| State, identity, and the politics of music: Eurovision and nation-building in Azerbaijan M Ismayilov Nationalities Papers 40 (6), 833-851, 2012 | 81 | 2012 |
| Power, knowledge, and pipelines: Understanding the politics of Azerbaijan's foreign policy M Ismayilov Caucasus Survey 2 (1-2), 79-129, 2014 | 32 | 2014 |
| Turkish-Azerbaijani Relations M Ismayilov, NA Graham Taylor & Francis, 2016 | 27 | 2016 |
| Conceptualizing terrorist violence and suicide bombing M Ismayilov Journal of Strategic Security 3 (3), 15-26, 2010 | 17 | 2010 |
| Together but apart for twenty years: Azerbaijan and Turkey in pursuit of identity and survival M Ismayilov Turkish-Azerbaijani Relations, 1-20, 2016 | 14 | 2016 |
| Identity and politics in Central Asia and the Caucasus M Ayoob, M Ismayilov Routledge, 2015 | 14 | 2015 |
| Continuity and Change in Azerbaijan’s Energy Diplomacy M Ismayilov Caucasus Analytical Digest, 2010 | 14 | 2010 |
| The Dialectics of Post-Soviet Modernity and the Changing Contours of Islamic Discourse in Azerbaijan: Toward a Resacralization of Public Space M Ismayilov | 13 | 2018 |
| The Impact of Energy Resources on Nation- and State-Building: The Contrasting Cases of Azerbaijan and Georgia M Ismayilov Beyond the Resource Curse, 203-224, 2012 | 13 | 2012 |
| Postcolonial Hybridity, Contingency, and the Mutual Embeddedness of Identity and Politics in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan: Some Initial Thoughts M Ismayilov Caucasus Analytical Digest 77, 7-13, 2015 | 12 | 2015 |
| Islamic radicalism that never was: Islamic discourse as an extension of the elite’s quest for legitimation. Azerbaijan in focus M Ismayilov Journal of Eurasian Studies 10 (2), 183-196, 2019 | 11 | 2019 |
| NATION-BUILDING AND STATE-BUILDING IN AZERBAIJAN THE CHALLENGES OF EDUCATION ABROAD M Ismayilov, M Tkacik | 10* | |
| Azerbaijan and Russia: Towards a Renewed Alliance, for a New Era M Ismayilov Caucasus Analytical Digest, 5-10, 2019 | 9 | 2019 |
| Azerbaijani National Identity and Baku's Foreign Policy: The Current Debate M Ismayilov Azerbaijan in the World 1 (01), 2008 | 5 | 2008 |
| A Resacrilization of Public Space and the Future of (Political) Islam in Azerbaijan: Quo Vadis? M Ismayilov CAP Papers, 2017 | 3 | 2017 |
| Azerbaijan’s Russia Conundrum: Towards the Rise of an Unlikely Alliance M Ismayilov Russian Politics 4 (2), 242-267, 2019 | 2 | 2019 |
| The Changing Landscape of (Political) Islam in Azerbaijan: Its Contextual Underpinnings and Future Prospects M Ismayilov Central Asian Affairs 5 (4), 342-372, 2018 | 2 | 2018 |
| Identity as a source and an output of foreign policy and regional security in post-Soviet Central Eurasia: Towards integrating nationalism scholarship into IR constructivism M Ismayilov Identity and Politics in Central Asia and the Caucasus, edited by Mohammed …, 2015 | 2* | 2015 |
| US-Azerbaijan Relations at Risk of Failing? M Ismayilov, M Tkacik Hurriyet Daily News, 2010 | 2 | 2010 |
| Baku and the Azerbaijani Diaspora: How Much Interaction and Influence? M Ismayilov Azerbaijan in the World 1 (02), 2008 | 2 | 2008 |
