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Global Peace and Security Dynamics

Global Peace and Security Dynamics is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the concept of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in international relations, focusing on humanitarian intervention, state sovereignty, United Nations involvement, genocide prevention, and the roles of regional organizations such as the African Union. It discusses the evolution of norms of protection and the challenges and debates surrounding the implementation of R2P.

  • Responsibility to Protect
  • Humanitarian Intervention
  • International Law
  • State Sovereignty
  • United Nations
  • Genocide
  • African Union
  • Security Council
  • Norms of Protection
  • Regional Organizations
Research works
37k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+12%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
31% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Global Peace and Security Dynamics

Which countries lead Global Peace and Security Dynamics research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.1k and 710 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1.1k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 710 works
  3. 3 Germany 452 works
  4. 4 Australia 225 works
  5. 5 South Africa 218 works
  6. 6 Russia 204 works
  7. 7 India 189 works
  8. 8 France 185 works
  9. 9 China 172 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 171 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.

United States: 31.0%United Kingdom: 19.4%Germany: 12.3%Australia: 6.1%6 others listed: 31.1%31%largest
United States1,136 · 31.0%United Kingdom710 · 19.4%Germany452 · 12.3%Australia225 · 6.1%6 others listed1,139 · 31.1%

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

Which institutions lead Global Peace and Security Dynamics research?

By volume in 2022-now, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy publishes the most Global Peace and Security Dynamics research, followed by University of Oxford and University of Pretoria.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Institute for Peace Research and Security PolicyGermany 98 works
  2. 2 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 45 works
  3. 3 University of PretoriaSouth Africa 43 works
  4. 4 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 42 works
  5. 5 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 41 works
  6. 6 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 39 works
  7. 7 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 38 works
  8. 8 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 33 works
  9. 9 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 33 works
  10. 10 Graduate Institute of International and Development StudiesSwitzerland 30 works

Who are the leading researchers in Global Peace and Security Dynamics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Global Peace and Security Dynamics include Wolfgang K. Huber, Michel Foucault and Herbert A. Simon.

  1. 1 Wolfgang K. Huber Germany 239k citations
  2. 2 Michel Foucault France 208k citations
  3. 3 Herbert A. Simon United States 179k citations
  4. 4 Joseph E. Stiglitz United States 167k citations
  5. 5 Michael E. Porter United States 165k citations
  6. 6 Daron Acemoğlu United States 164k 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 Global Peace and Security Dynamics?

The most cited paper in Global Peace and Security Dynamics is "Theory of International Politics, by Kenneth N. Waltz" (Robert F. Randle, 1980), with 6,392 citations. Next come "Structural causes and regime consequences: regimes as intervening variables" (2,615) and "Power and Interdependence" (2,028).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Theory of International Politics, by Kenneth N. Waltz Robert F. Randle · Political Science Quarterly 1980 6,392
2 Structural causes and regime consequences: regimes as intervening variables Stephen D. Krasner · International Organization 1982 2,615
3 Power and Interdependence Robert O. Keohane, Joseph S. Nye · International Organization Book chapter 16 Aug 2013 2,028
4 Seeing Like a StateHow Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed Harry G. West · PoLAR Political and Legal Anthropology Review Open access Nov 1998 1,807
5 Power in International Politics Michael Barnett, Raymond D. Duvall · International Organization Open access 2005 1,791
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Where is Global Peace and Security Dynamics research done?

The largest centres of Global Peace and Security Dynamics research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Moscow (Russia), Hamburg (Germany) and New York (United States).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 175 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 140 works
  3. 3 HamburgGermany 130 works
  4. 4 New YorkUnited States 111 works
  5. 5 Washington D.C.United States 95 works
  6. 6 ParisFrance 80 works
  7. 7 JohannesburgSouth Africa 66 works
  8. 8 PretoriaSouth Africa 65 works
  9. 9 GenevaSwitzerland 60 works
  10. 10 BeijingChina 57 works
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Where is the best place to study Global Peace and Security Dynamics?

Among universities, judged by research, Dublin City University, University of Oxford and King's College London score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 19.46%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Dublin City UniversityUppsala UniversityKing's College LondonUniversity of Oxford
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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.

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
1Dublin City UniversityIreland 81.829.0%21.6×21 +153.0%
2University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 77.916.4%5.6×45 -2.2%
3King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 76.317.9%8.5×42 +13.1%
4Uppsala UniversitySweden 72.922.3%5.2×16 +69.9%
5Australian National UniversityAustralia 72.321.0%9.7×28 +9.6%
6University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 71.210.1%7.9×38 +95.0%
7University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 69.213.8%10.9×39 +61.8%
8Graduate Institute of International and Development StudiesSwitzerland 68.615.1%136.1×30 +38.4%
9The University of MelbourneAustralia 62.914.1%3.5×23 +57.3%
10Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom 62.934.9%6.5×14 -36.5%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Global Peace and Security Dynamics, country by country

Is Global Peace and Security Dynamics research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Global Peace and Security Dynamics.

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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 Global Peace and Security Dynamics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.036% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Global Peace and Security Dynamics0.027% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Global Peace and Security Dynamics 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%Global Peace and Security Dynamics10.4% 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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