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Idean Salehyan 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 Idean Salehyan sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 74 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Idean Salehyan 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 Idean Salehyan sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

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

    David E. Cunningham;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Idean Salehyan

  • Climate change, rainfall, and social conflict in Africa:

    Cullen S Hendrix;Idean Salehyan

  • Rebels without Borders

    Idean Salehyan

  • Social Conflict in Africa: A New Database

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

  • From Climate Change to Conflict? No Consensus Yet

    Idean Salehyan

  • Transnational Rebels: Neighboring States as Sanctuary for Rebel Groups

    Idean Salehyan

  • Explaining External Support for Insurgent Groups

    Idean Salehyan;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;David E. Cunningham

  • Non-state actors in civil wars: A new dataset

    David E. Cunningham;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Idean Salehyan

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

    Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Idean Salehyan;Kenneth Schultz

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

    Idean Salehyan

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

    Idean Salehyan;David Siroky;Reed M. Wood

  • Rebels without Borders: Transnational Insurgencies in World Politics

    Idean Salehyan

  • The Delegation of War to Rebel Organizations

    Idean Salehyan

  • Climate shocks and political violence

    Idean Salehyan;Cullen S. Hendrix

  • No Shelter Here: Rebel Sanctuaries and International Conflict

    Idean Salehyan

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

    Wayne A. Cornelius;Idean Salehyan

  • Transborder ethnic kin and civil war

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

  • Ruthless Rulers: Coalition Size and the Severity of Civil Conflict

    Lindsay Heger;Idean Salehyan

  • Violence and Ethnic Segregation: A Computational Model Applied to Baghdad

    Nils B. Weidmann;Idean Salehyan

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

    Seung-Whan Choi;Idean Salehyan

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch University of Essex
Cullen S. Hendrix
Cullen S. Hendrix University of Denver
Wayne A. Cornelius
Wayne A. Cornelius University of California, San Diego
Nils B. Weidmann
Nils B. Weidmann University of Konstanz
Kenneth A. Schultz
Kenneth A. Schultz Stanford University
Alex Braithwaite
Alex Braithwaite University of Arizona

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