Foreign Affairs

368.1k citations
12.0k papers · indexed · active since 1950

Foreign Affairs

5.2k papers receiving 109.2k citations

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Foreign Affairs
Comparison fields: 5 of 245
  • Development 28.2k
  • Political Science and International Relations 151.7k
  • Sociology and Political Science 167.0k
  • General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 23.8k
  • General Energy 2.3k
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About Foreign Affairs

The 12.0k papers published in Foreign Affairs in the last decades have received a total of 368.1k indexed citations . Papers published in Foreign Affairs usually cover Political Science and International Relations (3.1k papers), General Energy (65 papers) and Sociology and Political Science (2.5k papers) specifically the topics of Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (494 papers), Global Peace and Security Dynamics (440 papers), Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (393 papers), Nuclear Issues and Defense (298 papers), International Relations and Foreign Policy (277 papers), Islamic Studies and History (271 papers), Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (257 papers) and Eastern European Communism and Reforms (254 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Foreign Affairs are Francis Fukuyama, Richard N. Cooper, G. John Ikenberry, William Diebold, Gail M. Gerhart, Robert Legvold, Fritz Stern, Eliot A. Cohen, Stanley Hoffmann and John C. Campbell.

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