Benjamin Isakhan

936 total citations
62 papers, 403 citations indexed

About

Benjamin Isakhan is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Space and Planetary Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Isakhan has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 403 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 29 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 16 papers in Space and Planetary Science. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Isakhan's work include Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (16 papers), Archaeological Research and Protection (16 papers) and Islamic Studies and History (14 papers). Benjamin Isakhan is often cited by papers focused on Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (16 papers), Archaeological Research and Protection (16 papers) and Islamic Studies and History (14 papers). Benjamin Isakhan collaborates with scholars based in Australia, South Africa and United States. Benjamin Isakhan's co-authors include Lynn Meskell, Chengxin Pan, Ali Akbar, Steven Slaughter, Shahram Akbarzadeh, Claire Smith, Ida Widianingsih, Fethi Mansouri, Alessandra L. González and Priyambudi Sulistiyanto and has published in prestigious journals such as International Affairs, Political Studies and Third World Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Isakhan

48 papers receiving 343 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benjamin Isakhan Australia 12 195 153 148 142 41 62 403
Zeynep Çelík United States 13 123 0.6× 122 0.8× 157 1.1× 53 0.4× 20 0.5× 42 487
Les Roberts United Kingdom 12 125 0.6× 45 0.3× 18 0.1× 15 0.1× 23 0.6× 37 389
Edhem Eldem Türkiye 7 76 0.4× 42 0.3× 121 0.8× 33 0.2× 6 0.1× 36 242
David Atkinson United Kingdom 9 162 0.8× 106 0.7× 49 0.3× 27 0.2× 5 0.1× 30 377
Martin Coward United Kingdom 11 279 1.4× 30 0.2× 146 1.0× 17 0.1× 2 0.0× 30 469
Ferdinand De Jong United Kingdom 10 136 0.7× 59 0.4× 56 0.4× 21 0.1× 19 0.5× 41 275
Mark Girouard 10 105 0.5× 33 0.2× 49 0.3× 9 0.1× 28 0.7× 28 445
Monica Sassatelli United Kingdom 8 141 0.7× 54 0.4× 143 1.0× 18 0.1× 2 0.0× 16 310
Joan‐Pau Rubiés United Kingdom 13 156 0.8× 63 0.4× 114 0.8× 11 0.1× 2 0.0× 36 582
Beshara Doumani United States 11 220 1.1× 29 0.2× 181 1.2× 14 0.1× 7 0.2× 26 344

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Isakhan, Benjamin, et al.. (2026). UNESCO’s institutional drift and normative vacuum: interpreting the failure to protect Palestinian heritage in Gaza. International Journal of Heritage Studies. 1–19.
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Isakhan, Benjamin, et al.. (2025). Gender and cultural violence: feminist perspectives on Islamic State's heritage destruction. International Affairs. 101(1). 157–175. 1 indexed citations
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Isakhan, Benjamin & Lynn Meskell. (2024). Local perspectives on heritage reconstruction after conflict: a public opinion survey of Aleppo. International Journal of Heritage Studies. 30(7). 821–839. 3 indexed citations
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Isakhan, Benjamin & Lynn Meskell. (2023). Rebuilding Mosul: Public opinion on foreign-led heritage reconstruction. Cooperation and Conflict. 59(3). 379–404. 7 indexed citations
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Akbar, Ali & Benjamin Isakhan. (2023). The Islamic State, Shia religious clerics and the mobilisation of Shia militias in Iraq and Syria. Contemporary Politics. 29(5). 535–552.
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Isakhan, Benjamin, et al.. (2019). Perceptions of democracy and the rise of Donald Trump: A framing analysis of Saudi Arabian media. Global Media and Communication. 15(2). 159–175. 2 indexed citations
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Isakhan, Benjamin & Lynn Meskell. (2019). UNESCO’s project to ‘Revive the Spirit of Mosul’: Iraqi and Syrian opinion on heritage reconstruction after the Islamic State. International Journal of Heritage Studies. 25(11). 1189–1204. 38 indexed citations
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Smith, Claire, et al.. (2018). The Manipulation of Social, Cultural and Religious Values in Socially Mediated Terrorism. Religions. 9(5). 168–168. 7 indexed citations
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Isakhan, Benjamin, et al.. (2017). The Legacy of Iraq: From the 2003 War to the “Islamic State”. 7(1). 5 indexed citations
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Isakhan, Benjamin. (2015). Democracy: critiquing a Eurocentric history. Deakin Research Online (Deakin University). 1–14.
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Isakhan, Benjamin. (2014). Protests and public power in post-Saddam Iraq: the case of the Iraqi federation of oil union. Own your potential (DEAKIN). 117–128.
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Isakhan, Benjamin & Steven Slaughter. (2014). Democracy and Crisis. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Isakhan, Benjamin, et al.. (2012). The Edinburgh Companion to the History of Democracy. Edinburgh University Press eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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Isakhan, Benjamin, Fethi Mansouri, & Shahram Akbarzadeh. (2012). The Arab revolutions in context : civil society and democracy in a changing Middle East. Deakin Research Online (Deakin University). 3 indexed citations
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Isakhan, Benjamin. (2008). Mediated Hegemony: Interference in the post-Saddam Iraqi media sector. Griffith Research Online (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia). 2 indexed citations
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Isakhan, Benjamin. (2008). The post-Saddam Iraqi media : the public sphere and democratisation. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical. 48(3). 1–14. 2 indexed citations
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Isakhan, Benjamin. (2008). The Post-Saddam Iraqi Media: Reporting the Democratic Developments of 2005. Griffith Research Online (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia). 7(13). 1–23. 3 indexed citations
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Isakhan, Benjamin. (2008). “Oriental Despotism” and the Democratisation of Iraq in The Australian. Transformation An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies. 8(1). 13–13. 1 indexed citations
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Isakhan, Benjamin. (2007). Media discourse and Iraq's democratisation: reporting the 2005 constitution in the Australian and Middle Eastern print media. Own your potential (DEAKIN). 29(1). 97–114. 2 indexed citations
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Isakhan, Benjamin. (2006). Read all about it : the free press, the public sphere and democracy in Iraq. Deakin Research Online (Deakin University). 8. 119–153. 2 indexed citations

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