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Naval War College

In research, Naval War College stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,759 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,139 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations and Social Sciences (Political Science and International Relations is 20.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,200
of 22,385 · #7,384 all time
Rank in United States
#1,719
of 3,332
Research works
1.2k
▼ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.9k
6.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.09×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Naval War College

What is Naval War College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #4,759 of 9,585 10.9%123 #2666
Social SciencesField #3,139 of 5,988 11.6%99 #1728

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Naval War College sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Naval War College work in?

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Naval War College is in Social Sciences, 14% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (63%), Arts and Humanities (8%), Environmental Science (5%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 150 fractional works · 81.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 116 fractional works · 63.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 56 fractional works · 30.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 31 fractional works · 16.9% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workTransportation: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 15 fractional works · 8.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 26 fractional works · 13.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 5.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNaval War College185fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences81%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences11663.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities158.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance105.1%
    4. Psychology42.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting31.6%
    6. Decision Sciences21.0%
    1. Environmental Science105.2%
    2. Engineering52.8%
    3. Computer Science42.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy20.9%
    6. Energy10.8%
    7. Mathematics10.4%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine31.5%
    2. Health Professions21.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.7%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    3. Neuroscience00.3%
    4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Naval War College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 20.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 56.3 works20×
  2. Social SciencesField · 116.4 works5.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.05× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.76× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.41× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.98× its world share, 116 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences4.98×116 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.76×15 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.41×10 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.07×2 works
  5. Environmental Science1.05×10 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.02×1 works
  7. Energy0.83×1 works
  8. Psychology0.72×4 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.70×2 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.50×3 works
  11. Health Professions0.46×2 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.40×2 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.36×3 works
  14. Mathematics0.36×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.31×4 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.26×0 works
  17. Engineering0.19×5 works
  18. Neuroscience0.17×0 works
  19. Medicine0.08×3 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Naval War College?

Ranked on the quality score, Burak Kadercan, Curtis Bell and Montgomery McFate lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Naval War College.

  1. 1 Burak Kadercan United States · #526,781 worldwide 319 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Curtis Bell United States · #872,353 worldwide 384 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Montgomery McFate United States · #947,415 worldwide 656 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Craig Whiteside United States · #989,102 worldwide 415 citations · 57 works
  5. 5 David A. Cooper United States · #1,107,406 worldwide 1.8k citations · 56 works
  6. 6 Peter J. Dombrowski United States · #1,172,300 worldwide 1.4k citations · 125 works
  7. 7 Michael N. Schmitt United States · #1,271,210 worldwide 5.6k citations · 333 works
  8. 8 Carnes Lord United States · #1,510,121 worldwide 1.2k citations · 97 works
  9. 9 William C. Fuller United States · #1,558,648 worldwide 471 citations · 45 works
  10. 10 Anthony J. DiBella United States · #1,586,997 worldwide 1.2k citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Naval War College

What are the most cited papers from Naval War College?

The most cited paper from Naval War College is "Military Necessity and Humanity in International Humanitarian Law: Preserving the Delicate Balance" (Michael N. Schmitt, 2011), with 253 citations. Next come "Civil–Military Relations" (199) and "The “Hearts and Minds” Fallacy: Violence, Coercion, and Success in Counterinsurgency Warfare" (172).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Military Necessity and Humanity in International Humanitarian Law: Preserving the Delicate Balance Michael N. Schmitt · T.M.C. Asser Press eBooks Book chapter 2011 253
2 Civil–Military Relations Lindsay P. Cohn, Damon V. Coletta, Peter Douglas Feaver · Oxford University Press eBooks Book chapter 5 Apr 2018 199
3 The “Hearts and Minds” Fallacy: Violence, Coercion, and Success in Counterinsurgency Warfare Jacqueline L. Hazelton · International Security Jul 2017 172
4 The Interpretive Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities: A Critical Analysis Michael N. Schmitt · T.M.C. Asser Press eBooks Book chapter 2011 155
5 Plantar Ecchymosis Sign: A Clinical Aid to Diagnosis of Occult Lisfranc Tarsometatarsal Injuries Glen Ross, Robert F.P. Cronin, John Hauzenblas et al. · Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma Feb 1996 144
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Naval War College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: International Law, Globalization, Global Governance, Colonialism, History, International Relations, Identity and Human Rights.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. International Law28▲ 48×9 topics
  2. Globalization23▲ 6.4×35 topics
  3. Global Governance17▲ 38×10 topics
  4. Colonialism16▲ 18×12 topics
  5. History14▲ 11×10 topics
  6. International Relations14▲ 32×12 topics
  7. Identity14▲ 11×13 topics
  8. Human Rights14▲ 7.4×20 topics
  9. Diplomacy13▲ 78×5 topics
  10. Culture13▲ 13×9 topics
  11. Gender11▲ 11×9 topics
  12. Politics10▲ 21×10 topics
  13. Society10▲ 28×5 topics
  14. Nationalism9▲ 11×10 topics
  15. Religion9▲ 11×7 topics
  16. Terrorism9▲ 103×3 topics
  17. Conflict9▲ 29×7 topics
  18. Geopolitics8▲ 30×7 topics
  19. Security8▲ 6.7×6 topics
  20. Global Trade8▲ 23×7 topics
  21. Democracy8▲ 12×10 topics
  22. Counterinsurgency7▲ 383×2 topics
  23. Information Warfare7▲ 117×2 topics
  24. British Army7▲ 484×1 topic
  25. Malayan Emergency7▲ 484×1 topic
  26. International Institutions7▲ 174×1 topic
  27. Power7▲ 49×1 topic
  28. Economic Growth6▲ 4.3×9 topics
  29. Ethics6▲ 6.8×9 topics
  30. Economy6▲ 44×2 topics
  31. Vietnam6▲ 79×1 topic
  32. Philosophy6▲ 6.9×7 topics
  33. Digital Sovereignty6▲ 66×2 topics
  34. Genocide5▲ 53×3 topics
  35. Governance5▲ 8.4×9 topics
  36. Security Council5▲ 55×2 topics
  37. Public-Private Partnerships5▲ 35×2 topics
  38. Cyber Security5▲ 55×1 topic
  39. Internet Governance5▲ 153×1 topic
  40. National Security5▲ 47×3 topics

Which research topics does Naval War College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Military History and Strategy, International Relations and Foreign Policy, Vietnamese History and Culture Studies and Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies.

Military History and Str…7Military History and Strategy: 7 fractional worksInternational Relations …7International Relations and Foreign Policy: 7 fractional worksVietnamese History and C…6Vietnamese History and Culture Studies: 6 fractional worksCybersecurity and Cyber …5Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies: 5 fractional worksMaritime Security and History: 5 fractional worksMilitary and Defense Studies: 4 fractional worksInternational Maritime L…4International Maritime Law Issues: 4 fractional worksDefense, Military, and Policy Studies: 3 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 3 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 3 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceTransportationManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law1 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Military History and Strategy Political Science and International Relations 7 works
  2. 2 International Relations and Foreign Policy Political Science and International Relations 7 works
  3. 3 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  4. 4 Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  5. 5 Maritime Security and History Transportation 5 works
  6. 6 Military and Defense Studies Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  7. 7 International Maritime Law Issues Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
  8. 8 Defense, Military, and Policy Studies Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  9. 9 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  10. 10 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 3 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available17.0%not open83.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.5%domestic only92.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Naval War College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Naval War College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00086% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Naval War College0.00067% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Naval War College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Naval War College8.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.9% in 2011.

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