James A. Piazza

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

James A. Piazza is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, James A. Piazza has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 18 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 5 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in James A. Piazza's work include Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (55 papers), Political Conflict and Governance (41 papers) and Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (14 papers). James A. Piazza is often cited by papers focused on Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (55 papers), Political Conflict and Governance (41 papers) and Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (14 papers). James A. Piazza collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. James A. Piazza's co-authors include James Igoe Walsh, Khusrav Gaibulloev, Todd Sandler, Matthew C. Wilson, Michael G. Findley, Joseph K. Young, Gary LaFree, Natalia Van Doren, Victor Asal and Katarzyna Jaśko and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and American Journal of Political Science.

In The Last Decade

James A. Piazza

68 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Rooted in Poverty?: Terrorism, Poor Economic Development, and Social Cleavages¹

2006 353 citations James A. Piazza Terrorism and Political Violence profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James A. Piazza United States	27	2.3k	555	205	195	131	71	2.7k
Anna Maria Mayda United States	19	1.8k 0.8×	677 1.2×	511 2.5×	225 1.2×	244 1.9×	64	2.3k
Will H. Moore United States	23	2.5k 1.1×	1.3k 2.3×	236 1.2×	235 1.2×	112 0.9×	59	2.9k
Erica Chenoweth United States	20	1.6k 0.7×	591 1.1×	96 0.5×	40 0.2×	61 0.5×	57	1.8k
Vincenzo Bove United Kingdom	22	1.0k 0.4×	542 1.0×	440 2.1×	82 0.4×	75 0.6×	73	1.6k
Daniel Byman United States	26	2.1k 0.9×	1.4k 2.5×	264 1.3×	68 0.3×	50 0.4×	139	2.7k
Dominic Rohner Switzerland	16	1.1k 0.5×	334 0.6×	294 1.4×	61 0.3×	79 0.6×	63	1.7k
Patrícia Justino United Kingdom	20	847 0.4×	254 0.5×	226 1.1×	122 0.6×	243 1.9×	82	1.4k
Philip Verwimp Belgium	17	838 0.4×	207 0.4×	207 1.0×	102 0.5×	210 1.6×	31	1.4k
Nicholas Van Hear United Kingdom	21	1.4k 0.6×	249 0.4×	92 0.4×	138 0.7×	119 0.9×	46	1.6k
Andrew Kydd United States	18	1.7k 0.7×	1.1k 1.9×	280 1.4×	39 0.2×	37 0.3×	40	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James A. Piazza

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Piazza, James A.. (2025). Incel Beliefs and Support for Political Violence Among U.S. Males: The Mediating Effects of Masculinity Stress, Aggression, Outgroup Hate, and Illiberalism. Crime & Delinquency.

Piazza, James A., et al.. (2024). Hostile Sexism, Social Dominance Orientation, Political Illiberalism, and Support for Political Violence in the United States. Politics & Gender. 21(2). 144–168. 2 indexed citations

Piazza, James A.. (2023). Fear of terrorism and support for non-democratic rule in democracies. International Interactions. 49(4). 587–611. 1 indexed citations

Piazza, James A.. (2021). Fake news: the effects of social media disinformation on domestic terrorism. Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict. 15(1). 55–77. 35 indexed citations

Piazza, James A.. (2020). ‘Nondemocratic Islamists’ and support for ISIS in the Arab World. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression. 13(2). 95–114. 6 indexed citations

Piazza, James A. & Gary LaFree. (2019). Islamist terrorism, diaspora links and casualty rates. 13(5). 2–21. 12 indexed citations

Cao, Xun, et al.. (2018). Digging the “ethnic violence in china” database: The effects of inter-ethnic inequality and natural resources exploitation in xinjiang. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 18(2). 121–154. 13 indexed citations

Piazza, James A.. (2018). Suicide Attacks and Hard Targets: An Empirical Examination. Defence and Peace Economics. 31(2). 142–159. 10 indexed citations

Piazza, James A., et al.. (2015). Foreign Military Interventions and Suicide Attacks. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 61(2). 271–297. 31 indexed citations

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Asal, Victor, Michael G. Findley, James A. Piazza, & James Igoe Walsh. (2015). Political Exclusion, Oil, and Ethnic Armed Conflict. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 60(8). 1343–1367. 44 indexed citations

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Piazza, James A., et al.. (2014). Ethnic groups, political exclusion and domestic terrorism. Defence and Peace Economics. 27(1). 37–63. 54 indexed citations

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Piazza, James A., et al.. (2014). Internally Displaced Populations and Suicide Terrorism. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 60(6). 1008–1040. 26 indexed citations

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Bell, Sam R., Khelani Clay, Amanda Murdie, & James A. Piazza. (2014). Opening Yourself Up. Political Research Quarterly. 67(3). 603–614. 20 indexed citations

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Findley, Michael G., James A. Piazza, & Joseph K. Young. (2012). Games Rivals Play: Terrorism in International Rivalries. The Journal of Politics. 74(1). 235–248. 51 indexed citations

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Piazza, James A.. (2011). Poverty, minority economic discrimination, and domestic terrorism. Journal of Peace Research. 48(3). 339–353. 246 indexed citations

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Piazza, James A.. (2010). Global Poverty, Inequality, and Transnational Terrorism: A Research Note. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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Findley, Michael G., James A. Piazza, & Joseph K. Young. (2010). Games Rivals Play: Terrorism in International Rivalries. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations

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Piazza, James A.. (2007). Draining the Swamp: Democracy Promotion, State Failure, and Terrorism in 19 Middle Eastern Countries. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism. 30(6). 521–539. 96 indexed citations

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Piazza, James A.. (2006). Rooted in Poverty?: Terrorism, Poor Economic Development, and Social Cleavages¹. Terrorism and Political Violence. 18(1). 159–177. 353 indexed citations breakdown →

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Piazza, James A.. (2005). Globalizing Quiescence: Globalization, Union Density and Strikes in 15 Industrialized Countries. Economic and Industrial Democracy. 26(2). 289–314. 52 indexed citations

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