| Hizb'allah in Lebanon: the politics of the western hostage crisis M Ranstorp Springer, 1996 | 361 | 1996 |
| Terrorism in the Name of Religion M Ranstorp Journal of international affairs, 41-62, 1996 | 351 | 1996 |
| Challenges to peacebuilding: Managing spoilers during conflict resolution K Aggestam, MJ Zahar, E Stepanova, Y Shain, R Aryasinha, R MacGinty, ... United Nations University Press, 2006 | 251 | 2006 |
| Mapping terrorism research M Ranstorp Abingdon: Routledge, 2007 | 244 | 2007 |
| Understanding violent radicalisation: Terrorist and jihadist movements in Europe M Ranstorp Routledge, 2010 | 197 | 2010 |
| Mapping terrorism studies after 9/11: an academic field of old problems and new prospects M Ranstorp Critical terrorism studies, 27-47, 2009 | 195 | 2009 |
| Hizbollah's command leadership: Its structure, decision‐making and relationship with Iranian clergy and institution M Ranstorp Terrorism and Political Violence 6 (3), 303-339, 1994 | 107 | 1994 |
| Online extremism: research trends in internet activism, radicalization, and counter-strategies C Winter, P Neumann, A Meleagrou-Hitchens, M Ranstorp, L Vidino, ... International Journal of Conflict and Violence (IJCV) 14, 1-20, 2020 | 106 | 2020 |
| A tertiary model for countering terrorism in liberal democracies: the case of Israel A Pedahzur, M Ranstorp Terrorism and Political Violence 13 (2), 1-26, 2001 | 100 | 2001 |
| The strategy and tactics of Hizballah's current ‘Lebanonization process’ M Ranstorp Mediterranean Politics 3 (1), 103-134, 1998 | 97 | 1998 |
| Swedish foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq: An analysis of open-source intelligence and statistical data L Gustafsson, M Ranstorp Försvarshögskolan (FHS), 2017 | 91 | 2017 |
| Introduction: mapping terrorism research: Challenges and priorities M Ranstorp Mapping terrorism research, 1-28, 2006 | 90 | 2006 |
| Interpreting the broader context and meaning of Bin‐Laden's Fatwa M Ranstorp Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 21 (4), 321-330, 1998 | 84 | 1998 |
| Terrorism as a process: A critical review of Moghaddam’s “Staircase to Terrorism” RB Lygre, J Eid, G Larsson, M Ranstorp Scandinavian journal of psychology 52 (6), 609-616, 2011 | 81 | 2011 |
| The root causes of violent extremism M Ranstorp RAN Issue paper 4 (01), 2016, 2016 | 66 | 2016 |
| The virtual sanctuary of al-Qaeda and terrorism in an age of globalization M Ranstorp International relations and security in the digital age, 51-76, 2007 | 60 | 2007 |
| Foreign fighters: Trends, trajectories and conflict zones FJ Cilluffo, JB Cozzens, M Ranstorp Homeland Security Policy Institute, 2010 | 52 | 2010 |
| Background contributing factors to terrorism R Korteweg, S Gohel, F Heisbourg, M Ranstorp, R De Wijk Understanding Violent Radicalisation: Terrorist and Jihadist Movements in Europe, 2010 | 49 | 2010 |
| Preventing violent radicalization and terrorism: The case of Indonesia M Ranstorp National Defence College, 2009 | 42 | 2009 |
| Preventing violent radicalization and terrorism: The case of Indonesia M Ranstorp National Defence College, 2009 | 42 | 2009 |
