Deborah Avant

4.9k total citations
36 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Deborah Avant is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Deborah Avant has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 13 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Deborah Avant's work include Military and Defense Studies (13 papers), Defense, Military, and Policy Studies (12 papers) and International Relations and Foreign Policy (10 papers). Deborah Avant is often cited by papers focused on Military and Defense Studies (13 papers), Defense, Military, and Policy Studies (12 papers) and International Relations and Foreign Policy (10 papers). Deborah Avant collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Deborah Avant's co-authors include Virginia Haufler, Lee Sigelman, Alexander Cooley, Tim Büthe, Aseem Prakash, Abraham L. Newman, Allison Marston Danner, Karen Mundy, Kathleen R. McNamara and R. Charli Carpenter and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, World Development and International Organization.

In The Last Decade

Deborah Avant

34 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Deborah Avant United States 16 807 569 381 144 136 36 1.2k
Carles Boix United States 7 724 0.9× 537 0.9× 373 1.0× 77 0.5× 62 0.5× 9 1.2k
Giovanni Capoccia United Kingdom 11 1.1k 1.4× 762 1.3× 143 0.4× 127 0.9× 46 0.3× 18 1.7k
Anna Grzymała-Busse United States 21 1.6k 1.9× 1.4k 2.5× 190 0.5× 113 0.8× 116 0.9× 48 2.2k
Oona A. Hathaway United States 14 729 0.9× 655 1.2× 152 0.4× 123 0.9× 52 0.4× 57 1.2k
Heikki Patomäki Finland 20 655 0.8× 767 1.3× 197 0.5× 106 0.7× 19 0.1× 98 1.3k
José María Maravall Spain 11 1.1k 1.3× 645 1.1× 286 0.8× 105 0.7× 63 0.5× 25 1.5k
Ole Elgström Sweden 20 1.1k 1.4× 457 0.8× 132 0.3× 280 1.9× 113 0.8× 85 1.5k
John Higley United States 20 859 1.1× 904 1.6× 78 0.2× 93 0.6× 92 0.7× 73 1.4k
Matthew Evangelista United States 11 885 1.1× 509 0.9× 201 0.5× 271 1.9× 33 0.2× 42 1.3k
Daniel M. Brinks United States 17 653 0.8× 755 1.3× 195 0.5× 121 0.8× 28 0.2× 34 1.2k

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All Works

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Avant, Deborah. (2024). Between Probability and Possibility: Fostering Productive Research in a Dystopian Moment. International Studies Review. 26(3). 1 indexed citations
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Avant, Deborah, Naazneen H. Barma, George Demartino, & Ilene Grabel. (2024). The ethics of engaged scholarship in a complex world. International Affairs. 100(1). 159–180. 1 indexed citations
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Avant, Deborah, et al.. (2023). Can CSR strategy mediate conflict over extraction? Evidence from two mines in Peru. World Development. 170. 106323–106323.
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Pratt, Simon Frankel, Deborah Avant, Molly Cochran, et al.. (2021). Pragmatism in IR: The Prospects for Substantive Theorizing. International Studies Review. 23(4). 1933–1958. 1 indexed citations
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Avant, Deborah. (2020). America's Pragmatic Role?. International Studies Review. 23(3). 1126–1143. 2 indexed citations
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Avant, Deborah, et al.. (2019). The Private Security Events Database. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 63(8). 1986–2006. 13 indexed citations
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Avant, Deborah, et al.. (2019). Exclusion and Inclusion in Global Security Studies. Journal of Global Security Studies. 5(1). 1–3. 3 indexed citations
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Avant, Deborah. (2019). Political Institutions and Military Change. Cornell University Press eBooks. 24 indexed citations
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Avant, Deborah, et al.. (2016). Introduction. Journal of Global Security Studies. 1(1). 1–3. 1 indexed citations
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Avant, Deborah. (2013). Pragmatism and effective fragmented governance : comparing trajectories in small arms and military and security services. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Avant, Deborah & Virginia Haufler. (2012). Transnational organisations and security. Global Crime. 13(4). 254–275. 14 indexed citations
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Avant, Deborah, Allison Marston Danner, Aseem Prakash, et al.. (2010). Who Governs the Globe?. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 255 indexed citations
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Avant, Deborah & Virginia Haufler. (2010). Diffusion and Governance Beyond the State: Security Policies and Governance Roles for NGOs and Corporations. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Avant, Deborah. (2007). Contracting for Services in U.S. Military Operations. PS Political Science & Politics. 40(3). 457–460. 6 indexed citations
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Avant, Deborah. (2006). The Privatization of Security: Lessons from Iraq. Orbis. 50(2). 327–342. 13 indexed citations
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Avant, Deborah & James H. Lebovic. (2000). U.S. Military Attitudes Toward Post-Cold War Missions. Armed Forces & Society. 27(1). 37–56. 16 indexed citations
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Avant, Deborah. (2000). From Mercenary to Citizen Armies: Explaining Change in the Practice of War. International Organization. 54(1). 41–72. 55 indexed citations
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Avant, Deborah. (1998). Conflicting Indicators of "Crisis" in American Civil-Military Relations. Armed Forces & Society. 24(3). 375–387. 31 indexed citations
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