Civil Wars

5.2k citations
675 papers · indexed · active since 1950

Civil Wars

552 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Peers

Civil Wars
Comparison fields: 5 of 116
  • Sociology and Political Science 4.3k
  • Political Science and International Relations 2.3k
  • Gender Studies 529
  • Development 497
  • History 293
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Fields of papers published in Civil Wars

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This network shows the impact of papers published in Civil Wars. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers published in Civil Wars.

About Civil Wars

The 675 papers published in Civil Wars in the last decades have received a total of 5.2k indexed citations . Papers published in Civil Wars usually cover Political Science and International Relations (341 papers), Development (45 papers) and Sociology and Political Science (546 papers) specifically the topics of Political Conflict and Governance (273 papers), Peacebuilding and International Security (212 papers) and Global Peace and Security Dynamics (107 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Civil Wars are Mark Duffield, Alexander B. Downes, Jonathan Fox, Lisa Hultman, Duffield, Kai M. Thaler, Miranda Alison, Karen Witsenburg, W.R. Adano and Roger Mac Ginty.

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