Halvard Buhaug

10.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
78 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Halvard Buhaug is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Halvard Buhaug has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 15 papers in General Health Professions and 14 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Halvard Buhaug's work include Political Conflict and Governance (30 papers), Transboundary Water Resource Management (28 papers) and Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (15 papers). Halvard Buhaug is often cited by papers focused on Political Conflict and Governance (30 papers), Transboundary Water Resource Management (28 papers) and Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (15 papers). Halvard Buhaug collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United States and United Kingdom. Halvard Buhaug's co-authors include Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Lars‐Erik Cederman, Jan Ketil Rød, Scott Gates, Nina von Uexkull, Henrik Urdal, Päivi Lujala, Andreas Forø Tollefsen, Ole Magnus Theisen and Tor A. Benjaminsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Halvard Buhaug

75 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

Inequality, Grievances, a... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2013 2012 2019 2012 2016 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Inequality, Grievances, and Civil War
    2013 410 citations Halvard Buhaug et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
  2. An urbanization bomb? Population growth and social disorder in cities
    2012 333 citations Halvard Buhaug, Henrik Urdal profile →
  3. Climate as a risk factor for armed conflict
    2019 330 citations Katharine J. Mach, Caroline M. Kraan et al. profile →
  4. PRIO-GRID: A unified spatial data structure
    2012 286 citations Andreas Forø Tollefsen, Håvard Strand et al. Journal of Peace Research profile →
  5. Civil conflict sensitivity to growing-season drought
    2016 231 citations Nina von Uexkull, Halvard Buhaug et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  6. Security implications of climate change: A decade of scientific progress
    2021 140 citations Nina von Uexkull, Halvard Buhaug Journal of Peace Research profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Halvard Buhaug 4.7k 1.2k 718 705 692 78 6.2k
Nils Petter Gleditsch 5.4k 1.1× 2.2k 1.8× 588 0.8× 287 0.4× 471 0.7× 97 7.2k
Håvard Hegre 4.8k 1.0× 2.1k 1.7× 472 0.7× 199 0.3× 316 0.5× 70 6.2k
Thomas Homer‐Dixon 2.8k 0.6× 744 0.6× 457 0.6× 804 1.1× 877 1.3× 53 4.5k
John Ο’Loughlin 2.5k 0.5× 1.6k 1.3× 453 0.6× 367 0.5× 296 0.4× 150 4.2k
Shanker Satyanath 1.8k 0.4× 416 0.3× 295 0.4× 245 0.3× 241 0.3× 33 3.2k
Jonathan Rigg 2.3k 0.5× 1.3k 1.1× 141 0.2× 809 1.1× 284 0.4× 146 4.8k
Andrea J. Nightingale 2.6k 0.6× 628 0.5× 248 0.3× 2.1k 3.0× 595 0.9× 63 5.3k
Frances Cleaver 1.7k 0.4× 1.3k 1.1× 220 0.3× 1.1k 1.6× 458 0.7× 68 4.4k
Piers Blaikie 4.8k 1.0× 658 0.6× 506 0.7× 3.8k 5.3× 1.1k 1.6× 62 9.0k
Clionadh Raleigh 2.2k 0.5× 532 0.4× 396 0.6× 204 0.3× 367 0.5× 47 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Halvard Buhaug

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Halvard Buhaug

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All Works

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Schutte, Sebastian, et al.. (2024). Societal determinants of flood-induced displacement. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(3). e2206188120–e2206188120. 21 indexed citations
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Buhaug, Halvard. (2023). What is in a number? Some reflections on disaster displacement modelling. International Migration. 61(4). 353–357. 4 indexed citations
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Thomson, Henry, et al.. (2022). Urban Social Disorder 3.0: A global, city-level event dataset of political mobilization and disorder. Journal of Peace Research. 60(3). 521–531. 6 indexed citations
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Hoch, Jannis, et al.. (2021). Projecting armed conflict risk in Africa towards 2050 along the SSP-RCP scenarios: a machine learning approach. Environmental Research Letters. 16(12). 124068–124068. 23 indexed citations
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Uexkull, Nina von & Halvard Buhaug. (2021). Security implications of climate change: A decade of scientific progress. Journal of Peace Research. 58(1). 3–17. 140 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schutte, Sebastian, et al.. (2021). Climatic conditions are weak predictors of asylum migration. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2067–2067. 26 indexed citations
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Buhaug, Halvard, et al.. (2021). GDIS, a global dataset of geocoded disaster locations. Scientific Data. 8(1). 61–61. 62 indexed citations
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Mach, Katharine J., W. Neil Adger, Halvard Buhaug, et al.. (2020). Directions for Research on Climate and Conflict. Earth s Future. 8(7). e2020EF001532–e2020EF001532. 48 indexed citations
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Benjaminsen, Tor A., Halvard Buhaug, Kevin Grove, Fiona McConnell, & Philip E. Steinberg. (2017). Political geography in the impasse. Political Geography. 62. A1–A2. 6 indexed citations
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Benjaminsen, Tor A., Halvard Buhaug, Fiona McConnell, Joanne Sharp, & Philip E. Steinberg. (2016). Political Geography and the environment. Political Geography. 56. A1–A2. 25 indexed citations
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Buhaug, Halvard. (2016). Climate Change and Conflict: Taking Stock. Peace Economics Peace Science and Public Policy. 22(4). 331–338. 41 indexed citations
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Buhaug, Halvard, Jack S. Levy, & Henrik Urdal. (2014). 50 years of peace research. Journal of Peace Research. 51(2). 139–144. 11 indexed citations
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Tollefsen, Andreas Forø, Håvard Strand, & Halvard Buhaug. (2012). PRIO-GRID: A unified spatial data structure. Journal of Peace Research. 49(2). 363–374. 286 indexed citations breakdown →
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Benjaminsen, Tor A., et al.. (2012). Does climate change drive land-use conflicts in the Sahel?. Journal of Peace Research. 49(1). 97–111. 180 indexed citations
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Buhaug, Halvard, Scott Gates, Håvard Hegre, Håvard Strand, & Henrik Urdal. (2009). Nils Petter Gleditsch: A Lifetime Achiever. European Political Science. 8(1). 79–89. 1 indexed citations
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Buhaug, Halvard. (2007). The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth. Journal of Peace Research. 44(1). 125–125. 13 indexed citations
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Kahler, Miles, Miles Kahler, Miles Kahler, et al.. (2006). Territoriality and Conflict in an Era of Globalization. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 38 indexed citations
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Buhaug, Halvard. (2006). Relative Capability and Rebel Objective in Civil War. Journal of Peace Research. 43(6). 691–708. 171 indexed citations
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Buhaug, Halvard & Scott Gates. (2002). The Geography of Civil War. Journal of Peace Research. 39(4). 417–433. 287 indexed citations
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Arling, G., et al.. (1991). Medicaid Spenddown Among Nursing Home Residents in Wisconsin. The Gerontologist. 31(2). 174–182. 9 indexed citations

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