Sara McLaughlin Mitchell

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Sara McLaughlin Mitchell is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara McLaughlin Mitchell has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 42 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 13 papers in Development. Recurrent topics in Sara McLaughlin Mitchell's work include Political Conflict and Governance (26 papers), International Relations and Foreign Policy (24 papers) and International Development and Aid (13 papers). Sara McLaughlin Mitchell is often cited by papers focused on Political Conflict and Governance (26 papers), International Relations and Foreign Policy (24 papers) and International Development and Aid (13 papers). Sara McLaughlin Mitchell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Israel. Sara McLaughlin Mitchell's co-authors include Paul R. Hensel, Brett Ashley Leeds, Andrew G. Long, Michelle Dion, Jane L. Sumner, Jeffrey B. Ritter, Brandon Prins, Emilia Justyna Powell, Thomas E. Sowers and Clayton L. Thyne and has published in prestigious journals such as World Development, American Journal of Political Science and The Journal of Politics.

In The Last Decade

Sara McLaughlin Mitchell

71 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Gendered Citation Patterns across Political Science and Social Science Methodology Fields

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Author						Papers	Cites
Sara McLaughlin Mitchell	1.9k	1.7k	602	380	341	81	3.3k
Lawrence Freedman	3.8k 2.0×	4.1k 2.5×	448 0.7×	789 2.1×	256 0.8×	316	6.8k
Barbara F. Walter	4.2k 2.2×	2.2k 1.3×	787 1.3×	323 0.8×	352 1.0×	40	5.1k
Christopher H. Achen	2.1k 1.1×	2.8k 1.7×	183 0.3×	796 2.1×	424 1.2×	43	4.5k
John M. Hobson	1.4k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	377 0.6×	229 0.6×	75 0.2×	73	2.5k
Miguel Ángel Centeno	1.2k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	204 0.3×	388 1.0×	57 0.2×	63	2.5k
Paul F. Diehl	3.2k 1.7×	2.7k 1.7×	994 1.7×	613 1.6×	142 0.4×	166	4.2k
Jack Knight	991 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	98 0.2×	886 2.3×	70 0.2×	57	2.9k
Kenneth N. Waltz	3.8k 2.0×	5.8k 3.5×	1.5k 2.5×	957 2.5×	105 0.3×	58	7.6k
Jack Snyder	4.6k 2.4×	4.6k 2.8×	987 1.6×	596 1.6×	144 0.4×	106	6.5k
Jonathan Mummolo	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	52 0.1×	415 1.1×	226 0.7×	32	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara McLaughlin Mitchell

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mitchell, Sara McLaughlin, et al.. (2025). A Text Analysis of News Media Framing of Government Response to the 2023 Türkiye–Syria Earthquake. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. 33(1).

Owsiak, Andrew P. & Sara McLaughlin Mitchell. (2025). Conflict management as an insular strategy? Comparing dyadic learning of dispute resolution strategies across geopolitical issues. 3(4). 535–554. 1 indexed citations

Hensel, Paul R., Sara McLaughlin Mitchell, Andrew P. Owsiak, & Krista E. Wiegand. (2024). The Issue Correlates of War (ICOW) Identity Claims Dataset, 1946-2021. Journal of Peace Research. 62(4). 1252–1261.

Mitchell, Sara McLaughlin, et al.. (2024). Does government response to natural disasters explain violence? The case of the Sendero Luminoso and conflict in Peru. Social Science Quarterly.

Windsor, Leah, Sara McLaughlin Mitchell, Tracy Osborn, Bryce J. Dietrich, & Andrew Hampton. (2022). Gender, language, and representation in the United States Senate. Journal of Language and Politics. 21(6). 919–943. 1 indexed citations

Mitchell, Sara McLaughlin, Michelle Dion, Yanna Krupnikov, et al.. (2022). Forum: Gendered Dynamics of Academic Networks. International Studies Perspectives. 24(2). 189–229.

Mitchell, Sara McLaughlin, et al.. (2022). Disasters and the dynamics of interstate rivalry. Journal of Peace Research. 59(1). 12–27. 9 indexed citations

Mitchell, Sara McLaughlin, et al.. (2021). Climate bones of contention: How climate variability influences territorial, maritime, and river interstate conflicts. Journal of Peace Research. 58(1). 132–150. 15 indexed citations

Mitchell, Sara McLaughlin, et al.. (2019). Energy resources and the risk of conflict in shared river basins. Journal of Peace Research. 56(3). 336–351. 7 indexed citations

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Owsiak, Andrew P. & Sara McLaughlin Mitchell. (2017). Conflict Management in Land, River, and Maritime Claims. Political Science Research and Methods. 7(1). 43–61. 17 indexed citations

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Mason, T. David & Sara McLaughlin Mitchell. (2016). What Do We Know about Civil Wars?. Rowman & Littlefield eBooks. 45 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Sara McLaughlin & Neda Zawahri. (2015). The effectiveness of treaty design in addressing water disputes. Journal of Peace Research. 52(2). 187–200. 49 indexed citations

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Nemeth, Stephen, Sara McLaughlin Mitchell, Elizabeth Nyman, & Paul R. Hensel. (2014). Ruling the Sea: Managing Maritime Conflicts through UNCLOS and Exclusive Economic Zones. International Interactions. 40(5). 711–736. 27 indexed citations

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Hensel, Paul R. & Sara McLaughlin Mitchell. (2014). Lessons from the Issue Correlates of War (ICOW) project. Journal of Peace Research. 52(1). 116–119. 10 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Sara McLaughlin, et al.. (2013). Domestic legal traditions and states’ human rights practices. Journal of Peace Research. 50(2). 189–202. 33 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Sara McLaughlin & Paul F. Diehl. (2012). Caution in What You Wish For: The Consequences of a Right to Democracy. 48(2). 289. 2 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Sara McLaughlin & Emilia Justyna Powell. (2011). Forum Shopping for the Best Adjudicator: Conflict Management and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Itlos). SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Sara McLaughlin & Clayton L. Thyne. (2009). Contentious Issues as Opportunities for Diversionary Behavior. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Sara McLaughlin, et al.. (2008). IO Mediation of Interstate Conflicts. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 52(2). 295–325. 59 indexed citations

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Kadera, Kelly & Sara McLaughlin Mitchell. (2005). Heeding Ray's Advice: An Exegesis on Control Variables in Systemic Democratic Peace Research. Conflict Management and Peace Science. 22(4). 311–326. 21 indexed citations

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