| The Globalization of Martyrdom: Al Qaeda, Salafi Jihad, and the Diffusion of Suicide Attacks A Moghadam Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008 | 418 | 2008 |
| Palestinian suicide terrorism in the second intifada: Motivations and organizational aspects A Moghadam Studies in conflict and terrorism 26 (2), 65-92, 2003 | 378 | 2003 |
| Motives for martyrdom: Al-Qaida, Salafi Jihad, and the spread of suicide attacks A Moghadam International Security 33 (3), 46-78, 2009 | 326 | 2009 |
| Suicide terrorism, occupation, and the globalization of martyrdom: A critique of Dying to Win A Moghadam Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 29 (8), 707-729, 2006 | 245 | 2006 |
| The Salafi-jihad as a religious ideology A Moghadam CTC Sentinel 1 (3), 14-16, 2008 | 122 | 2008 |
| Nexus of Global Jihad: Understanding Cooperation among Terrorist Actors A Moghadam Nexus of Global Jihad, 2017 | 106 | 2017 |
| The Roots of Terrorism A Moghadam Infobase Publishing, 2006 | 104 | 2006 |
| The roots of suicide terrorism: A multi-causal approach A Moghadam Root causes of suicide terrorism, 101-127, 2006 | 101 | 2006 |
| The Political Power of Proxies: Why Nonstate Actors use Local Surrogates A Moghadam, M Wyss International Security 44 (4), 119-157, 2020 | 88 | 2020 |
| Say terrorist, think insurgent: Labeling and analyzing contemporary terrorist actors A Moghadam, R Berger, P Beliakova Perspectives on Terrorism 8 (5), 2-17, 2014 | 80 | 2014 |
| Failure and disengagement in the Red Army Faction A Moghadam Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 35 (2), 156-181, 2012 | 74 | 2012 |
| How al Qaeda innovates A Moghadam Security Studies 22 (3), 466-497, 2013 | 73 | 2013 |
| Fault lines in global jihad A Moghadam, B Fishman Routledge, 2011 | 68 | 2011 |
| Mayhem, Myths, and Martyrdom: The Shi'a Conception of Jihad A Moghadam Terrorism and Political Violence 19 (1), 125-143, 2007 | 64 | 2007 |
| Towards global jihadism: Al-Qaeda’s strategic, ideological and structural adaptations since 9/11 B Braniff, A Moghadam Perspectives on Terrorism 5 (2), 36-49, 2011 | 56 | 2011 |
| Defining suicide terrorism A Moghadam Root causes of suicide terrorism, 33-44, 2006 | 56 | 2006 |
| A Global Resurgence of Religion? A Moghadam Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, 2003 | 54 | 2003 |
| Conflict Delegation in Civil Wars N Karlén, V Rauta, I Salehyan, A Mumford, B San-Akca, A Stark, M Wyss, ... International Studies Review 23 (4), 2048-2078, 2021 | 46 | 2021 |
| Self-Inflicted Wounds: Debates and Divisions within al-Qa'ida and its Periphery A Maghadam, B Fishman US Military Academy, Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, 2010 | 40 | 2010 |
| Terrorist Affiliations in Context: A Typology of Terrorist Inter-Group Cooperation A Moghadam CTC Sentinel, 2015 | 24 | 2015 |
