Military and Defense Studies
Military and Defense Studies is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 7.1k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the rise of the privatized military industry, the outsourcing of war and security functions, the impact on international law and civil-military relations, and the challenges and opportunities in global governance and peacekeeping operations.
- Privatized Military Industry
- Private Security Companies
- Outsourcing War
- Government Privatization
- Military Contractors
- International Law
- Homeland Security
- Global Governance
- Civil-Military Relations
- Peacekeeping Operations
- Research works
- 7.1k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 705 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 9.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +3% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
United States
45% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead Military and Defense Studies research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (255 and 77 works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
United States
255 works
- 2
United Kingdom
77 works
- 3
Canada
43 works
- 4
Poland
39 works
- 5
Russia
30 works
- 6
Australia
29 works
- 7
Romania
24 works
- 8
Germany
24 works
- 9
Ukraine
22 works
- 10
China
19 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.
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Which institutions lead Military and Defense Studies research?
By volume in 2022-now, United States Department of Defense publishes the most Military and Defense Studies research, followed by Indonesia Defense University and Carol I National Defence University.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
United States Department of DefenseUnited States
20 works
- 2
Indonesia Defense University
Indonesia
9 works
- 3
Carol I National Defence UniversityRomania
8 works
- 4
King's College LondonUnited Kingdom
7 works
- 5
Russian Academy of SciencesRussia
7 works
- 6
Stellenbosch University
South Africa
6 works
- 7
Nicolae Bălcescu Land Forces AcademyRomania
6 works
- 8
Carleton UniversityCanada
5 works
- 9
Ludovika University of Public Service
Hungary
5 works
- 10
Human Growth FoundationUnited States
4 works
Who are the leading researchers in Military and Defense Studies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Military and Defense Studies include Mike J Clarke, Joseph E. Stiglitz and Noam Chomsky.
- 1
Mike J Clarke
United Kingdom
175k citations
- 2
Joseph E. Stiglitz
United States
167k citations
- 3
Noam Chomsky
United States
141k citations
- 4
Mark Andrew Stokes
Australia
118k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Military and Defense Studies research done?
The largest centres of Military and Defense Studies research in 2022-now are Washington D.C. (United States), London (United Kingdom), Moscow (Russia) and Warsaw (Poland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Washington D.C..
Largest cities, 2022-now
- 1
Washington D.C.United States
25 works
- 2
LondonUnited Kingdom
24 works
- 3
MoscowRussia
17 works
- 4
WarsawPoland
14 works
- 5
BucharestRomania
13 works
- 6
New YorkUnited States
12 works
- 7
OttawaCanada
12 works
- 8
KyivUkraine
10 works
- 9
BogorIndonesia
9 works
- 10
TorontoCanada
8 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Washington D.C.US · 24.8 works7.7×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Military and Defense Studies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Military and Defense Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, Indonesia Defense University 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.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia Defense UniversityIndonesia |
5.0 | 9.6% | 97.8× | 9 | - |
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 Military and Defense Studies, country by countryIs Military and Defense Studies research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 3% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2010. The fastest-growing topics are Military and Defense Studies.
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Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Military and Defense Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0035% in 2024.
Fractional works of Military and Defense Studies 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.
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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