2026 Jacek Kugler: 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	25	1574	1441	785	694	98	5623

Jacek Kugler 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 Jacek Kugler sits on this spectrum.

36 publications 333+

This scientist: 98 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jacek Kugler 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 Jacek Kugler sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 25 D-Index — 23rd percentile

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

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

Overview

Jacek Kugler is affiliated with Claremont Graduate University in the United States and specializes primarily in the social sciences. Their research areas focus on political science and international relations, with additional contributions to economics and econometrics, sociology and political science, demography, and general energy studies.

The main topics in Kugler's work include nuclear issues and defense, international relations and foreign policy, European and Russian geopolitical military strategies, economic sanctions and international relations, global peace and security dynamics, political conflict and governance, and culture, economy, and development studies.

Kugler has published extensively in various scholarly venues. The primary publication outlets include:

Harvard Dataverse
Conflict Management and Peace Science
American Journal of Management
Canadian Foreign Policy Journal

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Kugler include:

"Beyond deterrence: Uncertain stability in the nuclear era" (2023, Conflict Management and Peace Science)
"India: The Emerging Global Power" (2021, American Journal of Management)
"arpc_2020.tab" (2020, Harvard Dataverse)
"Impact of political structure and policy on the onset of COVID-19" (2022, Canadian Foreign Policy Journal)
"rpc_2020.tab" (2020, Harvard Dataverse)

Collaborations have been an important part of Kugler's scholarly activity, with frequent co-authors including Kyungkook Kang, Ali Fisunoğlu, Marina Arbetman-Rabinowitz, Ronald L. Tammen, and Yuzhu Zeng.

In addition to journal articles and datasets, Kugler has contributed to book literature, with publications such as Averting Nuclear War (2023) published by Springer International Publishing.

Best Publications

The war ledger

A. F. K. Organski;Jacek Kugler

2619
Citations
Parity and War: Evaluations and Extensions of The War Ledger

Jacek Kugler;Douglas Lemke

451
Citations
The Costs of Major Wars: The Phoenix Factor

A.F.K. Organski;Jacek Kugler

240
Citations
Power Parity, Democracy, and the Severity of Internal Violence

Michelle Benson;Jacek Kugler

222
Citations
Comparing the Strength of Nations

Jacek Kugler;William Domke

215
Citations
Power Transition and China–US Conflicts

Ronald L. Tammen;Jacek Kugler

213
Citations
Political Capacity And Economic Behavior

Jacek Kugler

184
Citations
The politics of fertility and economic development.

Yi Feng;Jacek Kugler;Paul J. Zak

139
Citations
The performance of nations

Jacek Kugler;Ronald L. Tammen

125
Citations
Terror without Deterrence Reassessing the Role of Nuclear Weapons

Jacek Kugler

115
Citations
From War to Integration: Generalizing Power Transition Theory

Brian Efird;Jacek Kugler;Gaspare M. Genna

112
Citations
The Asian Ascent: Opportunity for Peace or Precondition for War?

Jacek Kugler

106
Citations
The Costs of Major Wars: The Phoenix Factor

Unknown

81
Citations
Senturion: A Predictive Political Simulation Model

Mark Abdollahian;Michael Baranick;Brian Efird;Jacek J. Kugler

64
Citations
Foundations of Power Transition Theory

Ronald L. Tammen;Jacek Kugler;Douglas Lemke

50
Citations
The long‐term stability of deterrence

Jacek Kugler;Frank C. Zagare

37
Citations
Trust, Cooperation, and Conflict: Neuropolitics and International Relations

Jacek Kugler;Paul J. Zak

32
Citations
Exploring the “Phoenix Factor” with the Collective Goods Perspective:

Jacek Kugler;Marina Arbetman

31
Citations
Deterrence and the Arms Race: The Impotence of Power

Jacek J. Kugler;Abramo Fimo Kenneth Organski;Daniel J. Fox

28
Citations
Davids and Goliaths Predicting the Outcomes of International Wars

A. F.K. Organski;Jacek Kugler

24
Citations
Demographic and Economic Consequences of Conflict

Tadeusz Kugler;Kyung Kook Kang;Jacek Kugler;Marina Arbetman-Rabinowitz

23
Citations
Neuroeconomics and International Studies: A New Understanding of Trust

Paul J. Zak;Jacek Kugler

22
Citations
Immigration fertility and growth.

Paul J. Zak;Yi Feng;Jacek Kugler

21
Citations
Comparing rational choice and prospect theory analyses: The US decision to launch operation ‘desert storm’, January 1991

Rose McDermott;Jacek Kugler

19
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Zak Claremont Graduate University

Frank C. Zagare University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Thomas D. Willett Claremont Graduate University

Rose McDermott Brown University

Manus I. Midlarsky Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

External Links

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