Mark Sedgwick

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 739 citations indexed

About

Mark Sedgwick is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Sedgwick has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 739 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 29 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 21 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Mark Sedgwick's work include Islamic Studies and History (22 papers), Education and Islamic Studies (18 papers) and Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (11 papers). Mark Sedgwick is often cited by papers focused on Islamic Studies and History (22 papers), Education and Islamic Studies (18 papers) and Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (11 papers). Mark Sedgwick collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Ukraine and Egypt. Mark Sedgwick's co-authors include Stanley Trapido, Susan Marks, Christine J. Cardin, Hans E. Parge, D.A. Morton-Blake, Charles Kurzman, Nader Hashemi, Itzchak Weismann, Tony Moore and Allison Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry and Terrorism and Political Violence.

In The Last Decade

Mark Sedgwick

44 papers receiving 596 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.

The Concept of Radicalization as a Source of Confusion

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark Sedgwick Denmark	12	556	225	88	82	53	53	739
R. Laurence Moore United States	14	357 0.6×	195 0.9×	52 0.6×	152 1.9×	40 0.8×	35	655
Philip Goodchild United Kingdom	8	320 0.6×	84 0.4×	54 0.6×	116 1.4×	19 0.4×	30	512
Sunaina Maira United States	14	552 1.0×	92 0.4×	112 1.3×	28 0.3×	46 0.9×	45	727
Gilles Kepel France	17	779 1.4×	431 1.9×	96 1.1×	46 0.6×	20 0.4×	60	950
Mohammed Abu‐Nimer United States	13	641 1.2×	156 0.7×	189 2.1×	37 0.5×	50 0.9×	48	791
Éric Voegelin United States	13	428 0.8×	275 1.2×	43 0.5×	211 2.6×	22 0.4×	92	781
Jeff Spinner‐Halev United States	12	451 0.8×	347 1.5×	126 1.4×	53 0.6×	14 0.3×	30	680
Jocelyne Césari United States	17	832 1.5×	420 1.9×	121 1.4×	29 0.4×	24 0.5×	71	987
Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im United States	14	498 0.9×	383 1.7×	87 1.0×	30 0.4×	12 0.2×	48	720
David Lindenfeld United States	10	246 0.4×	181 0.8×	28 0.3×	118 1.4×	35 0.7×	37	555

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Sedgwick

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All Works

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Sedgwick, Mark. (2025). Aleksandr Dugin’s Traditionalist roots. Studies in East European Thought. 78(1-2). 209–224. 1 indexed citations

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Sedgwick, Mark. (2023). Muhammad ʿAbduh: Modern Islam and the Culture of Ambiguity By Oliver Scharbrodt. Journal of Islamic Studies. 35(1). 126–129.

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Sedgwick, Mark. (2021). Occult Roots of Religious Studies. Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern). 2 indexed citations

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Sedgwick, Mark. (2019). Islamic and Western Esotericism. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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Sedgwick, Mark. (2019). The Islamization of Western Sufism after the Early New Age. 2 indexed citations

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Sedgwick, Mark. (2016). Western Sufism. Oxford University Press eBooks. 17 indexed citations

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Sedgwick, Mark. (2015). Jihadism, Narrow and Wide: The Dangers of Loose Use of an Important Term. 9(2). 15 indexed citations

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Weismann, Itzchak, et al.. (2014). Islamic myths and memories: mediators of globalization. Ashgate eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Sedgwick, Mark. (2014). Ibn ‘Arabi and the Contemporary West: Beshara and the Ibn ‘Arabi Society. Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations. 25(3). 389–390. 1 indexed citations

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Sedgwick, Mark. (2013). Something Varied in the State of Denmark: Neo-nationalism, Anti-Islamic Activism, and Street-level Thuggery. Politics Religion & Ideology. 14(2). 208–233. 3 indexed citations

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Sedgwick, Mark. (2010). Measuring Egyptian Regime Legitimacy. Middle East Critique. 19(3). 251–267. 24 indexed citations

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Sedgwick, Mark. (2009). A Review of: “Faisal Devji,Landscapes of the Jihad: Militancy, Morality, Modernity.”. Terrorism and Political Violence. 21(2). 352–354. 1 indexed citations

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Sedgwick, Mark. (2008). Islamist Terrorism and the 'Pizza Effect'. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Sedgwick, Mark. (2008). Popular Sufism in Eastern Europe: Sufi Brotherhoods and the Dialogue with Christianity and 'Heterodoxy'. Journal of Religion in Europe. 1(3). 363–364. 1 indexed citations

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Sedgwick, Mark. (2007). John Mueller.Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them. Terrorism and Political Violence. 19(3). 438–440. 1 indexed citations

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Sedgwick, Mark. (2006). Islam & Muslims: A Guide to Diverse Experience in a Modern World. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 8 indexed citations

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Kurzman, Charles, et al.. (2004). An Islamic reformation. Lexington Books. 10 indexed citations

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Sedgwick, Mark. (2003). Is There a Church in Islam. Leiden Repository (Leiden University). 13(1). 40–41. 2 indexed citations

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Sedgwick, Mark. (2003). Western Sufism and Traditionalism. 1 indexed citations

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Sedgwick, Mark. (2000). Sects in the Islamic World1. Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 3(2). 195–240. 14 indexed citations

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