Thomas Rid

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
28 papers, 910 citations indexed

About

Thomas Rid is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Information Systems and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Rid has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 910 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 8 papers in Information Systems and 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Thomas Rid's work include Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies (10 papers), Information and Cyber Security (6 papers) and Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (4 papers). Thomas Rid is often cited by papers focused on Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies (10 papers), Information and Cyber Security (6 papers) and Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (4 papers). Thomas Rid collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Algeria. Thomas Rid's co-authors include Ben Buchanan, Peter McBurney, Christopher S. Chivvis, Gian P. Gentile, Philipp Rotmann, David French, Tim Stevens, Simon Koschut, Peter Krause and Paul Staniland and has published in prestigious journals such as Foreign Affairs, Terrorism and Political Violence and Survival.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Rid

26 papers receiving 795 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.

Cyber War Will Not Take Place

2011 294 citations Thomas Rid Journal of Strategic Studies profile →
Attributing Cyber Attacks

2014 258 citations Thomas Rid, Ben Buchanan Journal of Strategic Studies profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Rid United Kingdom	12	630	454	248	79	75	28	910
Ben Buchanan United States	9	370 0.6×	289 0.6×	100 0.4×	44 0.6×	44 0.6×	19	488
Susan W. Brenner United States	13	124 0.2×	286 0.6×	210 0.8×	37 0.5×	50 0.7×	45	460
Preston King United Kingdom	12	157 0.2×	56 0.1×	88 0.4×	106 1.3×	88 1.2×	41	532
Maria Bada United Kingdom	9	67 0.1×	274 0.6×	89 0.4×	86 1.1×	41 0.5×	22	337
Kevin D. Mitnick	7	38 0.1×	451 1.0×	187 0.8×	144 1.8×	132 1.8×	8	578
Peter Briggs Ireland	10	37 0.1×	273 0.6×	45 0.2×	59 0.7×	21 0.3×	34	476
Sukomal Pal India	12	63 0.1×	292 0.6×	105 0.4×	45 0.6×	24 0.3×	63	712
Eric Jardine United States	12	66 0.1×	237 0.5×	201 0.8×	36 0.5×	27 0.4×	38	386
Erdem Yörük Türkiye	14	187 0.3×	141 0.3×	151 0.6×	5 0.1×	258 3.4×	50	775

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Rid

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Rid

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Thomas Rid. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Thomas Rid. The network helps show where Thomas Rid may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Rid

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thomas Rid. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thomas Rid 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 Rid. Thomas Rid 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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Rid, Thomas & Ben Buchanan. (2018). Hacking Democracy. The SAIS review of international affairs. 38(1). 3–16. 9 indexed citations

2.

Rid, Thomas, et al.. (2016). Cryptopolitik and the Darknet. Survival. 58(1). 7–38. 95 indexed citations

3.

Rid, Thomas, et al.. (2014). OMG Cyber!. The RUSI Journal. 159(5). 4–12. 12 indexed citations

4.

Rid, Thomas. (2013). Cyberwar and Peace: Hacking Can Reduce Real-World Violence. Foreign Affairs. 92(6). 8 indexed citations

5.

Rid, Thomas. (2013). Cyberwar and Peace. Foreign Affairs.

6.

Rid, Thomas. (2013). End the phony cyber war. The New Scientist. 219(2933). 26–27. 1 indexed citations

7.

Rid, Thomas. (2013). More Attacks, Less Violence. Journal of Strategic Studies. 36(1). 139–142. 6 indexed citations

8.

Rid, Thomas & Peter McBurney. (2012). Cyber-Weapons. The RUSI Journal. 157(1). 6–13. 48 indexed citations

9.

Rid, Thomas. (2011). Cyber War Will Not Take Place. Journal of Strategic Studies. 35(1). 5–32. 294 indexed citations breakdown →

10.

Koschut, Simon, et al.. (2010). Die Bundeswehr der Zukunft. 53(2). 1089–99.

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Rid, Thomas, et al.. (2010). Mehr Köche als Diplomaten. 1 indexed citations

12.

Bew, John, David French, Thomas Rid, et al.. (2010). Book Reviews. Journal of Strategic Studies. 33(5). 777–795. 1 indexed citations

13.

Rid, Thomas, et al.. (2009). War 2.0. 11 indexed citations

14.

Rid, Thomas, et al.. (2009). The Terror Fringe. 3–19. 1 indexed citations

15.

Chivvis, Christopher S. & Thomas Rid. (2009). The Roots of Germany's Russia Policy. Survival. 51(2). 105–122. 10 indexed citations

16.

Rid, Thomas, et al.. (2009). Germany's Options in Afghanistan. Survival. 51(5). 71–90. 13 indexed citations

17.

Rid, Thomas, et al.. (2009). War 2.0. 1 indexed citations

18.

Rid, Thomas. (2009). Razzia: A Turning Point in Modern Strategy. Terrorism and Political Violence. 21(4). 617–635. 14 indexed citations

19.

Rid, Thomas. (2007). War and Media Operations: The US Military and the Press from Vietnam to Iraq. Research Portal (King's College London). 9 indexed citations

20.

Rid, Thomas. (2007). War and Media Operations. 6 indexed citations

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