Payam Akhavan

1.9k total citations
39 papers, 543 citations indexed

About

Payam Akhavan is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Payam Akhavan has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 543 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Payam Akhavan's work include International Law and Human Rights (27 papers), Global Peace and Security Dynamics (22 papers) and Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (5 papers). Payam Akhavan is often cited by papers focused on International Law and Human Rights (27 papers), Global Peace and Security Dynamics (22 papers) and Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (5 papers). Payam Akhavan collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Payam Akhavan's co-authors include Robert Howse, David Freestone, David Matyas, Richard Barnes, Darryl Robinson, Christoph Burchard, Juan E. Méndez, Héctor Olásolo, Michael A. Newton and Carsten Stahn and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of International Law, Human Rights Quarterly and Cornell international law journal.

In The Last Decade

Payam Akhavan

34 papers receiving 402 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Payam Akhavan Canada 11 444 293 142 46 36 39 543
Diane Orentlicher United States 10 348 0.8× 314 1.1× 137 1.0× 51 1.1× 80 2.2× 45 530
Leslie Vinjamuri United Kingdom 10 416 0.9× 391 1.3× 145 1.0× 46 1.0× 57 1.6× 30 575
Hugo van der Merwe South Africa 8 106 0.2× 191 0.7× 53 0.4× 28 0.6× 43 1.2× 23 269
Nasser Hussain United States 8 188 0.4× 254 0.9× 49 0.3× 16 0.3× 63 1.8× 9 373
Alexandra Barahona de Brito United Kingdom 6 146 0.3× 241 0.8× 67 0.5× 9 0.2× 49 1.4× 12 326
Henry Patterson United Kingdom 13 178 0.4× 407 1.4× 67 0.5× 16 0.3× 7 0.2× 41 485
Кай Амбос Germany 11 426 1.0× 227 0.8× 53 0.4× 13 0.3× 122 3.4× 190 516
Winifred Tate United States 7 108 0.2× 190 0.6× 32 0.2× 33 0.7× 7 0.2× 21 263
Fabien Jobard France 12 201 0.5× 372 1.3× 30 0.2× 19 0.4× 8 0.2× 71 450
Otto Kirchheimer United States 11 214 0.5× 215 0.7× 61 0.4× 8 0.2× 77 2.1× 49 408

Countries citing papers authored by Payam Akhavan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Payam Akhavan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Payam Akhavan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Freestone, David, Clive Schofield, Richard Barnes, & Payam Akhavan. (2024). Request for an Advisory Opinion Submitted by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law, Case 31. The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law. 39(4). 835–846. 2 indexed citations
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Akhavan, Payam & David Matyas. (2022). International Criminal Justice in the Context of Fragile States: The ICC Self-Referral Debate. Human Rights Quarterly. 44(2). 233–256.
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Akhavan, Payam. (2021). Viral Violence: Infectious Disease and Genocide. Human Rights Quarterly. 43(2). 247–258.
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Akande, Adebowale, Payam Akhavan, & Eirik Bjørge. (2021). Economic Sanctions, International Law, and Crimes Against Humanity: Venezuela's Referral to The International Criminal Court. American Journal of International Law. 1–25. 4 indexed citations
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Akhavan, Payam. (2016). Complementarity Conundrums. Journal of International Criminal Justice. 14(5). 1043–1059. 3 indexed citations
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Akhavan, Payam. (2016). Cultural Genocide: Legal Label or Mourning Metaphor?. McGill Law Journal. 62(1). 243–243. 6 indexed citations
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Akhavan, Payam. (2015). Balkanizing Jurisdiction: Reflections on Article IX of the Genocide Convention in Croatia v. Serbia. Leiden Journal of International Law. 28(4). 893–897. 1 indexed citations
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Akhavan, Payam. (2012). Reducing Genocide to Law: Definition, Meaning, and the Ultimate Crime. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 8 indexed citations
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Akhavan, Payam. (2012). Reducing Genocide to Law. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 19 indexed citations
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Provost, René & Payam Akhavan. (2010). Confronting Genocide. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 1 indexed citations
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Akhavan, Payam. (2009). Are International Criminal Tribunals a Disincentive to Peace?: Reconciling Judicial Romanticism with Political Realism. Human Rights Quarterly. 31(3). 624–654. 47 indexed citations
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Akhavan, Payam. (2005). Justice, Power, and the Realities of Interdependence: Lessons from the Milosevic and Hussein Trials. Cornell international law journal. 38(3). 973–982. 3 indexed citations
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Akhavan, Payam. (2005). The Lord’s Resistance Army Case: Uganda’s Submission of the First State Referral to the International Criminal Court. American Journal of International Law. 99(2). 403–421. 54 indexed citations
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Akhavan, Payam. (2001). Beyond Impunity: Can International Criminal Justice Prevent Future Atrocities?. American Journal of International Law. 95(1). 7–31. 145 indexed citations
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Akhavan, Payam, et al.. (1998). The Contribution of the Ad Hoc Tribunals to International Humanitarian Law. American University international law review. 13(6). 7. 1 indexed citations
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Akhavan, Payam. (1997). Justice and Reconciliation In the Great Lakes Region of Africa: The Contribution of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Duke journal of comparative & international law. 7(2). 325–348. 14 indexed citations
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Akhavan, Payam & Robert Howse. (1995). Yugoslavia the former and future. 11 indexed citations
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Akhavan, Payam, et al.. (1995). Correspondence. American Journal of International Law. 89(1). 92–95.
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Akhavan, Payam. (1993). Punishing War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia: A Critical Juncture for the New World Order. Human Rights Quarterly. 15(2). 262–262. 14 indexed citations

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