Peter Bergen

899 total citations
24 papers, 267 citations indexed

About

Peter Bergen is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Bergen has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 267 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 1 paper in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Peter Bergen's work include Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (15 papers), Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (4 papers) and Military History and Strategy (2 papers). Peter Bergen is often cited by papers focused on Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (15 papers), Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (4 papers) and Military History and Strategy (2 papers). Peter Bergen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Saudi Arabia and India. Peter Bergen's co-authors include L. Carl Brown, Bruce Hoffman, Jennifer Rowland, Jacob N. Shapiro, William C. Banks, Brian Fishman, David W. Rohde, Rosa Brooks, Joseph Felter and Samuel Issacharoff and has published in prestigious journals such as Foreign Affairs, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science and Studies in Conflict and Terrorism.

In The Last Decade

Peter Bergen

21 papers receiving 210 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Bergen United States 10 209 117 27 15 14 24 267
Judith Colp Rubin 4 241 1.2× 116 1.0× 20 0.7× 13 0.9× 10 0.7× 6 305
Emmanuel Karagiannis United Kingdom 10 202 1.0× 161 1.4× 20 0.7× 10 0.7× 6 0.4× 31 289
Brynjar Lia Norway 11 314 1.5× 144 1.2× 14 0.5× 12 0.8× 9 0.6× 37 357
Robert S. Leiken United States 9 261 1.2× 107 0.9× 10 0.4× 6 0.4× 17 1.2× 15 307
Jon Lawrence United Kingdom 12 212 1.0× 177 1.5× 9 0.3× 9 0.6× 13 0.9× 29 374
Maia Carter Hallward United States 9 159 0.8× 34 0.3× 11 0.4× 14 0.9× 16 1.1× 37 205
Max Paul Friedman United States 8 206 1.0× 110 0.9× 14 0.5× 3 0.2× 12 0.9× 28 304
Edwin Bacon United Kingdom 9 115 0.6× 112 1.0× 20 0.7× 7 0.5× 7 0.5× 24 181
Katerina Dalacoura United Kingdom 9 240 1.1× 136 1.2× 21 0.8× 9 0.6× 3 0.2× 27 321
Nilay Saiya United States 11 269 1.3× 81 0.7× 23 0.9× 6 0.4× 9 0.6× 33 313

Countries citing papers authored by Peter Bergen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Bergen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Bergen

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

All Works

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Bergen, Peter. (2016). United States of Jihad. 1 indexed citations
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Bergen, Peter, et al.. (2015). ISIS in the West: the new faces of extremism. 8 indexed citations
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Bergen, Peter, David W. Rohde, William C. Banks, et al.. (2014). Drone Wars. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 19 indexed citations
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Bergen, Peter & Jennifer Rowland. (2013). Drone Wars. The Washington Quarterly. 36(3). 7–26. 8 indexed citations
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Bergen, Peter. (2012). Epilogue: The Twilight of Al-Qaeda. 1 indexed citations
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Bergen, Peter, et al.. (2011). Washington's Phantom War. Foreign Affairs. 5 indexed citations
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Bergen, Peter. (2011). The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al-Qaeda. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 16 indexed citations
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Bergen, Peter, et al.. (2011). Revisiting the Early Al Qaeda: An Updated Account of its Formative Years. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism. 35(1). 1–36. 11 indexed citations
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Bergen, Peter, et al.. (2011). Assessing the Jihadist Terrorist Threat to America and American Interests. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism. 34(2). 65–101. 20 indexed citations
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Riedel, Bruce, et al.. (2010). Eighteen Months and Beyond: Implications of U.S. Policy in Afghanistan. Middle East Policy. 17(1). 1–30. 1 indexed citations
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Bergen, Peter. (2008). Al Qaeda, the Organization: A Five-Year Forecast. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 618(1). 14–30. 5 indexed citations
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Fishman, Brian, et al.. (2008). Bombers, Bank Accounts, & Bleedout. Al-Qa'ida's Road In and Out of Iraq. 5 indexed citations
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Bergen, Peter, et al.. (2006). The Madrassa Scapegoat. The Washington Quarterly. 29(2). 117–125. 17 indexed citations
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Brown, L. Carl & Peter Bergen. (2006). The Osama Bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of Al Qaeda's Leader. Foreign Affairs. 85(2). 200–200. 55 indexed citations
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Bergen, Peter, et al.. (2005). Blowback Revisited: Today's Insurgents in Iraq Are Tomorrow's Terrorists. Foreign Affairs. 84(6). 2–2. 17 indexed citations
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Bergen, Peter. (2003). Illusions of the War on Terrorism. Foreign Affairs.
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Bergen, Peter, et al.. (2002). Picking up the Pieces What We Can Learn From-and About-9/11. Foreign Affairs. 81(2). 169–169. 2 indexed citations
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Bergen, Peter. (2001). Guerra santa, S.A.: la red terrorista de Osama Bin Laden. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa).
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Bergen, Peter. (2001). The Bin Laden Trial: What Did We Learn?. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism. 24(6). 429–434. 3 indexed citations

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