Azar Gat

2.2k total citations
38 papers, 811 citations indexed

About

Azar Gat is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Azar Gat has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 811 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Azar Gat's work include Military History and Strategy (14 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (6 papers) and War, Ethics, and Justification (5 papers). Azar Gat is often cited by papers focused on Military History and Strategy (14 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (6 papers) and War, Ethics, and Justification (5 papers). Azar Gat collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United Kingdom and Mexico. Azar Gat's co-authors include Alexander Yakobson, Eliot A. Cohen, Gunther E. Rothenberg, Daniel Moran, Chris Wickham, Bo Stråth, John Hutchinson, James J. Schneider, John R. Oneal and Dale C. Copeland and has published in prestigious journals such as Foreign Affairs, The American Historical Review and World Politics.

In The Last Decade

Azar Gat

33 papers receiving 678 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Azar Gat Israel 12 482 276 119 91 88 38 811
C. R. Hallpike Canada 13 269 0.6× 74 0.3× 139 1.2× 171 1.9× 135 1.5× 31 876
David Parkin United Kingdom 18 402 0.8× 134 0.5× 52 0.4× 72 0.8× 341 3.9× 53 1.2k
Derek Freeman Australia 14 390 0.8× 81 0.3× 82 0.7× 125 1.4× 205 2.3× 48 930
Waldo E. Haisley 4 258 0.5× 53 0.2× 49 0.4× 102 1.1× 85 1.0× 4 781
Robert Knox Dentan United States 10 628 1.3× 59 0.2× 282 2.4× 202 2.2× 138 1.6× 34 986
James Urry New Zealand 12 434 0.9× 100 0.4× 34 0.3× 50 0.5× 371 4.2× 51 1.1k
Roy Willis United Kingdom 10 238 0.5× 82 0.3× 49 0.4× 73 0.8× 218 2.5× 31 663
Caroline Walker Bynum United States 20 540 1.1× 204 0.7× 40 0.3× 62 0.7× 276 3.1× 91 2.2k
James Woodburn United Kingdom 11 230 0.5× 51 0.2× 122 1.0× 112 1.2× 264 3.0× 18 841
Aram A. Yengoyan United States 9 181 0.4× 53 0.2× 64 0.5× 63 0.7× 205 2.3× 42 630

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Fields of papers citing papers by Azar Gat

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Azar Gat

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All Works

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Gat, Azar. (2019). Is War in Our Nature?. Human Nature. 30(2). 149–154. 10 indexed citations
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Gat, Azar. (2017). The Causes of War and the Spread of Peace: But Will War Rebound?. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 6 indexed citations
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Gat, Azar. (2016). The human motivational complex : Evolutionary theory and the causes of hunter-gatherer fighting, part II. Proximate, subordinate, and derivative causes. Anthropological Quarterly. 73(2). 74–88. 16 indexed citations
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Gat, Azar. (2012). Is war declining – and why?. Journal of Peace Research. 50(2). 149–157. 26 indexed citations
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Gat, Azar. (2009). So Why Do People Fight? Evolutionary Theory and the Causes of War. European Journal of International Relations. 15(4). 571–599. 37 indexed citations
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Gat, Azar. (2007). The Return of Authoritarian Great Powers. Foreign Affairs. 103 indexed citations
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Gat, Azar. (2005). The Democratic Peace Theory Reframed: The Impact of Modernity. World Politics. 58(1). 73–100. 31 indexed citations
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Gat, Azar. (2001). Ideology, national policy, technology and strategic doctrine between the world wars. Journal of Strategic Studies. 24(3). 1–18. 6 indexed citations
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Gat, Azar. (2000). The Human Motivational Complex: Evolutionary Theory and the Causes of Hunter-Gatherer Fighting. Part I. Primary Somatic and Reproductive Causes. Anthropological Quarterly. 73(1). 20–34. 48 indexed citations
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Gat, Azar. (2000). Female participation in war: Bio‐cultural interactions. Journal of Strategic Studies. 23(4). 21–31. 7 indexed citations
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Gat, Azar. (1999). The Pattern of Fighting in Simple, Small-Scale, Prestate Societies. Journal of Anthropological Research. 55(4). 563–583. 70 indexed citations
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Gat, Azar. (1997). British Influence and the Evolution of the Panzer Arm: Myth or Reality? Part I. War in History. 4(2). 150–173. 1 indexed citations
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Gat, Azar. (1996). Liddell Hart's theory of armoured warfare: Revising the revisionists. Journal of Strategic Studies. 19(1). 1–30. 4 indexed citations
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Gat, Azar. (1996). The Hidden Sources of Liddell Hart's Strategic Ideas. War in History. 3(3). 293–308. 4 indexed citations
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Cohen, Eliot A. & Azar Gat. (1993). The Development of Military Thought: The Nineteenth Century. Foreign Affairs. 72(4). 155–155. 14 indexed citations
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Moran, Daniel & Azar Gat. (1993). The Development of Military Thought: The Nineteenth Century.. The Journal of Military History. 57(3). 547–547. 4 indexed citations
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Gat, Azar. (1992). Clausewitz and the Marxists: Yet Another Look. Journal of Contemporary History. 27(2). 363–384. 7 indexed citations
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Rothenberg, Gunther E. & Azar Gat. (1991). The Origins of Military Thought: From the Enlightenment to Clausewitz.. The American Historical Review. 96(3). 834–834. 5 indexed citations
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Gat, Azar. (1989). Clausewitz's final notes. Militärgeschichtliche Zeitschrift. 45(1). 45–50. 1 indexed citations

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