Ben O’Loughlin

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Ben O’Loughlin is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben O’Loughlin has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 25 papers in Communication and 23 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Ben O’Loughlin's work include Social Media and Politics (17 papers), Media Studies and Communication (16 papers) and Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (14 papers). Ben O’Loughlin is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (17 papers), Media Studies and Communication (16 papers) and Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (14 papers). Ben O’Loughlin collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Mexico. Ben O’Loughlin's co-authors include Alister Miskimmon, Andrew Hoskins, Laura Roselle, Nick Anstead, Cristian Vaccari, Andrew Chadwick, Marie Gillespie, Giles Moss, Natalia Chaban and Ανδρέας Αντωνιάδης and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Communication and New Media & Society.

In The Last Decade

Ben O’Loughlin

72 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Strategic narrative: A new means to understand soft power

2014 231 citations Laura Roselle, Alister Miskimmon et al. Media War & Conflict profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ben O’Loughlin United Kingdom	21	1.2k	1.0k	662	171	148	74	2.1k
Daniela V. Dimitrova United States	22	1.0k 0.8×	1.4k 1.4×	536 0.8×	126 0.7×	103 0.7×	66	2.2k
Lincoln Dahlberg Australia	19	920 0.7×	1.6k 1.5×	630 1.0×	313 1.8×	124 0.8×	30	2.1k
Gadi Wolfsfeld Israel	21	1.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	569 0.9×	153 0.9×	207 1.4×	47	2.3k
Marcel Broersma Netherlands	26	1.0k 0.8×	1.9k 1.8×	338 0.5×	188 1.1×	114 0.8×	140	2.5k
James Stanyer United Kingdom	20	1.4k 1.2×	1.8k 1.8×	622 0.9×	283 1.7×	95 0.6×	54	2.5k
Carsten Reinemann Germany	22	1.3k 1.1×	1.7k 1.6×	723 1.1×	325 1.9×	81 0.5×	72	2.5k
Gunn Enli Norway	18	908 0.7×	1.4k 1.3×	406 0.6×	178 1.0×	60 0.4×	44	2.0k
Jennifer Stromer‐Galley United States	24	1.1k 0.9×	1.7k 1.6×	631 1.0×	445 2.6×	95 0.6×	78	2.4k
Paolo Gerbaudo United Kingdom	19	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	756 1.1×	300 1.8×	86 0.6×	47	2.2k
Steven Livingston United States	17	1.3k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	535 0.8×	271 1.6×	165 1.1×	47	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Ben O’Loughlin

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben O’Loughlin

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All Works

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Miskimmon, Alister, et al.. (2025). Thinking outside the box: From frames to strategic ontologies in the analysis of media, war, and conflict. Media War & Conflict. 18(4). 473–480. 1 indexed citations

Miskimmon, Alister & Ben O’Loughlin. (2021). Diverging Horizons? How Citizens and Young Elites Narrate Foreign Policy in Ukraine and the Baltic States. Demokratizatsiya The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization. 29(4). 329–352. 2 indexed citations

Gillespie, Marie, et al.. (2021). Shakespeare Lives on Twitter: cultural diplomacy in the digital age. International Journal of Cultural Policy. 28(2). 204–220. 4 indexed citations

Miskimmon, Alister, Ben O’Loughlin, & Jinghan Zeng. (2020). One Belt, One Road, One Story?. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 7 indexed citations

Miskimmon, Alister & Ben O’Loughlin. (2019). Narratives of the EU in Israel/Palestine: narrative “stickiness” and the formation of expectations. European Security. 28(3). 268–283. 10 indexed citations

Miskimmon, Alister & Ben O’Loughlin. (2018). An EU recovery programme for Ukraine? Towards a new narrative for EU—Ukraine relations?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

Miskimmon, Alister, Ben O’Loughlin, & Laura Roselle. (2018). Strategic Narrative: 21st Century Diplomatic Statecraft / Narrativa estratégica : el arte de la diplomacia en el siglo XXI.. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 113. 2 indexed citations

Miskimmon, Alister & Ben O’Loughlin. (2017). Understanding international order and power transition: A strategic narrative approach. 276–310. 1 indexed citations

Miskimmon, Alister & Ben O’Loughlin. (2017). Russia’s Narratives of Global Order: Great Power Legacies in a Polycentric World. Politics and Governance. 5(3). 111–120. 61 indexed citations

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Miskimmon, Alister, Ben O’Loughlin, & Laura Roselle. (2017). Forging the World:Strategic Narratives and International Relations. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 67 indexed citations

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O’Loughlin, Ben. (2015). Maxwell’s demon and the golden apple: Global discord in the new millennium. Journal of Information Technology & Politics. 13(1). 92–93. 1 indexed citations

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Miskimmon, Alister, Ben O’Loughlin, & Laura Roselle. (2014). Strategic Narratives. 118 indexed citations

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O’Loughlin, Ben, et al.. (2013). Text mining and social media: when quantitative meets qualitative, and software meets humans [Working paper]. Loughborough University Institutional Repository (Loughborough University). 2 indexed citations

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O’Loughlin, Ben. (2011). Commentary: The phenomenology of the event: Remembering the 2005 London bombings. Memory Studies. 4(3). 328–331. 1 indexed citations

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O’Loughlin, Ben, et al.. (2011). Distancing the extraordinary: Audience understandings of discourses of ‘radicalization’. Continuum. 25(2). 153–164. 10 indexed citations

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Anstead, Nick & Ben O’Loughlin. (2011). The Emerging Viewertariat and BBC Question Time. The International Journal of Press/Politics. 16(4). 440–462. 112 indexed citations

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Hoskins, Andrew & Ben O’Loughlin. (2010). War and media : the emergence of diffused war. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 129 indexed citations

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Αντωνιάδης, Ανδρέας, Alister Miskimmon, & Ben O’Loughlin. (2010). Great Power Politics and Strategic Narratives. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 25 indexed citations

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Hoskins, Andrew & Ben O’Loughlin. (2010). Security journalism and ‘the mainstream’ in Britain since 7/7: translating terror but inciting violence?. International Affairs. 86(4). 903–924. 8 indexed citations

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Hoskins, Andrew & Ben O’Loughlin. (2009). Pre-mediating guilt: radicalisation and mediality in British news. Critical Studies on Terrorism. 2(1). 81–93. 10 indexed citations

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