Kevin A. O’Brien

655 total citations
30 papers, 275 citations indexed

About

Kevin A. O’Brien is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin A. O’Brien has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 275 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Kevin A. O’Brien's work include Intelligence, Security, War Strategy (10 papers), Peacebuilding and International Security (4 papers) and Military and Defense Studies (4 papers). Kevin A. O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Intelligence, Security, War Strategy (10 papers), Peacebuilding and International Security (4 papers) and Military and Defense Studies (4 papers). Kevin A. O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and United States. Kevin A. O’Brien's co-authors include Angel Rabasa, Peter Chalk, Theodore Karasik, Kim Cragin, Jennifer D. P. Moroney, John E. Peters, Andrew Rathmell, Tim Stevens, Arrasy Rahman and Olga Oliker and has published in prestigious journals such as Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Review of International Studies and Terrorism and Political Violence.

In The Last Decade

Kevin A. O’Brien

26 papers receiving 192 citations

Peers

Kevin A. O’Brien

PSIR

SPS

ANTHR

GEEF

Kenneth Katzman United States

Johan Saravanamuttu Malaysia

Christopher Spearin Canada

Edward A. Kolodziej United States

Kimberly Marten United States

David Kuehn Germany

George Perkovich United States

You Ji Australia

Erik Martinez Kuhonta Canada

Paul R. Viotti United States

Kenneth Katzman United States

Kevin A. O’Brien

214 ×1.4

PSIR

215 ×1.5

SPS

61 ×1.4

7 ×0.5

ANTHR

11 ×0.8

GEEF

Citations per year, relative to Kevin A. O’Brien Kevin A. O’Brien (= 1×) peers Kenneth Katzman

Countries citing papers authored by Kevin A. O’Brien

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Kevin A. O’Brien's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Kevin A. O’Brien with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Kevin A. O’Brien more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Kevin A. O’Brien

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kevin A. O’Brien. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Kevin A. O’Brien. The network helps show where Kevin A. O’Brien may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin A. O’Brien

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

O’Brien, Kevin A.. (2010). The South African Intelligence Services. 2 indexed citations

O’Brien, Kevin A.. (2009). Managing national security and law enforcement intelligence in a globalised world. Review of International Studies. 35(4). 903–915. 7 indexed citations

O’Brien, Kevin A.. (2008). Assessing Hostile Reconnaissance and Terrorist Intelligence Activities. The RUSI Journal. 153(5). 34–39. 2 indexed citations

Rabasa, Angel, Peter Chalk, Kim Cragin, et al.. (2007). Ungoverned Territories: Understanding and Reducing Terrorism Risks. RAND Corporation eBooks. 95 indexed citations

Rabasa, Angel, Peter Chalk, Kim Cragin, et al.. (2006). Beyond al-Qaeda. 1 indexed citations

Hill, Edward W., et al.. (2006). A Review of Tax and Expenditure Limitations and Their Impact on State and Local Government in Ohio. EngagedScholarship @ Cleveland State University (Cleveland State University). 3 indexed citations

Oliker, Olga, et al.. (2005). National Security Decision-Making Structures and Security Sector Reform. Acta Oto-Laryngologica. 99(3-4). 285–90. 9 indexed citations

O’Brien, Kevin A.. (2003). Some Thoughts on Consensus Government in Nunavut. Canadian parliamentary review. 26(4). 6. 1 indexed citations

O’Brien, Kevin A., et al.. (2003). "Seacurity": Improving the Security of the Global Sea-Container Shipping System. RAND Corporation eBooks. 17 indexed citations

10.

O’Brien, Kevin A., et al.. (2003). Engaging the Board: Corporate Governance and Information Assurance. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 9 indexed citations

11.

O’Brien, Kevin A.. (2003). A blunted spear: the failure of the African National Congress/South African Communist Party revolutionary war strategy 1961–1990. Small Wars and Insurgencies. 14(2). 27–70. 2 indexed citations

12.

O’Brien, Kevin A., et al.. (2002). Information Operations and Counterterrorism. 14(9). 1 indexed citations

13.

O’Brien, Kevin A.. (2001). Counter-Intelligence for counter-revolutionary warfare: The South African police security branch 1979–1990. Intelligence & National Security. 16(3). 27–59. 5 indexed citations

14.

O’Brien, Kevin A.. (2000). PMCs, myths and mercenaries: The debate on private military companies. The RUSI Journal. 145(1). 59–64. 24 indexed citations

15.

O’Brien, Kevin A.. (1998). Military-Advisory Groups and African Security: Privatized Peacekeeping?. Journal of International Peacekeeping. 5(3). 78–105. 5 indexed citations

16.

O’Brien, Kevin A.. (1998). Military‐advisory groups and African security: Privatized peacekeeping?. International Peacekeeping. 5(3). 78–105. 22 indexed citations

17.

O’Brien, Kevin A.. (1998). The use of assassination as a tool of state policy: South Africa's counter‐revolutionary strategy 1979–92 (part I)∗. Terrorism and Political Violence. 10(2). 86–105. 5 indexed citations

18.

O’Brien, Kevin A.. (1996). Cilliers, Jakkie, ed. Dismissed: Demobilisation and Reintegration of Former Combatants in Africa. Midrand: Institute for Defence Policy, 1995.. The Journal of Conflict Studies. 16(2). 2 indexed citations

19.

O’Brien, Kevin A.. (1996). South Africa's evolving intelligence and security structures. International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence. 9(2). 187–232. 2 indexed citations

20.

O’Brien, Kevin A.. (1995). Interfering with civil society: CIA and KGB covert political action during the Cold War. International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence. 8(4). 431–456. 5 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact