Mia Bloom

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Mia Bloom is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mia Bloom has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 5 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Mia Bloom's work include Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (27 papers), Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (6 papers) and Political Conflict and Governance (3 papers). Mia Bloom is often cited by papers focused on Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (27 papers), Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (6 papers) and Political Conflict and Governance (3 papers). Mia Bloom collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Mia Bloom's co-authors include Lawrence Freedman, R. De Pape, Sophia Moskalenko, John Horgan, Paul Gill, Maura Conway, Emily Corner, Amy Thornton, John Horgan and Max Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as Foreign Affairs, Child Abuse & Neglect and The Gerontologist.

In The Last Decade

Mia Bloom

45 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mia Bloom United States	17	1.5k	293	191	172	128	49	1.6k
Liz Fekete United Kingdom	15	949 0.6×	421 1.4×	199 1.0×	103 0.6×	35 0.3×	52	1.2k
Ami Pedahzur Israel	21	1.1k 0.7×	375 1.3×	102 0.5×	47 0.3×	119 0.9×	70	1.3k
Lee Jarvis United Kingdom	20	1.0k 0.7×	303 1.0×	77 0.4×	116 0.7×	47 0.4×	78	1.2k
Susanne Karstedt Australia	17	977 0.7×	251 0.9×	178 0.9×	85 0.5×	76 0.6×	66	1.2k
Laura Huey Canada	20	753 0.5×	374 1.3×	137 0.7×	78 0.5×	101 0.8×	97	1.1k
Erik Bleich United States	19	967 0.7×	536 1.8×	58 0.3×	75 0.4×	57 0.4×	58	1.3k
Arun Kundnani United Kingdom	15	936 0.6×	285 1.0×	111 0.6×	72 0.4×	29 0.2×	23	1.1k
Ashley Jardina United States	13	925 0.6×	590 2.0×	58 0.3×	168 1.0×	75 0.6×	27	1.2k
S. Karthick Ramakrishnan United States	18	1.2k 0.8×	605 2.1×	203 1.1×	159 0.9×	41 0.3×	42	1.5k
Tyler Reny United States	9	600 0.4×	449 1.5×	90 0.5×	113 0.7×	78 0.6×	21	871

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mia Bloom

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mia Bloom. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mia Bloom 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 Mia Bloom. Mia Bloom 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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Bloom, Mia, et al.. (2025). LGBTQ+ Victimization by Extremist Organizations: Charting a New Path for Research. PS Political Science & Politics. 58(3). 447–455. 1 indexed citations

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Bloom, Mia, et al.. (2022). Introduction to the Special Issue: Losing My Religion: Evangelicalism and the Gospel of Q. 10(1). 1–15. 1 indexed citations

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Bloom, Mia & Sophia Moskalenko. (2021). Pastels and Pedophiles. Stanford University Press eBooks. 43 indexed citations

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Krause, Peter, Ora Szekely, Mia Bloom, et al.. (2021). COVID-19 and Fieldwork: Challenges and Solutions. PS Political Science & Politics. 54(2). 264–269. 31 indexed citations

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Bloom, Mia & Sophia Moskalenko. (2021). Pastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of QAnon. 10 indexed citations

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Bloom, Mia, et al.. (2020). A Semantic Segmentation Approach to Recognize Assault Rifles in ISIS Propaganda Images. Leiden Repository (Leiden University). abs 1506 2640. 424–429. 2 indexed citations

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Ellis, B. Heidi, et al.. (2020). Understanding the needs of children returning from formerly ISIS-controlled territories through an emotional security theory lens: Implications for practice. Child Abuse & Neglect. 109. 104754–104754. 3 indexed citations

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Bloom, Mia. (2019). Small Arms. Cornell University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Cardeli, Emma, et al.. (2019). Exploring the Social-Ecological Factors that Mobilize Children into Violence. Terrorism and Political Violence. 34(2). 318–340. 2 indexed citations

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Bloom, Mia. (2018). Child Soldiers in Armed Conflict. 4(1). 36–50. 3 indexed citations

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Bloom, Mia, et al.. (2018). Assessing the Future Threat: ISIS's Virtual Caliphate. Orbis. 62(3). 372–388. 14 indexed citations

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Gill, Paul, Emily Corner, Maura Conway, et al.. (2017). Terrorist Use of the Internet by the Numbers. Criminology & Public Policy. 16(1). 99–117. 101 indexed citations

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Bloom, Mia & Hilary Matfess. (2016). Women as Symbols and Swords in Boko Haram's Terror. 6(1). 104. 20 indexed citations

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Bloom, Mia & John Horgan. (2015). The Rise of the Child Terrorist. Foreign Affairs. 1 indexed citations

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Bloom, Mia. (2015). Cubs of the Caliphate. Foreign Affairs. 2 indexed citations

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Kenney, Michael, John Horgan, Kathleen M. Carley, et al.. (2012). Organisational adaptation in an activist network: Social networks, leadership, and change in al-Muhajiroun. Applied Ergonomics. 44(5). 739–747. 16 indexed citations

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Bloom, Mia, Paul Gill, & John Horgan. (2011). Tiocfaidh ár Mná: Women in the Provisional Irish Republican Army. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression. 4(1). 60–76. 16 indexed citations

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Bloom, Mia. (2010). Death Becomes Her: Women, Occupation, and Terrorist Mobilization. PS Political Science & Politics. 43(3). 445–450. 13 indexed citations

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Bloom, Mia. (2007). Female suicide bombers: a global trend. Daedalus. 136(1). 94–102. 54 indexed citations

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Bloom, Mia. (2003). Ethnic conflict, state terror and suicide bombing in Sri Lanka. Civil Wars. 6(1). 54–84. 14 indexed citations

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