| Democracy, foreign policy, and terrorism B Savun, BJ Phillips Journal of Conflict Resolution 53 (6), 878-904, 2009 | 347 | 2009 |
| How does leadership decapitation affect violence? The case of drug trafficking organizations in Mexico BJ Phillips The Journal of Politics 77 (2), 324-336, 2015 | 226 | 2015 |
| Terrorist group cooperation and longevity BJ Phillips International Studies Quarterly 58 (2), 336-347, 2014 | 168 | 2014 |
| What is a Terrorist Group? Conceptual Issues and Empirical Implications BJ Phillips Terrorism and Political Violence, 2014 | 135 | 2014 |
| Inequality and the Emergence of Vigilante Organizations: The Case of Mexican Autodefensas BJ Phillips Comparative Political Studies 50 (10), 1358-1389, 2017 | 124 | 2017 |
| Enemies with benefits? Violent rivalry and terrorist group longevity BJ Phillips Journal of Peace Research 52 (1), 62-75, 2015 | 124 | 2015 |
| Foreign Aid as a Signal to Investors Predicting FDI in Post-conflict Countries AC Garriga, BJ Phillips Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2013 | 123 | 2013 |
| Carrots, sticks, and insurgent targeting of civilians V Asal, BJ Phillips, RK Rethemeyer, C Simonelli, JK Young Journal of Conflict Resolution 63 (7), 1710-1735, 2019 | 80 | 2019 |
| Terrorist Tactics by Criminal Organizations: The Mexican Case in Context BJ Philips Perspectives on Terrorism 12 (1), 46-63, 2018 | 77 | 2018 |
| Deadlier in the US? On lone wolves, terrorist groups, and attack lethality BJ Phillips Terrorism and Political Violence 29 (3), 533-549, 2017 | 72 | 2017 |
| Civil war, spillover and neighbors’ military spending BJ Phillips Conflict Management and Peace Science 32 (4), 425-442, 2015 | 60 | 2015 |
| Terrorist group rivalries and alliances: Testing competing explanations BJ Phillips Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 42 (11), 997-1019, 2019 | 50 | 2019 |
| Do 90 percent of terrorist groups last less than a year? Updating the conventional wisdom BJ Phillips Terrorism and political violence 31 (6), 1255-1265, 2019 | 43 | 2019 |
| How did 9/11 affect terrorism research? Examining articles and authors, 1970–2019 BJ Phillips Terrorism and political violence 35 (2), 409-432, 2023 | 35 | 2023 |
| What explains ethnic organizational violence? Evidence from Eastern Europe and Russia V Asal, BJ Phillips Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2016 | 26 | 2016 |
| Narco-messages: Competition and public communication by criminal groups BJ Phillips, V Ríos Latin American Politics and Society 62 (1), 1-24, 2020 | 24 | 2020 |
| Foreign Terrorist Organization designation, international cooperation, and terrorism BJ Phillips International Interactions 45 (2), 316-343, 2019 | 22 | 2019 |
| When Politicians Sell Drugs: Examining Why Middle East Ethnopolitical Organizations Are Involved in the Drug Trade V Asal, K Deloughery, BJ Phillips Terrorism and Political Violence 24 (2), 2012 | 17 | 2012 |
| Competition from within: Ethnicity, power, and militant group rivalry J Conrad, KT Greene, BJ Phillips, S Daly On Terrorist Groups, 121-136, 2023 | 14 | 2023 |
| How terrorist organizations survive: cooperation and competition in terrorist group networks BJ Phillips University of Pittsburgh, 2012 | 14 | 2012 |
Victor AsalProfessor of Political Science, University at Albany SUNYVerified email at albany.edu