Serhun Al

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 516 citations indexed

About

Serhun Al is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Serhun Al has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 516 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 2 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Serhun Al's work include Turkey's Politics and Society (16 papers), Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (7 papers) and Political Conflict and Governance (6 papers). Serhun Al is often cited by papers focused on Turkey's Politics and Society (16 papers), Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (7 papers) and Political Conflict and Governance (6 papers). Serhun Al collaborates with scholars based in United States, Türkiye and Sweden. Serhun Al's co-authors include Dylan O’Driscoll and has published in prestigious journals such as Ethnic and Racial Studies, International Journal of Social Research Methodology and International Studies Review.

In The Last Decade

Serhun Al

19 papers receiving 482 citations

Hit Papers

Interpretive research design: concepts and processes 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Interpretive research design: concepts and processes
    2013 405 citations Serhun Al International Journal of Social Research Methodology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Serhun Al United States 7 303 225 43 42 39 20 516
Clarissa Rile Hayward United States 14 383 1.3× 274 1.2× 55 1.3× 63 1.5× 52 1.3× 24 666
Adrian Little Australia 13 390 1.3× 249 1.1× 39 0.9× 44 1.0× 23 0.6× 42 540
Nick Turnbull United Kingdom 10 211 0.7× 172 0.8× 29 0.7× 38 0.9× 44 1.1× 44 509
Jennie Hornosty Australia 4 268 0.9× 136 0.6× 38 0.9× 23 0.5× 52 1.3× 5 525
Jason Edwards United States 12 204 0.7× 162 0.7× 31 0.7× 26 0.6× 27 0.7× 58 456
Jonathon W. Moses Norway 10 305 1.0× 231 1.0× 12 0.3× 34 0.8× 41 1.1× 34 524
John Michael Roberts United Kingdom 15 343 1.1× 95 0.4× 44 1.0× 56 1.3× 41 1.1× 54 568
Matthew L. Jacobsmeier United States 7 181 0.6× 243 1.1× 88 2.0× 41 1.0× 34 0.9× 14 479
Jeffrey C. Isaac United States 14 435 1.4× 367 1.6× 25 0.6× 56 1.3× 22 0.6× 74 746
Martina Löw Germany 12 341 1.1× 90 0.4× 39 0.9× 57 1.4× 37 0.9× 46 684

Countries citing papers authored by Serhun Al

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Fields of papers citing papers by Serhun Al

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Serhun Al

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Serhun Al. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Serhun Al 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 Serhun Al. Serhun Al is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Al, Serhun, et al.. (2024). From Beka to Ghaza? New Ontological Security Regime and Turkey’s Neo-Imperial Bid in World Politics. Alternatives Global Local Political. 50(4). 648–666. 2 indexed citations
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Al, Serhun, et al.. (2024). Electoral dynamics, new nationalisms, and party positions on Syrian refugees in Turkey. Turkish Studies. 25(3). 419–449. 10 indexed citations
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O’Driscoll, Dylan, et al.. (2020). Federal versus Unitary States: Ethnic Accommodation of Tamils and Kurds. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics. 26(4). 351–368.
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Al, Serhun. (2019). Islam, ethnicity and the state: contested spaces of legitimacy and power in the Kurdish-Turkish public sphere. Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies. 19(1). 119–137. 11 indexed citations
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Al, Serhun. (2019). Patterns of Nationhood and Saving the State in Turkey. 5 indexed citations
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Al, Serhun. (2018). Kurdish Hizbullah in Turkey: Islamism, Violence and the State. Middle East Policy. 25(1). 181–184. 1 indexed citations
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Al, Serhun, et al.. (2017). When do states (de)securitise minority identities? Conflict and Change in Turkey and Northern Ireland. Journal of International Relations and Development. 21(3). 608–634. 4 indexed citations
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Al, Serhun, et al.. (2017). Comparative Kurdish Politics in the Middle East. 5 indexed citations
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Al, Serhun, et al.. (2016). Statehood and the political dynamics of insurgency: KLA and PKK in comparative perspective. Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies. 19(2). 91–104. 2 indexed citations
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Al, Serhun, et al.. (2015). Hyphenated Turkishness: The plurality of lived nationhood in Turkey. Nationalities Papers. 44(1). 144–164. 1 indexed citations
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Al, Serhun. (2015). Nation-building in Turkey and Morocco: governing Kurdish and Berber dissent. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 38(13). 2388–2390. 6 indexed citations
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Al, Serhun. (2015). An Anatomy of Nationhood and the Question of Assimilation: Debates on Turkishness Revisited. Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism. 15(1). 83–101. 12 indexed citations
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Al, Serhun. (2014). Elite Discourses, Nationalism and Moderation: A Dialectical Analysis of Turkish and Kurdish Nationalisms. Ethnopolitics. 14(1). 94–112. 18 indexed citations
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Al, Serhun. (2014). The Logic of the State in (Re)Building a Nation: When Do States Change Their Policies Toward Ethnicity and Nationhood?. International Studies Review. 16(2). 323–324. 1 indexed citations
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Al, Serhun. (2014). Regimes of ethnicity and nationhood in Germany, Russia, and Turkey. National Identities. 16(1). 91–93. 1 indexed citations
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Al, Serhun. (2013). Interpretive research design: concepts and processes. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 16(4). 351–352. 405 indexed citations breakdown →
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Al, Serhun. (2013). Democracy, Islam, and Secularism in Turkey. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 40(3). 352–353. 16 indexed citations
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Al, Serhun. (2012). Symbiotic Antagonisms: Competing Nationalisms in Turkey. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. 32(3). 413–418. 10 indexed citations

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