Jason Lyall

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Jason Lyall is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jason Lyall has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 17 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 4 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Jason Lyall's work include Political Conflict and Governance (16 papers), Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (10 papers) and Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (10 papers). Jason Lyall is often cited by papers focused on Political Conflict and Governance (16 papers), Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (10 papers) and Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (10 papers). Jason Lyall collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Jason Lyall's co-authors include Kosuke Imai, Isaiah Wilson, Graeme Blair, Yang‐Yang Zhou, Allan Dafoe, K. Hirose, Fan Li, Dominic Johnson, Yuri Zhukov and Sara M. Evans and has published in prestigious journals such as American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science and Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology).

In The Last Decade

Jason Lyall

28 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Does Indiscriminate Violence Incite Insurgent Attacks?

2009 337 citations Jason Lyall Journal of Conflict Resolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jason Lyall United States	13	1.3k	711	115	104	95	31	1.5k
Jacqueline H.R. DeMeritt United States	11	499 0.4×	374 0.5×	83 0.7×	98 0.9×	33 0.3×	17	760
Karen E. Ferree United States	14	508 0.4×	535 0.8×	125 1.1×	254 2.4×	136 1.4×	29	940
Kristine Eck Sweden	14	1.1k 0.9×	431 0.6×	142 1.2×	79 0.8×	90 0.9×	34	1.3k
Andy Baker United States	16	411 0.3×	556 0.8×	88 0.8×	154 1.5×	38 0.4×	31	976
Kerem Ozan Kalkan United States	6	502 0.4×	425 0.6×	104 0.9×	89 0.9×	32 0.3×	11	784
Kristin M. Bakke United Kingdom	14	825 0.7×	463 0.7×	54 0.5×	99 1.0×	89 0.9×	34	1.1k
Yuri Zhukov United States	17	844 0.7×	533 0.7×	68 0.6×	80 0.8×	130 1.4×	41	1.1k
Sabine C. Carey United Kingdom	20	1.2k 1.0×	708 1.0×	134 1.2×	73 0.7×	37 0.4×	34	1.4k
Esteban F. Klor Israel	18	1.1k 0.9×	354 0.5×	48 0.4×	193 1.9×	124 1.3×	49	1.3k
Stephen M. Shellman United States	16	787 0.6×	279 0.4×	16 0.1×	58 0.6×	52 0.5×	27	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jason Lyall

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jason Lyall. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jason Lyall based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Jason Lyall. Jason Lyall is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Lyall, Jason & Yuri Zhukov. (2025). Fratricidal Coercion in Modern War. International Organization. 79(1). 173–192.

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Zhou, Yang‐Yang & Jason Lyall. (2024). Prolonged contact does not reshape locals' attitudes toward migrants in wartime settings. American Journal of Political Science. 69(1). 210–222. 7 indexed citations

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Lyall, Jason. (2022). Preregister Your Ethical Redlines: Vulnerable Populations, Policy Engagement, and the Perils of E-Hacking. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Lyall, Jason & Yuri Zhukov. (2021). Fratricidal Coercion in Modern War. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Lyall, Jason. (2020). Divided Armies: Inequality and Battlefield Performance in Modern War. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 9 indexed citations

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Lyall, Jason. (2020). Divided Armies. Princeton University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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Lyall, Jason. (2019). Civilian Casualties, Humanitarian Aid, and Insurgent Violence in Civil Wars. International Organization. 73(4). 901–926. 20 indexed citations

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Hirose, K., Kosuke Imai, & Jason Lyall. (2017). Can civilian attitudes predict insurgent violence? Ideology and insurgent tactical choice in civil war. Journal of Peace Research. 54(1). 47–63. 28 indexed citations

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Dafoe, Allan & Jason Lyall. (2015). From cell phones to conflict? Reflections on the emerging ICT–political conflict research agenda. Journal of Peace Research. 52(3). 401–413. 35 indexed citations

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Lyall, Jason, et al.. (2015). Coethnic Bias and Wartime Informing. The Journal of Politics. 77(3). 833–848. 42 indexed citations

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Dafoe, Allan & Jason Lyall. (2014). From Cell Phones to Conflict? Reflections on the Emerging ICT-Political Conflict Research Agenda. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Lyall, Jason. (2014). Bombing to Lose? Airpower and the Dynamics of Coercion in Counterinsurgency Wars. SSRN Electronic Journal. 15 indexed citations

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Lyall, Jason. (2014). Why Armies Break: Explaining Mass Desertion in Conventional War. SSRN Electronic Journal. 13 indexed citations

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Hirose, K., Kosuke Imai, & Jason Lyall. (2014). Can Civilian Attitudes Predict Civil War Violence?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations

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Lyall, Jason, et al.. (2013). Dropping a Dime: Coethnic Bias and Wartime Informing. 1 indexed citations

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Lyall, Jason. (2011). Afghanistan's Lost Decade. Foreign Affairs.

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Lyall, Jason. (2010). Do Democracies Make Inferior Counterinsurgents? Reassessing Democracy's Impact on War Outcomes and Duration. International Organization. 64(1). 167–192. 65 indexed citations

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Lyall, Jason & Isaiah Wilson. (2009). Rage Against the Machines: Explaining Outcomes in Counterinsurgency Wars. International Organization. 63(1). 67–106. 261 indexed citations

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Lyall, Jason. (2009). Does Indiscriminate Violence Incite Insurgent Attacks?. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 53(3). 331–362. 337 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lyall, Jason, et al.. (2008). How ethnicity shapes insurgent violence: A matched analysis of “sweep” operations in Chechnya. 16. 11–16. 4 indexed citations

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