the Guaranteed Minimum Income in Alleviating Extreme Poverty in Greece	6
The Unsettled Plain: An Environmental History of the Late Ottoman Frontier	6
The Complexities of Interreligious Dialogue in the Post-Yugoslav Context	5
Neo-Liberalism, Depopulation and Economic Stagnation in the Balkans	5
Soft Power and SPPD in China Iran Relationship	5
The Ottoman Legacy of the Connected Histories of Demographic Engineering: The Case of the Ottoman Greeks of Western Anatolia	5
Cyprus, 1955–1959: The US, Britain and the USSR: Then is Now	5
Editorial to the special issue on ”Asian Powers in the Eastern Mediterranean”	5
The Late 19th Century Liberal Islamist Young Turk Movement in Egypt	5
Multinationals in the Grain Trade: The Louis Dreyfus Company at the Lower Danube, 1889–1948	4
Review: Working in Greece and Turkey: A Comparative Labour History from Empires to Nation-States, 1840–1940, Leda Papastefanaki and M. Erdem Kabadayı (eds). Berghahn Books. 2020 $179.00/£132.00 / Hb	4
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	4
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	4
‘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	4
Comprehending and Countering Hybrid Warfare Strategies by Utilizing the Principles of Sun Tzu	4
Remaking “Small Business” in Turkey: Critical Assessment of Small Business Politics Under the AKP Rule	3
The New Challenges of the Western Balkan Banking Industry During Ongoing Global Crisis	3
German Troops in Afghanistan: Strategic Narratives on German Participation in Resolute Support	3
The Turkish Bourgeoisie at the Foundation of the Republic of Turkey: The Case of the Ship Owners	3

The Foreign Policy of PASOK and the Greek–Turkish Crisis in the Aegean (1981–89)	3
Syrian Immigrants and Turkish–European Union Migration Deals: Business as Usual	3
Post-Pandemic Inflation and Currency Board Arrangements in the Balkans	3
Water, Sewage and Sanitation: Infrastructure Projects and Public Health in Izmir in the Late Ottoman Empire	3
2023 Elections in Turkey within Global Context: Right Wing Populism in the Era of Global Shift	3
From Missionary Teacher to Dysfunctional Technician: Teacher Training System in Turkey and Formations of Turkish Modernity	3
Social Security in the Balkans—Volume 1. An Overview of Social Policy in Croatia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria	3
Summitry Diplomacy in Turkey–Africa Relations: Statements, (Non-)Accomplishments and Effectiveness	3
The Role of Republican and AKP Elites in the Construction and Reconstruction of Turkiye’s Foreign Policy Identity: A Critical Narrative Analysis	3
Macedonia & Its Questions. Origins, Margins, Ruptures & Continuity	2
Autonomy and Control in the Gig Economy and Platform Work: Domestic and Home Repair Workers in Turkey	2
Editorial. Entangled Temporalities of Migration in the Western Balkans. Ethnographic Perspectives on (Im)-mobilities and Reception Governance	2
Islam and Politics in Turkey: Alliance and Disunion Between the Fethullah Gülen Movement and the Justice and Development Party of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	2
Turkey-Africa Relations and Turkey’s National Role Conception as the Centre Country: Continuity or a Break with the Past?	2
The Strategic Use of Narratives and Governance of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Major Autocratisers in Europe	2
Ukraine, Multipolarity and the Crisis of Grand Strategies	2
Ontological Insecurity and the Return of the Greek-Turkish Conflicts: Reconfiguring Hagia Sophia as an Ontic Space	2
Politics of Emotions in the Late Ottoman Empire: ‘Our Beloved Crete’	2
Which Legitimization for de facto States? The Case of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq	2
Chto Takoe Sovetskaya Diaspora? Is There a Living and Ideologically Sovieticized ‘Soviet Diaspora’?	2
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	2
The Penetration of European Banking into Ottoman Lands During the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century	2
The Far-Right Redox Reaction: The Transformation of Populist Radical Right Parties from Marginal ‘Groupuscules’ into Considerable Political Forces	2
Introduction Turkey and Africa: Motivations, Challenges and Future Prospects	2
An Assessment of Turkey’s Soft Power Resources in Asia: Potential and Limitations	2
The Balkan War in Epirus: Religious Identity and the Continuity of Conflict	1
The Political Economy of Passive Revolution in Albania: The Neoliberal Paradox and Transformation-Democratization Nexus	1
Hegemony, Europeanization, and Migration Diplomacy: Case of the EU-Turkey Statement and Action Plan	1
A Déjà Vu All over Again? Identifying and Explaining ‘Change’ in Turkey’s Asia Policy	1
Unravelling the Social Formation: Free Trade, the State and Business Associations in Turkey	1
EU Macro-Regional Strategy in the Adriatic and Ionian Region: A Territorial Perspective on the EU Enlargement Policy	1
Turkey’s Balancing Act between East and West: A Russian Perspective	1
A Contemporary Analysis of Intra-Party Democracy in Turkey’s Political Parties	1
The Rise of the Right-Wing Good Party (İYİP) in Turkey: Authoritarian Turn, Anomie, and Regulatory Nostalgia	1
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	1
The Evolution of the Political, Social and Economic Life of Cyprus, 1191–1950	1
A “National Congress” for Economic Sovereignty: The Context and Objective of the Economic Congress of Turkey (1923)	1
Shifting Sands: Threat Perceptions and Security Among Gulf Cooperation Council Member States	1
‘A Tale of Two Cities’ and an Entrepreneur: Reading Vehbi Koç’s Entrepreneurship in the Ankara-Istanbul Duality	1
China’s Seaport Investment in the Mediterranean Region and EU’s Interrogative Approach	1
Defend the Nation, Crush the People: Desertion and Civil War in Greek Macedonia, 1916–17	1
(Exploring) the Impact of Turkey’s Embassies on Trade with sub-Saharan Africa	1
Aid, Trade or Faith? Questioning Narratives and Territorial Pattern of Gulf Foreign Aid	1
Russia’s Foreign Policy Actions and the Syrian Civil War in the United Nations Security Council	1
Post-Yugoslav States Thirty Years after 1991: Unfinished Businesses of a Fivefold Transition	1
Turkish Neutrality in the Second World War and Relations with the Soviet Union	1
Analyzing the Mutual Geopolitical and Security Complementarity of Iran and Turkey: Border, Energy, and Water	1
Cyprus: Korea by Transposition?	1
The New Regime of Free Trade and Transnational Capital in Turkey	1
Why Decentralization Fails: A Case Study of Turkey	1

Turkey’s Political Parties’ Asia Policies: Visions, Contacts, Issues	1
Turkey in the Global Political Economy: Technological and Economic Integration	1
The Role of Armed Non-State Actors in Iran’s Syria Strategy: A Case Study of Fatemiyoun and Zainabiyoun Brigades	1
No Strings Attached: Understanding Turkey’s Arms Exports to Africa	1
Back to Basics: The Re-Securitization of Cyprus by Turkey After Crans Montana	1
Who Takes Care of the Children? Albanian Migrant Parents’ Strategies for Combining Work and Childcare in Greece	1
Gendering Public Diplomacy: Turkey and Europe in the 1930s	1
Exploring the Maritime Nexus in Turkey’s African Agenda	1
Litigation as a Strategy for Environmental Movements Questioned: An Examination of Bergama and Artvin-Cerattepe Struggles	1
The rise and fall of peacebuilding in the Balkans	1