{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2127223596","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2015.1005742","title":"Theorizing the Expansion of the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria","display_name":"Theorizing the Expansion of the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria","publication_year":2015,"publication_date":"2015-03-19","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2127223596","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2015.1005742","mag":"2127223596"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1080/09546553.2015.1005742","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2015.1005742","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2015.1005742","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S141724154","display_name":"Terrorism and Political Violence","issn_l":"0954-6553","issn":["0954-6553","1556-1836"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","jufo-2","norway-1","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320547","host_organization_name":"Taylor & Francis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320547","https://openalex.org/P4310320449"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Taylor & Francis","Informa"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Terrorism and Political Violence","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5011108292","display_name":"Suranjan Weeraratne","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I87547150","display_name":"Southern Illinois University Edwardsville","ror":"https://ror.org/04cqs5j56","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2801502357","https://openalex.org/I87547150"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Suranjan Weeraratne","raw_affiliation_strings":["Political Science Department, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Political Science Department, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I87547150"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5011108292"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I87547150"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":15.3251,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":109,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.98680758,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":95,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"29","issue":"4","first_page":"610","last_page":"634"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10994","display_name":"Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10994","display_name":"Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14111","display_name":"Diverse Research Studies Overview","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12550","display_name":"Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/boko-haram","display_name":"Boko Haram","score":0.996999979019165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/insurgency","display_name":"insurgency","score":0.8199999928474426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/jihadist-militancy","display_name":"jihadist militancy","score":0.656000018119812},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/al-qaeda-affiliates","display_name":"al-Qaeda affiliates","score":0.6060000061988831},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/counter-terrorism-operations","display_name":"counterterrorism operations","score":0.6600000262260437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/radicalization","display_name":"radicalization","score":0.9340000152587891},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/borderlands","display_name":"borderlands","score":0.578000009059906},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/group-fragmentation","display_name":"group fragmentation","score":0.47699999809265137},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/target-selection","display_name":"target selection","score":0.6240000128746033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/terrorism-theory","display_name":"terrorism theory","score":0.4699999988079071},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/nigeria","display_name":"Nigeria","score":0.699999988079071}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779808665","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17010072","display_name":"Militant","level":3,"score":0.8955947756767273},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C510578393","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1323212","display_name":"Insurgency","level":3,"score":0.8810586929321289},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3019602066","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212372","display_name":"Boko haram","level":4,"score":0.7476780414581299},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.5427582263946533},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C203133693","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7283","display_name":"Terrorism","level":2,"score":0.4910156726837158},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138921699","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47555","display_name":"Political economy","level":1,"score":0.4896683990955353},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C73484699","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161733","display_name":"Criminology","level":1,"score":0.4482076168060303},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778012447","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1034415","display_name":"Scope (computer science)","level":2,"score":0.4249434769153595},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.2924731373786926},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.28131693601608276},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.21993839740753174},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1080/09546553.2015.1005742","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2015.1005742","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2015.1005742","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S141724154","display_name":"Terrorism and Political Violence","issn_l":"0954-6553","issn":["0954-6553","1556-1836"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","jufo-2","norway-1","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320547","host_organization_name":"Taylor & Francis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320547","https://openalex.org/P4310320449"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Taylor & Francis","Informa"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Terrorism and Political Violence","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:RePEc:taf:ftpvxx:v:29:y:2017:i:4:p:610-634","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/09546553.2015.1005742","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401271","display_name":"RePEc: Research Papers in Economics","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I77793887","host_organization_name":"Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I77793887"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions","score":0.9595999717712402,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3165278690","https://openalex.org/W4405138460","https://openalex.org/W4256034592","https://openalex.org/W7217160881","https://openalex.org/W2586565092","https://openalex.org/W2039206130","https://openalex.org/W4412361831","https://openalex.org/W4292636488","https://openalex.org/W2978976476","https://openalex.org/W4410617096"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"research":[1],"investigates":[2],"the":[3,7,14,40,43,57,61,77,82],"dramatic":[4],"expansion":[5],"of":[6,24,28,39,45,60,64,81],"Boko":[8],"Haram":[9],"insurgency":[10],"in":[11,13,22],"Nigeria":[12,88],"last":[15],"few":[16],"years.":[17],"Militant":[18],"activity":[19],"has":[20],"expanded":[21],"terms":[23],"frequency":[25],"and":[26,34,42,79],"severity":[27],"attacks,":[29],"geographic":[30],"scope,":[31],"target":[32],"selection,":[33],"strategies":[35],"used.":[36],"The":[37],"evolution":[38],"group":[41],"trajectory":[44],"violence":[46],"are":[47],"best":[48],"explained":[49],"through":[50],"four":[51],"overlapping":[52],"theoretical":[53],"strands.":[54],"These":[55],"include":[56],"growing":[58],"fragmentation":[59],"movement,":[62,78],"development":[63],"strategic":[65],"ties":[66],"with":[67],"Al":[68],"Qaeda":[69],"affiliates,":[70],"strong-armed":[71],"counterterrorism":[72],"operations":[73],"that":[74,86],"further":[75],"radicalized":[76],"exploitation":[80],"porous":[83],"border":[84],"area":[85],"separates":[87],"from":[89],"its":[90],"northern":[91],"neighbors.":[92]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":21},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":25},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":5}],"updated_date":"2026-11-12T12:28:57.059296","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}