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Military History and Strategy

Military History and Strategy is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 14.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the British and international strategies and experiences in counterinsurgency, with a focus on the Malayan Emergency. It delves into the application of minimum force philosophy, military intelligence, colonial warfare, and the influence of Clausewitz in small wars. The keywords reflect the historical, strategic, and philosophical aspects of counterinsurgency.

  • Counterinsurgency
  • British Army
  • Malayan Emergency
  • Clausewitz
  • Colonial Warfare
  • Minimum Force Philosophy
  • Small Wars
  • Military Intelligence
  • Colonial Difference
  • Insurgency Paradigm
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+3%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Military History and Strategy research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (363 and 179 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 363 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 179 works
  3. 3 Russia 69 works
  4. 4 Australia 60 works
  5. 5 Germany 56 works
  6. 6 India 48 works
  7. 7 Croatia 47 works
  8. 8 Canada 46 works
  9. 9 Romania 38 works
  10. 10 Slovenia 35 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: 38.6%United Kingdom: 19.0%Russia: 7.3%Australia: 6.4%6 others listed: 28.6%39%largest
United States363 · 38.6%United Kingdom179 · 19.0%Russia69 · 7.3%Australia60 · 6.4%6 others listed269 · 28.6%

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

Which institutions lead Military History and Strategy research?

By volume in 2022–2025, King's College London publishes the most Military History and Strategy research, followed by University of Oxford and Nicolae Bălcescu Land Forces Academy.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 19 works
  2. 2 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 13 works
  3. 3 Nicolae Bălcescu Land Forces AcademyRomania 11 works
  4. 4 Naval Postgraduate SchoolUnited States 10 works
  5. 5 University of LjubljanaSlovenia 10 works
  6. 6 Australian National UniversityAustralia 9 works
  7. 7 Film IndependentUnited States 8 works
  8. 8 Carol I National Defence UniversityRomania 8 works
  9. 9 University of WarwickUnited Kingdom 8 works
  10. 10 University of ZagrebCroatia 7 works

Where is Military History and Strategy research done?

The largest centres of Military History and Strategy research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Moscow (Russia), Washington D.C. (United States) and Zagreb (Croatia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Zagreb and Ljubljana.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 47 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 35 works
  3. 3 Washington D.C. United States 29 works
  4. 4 Zagreb Croatia 29 works
  5. 5 Ljubljana Slovenia 23 works
  6. 6 Belgrade Serbia 19 works
  7. 7 New York United States 18 works
  8. 8 Bucharest Romania 16 works
  9. 9 Sydney Australia 16 works
  10. 10 Canberra Australia 15 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ZagrebHR · 28.6 works18×
  2. LjubljanaSI · 23.0 works16×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Military History and Strategy than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Military History and Strategy?

Among universities, judged by research, King's College London, University of Ljubljana and Australian National 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.

0%10%20%30%mean 16.3167%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →King's College London: 18, 24.1%University of Ljubljana: 10, 24.3%Australian National University: 9, 16.8%Naval Postgraduate School: 10, 16.2%Nicolae Bălcescu Land Forces Academy: 11, 3.0%University of Oxford: 13, 13.5%University of Ljublj…King's College LondonAustralian National …Naval Postgraduate S…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 86.624.1%16.7×18 -6.8%
2 University of LjubljanaSlovenia 80.224.3%15.4×10 +178.7%
3 Australian National UniversityAustralia 56.216.8%12.2×9 -32.4%
4 Naval Postgraduate SchoolUnited States 53.216.2%151.5×10 -23.5%
5 Nicolae Bălcescu Land Forces AcademyRomania 40.03.0%337.5×11 —
6 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 37.013.5%7.0×13 -58.5%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Military History and Strategy research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Military History and Strategy.

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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.

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.