Thomas Chadefaux

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 731 citations indexed

About

Thomas Chadefaux is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Chadefaux has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 731 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 4 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 4 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Thomas Chadefaux's work include Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (4 papers), Political Conflict and Governance (3 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (3 papers). Thomas Chadefaux is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (4 papers), Political Conflict and Governance (3 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (3 papers). Thomas Chadefaux collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Thomas Chadefaux's co-authors include Dirk Helbing, Karsten Donnay, Dirk Brockmann, Ulf Blanke, Jens Krause, Sebastian Schutte, Olivia Woolley-Meza, Matjaž Perc, Mehdi Moussaïd and Anders Johansson and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Journal of Statistical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Chadefaux

23 papers receiving 700 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.

Saving Human Lives: What Complexity Science and Information Systems can Contribute

2014 473 citations Dirk Helbing, Dirk Brockmann et al. Journal of Statistical Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Chadefaux Ireland	8	272	161	88	76	72	25	731
Karsten Donnay Switzerland	10	437 1.6×	181 1.1×	220 2.5×	65 0.9×	75 1.0×	35	998
Sebastian Schutte Germany	13	521 1.9×	152 0.9×	73 0.8×	93 1.2×	77 1.1×	24	1.1k
Olivia Woolley-Meza Switzerland	7	155 0.6×	264 1.6×	72 0.8×	68 0.9×	121 1.7×	11	733
Pierre Deville Belgium	6	145 0.5×	237 1.5×	100 1.1×	162 2.1×	52 0.7×	9	1.4k
Vanessa Frías-Martínez United States	20	222 0.8×	104 0.6×	90 1.0×	56 0.7×	103 1.4×	60	1.2k
Clio Andris United States	15	198 0.7×	174 1.1×	56 0.6×	105 1.4×	45 0.6×	52	1.2k
Enrique Frı́as-Martı́nez Spain	24	179 0.7×	116 0.7×	212 2.4×	45 0.6×	87 1.2×	53	1.6k
Samarth Swarup United States	16	239 0.9×	157 1.0×	194 2.2×	50 0.7×	170 2.4×	89	976
Maxime Lenormand France	20	199 0.7×	186 1.2×	55 0.6×	115 1.5×	144 2.0×	30	2.0k
Alexander Savelyev United States	12	137 0.5×	89 0.6×	146 1.7×	32 0.4×	11 0.2×	25	886

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Chadefaux

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Chadefaux

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Chadefaux, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Using machine learning to forecast conflict events for use in forced migration models. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 28202–28202.

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Frank, Hartmut, et al.. (2025). Accounting for variability in conflict dynamics: A pattern-based predictive model. Journal of Peace Research. 62(6). 2052–2069.

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Chadefaux, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Temporal Patterns in Migration Flows Evidence from South Sudan. Journal of Forecasting. 44(2). 575–588. 1 indexed citations

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Chadefaux, Thomas. (2023). An automated pattern recognition system for conflict. Journal of Computational Science. 72. 102074–102074. 4 indexed citations

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Chadefaux, Thomas, et al.. (2022). The effect of terrorist attacks on attitudes and its duration. Political Science Research and Methods. 11(4). 893–902. 7 indexed citations

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Chadefaux, Thomas, et al.. (2018). Nowhere to go? Why do some civil wars generate more refugees than others?. International Interactions. 45(2). 401–420. 18 indexed citations

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Chadefaux, Thomas. (2018). What the Enemy Knows: Common Knowledge and the Rationality of War. British Journal of Political Science. 50(4). 1593–1607. 3 indexed citations

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Spaiser, Viktoria, et al.. (2017). Communication power struggles on social media: A case study of the 2011–12 Russian protests. Journal of Information Technology & Politics. 14(2). 132–153. 40 indexed citations

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Chadefaux, Thomas. (2017). Market anticipations of conflict onsets. Journal of Peace Research. 54(2). 313–327. 17 indexed citations

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Chadefaux, Thomas. (2017). Conflict forecasting and its limits. 1(1-2). 7–17. 25 indexed citations

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Chadefaux, Thomas. (2015). What the Enemy Knows: Common Knowledge and the Rationality of War. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Chadefaux, Thomas. (2014). Early warning signals for war in the news. Journal of Peace Research. 51(1). 5–18. 76 indexed citations

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Helbing, Dirk, Dirk Brockmann, Thomas Chadefaux, et al.. (2014). Saving Human Lives: What Complexity Science and Information Systems can Contribute. Journal of Statistical Physics. 158(3). 735–781. 473 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chadefaux, Thomas. (2014). The Triggers of War: Disentangling the Spark from the Powder Keg. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations

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Spaiser, Viktoria, et al.. (2014). Social Media and Regime Change: The Strategic Use of Twitter in the 2011112 Russian Protests. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Chadefaux, Thomas & Dirk Helbing. (2012). The Rationality of Prejudices. PLoS ONE. 7(2). e30902–e30902. 5 indexed citations

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Chadefaux, Thomas. (2012). War as an Investment. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Chadefaux, Thomas. (2012). Early Warning Signals for War in the News. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Chadefaux, Thomas. (2011). Bargaining over power: when do shifts in power lead to war?. International Theory. 3(2). 228–253. 9 indexed citations

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Chadefaux, Thomas & Dirk Helbing. (2010). How Wealth Accumulation Can Promote Cooperation. PLoS ONE. 5(10). e13471–e13471. 19 indexed citations

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