Nicholas Sambanis

12.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
70 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Nicholas Sambanis is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas Sambanis has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 36 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 16 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Nicholas Sambanis's work include Political Conflict and Governance (36 papers), Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (15 papers) and Peacebuilding and International Security (11 papers). Nicholas Sambanis is often cited by papers focused on Political Conflict and Governance (36 papers), Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (15 papers) and Peacebuilding and International Security (11 papers). Nicholas Sambanis collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Israel. Nicholas Sambanis's co-authors include Michael W. Doyle, Håvard Hegre, Paul Collier, Lawrence Freedman, Ibrahim Elbadawi, Moses Shayo, Branko Milanović, Micha Germann, Stergios Skaperdas and Robert Blair and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, American Political Science Review and American Journal of Political Science.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas Sambanis

63 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

Sensitivity Analysis of Empirical Results on Civil War Onset 2000 2026 2008 2017 2006 2000 2006 2006 250 500 750
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. Sensitivity Analysis of Empirical Results on Civil War Onset
    2006 769 citations Håvard Hegre, Nicholas Sambanis profile →
  2. International Peacebuilding: A Theoretical and Quantitative Analysis
    2000 651 citations Nicholas Sambanis et al. profile →
  3. Making War and Building Peace
    2006 464 citations Nicholas Sambanis et al. profile →
  4. Making War and Building Peace: United Nations Peace Operations
    2006 433 citations Nicholas Sambanis et al. profile →

Peers

Nicholas Sambanis
Peter Wallensteen Sweden
Barbara F. Walter United States
Jeremy M. Weinstein United States
Daniel Posner United States
Christopher Blattman United States
Jeffrey Herbst United States
Stathis N. Kalyvas United States
Paul F. Diehl United States
Edward N. Muller United States
Donald Rothchild United States
Peter Wallensteen Sweden
Nicholas Sambanis
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sambanis, Nicholas, et al.. (2025). Same-Sex Schooling, Political Participation, and Gender Attitudes? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in South Korea. Journal of Experimental Political Science. 12(3). 295–306.
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Sambanis, Nicholas, et al.. (2024). Good Citizenship and Native-Immigrant Conflict: Experimental Evidence From Europe. Comparative Political Studies. 58(13). 2939–2972. 1 indexed citations
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Sambanis, Nicholas, et al.. (2024). Attitudes Toward Refugees in the Shadow of Territorial Conflict: Evidence From Cyprus. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Sambanis, Nicholas, et al.. (2023). Mating Market Competition Reduces Support for Ukrainian Refugees Among Polish Women. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Sambanis, Nicholas, et al.. (2023). Once We Too Were Strangers: Can a Heritage of Displacement be Leveraged to Build Support for Present-Day Refugees?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Sambanis, Nicholas, et al.. (2022). The effects of economic austerity on pro-sociality: Evidence from Greece. European Union Politics. 23(4). 567–589. 1 indexed citations
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Russell, Kevin L. & Nicholas Sambanis. (2021). Stopping the Violence but Blocking the Peace: Dilemmas of Foreign-Imposed Nation Building After Ethnic War. International Organization. 76(1). 126–163. 4 indexed citations
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Sambanis, Nicholas, et al.. (2021). Temperature and outgroup discrimination. Political Science Research and Methods. 11(1). 198–206. 1 indexed citations
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Germann, Micha & Nicholas Sambanis. (2020). Political Exclusion, Lost Autonomy, and Escalating Conflict over Self-Determination. International Organization. 75(1). 178–203. 24 indexed citations
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Sambanis, Nicholas, et al.. (2020). External Intervention, Identity, and Civil War. Comparative Political Studies. 53(14). 2155–2182. 10 indexed citations
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Sambanis, Nicholas, et al.. (2020). Linguistic Assimilation Does Not Reduce Discrimination Against Immigrants: Evidence from Germany. Journal of Experimental Political Science. 8(3). 235–246. 7 indexed citations
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Sambanis, Nicholas, et al.. (2019). What is the mechanism underlying audience costs? Incompetence, belligerence, and inconsistency. Journal of Peace Research. 56(4). 575–588. 17 indexed citations
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Sambanis, Nicholas, et al.. (2008). Rebel—Military Integration and Civil War Termination. Journal of Peace Research. 45(3). 365–384. 65 indexed citations
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Collier, Paul & Nicholas Sambanis. (2005). Understanding civil war : evidence and analysis. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 150 indexed citations
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Collier, Paul & Nicholas Sambanis. (2005). Understanding Civil War : Evidence and Analysis, Volume 2. Europe, Central Asia, and Other Regions. World Bank Publications. 3 indexed citations
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Collier, Paul, et al.. (2003). Breaking the Conflict Trap : Civil War and Development Policy. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 1 indexed citations
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Sambanis, Nicholas & Emran El-Badawi. (2001). Why are There so Many Civil Wars in Africa? Understanding and Preventing Violent Conflict. SSRN Electronic Journal. 19 indexed citations
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Sambanis, Nicholas. (1999). The united nations operation in Cyprus: A new look at the peacekeeping‐peacemaking relationship. International Peacekeeping. 6(1). 79–108. 9 indexed citations
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Sambanis, Nicholas. (1999). United Nations peacekeeping in theory and in Cyprus : new conceptual approaches and interpretations. UMI Dissertation Services eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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