2026 Idean Salehyan: 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	33	875	791	463	397	74	10525

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Political Science

875

791

463

397

10525

Overview

Idean Salehyan is affiliated with the University of North Texas in the United States. Their work primarily spans the field of Social Sciences with a strong focus on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Clinical Psychology, Demography, and Management Science and Operations Research as subfields.

Their research topics reflect a concentration on Political Conflict and Governance, Migration, Refugees, and Integration, Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography, Climate Change, Adaptation, and Migration, Migration and Labor Dynamics, Peacebuilding and International Security, and Migration, Health and Trauma.

Salehyan's recent publications include the following:

Climate variability and irregular migration to the European Union, 2021, Global Environmental Change
Forum: Conflict Delegation in Civil Wars, 2021, International Studies Review
Strategic Humanitarianism: Host States and Refugee Policy, 2024, Annual Review of Political Science
Student protest, violent interactions, and state repression, 2023, Journal of Peace Research
Electoral Integrity and Election-Related Conflict, 2020, Democracy and Security

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Salehyan include Fabien Cottier, Niklas Karlén, Vladimir Rauta, Andrew Mumford, and Belgin San-Akca.

Their work has appeared in various academic venues, notably:

Global Environmental Change
International Studies Review
Annual Review of Political Science
Journal of Peace Research
Democracy and Security

Best Publications

Refugees and the Spread of Civil War

Idean Salehyan;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

1410
Citations
It Takes Two: A Dyadic Analysis of Civil War Duration and Outcome

David E. Cunningham;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Idean Salehyan

1074
Citations
Climate change, rainfall, and social conflict in Africa:

Cullen S Hendrix;Idean Salehyan

722
Citations
Rebels without Borders

Idean Salehyan

618
Citations
Social Conflict in Africa: A New Database

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

544
Citations
From Climate Change to Conflict? No Consensus Yet

Idean Salehyan

540
Citations
Transnational Rebels: Neighboring States as Sanctuary for Rebel Groups

Idean Salehyan

522
Citations
Explaining External Support for Insurgent Groups

Idean Salehyan;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;David E. Cunningham

461
Citations
Non-state actors in civil wars: A new dataset

David E. Cunningham;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Idean Salehyan

390
Citations
Fighting at Home, Fighting Abroad: How Civil Wars Lead to International Disputes

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Idean Salehyan;Kenneth Schultz

374
Citations
The Externalities of Civil Strife: Refugees as a Source of International Conflict

Idean Salehyan

359
Citations
External Rebel Sponsorship and Civilian Abuse: A Principal-Agent Analysis of Wartime Atrocities

Idean Salehyan;David Siroky;Reed M. Wood

340
Citations
Rebels without Borders: Transnational Insurgencies in World Politics

Idean Salehyan

321
Citations
The Delegation of War to Rebel Organizations

Idean Salehyan

318
Citations
Climate shocks and political violence

Idean Salehyan;Cullen S. Hendrix

211
Citations
No Shelter Here: Rebel Sanctuaries and International Conflict

Idean Salehyan

207
Citations
Does border enforcement deter unauthorized immigration? The case of Mexican migration to the United States of America

Wayne A. Cornelius;Idean Salehyan

203
Citations
Transborder ethnic kin and civil war

Lars-Erik Cederman;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Idean Salehyan;Julian Wucherpfennig

186
Citations
Ruthless Rulers: Coalition Size and the Severity of Civil Conflict

Lindsay Heger;Idean Salehyan

178
Citations
Violence and Ethnic Segregation: A Computational Model Applied to Baghdad

Nils B. Weidmann;Idean Salehyan

168
Citations
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Refugees, Humanitarian Aid, and Terrorism:

Seung-Whan Choi;Idean Salehyan

138
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch University of Essex

Cullen S. Hendrix University of Denver

Wayne A. Cornelius University of California, San Diego

Lars-Erik Cederman ETH Zurich

Nils B. Weidmann University of Konstanz

Kenneth A. Schultz Stanford University

Alex Braithwaite University of Arizona

External Links

Personal website of Idean Salehyan

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