Halvard Buhaug publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Halvard Buhaug between 2002 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Halvard Buhaug published across 24 years, from 2002 to 2025, averaging 5.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 2014. 5 of the 123 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

5 10 15

2002 2025

123 publications in total across all disciplines

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Halvard Buhaug: publications per year, 2002 to 2025
Year	Publications
2002	1
2003	0
2004	0
2005	3
2006	5
2007	6
2008	3
2009	8
2010	4
2011	5
2012	8
2013	12
2014	16
2015	4
2016	8
2017	2
2018	2
2019	3
2020	6
2021	15
2022	5
2023	2
2024	2
2025	3
Total	123

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Halvard Buhaug publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Halvard Buhaug sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400

44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 117 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
44–53	28
54–63	61
64–73	161
74–83	225
84–93	301
94–103	390
104–113	406
114–123	474	117
124–133	453
134–143	434
144–153	407
154–163	411
164–173	391
174–183	313
184–193	319
194–203	304
204–213	285
214–223	246
224–233	213
234–243	170
244–253	167
254–263	162
264–273	138
274–283	138
284–293	113
294–303	106
304–313	95
314–323	101
324–333	81
334–343	69
344–353	56
354–363	36
364–373	42
374–383	41
384–393	44
394–403	27
404–413	30
414–423	20
424–433	29
434–443	29
444–453	25
454–463	19
464–473	21
474–483	11
484–493	17
494–503	7
504–513	6
514–523	12
524–533	10
534–543	7
544–553	6
554–563	12
564–569	8
570+	100

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Halvard Buhaug D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Halvard Buhaug sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	177
31	210
32	222
33	188
34	181
35	243
36	261
37	272
38	278
39	300
40	297
41	308
42	313
43	300	43
44	269
45	260
46	228
47	251
48	203
49	186
50	187
51	166
52	138
53	141
54	131
55	137
56	109
57	129
58	95
59	105
60	106
61	86
62	94
63	77
64	79
65	59
66	68
67	51
68	49
69	40
70	43
71	40
72	50
73	46
74	43
75	45
76	45
77	30
78	25
79	31
80	29
81	18
82	21
83	26
84	15
85	15
86	19
87	19
88	12
89	7
90	19
91	20
92	13
93	9
94	13
95	8
96	7
97	6
98	6
99	6
100+	97

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Overview

Halvard Buhaug is affiliated with the Peace Research Institute in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with particular attention to sociology and political science. They have contributed notably to understanding complex intersections in environmental and political contexts.

Key topics covered in their work include:

Transboundary Water Resource Management
Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
Disaster Management and Resilience
Political Conflict and Governance
Health and Conflict Studies
Agricultural risk and resilience
Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology

The scientist has frequently published in several academic venues, including:

Nature Communications
Journal of Peace Research
World Development
Climate Risk Management
Harvard Dataverse

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Buhaug are works such as:

"Vicious Circles: Violence, Vulnerability, and Climate Change," 2021, Annual Review of Environment and Resources
"Security implications of climate change: A decade of scientific progress," 2021, Journal of Peace Research
"Green economy, degradation narratives, and land-use conflicts in Tanzania," 2020, World Development
"GDIS, a global dataset of geocoded disaster locations," 2021, Scientific Data
"Directions for Research on Climate and Conflict," 2020, Earth's Future

Buhaug has collaborated extensively with several co-authors over their career. Frequent collaborators include Nina von Uexkull, Jonas Vestby, Sebastian Schutte, Jannis Hoch, and Sophie de Bruin.

Best Publications

Inequality, Grievances, and Civil War

Lars-Erik Cederman;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Halvard Buhaug

1002
Citations
The Geography of Civil War

Halvard Buhaug;Scott Gates

844
Citations
Local determinants of African civil wars, 1970–2001

Halvard Buhaug;Jan Ketil Rød

822
Citations
Contagion or Confusion? Why Conflicts Cluster in Space

Halvard Buhaug;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

780
Citations
Geography, Rebel Capability, and the Duration of Civil Conflict

Halvard Buhaug;Scott Gates;Päivi Lujala

666
Citations
Climate not to blame for African civil wars

Halvard Buhaug

628
Citations
An urbanization bomb? Population growth and social disorder in cities

Halvard Buhaug;Halvard Buhaug;Henrik Urdal

606
Citations
Climate as a risk factor for armed conflict

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

583
Citations
PRIO-GRID: A unified spatial data structure

Andreas Forø Tollefsen;Håvard Strand;Halvard Buhaug

554
Citations
Adaptation Opportunities, Constraints, and Limits

Richard J.T. Klein;Guy F. Midgley;Benjamin L. Preston;Mozaharul Alam

525
Citations
Relative Capability and Rebel Objective in Civil War

Halvard Buhaug

445
Citations
Accounting for scale: Measuring geography in quantitative studies of civil war

Halvard Buhaug;Halvard Buhaug;Päivi Lujala;Päivi Lujala

437
Citations
Civil conflict sensitivity to growing-season drought

Nina von Uexkull;Nina von Uexkull;Mihai Croicu;Hanne Fjelde;Hanne Fjelde;Halvard Buhaug;Halvard Buhaug

419
Citations
Does climate change drive land-use conflicts in the Sahel?:

Tor A Benjaminsen;Koffi Alinon;Halvard Buhaug;Jill Tove Buseth

363
Citations
Climate Wars?: Assessing the Claim That Drought Breeds Conflict

Ole Magnus Theisen;Helge Holtermann;Halvard Buhaug

356
Citations
One effect to rule them all? A comment on climate and conflict

H. Buhaug;H. Buhaug;J. Nordkvelle;T. Bernauer;T. Böhmelt

338
Citations
Disaggregating Ethno-Nationalist Civil Wars: A Dyadic Test of Exclusion Theory

Halvard Buhaug;Lars-Erik Cederman;Jan Ketil Rød

296
Citations
Ethno-Nationalist Dyads and Civil War A GIS-Based Analysis

Lars-Erik Cederman;Halvard Buhaug;Jan Ketil Rød

259
Citations
Is climate change a driver of armed conflict

Ole Magnus Theisen;Ole Magnus Theisen;Nils Petter Gleditsch;Nils Petter Gleditsch;Halvard Buhaug;Halvard Buhaug

259
Citations
It’s the Local Economy, Stupid! Geographic Wealth Dispersion and Conflict Outbreak Location:

Halvard Buhaug;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Helge Holtermann;Gudrun Østby

253
Citations
Dude, Where's My Conflict? LSG, Relative Strength, and the Location of Civil War

Halvard Buhaug

246
Citations
Square Pegs in Round Holes: Inequalities, Grievances, and Civil War

Halvard Buhaug;Lars-Erik Cederman;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

237
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch University of Essex

Nils Petter Gleditsch Peace Research Institute

Lars-Erik Cederman ETH Zurich

Thomas Bernauer ETH Zurich

Scott Gates Peace Research Institute

Håvard Hegre Uppsala University

Jürgen Scheffran Universität Hamburg

Tor A. Benjaminsen Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Marshall Burke Stanford University

Cullen S. Hendrix University of Denver

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