2026 Michael Stohl: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	29	1274	1153	640	558	113	4366

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Overview

Michael Stohl is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Social Sciences, focusing on the subfield of Communication.

The main topics of Michael Stohl's work include Knowledge Management and Sharing.

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

Claartje L. ter Hoeven
Cynthia Stohl
Paul M. Leonardi

Michael Stohl's recent publication is titled Information Visibility Scale, published in 2021 within the venue PsycTESTS Dataset.

Their publications have appeared in the following venues:

PsycTESTS Dataset

Best Publications

The Foreign Policy of Human Rights: Rhetoric and Reality from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan

David Carleton;Michael Stohl

335
Citations
United States Human Rights Policy and Foreign Assistance

Clair Apodaca;Michael Stohl

314
Citations
We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us: The Role of the Faculty in the Internationalization of Higher Education in the Coming Decade:

Michael Stohl

313
Citations
The politics of terrorism

Michael Stohl

289
Citations
The State as Terrorist: The Dynamics of Governmental Violence and Repression

Thomas M. Callaghy;Michael Stohl;George A. Lopez

262
Citations
A New Generation of Corporate Codes of Ethics

Cynthia Stohl;Michael Stohl;Lucy Popova

163
Citations
State Violation of Human Rights: Issues and Problems of Measurement

Michael Stohl;David Carleton;George Lopez;Stephen Samuels

162
Citations
Digital Age| The Management of Visibilities in the Digital Age — Introduction

Mikkel Flyverbom;Paul Leonardi;Cynthia Stohl;Michael Stohl

160
Citations
The Role of Human Rights in U.S. Foreign Assistance Policy: A Critique and Reappraisal

David Carleton;Michael Stohl

156
Citations
Cyber terrorism: a clear and present danger, the sum of all fears, breaking point or patriot games?

Michael Stohl

156
Citations
Networks of Terror: Theoretical Assumptions and Pragmatic Consequences

Cynthia Stohl;Michael Stohl

152
Citations
Secret Agencies: The Communicative Constitution of a Clandestine Organization

Cynthia Stohl;Michael Stohl

149
Citations
Digital Age | Managing Opacity: Information Visibility and the Paradox of Transparency in the Digital Age

Cynthia Stohl;Michael Stohl;Paul M. Leonardi

147
Citations
Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Assistance from Nixon to Carter

Michael Stohl;David Carleton;Steven E. Johnson

144
Citations
Old myths, new fantasies and the enduring realities of terrorism

Michael Stohl

129
Citations
Government Violence and Repression: An Agenda for Research

Michael Stohl;George A. Lopez

92
Citations
Governance by Terror

Raymond D. Duvall;Michael Stohl

87
Citations
A New Generation of Global Corporate Social Responsibility

Michael Stohl;Cynthia Stohl;Nikki Townsley

70
Citations
Human Rights, Nation States, and NGOs: Structural Holes and the Emergence of Global Regimes This is a revised and expanded version of M. Stohl, “Human Rights NGOs, the UN and Global Responsibility: Standard Setting, Activists and the Development of Norms” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Communication Association, Salt Lake City, February 14–16, 2003.

Michael Stohl;Cynthia Stohl

44
Citations
Media Framing of Terrorism: Implications for Public Opinion, Civil Liberties, and Counterterrorism Policies

Mary E. Brinson;Michael Stohl

31
Citations
Current Perspectives on International Terrorism

Robert O. Slater;Michael Stohl

29
Citations
Who Goes, Why, and With What Effects: The Problem of Foreign Fighters from Europe

Lasse Lindekilde;Preben Bertelsen;Michael Stohl

25
Citations
Government Violence and Repression: An Agenda for Research

John C. Campbell;Michael Stohl;George A. Lopez

10
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Cynthia Stohl University of California, Santa Barbara

Peter Grabosky Australian National University

John C. Campbell University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Mitchell A. Seligson Vanderbilt University

External Links

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