Erik Melander

4.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Erik Melander is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Erik Melander has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 19 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 10 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Erik Melander's work include Political Conflict and Governance (20 papers), Peacebuilding and International Security (11 papers) and Gender, Security, and Conflict (10 papers). Erik Melander is often cited by papers focused on Political Conflict and Governance (20 papers), Peacebuilding and International Security (11 papers) and Gender, Security, and Conflict (10 papers). Erik Melander collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Latvia. Erik Melander's co-authors include Ralph Sundberg, Lotta Themnér, Magnus Öberg, T Pettersson, Peter Wallensteen, Lotta Harbom, Elin Bjarnegård, Christian Davenport, Jonathan Hall and Madhav Joshi and has published in prestigious journals such as American Political Science Review, Foreign Affairs and Biopolymers.

In The Last Decade

Erik Melander

50 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Introducing the UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2016 250 500 750

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Erik Melander Sweden 20 1.7k 649 415 309 226 58 2.3k
Gudrun Østby Norway 20 1.2k 0.7× 398 0.6× 179 0.4× 212 0.7× 196 0.9× 48 1.7k
Mark Duffield United Kingdom 24 1.7k 1.0× 795 1.2× 117 0.3× 413 1.3× 201 0.9× 69 2.2k
Idean Salehyan United States 29 3.8k 2.2× 1.3k 2.1× 191 0.5× 558 1.8× 301 1.3× 50 4.3k
Paul Huth United States 18 1.5k 0.9× 1.2k 1.8× 109 0.3× 212 0.7× 376 1.7× 20 2.4k
Scott Straus United States 23 1.5k 0.8× 758 1.2× 164 0.4× 138 0.4× 128 0.6× 53 1.9k
Margareta Sollenberg Sweden 13 2.3k 1.3× 1.0k 1.6× 170 0.4× 666 2.2× 239 1.1× 26 3.0k
Kristine Eck Sweden 14 1.1k 0.6× 431 0.7× 142 0.3× 101 0.3× 127 0.6× 34 1.3k
Francisco Gutiérrez Sanín Colombia 23 1.5k 0.9× 745 1.1× 193 0.5× 106 0.3× 66 0.3× 127 2.0k
Roger Mac Ginty United Kingdom 30 3.5k 2.0× 1.6k 2.4× 554 1.3× 568 1.8× 100 0.4× 112 3.9k
Ralph Sundberg Sweden 10 867 0.5× 257 0.4× 130 0.3× 130 0.4× 137 0.6× 23 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Erik Melander

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Fields of papers citing papers by Erik Melander

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erik Melander

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Erik Melander. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Erik Melander 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 Erik Melander. Erik Melander is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bjarnegård, Elin, et al.. (2022). Armed Violence and Patriarchal Values: A Survey of Young Men in Thailand and Their Military Experiences. American Political Science Review. 117(2). 439–453. 6 indexed citations
2.
Davenport, Christian, et al.. (2018). The Peace Continuum. Oxford University Press eBooks. 39 indexed citations
3.
Bjarnegård, Elin, Karen Brounéus, & Erik Melander. (2017). Honor and political violence. Journal of Peace Research. 54(6). 748–761. 23 indexed citations
4.
Melander, Erik, et al.. (2017). Organized violence, 1989–2016. Journal of Peace Research. 54(4). 574–587. 135 indexed citations
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Joshi, Madhav & Erik Melander. (2017). Explaining demobilization in the wake of civil conflict. Peacebuilding. 5(3). 270–288. 4 indexed citations
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Melander, Erik, T Pettersson, & Lotta Themnér. (2016). Organized violence, 1989–2015. Journal of Peace Research. 53(5). 727–742. 241 indexed citations breakdown →
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Melander, Erik. (2016). Gender and Civil Wars. 197–214. 1 indexed citations
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Melander, Erik, et al.. (2016). Improved method for quantitative analysis of the cyclotide kalata B1 in plasma and brain homogenate. Biopolymers. 106(6). 910–916. 6 indexed citations
9.
Melander, Erik. (2015). Gender and Masculine Honor Ideology : Why They Matter for Peace. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 10(4). 40–45.
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Bjarnegård, Elin & Erik Melander. (2014). Thailand's Missing Democrats : Reds, Yellows, and the Silent Majority. Foreign Affairs. 3 indexed citations
11.
Sundberg, Ralph & Erik Melander. (2013). Introducing the UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset. Journal of Peace Research. 50(4). 523–532. 760 indexed citations breakdown →
12.
Croicu, Mihai, Erik Melander, Marcus Nilsson, & Peter Wallensteen. (2013). Mediation and Violence: Searching for third party intervention that matters. 7 indexed citations
13.
Bjarnegård, Elin & Erik Melander. (2011). Disentangling gender, peace and democratization: the negative effects of militarized masculinity. Journal of Gender Studies. 20(2). 139–154. 44 indexed citations
14.
Melander, Erik & Ralph Sundberg. (2011). Climate Change, Environmental Stress, and Violent Conflict: Tests Introducing the New Uppsala Conflict Data Program Georeferenced Event Dataset (UCDP GED). 1–50. 21 indexed citations
15.
Öberg, Magnus & Erik Melander. (2010). Autocracy, Bureaucracy, and Civil War. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Melander, Erik. (2009). Selected To Go Where Murderers Lurk?. Conflict Management and Peace Science. 26(4). 389–406. 55 indexed citations
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Harbom, Lotta, Erik Melander, & Peter Wallensteen. (2008). Dyadic Dimensions of Armed Conflict, 1946—2007. Journal of Peace Research. 45(5). 697–710. 212 indexed citations
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Melander, Erik, Magnus Öberg, & Jonathan Hall. (2006). The ‘New Wars’ Debate Revisited : An Empirical Evaluation of the Atrociousness of ‘New Wars’. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 6 indexed citations
19.
Melander, Erik. (2005). Political Gender Equality and State Human Rights Abuse. Journal of Peace Research. 42(2). 149–166. 91 indexed citations
20.
Melander, Erik. (1999). Anarchy Within: The Security Dilemma Between Ethnic Groups in Emerging Anarchy. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 18 indexed citations

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