David Cunningham

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

David Cunningham is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, David Cunningham has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 12 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 4 papers in Development. Recurrent topics in David Cunningham's work include Political Conflict and Governance (19 papers), Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (8 papers) and Peacebuilding and International Security (6 papers). David Cunningham is often cited by papers focused on Political Conflict and Governance (19 papers), Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (8 papers) and Peacebuilding and International Security (6 papers). David Cunningham collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and United Kingdom. David Cunningham's co-authors include Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Idean Salehyan, Benjamin Phillips, Peter B. White, R. McVeigh, Douglas Lemke, Thomas Kerr, Danya Fast, Jade Boyd and Kyle Beardsley and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

David Cunningham

37 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

It Takes Two

2009 459 citations David Cunningham, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch et al. Journal of Conflict Resolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Cunningham United States	17	1.4k	590	196	121	89	39	1.6k
Jason Lyall United States	13	1.3k 0.9×	711 1.2×	80 0.4×	95 0.8×	115 1.3×	31	1.5k
Gabrielle Lynch United Kingdom	16	516 0.4×	288 0.5×	104 0.5×	58 0.5×	136 1.5×	51	878
Reed M. Wood United States	20	1.5k 1.1×	652 1.1×	259 1.3×	85 0.7×	344 3.9×	32	1.9k
Kristin M. Bakke United Kingdom	14	825 0.6×	463 0.8×	70 0.4×	89 0.7×	54 0.6×	34	1.1k
Laia Balcells United States	20	1.5k 1.1×	814 1.4×	89 0.5×	161 1.3×	173 1.9×	50	1.7k
Sabine C. Carey United Kingdom	20	1.2k 0.9×	708 1.2×	144 0.7×	37 0.3×	134 1.5×	34	1.4k
T. David Mason United States	20	1.4k 1.1×	714 1.2×	240 1.2×	172 1.4×	100 1.1×	57	1.7k
Errol A. Henderson United States	16	949 0.7×	506 0.9×	173 0.9×	139 1.1×	81 0.9×	35	1.2k
Ahmet İçduygu Türkiye	21	980 0.7×	622 1.1×	56 0.3×	206 1.7×	65 0.7×	64	1.3k
Fotini Christia United States	14	620 0.5×	367 0.6×	97 0.5×	106 0.9×	106 1.2×	46	926

Countries citing papers authored by David Cunningham

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Cunningham

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Cunningham

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Cunningham. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Cunningham based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Cunningham. David Cunningham is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Cunningham, David, et al.. (2023). Regional approaches to conflict prevention: The effectiveness of rhetorical and diplomatic tools. Conflict Management and Peace Science. 41(6). 627–648.

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Cunningham, David, et al.. (2022). Transitional Justice in Public and Private: Truth Commission Narratives in Greensboro. International Journal of Transitional Justice. 16(2). 235–253. 2 indexed citations

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Esposito, Michael, et al.. (2021). White Health Benefits of Histories of Enslavement: The Case of Opioid Deaths. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 694(1). 142–156. 16 indexed citations

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Gaby, Sarah, et al.. (2021). Exculpating Injustice: Coroner Constructions of White Innocence in the Postbellum South. Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 7. 5 indexed citations

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Cunningham, David, Hedwig Lee, & Geoff Ward. (2021). Legacies of Racial Violence: Clarifying and Addressing the Presence of the Past. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 694(1). 8–20. 13 indexed citations

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Cunningham, David, et al.. (2020). Contesting Commemorative Landscapes: Confederate Monuments and Trajectories of Change. Social Problems. 69(3). 591–611. 21 indexed citations

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Beardsley, Kyle, David Cunningham, & Peter B. White. (2018). Mediation, Peacekeeping, and the Severity of Civil War. Sage Journals Data. 13 indexed citations

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Cunningham, David, et al.. (2017). Words and deeds. Journal of Peace Research. 54(4). 468–483. 34 indexed citations

9.

Boyd, Jade, et al.. (2016). Supportive housing and surveillance. International Journal of Drug Policy. 34. 72–79. 42 indexed citations

10.

Cunningham, David. (2016). Preventing Civil War. World Politics. 68(2). 307–340. 33 indexed citations

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Beardsley, Kyle, David Cunningham, & Peter B. White. (2015). Resolving Civil Wars before They Start: The UN Security Council and Conflict Prevention in Self-Determination Disputes. British Journal of Political Science. 47(3). 675–697. 21 indexed citations

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White, Peter B., et al.. (2015). Nonviolence as a Weapon of the Resourceful: From Claims to Tactics in Mobilization*. Mobilization An International Quarterly. 20(4). 471–491. 28 indexed citations

13.

Cunningham, David. (2012). Mobilizing ethnic competition. Theory and Society. 41(5). 505–525. 16 indexed citations

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Cunningham, David & Douglas Lemke. (2011). Beyond Civil War: A Quantitative Analysis of Sub-State Violence. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations

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Salehyan, Idean, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, & David Cunningham. (2011). Explaining External Support for Insurgent Groups. International Organization. 65(4). 709–744. 203 indexed citations

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Cunningham, David. (2011). Barriers to Peace in Civil War. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 39 indexed citations

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Lemke, Douglas & David Cunningham. (2009). Distinctions Without Differences?: Comparing Civil and Interstate Wars. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

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Cunningham, David. (2009). Ambivalence and Control: State Action Against the Civil Rights-Era Ku Klux Klan. Qualitative Sociology. 32(4). 355–377. 10 indexed citations

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Cunningham, David, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, & Idean Salehyan. (2009). It Takes Two. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 53(4). 570–597. 459 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cunningham, David. (2007). Surveillance and Social Movements: Lenses on the Repression-Mobilization Nexus. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 36(2). 120–124. 2 indexed citations

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