2026 Cullen S. Hendrix: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	31	1062	959	546	473	80	6366

Cullen S. Hendrix publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cullen S. Hendrix sits on this spectrum.

36 publications 333+

This scientist: 80 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

Cullen S. Hendrix D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cullen S. Hendrix sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

Overview

Cullen S. Hendrix is affiliated with the University of Denver in the United States and has contributed to research primarily within the fields of Social Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Political Science and International Relations, and Ecology.

The research topics Cullen S. Hendrix focuses on include Transboundary Water Resource Management, Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration, Marine and fisheries research, Coastal and Marine Management, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, International Maritime Law Issues, and Health and Conflict Studies.

Some of their recent papers are:

Climate change increases the risk of fisheries conflict (2020, Marine Policy)
Directions for Research on Climate and Conflict (2020, Earth s Future)
Exploring the future of fishery conflict through narrative scenarios (2021, One Earth)
Climate-driven risks to peace over the 21st century (2022, Climate Risk Management)
Climate change and conflict (2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment)

Frequent co-authors include:

PM Roberts
James R. Watson
U. Rashid Sumaila
Halvard Buhaug
Nina von Uexkull

Cullen S. Hendrix has published multiple articles in several academic venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

Marine Policy
Earth s Future
One Earth
Climate Risk Management
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Best Publications

Measuring state capacity: Theoretical and empirical implications for the study of civil conflict

Cullen S Hendrix

1001
Citations
Climate change, rainfall, and social conflict in Africa:

Cullen S Hendrix;Idean Salehyan

722
Citations
Climate as a risk factor for armed conflict

Katharine J. Mach;Caroline M. Kraan;W. Neil Adger;Halvard Buhaug;Halvard Buhaug

583
Citations
Social Conflict in Africa: A New Database

Idean Salehyan;Cullen S. Hendrix;Jesse Hamner;Christina Case

544
Citations
Trends and triggers: Climate, climate change and civil conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa

Cullen S. Hendrix;Cullen S. Hendrix;Sarah M. Glaser

503
Citations
When Is the Pen Truly Mighty? Regime Type and the Efficacy of Naming and Shaming in Curbing Human Rights Abuses

Cullen S. Hendrix;Wendy H. Wong

270
Citations
Food insecurity and conflict dynamics - Causal linkages and Complex feedbacks*

Cullen S. Hendrix;Henk-Jan Brinkman

248
Citations
Global food prices, regime type, and urban unrest in the developing world:

Cullen S Hendrix;Stephan Haggard

237
Citations
Climate shocks and political violence

Idean Salehyan;Cullen S. Hendrix

211
Citations
Climate change increases the risk of fisheries conflict

Elizabeth Mendenhall;Cullen Hendrix;Cullen Hendrix;Elizabeth Nyman;Paige M. Roberts

133
Citations
Confronting the Curse: The Economics and Geopolitics of Natural Resource Governance

Cullen S. Hendrix;Marcus Noland

118
Citations
Head for the Hills? Rough Terrain, State Capacity, and Civil War Onset

Cullen S. Hendrix

96
Citations
The streetlight effect in climate change research on Africa

Cullen S. Hendrix;Cullen S. Hendrix

85
Citations
WTO must ban harmful fisheries subsidies

U. Rashid Sumaila;Daniel J. Skerritt;Anna Schuhbauer;Sebastian Villasante

84
Citations
Trends and triggers redux: Climate change, rainfall, and interstate conflict

Colleen Devlin;Cullen S. Hendrix

78
Citations
State Capacity and Terrorism: A Two-Dimensional Approach

Cullen S. Hendrix;Joseph K. Young

73
Citations
Directions for Research on Climate and Conflict

Katharine J. Mach;W. Neil Adger;Halvard Buhaug;Halvard Buhaug;Marshall Burke;Marshall Burke

73
Citations
Knowing your audience: How the structure of international relations and organizational choices affect amnesty international’s advocacy

Cullen S. Hendrix;Wendy H. Wong

72
Citations
Exploring the future of fishery conflict through narrative scenarios

Jessica Spijkers;Jessica Spijkers;Andrew Merrie;Colette C.C. Wabnitz;Colette C.C. Wabnitz;Matthew Osborne

70
Citations
No News Is Good News: Mark and Recapture for Event Data When Reporting Probabilities Are Less Than One

Cullen S. Hendrix;Idean Salehyan

49
Citations
Civil conflict and world fisheries, 1952-2004

Cullen S Hendrix;Sarah M Glaser

40
Citations
Oil prices and interstate conflict

Cullen S. Hendrix

37
Citations
Food Insecurity and Conflict : Applying the WDR Framework

Henk-Jan Brinkman;Cullen S. Hendrix

31
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcus Noland Peterson Institute for International Economics

Idean Salehyan University of North Texas

Marshall Burke Stanford University

Halvard Buhaug Peace Research Institute

Erica Chenoweth Harvard University

Philippe Le Billon University of British Columbia

John O'Loughlin University of Colorado Boulder

Jürgen Scheffran Universität Hamburg

Kenneth A. Schultz Stanford University

Katharine J. Mach University of Miami

External Links

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