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European Politics and Security

European Politics and Security is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1951. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the complex geopolitical dynamics in Eastern Europe, focusing on the relationships between the European Union, Russia, and Ukraine. It delves into topics such as migration, security, the Eastern Partnership, and the Eurasian Customs Union, shedding light on the challenges and opportunities in the region. The papers also analyze the impact of global events such as the financial crisis on Central and Eastern Europe.

  • European Union
  • Russia
  • Ukraine
  • Eastern Partnership
  • Migration
  • Geopolitics
  • Balkans
  • Foreign Policy
  • Eurasian Customs Union
  • Security
Research works
11k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
1.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+10%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Poland
48% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
European Politics and Security

Which countries lead European Politics and Security research?

By volume, Poland and Ukraine publish the most (937 and 273 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Poland 937 works
  2. 2 Ukraine 273 works
  3. 3 Russia 162 works
  4. 4 United States 151 works
  5. 5 Germany 121 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 85 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 71 works
  8. 8 Czechia 57 works
  9. 9 France 51 works
  10. 10 Hungary 51 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Poland: 47.9%Ukraine: 13.9%Russia: 8.3%United States: 7.7%6 others listed: 22.3%48%largest
Poland937 · 47.9%Ukraine273 · 13.9%Russia162 · 8.3%United States151 · 7.7%6 others listed436 · 22.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead European Politics and Security research?

By volume in 2022-now, Jagiellonian University publishes the most European Politics and Security research, followed by University of Warsaw and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 95 works
  2. 2 University of WarsawPoland 73 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 57 works
  4. 4 Polish Academy of SciencesPoland 56 works
  5. 5 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 52 works
  6. 6 University of WrocławPoland 38 works
  7. 7 John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland 34 works
  8. 8 Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityPoland 33 works
  9. 9 University of ŁódźPoland 32 works
  10. 10 University of SzczecinPoland 27 works

Who are the leading researchers in European Politics and Security?

The most-cited researchers publishing on European Politics and Security include Martin McKee, David Philip Lane and G. John Ikenberry.

  1. 1 Martin McKee United Kingdom 270k citations
  2. 2 David Philip Lane United Kingdom 80k citations
  3. 3 G. John Ikenberry United States 77k citations
  4. 4 Ulrich Beck Germany 76k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in European Politics and Security?

The most cited paper in European Politics and Security is "Federal Republic of Germany" (Hartmut Esser, Hermann Korte, 1985), with 907 citations. Next come "The Europeanization of Central and Eastern Europe" (877) and "Handbook of international and intercultural communication" (730).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Federal Republic of Germany Hartmut Esser, Hermann Korte · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 10 Oct 1985 907
2 The Europeanization of Central and Eastern Europe Alexandru Călin Grigorescu · Perspectives on Politics 18 May 2006 877
3 Handbook of international and intercultural communication Jolene Koester · International Journal of Intercultural Relations 1991 730
4 European populism in the shadow of the great recession Davide Vittori · Acta Politica 24 Jun 2016 649
5 Identity, migration and the new security agenda in Europe Ken Booth · International Affairs 1994 637
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is European Politics and Security research done?

The largest centres of European Politics and Security research in 2022-now are Warsaw (Poland), Krakow (Poland), Moscow (Russia) and Kyiv (Ukraine). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lublin.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 WarsawPoland 249 works
  2. 2 KrakowPoland 153 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 113 works
  4. 4 KyivUkraine 97 works
  5. 5 LublinPoland 80 works
  6. 6 PoznańPoland 59 works
  7. 7 WrocławPoland 46 works
  8. 8 ŁódźPoland 42 works
  9. 9 LvivUkraine 41 works
  10. 10 BudapestHungary 40 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LublinPL · 80.2 works40×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in European Politics and Security than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study European Politics and Security?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Birmingham, Jagiellonian University and University of Warsaw score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%25%50%75%mean 20.66%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Birmin…Comenius University …University of WarsawJagiellonian Univers…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom 67.363.3%6.3×9 +204.6%
2Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 57.96.5%60.3×95 +40.5%
3University of WarsawPoland 51.112.3%60.3×73 -6.7%
4Comenius University BratislavaSlovakia 44.516.8%23.7×11 +83.4%
5University of ŁódźPoland 42.86.2%47.6×32 +53.2%
6Aleksandër Moisiu UniversityAlbania 42.727.7%116.4×9 +568.8%
7Charles UniversityCzechia 42.518.0%9.1×10 +25.5%
8Koszalin University of TechnologyPoland 39.719.3%167.4×13 +339.8%
9Masaryk UniversityCzechia 38.731.1%11.8×8 -15.4%
10Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 37.85.4%54.0×52 -21.9%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in European Politics and Security, country by country

Is European Politics and Security research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are European Politics and Security.

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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 European Politics and Security as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.013% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%European Politics and Security0.010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of European Politics and Security 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.

still counting5%10%15%European Politics and Security10.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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