Rita Floyd

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Rita Floyd is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Rita Floyd has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 18 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Rita Floyd's work include Global Security and Public Health (17 papers), Global Peace and Security Dynamics (12 papers) and Transboundary Water Resource Management (10 papers). Rita Floyd is often cited by papers focused on Global Security and Public Health (17 papers), Global Peace and Security Dynamics (12 papers) and Transboundary Water Resource Management (10 papers). Rita Floyd collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Rita Floyd's co-authors include Stuart Croft, Victoria Johnson, Delf Rothe, Alistair D. B. Cook, Duncan McLaren, Adenike A. Akinsemolu, Klement Tockner, Stefan Krause, Wouter Buytaert and Dhanasree Jayaram and has published in prestigious journals such as Geoforum, International Affairs and West European Politics.

In The Last Decade

Rita Floyd

31 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rita Floyd United Kingdom	12	1.1k	638	90	74	66	33	1.4k
Rens van Munster Denmark	16	1.0k 0.9×	457 0.7×	92 1.0×	71 1.0×	41 0.6×	33	1.3k
Keith Krause Switzerland	21	1.2k 1.1×	957 1.5×	119 1.3×	41 0.6×	19 0.3×	63	1.6k
Mathias Albert Germany	17	764 0.7×	708 1.1×	29 0.3×	29 0.4×	9 0.1×	90	1.2k
Finn Stepputat Denmark	15	1.2k 1.1×	779 1.2×	87 1.0×	45 0.6×	8 0.1×	35	1.7k
David Rieff United States	11	787 0.7×	469 0.7×	40 0.4×	32 0.4×	6 0.1×	48	1.2k
Daniel Deudney United States	20	888 0.8×	930 1.5×	26 0.3×	13 0.2×	5 0.1×	48	1.5k
Christopher S. Browning United Kingdom	22	931 0.8×	955 1.5×	92 1.0×	34 0.5×	8 0.1×	51	1.5k
Mark Laffey United Kingdom	11	829 0.8×	745 1.2×	111 1.2×	16 0.2×	9 0.1×	22	1.2k
Roland Paris Canada	19	2.4k 2.2×	1.5k 2.4×	222 2.5×	51 0.7×	13 0.2×	40	2.8k
Marlène Laruelle United States	23	1.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.9×	35 0.4×	10 0.1×	4 0.1×	163	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Rita Floyd

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rita Floyd

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rita Floyd

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Floyd, Rita, et al.. (2025). Uncontested terrain? Reflections on the perception of the military in climate security. Contemporary Security Policy. 47(1). 26–51.

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Floyd, Rita. (2025). NATO and climate change. Defence Studies. 25(3). 707–714.

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Austin, Jonathan Luke, David P. Chandler, Marwa Daoudy, et al.. (2024). Forum: At the crossroads – Critical perspectives on the study of climate security. Geoforum. 155. 104101–104101. 2 indexed citations

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Hardt, Judith Nora, Dhanasree Jayaram, Duncan McLaren, et al.. (2024). The challenges of the increasing institutionalization of climate security. PLOS Climate. 3(4). e0000402–e0000402. 2 indexed citations

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Floyd, Rita. (2024). The Duty to Secure. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Floyd, Rita. (2024). Ontological vs. societal security: same difference or distinct concepts?. International Politics. 62(4). 795–813. 3 indexed citations

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Krause, Stefan, Iseult Lynch, Ankit Agarwal, et al.. (2024). Seven strategies to leverage water for peace and foster sustainable and just water management for all. Nature Water. 2(12). 1134–1138. 1 indexed citations

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Floyd, Rita. (2023). Security: a philosophical investigation. International Affairs. 99(2). 855–857. 1 indexed citations

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Floyd, Rita. (2023). Solar Geoengineering: The View from Just War/Securitization Theories. Journal of Global Security Studies. 8(2). 4 indexed citations

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Floyd, Rita, et al.. (2022). The morality of security: A theory of just securitisation. European Journal of International Security. 7(2). 248–282. 5 indexed citations

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Floyd, Rita. (2020). Securitisation and the function of functional actors. Critical Studies on Security. 9(2). 81–97. 25 indexed citations

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Floyd, Rita. (2019). Evidence of securitisation in the economic sector of security in Europe? Russia’s economic blackmail of Ukraine and the EU’s conditional bailout of Cyprus. European Security. 28(2). 173–192. 7 indexed citations

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Floyd, Rita. (2018). Collective securitisation in the EU: normative dimensions. West European Politics. 42(2). 391–412. 13 indexed citations

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Floyd, Rita. (2015). The question of value-added: a response to Burke. Critical Studies on Security. 3(2). 162–166. 2 indexed citations

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Floyd, Rita. (2015). Extraordinary or ordinary emergency measures: what, and who, defines the ‘success’ of securitization?. Cambridge Review of International Affairs. 29(2). 677–694. 81 indexed citations

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Floyd, Rita. (2011). Can securitization theory be used in normative analysis? Towards a just securitization theory. Security Dialogue. 42(4-5). 427–439. 126 indexed citations

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Johnson, Victoria, et al.. (2011). What is the evidence that scarcity and shocks in freshwater resources can cause conflict instead of promoting collaboration. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 4 indexed citations

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Floyd, Rita. (2010). Security and the Environment. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 116 indexed citations

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Floyd, Rita. (2010). Security and the Environment: Securitisation Theory and US Environmental Security Policy. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 66 indexed citations

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Floyd, Rita. (2005). Intellectual Property Law for Engineers and Scientists. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. 48(1). 113–114. 3 indexed citations

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