| The making of a martyr: Chechen suicide terrorism A Speckhard, K Ahkmedova Studies in conflict & Terrorism 29 (5), 429-492, 2006 | 304 | 2006 |
| Postabortion syndrome: An emerging public health concern AC Speckhard, VM Rue Journal of Social Issues 48 (3), 95-119, 1992 | 296 | 1992 |
| Black widows: The Chechen female suicide terrorists A Speckhard, K Akhmedova Female suicide bombers: Dying for equality 1, 63-80, 2006 | 191 | 2006 |
| The emergence of female suicide terrorists A Speckhard Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 31 (11), 995-1023, 2008 | 177 | 2008 |
| Talking to terrorists A Speckhard, K Akhmedova Journal of Psychohistory 33 (2), 125, 2005 | 163 | 2005 |
| Eyewitness accounts from recent defectors from Islamic State: Why they joined, what they saw, why they quit A Speckhard, AS Yayla Perspectives on Terrorism 9 (6), 95-118, 2015 | 131 | 2015 |
| Involuntary celibates’ experiences of and grievance over sexual exclusion and the potential threat of violence among those active in an online incel forum A Speckhard, M Ellenberg, J Morton, A Ash Journal of Strategic Security 14 (2), 89-121, 2021 | 123 | 2021 |
| ISIS defectors: Inside stories of the terrorist caliphate A Speckhard, AS Yayla Advances Press, LLC, 2016 | 119 | 2016 |
| ISIS in their own words A Speckhard, MD Ellenberg Journal of Strategic Security 13 (1), 82-127, 2020 | 103 | 2020 |
| The psycho-social aspects of stress following abortion AC Speckhard University of Minnesota, 1985 | 95 | 1985 |
| Complicated mourning: Dynamics of impacted post abortion grief A Speckhard, V Rue Pre and Perinatal Psychology Journal 8, 5-5, 1993 | 87 | 1993 |
| The new Chechen jihad: Militant Wahhabism as a radical movement and a source of suicide terrorism in post-war Chechen society A Speckhard, K Akhmedova Democracy and Security 2 (1), 103-155, 2006 | 83 | 2006 |
| Talking to Terrorists: Understanding the Psycho-social Motivations of Militant Jihadi Terrorists, Mass Hostage Takers, Suicide Bombers &" martyrs" A Speckhard, R Paz Advances Press, 2012 | 78 | 2012 |
| Understanding suicide terrorism: Countering human bombs and their senders A Speckhard NATO Security Through Science Series E Human and Societal Dynamics 9, 158, 2006 | 75 | 2006 |
| Terrorism in time of the pandemic: exploiting mayhem AW Kruglanski, R Gunaratna, M Ellenberg, A Speckhard Global Security: Health, Science and Policy 5 (1), 121-132, 2020 | 70 | 2020 |
| The ISIS Emni: Origins and inner workings of ISIS’s intelligence apparatus A Speckhard, AS Yayla Perspectives on terrorism 11 (1), 2-16, 2017 | 63 | 2017 |
| Telegram: The mighty application that ISIS loves AS Yayla, A Speckhard International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism 9, 2017 | 57 | 2017 |
| Traumatic death in pregnancy: The significance of meaning and attachment A Speckhard Death and trauma, 67-100, 2022 | 55 | 2022 |
| Beating ISIS in the digital space: Focus testing ISIS defector counter-narrative videos with American college students A McDowell-Smith, A Speckhard, AS Yayla Journal for Deradicalization, 50-76, 2017 | 53 | 2017 |
| Female suicide bombers in Iraq A Speckhard Democracy and Security 5 (1), 19-50, 2009 | 52 | 2009 |