| The De-Radicalization of Jihadists: Transforming Armed Islamist Movements O Ashour Routledge, 2009 | 557 | 2009 |
| Online de-radicalization? Countering violent extremist narratives: Message, messenger and media strategy O Ashour Perspectives on Terrorism 4 (6), 2010 | 141 | 2010 |
| Lions Tamed? An inquiry into the causes of de-radicalization of armed Islamist movements: The case of the Egyptian Islamic Group O Ashour The Middle East Journal, 596-625, 2007 | 139 | 2007 |
| Post-jihadism: Libya and the global transformations of armed Islamist movements O Ashour Terrorism and Political Violence 23 (3), 377-397, 2011 | 87 | 2011 |
| De-radicalization of jihad? The impact of Egyptian Islamist revisionists on al-Qaeda O Ashour Perspectives on Terrorism 2 (5), 2008 | 75 | 2008 |
| Islamist de-radicalization in Algeria: Successes and failures O Ashour The Middle East Journal, 2008 | 56 | 2008 |
| Libyan Islamists unpacked: Rise, transformation, and future O Ashour Brookings Papers, 2012 | 43 | 2012 |
| Collusion to crackdown: Islamist-military relations in Egypt O Ashour Brookings Papers, 2015 | 42 | 2015 |
| Between ISIS and a failed state: The saga of Libyan Islamists O Ashour Rethinking Political Islam, 2015 | 41 | 2015 |
| Votes and violence: Islamists and the processes of transformation O Ashour International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence …, 2009 | 36 | 2009 |
| Security, Oil, and Internal Politics: The Causes of The Russo-Chechen Conflicts O Ashour Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 27 (2), 127-143, 2004 | 29 | 2004 |
| From Bad Cop to Good Cop: The Challenge of Security Sector Reform in Egypt O Ashour Brookings Papers, 2012 | 25 | 2012 |
| How ISIS Fights: Military Tactics in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt O Ashour Edinburgh University Press, 2021 | 21 | 2021 |
| Transitional Justice in the Middle East and North Africa CL Sriram, M Kamrava, O Ashour, et al Center for International and Regional Studies, Georgetown University in Qatar, 2017 | 18 | 2017 |
| Sinai’s stubborn insurgency: why Egypt can’t Win? O Ashour Foreign Affairs 94 (6), 2015 | 14 | 2015 |
| Why does the Islamic State militarily endure and expand? O Ashour International Affairs 52 (15), 1-18, 2015 | 13* | 2015 |
| Islamists, Soldiers, and Conditional Democrats: Comparing the Behaviors of Islamists and the Military in Algeria and Turkey O Ashour, E Ünlücayakı Journal of Conflict Studies 26 (2), 104-132, 2006 | 13 | 2006 |
| Deradicalization Revisited: A Review O Ashour Washington Post 18, 2015 | 12* | 2015 |
| Ballots versus Bullets: The Crisis of Civil-Military Relations in Egypt O Ashour Brookings Institution 3, 2013 | 11 | 2013 |
| Sinai's Insurgency: Implications of Enhanced Guerilla Warfare O Ashour Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 42 (6), 541-558, 2019 | 10 | 2019 |