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Jeff D. Colgan 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 Jeff D. Colgan sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 56 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jeff D. Colgan 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 Jeff D. Colgan sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 27 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jeff D. Colgan is affiliated with Brown University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersections of energy, economics, and global security, with a particular emphasis on energy security and policy, natural resources, and climate change economics.

The major fields of study in Colgan's work include:

  • Energy
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Within these fields, subfields of particular interest include:

  • General Energy
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Main topics addressed by Colgan cover a range of issues surrounding energy and environmental policy:

  • Global Energy Security and Policy
  • Natural Resources and Economic Development
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Market Dynamics and Volatility
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts

Colgan has contributed articles to several scholarly venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Energy Research & Social Science
  • International Organization
  • Journal of Global Security Studies
  • Annual Review of Political Science
  • Review of International Political Economy

Notable recent papers authored by Colgan are:

  • "Asset Revaluation and the Existential Politics of Climate Change," 2020, International Organization
  • "Quantifying the value of energy security: How Russia's invasion of Ukraine exploded Europe's fossil fuel costs," 2023, Energy Research & Social Science
  • "Oil and Security: The Necessity of Political Economy," 2020, Journal of Global Security Studies
  • "International Energy Politics in an Age of Climate Change," 2022, Annual Review of Political Science
  • "Oil and power: the effectiveness of state threats on markets," 2021, Review of International Political Economy

Frequent collaborators in Colgan's research include:

  • Miriam Hinthorn
  • Victor McFarland
  • Thijs Van de Graaf
  • Jessica Green
  • Thomas Hale

Best Publications

  • Punctuated equilibrium in the energy regime complex

    Jeff D. Colgan;Robert O. Keohane;Thijs Van de Graaf

  • Petro-Aggression: When Oil Causes War

    Jeff D. Colgan

  • Domestic Revolutionary Leaders and International Conflict

    Jeff D. Colgan

  • Asset Revaluation and the Existential Politics of Climate Change

    Jeff D. Colgan;Jessica F. Green;Thomas N. Hale

  • The Emperor Has No Clothes: The Limits of OPEC in the Global Oil Market

    Jeff D. Colgan

  • Oil and Revolutionary Governments: Fuel for International Conflict

    Jeff D. Colgan

  • Global energy governance: a review and research agenda

    Thijs Van de Graaf;Jeff D. Colgan

  • Oil, Domestic Politics, and International Conflict

    Jeff D. Colgan

  • Russian gas games or well-oiled conflict? Energy security and the 2014 Ukraine crisis

    Thijs Van de Graaf;Jeff D. Colgan

  • Fueling the Fire: Pathways from Oil to War

    Jeff D. Colgan

  • Revolution, Personalist Dictatorships, and International Conflict

    Jeff D. Colgan;Jessica L.P. Weeks

  • Oil, domestic conflict, and opportunities for democratization

    Jeff D Colgan

  • Gender Bias in International Relations Graduate Education? New Evidence from Syllabi

    Jeff Colgan

  • The abandoned ice sheet base at Camp Century, Greenland, in a warming climate

    William Colgan;William Colgan;Horst Machguth;Horst Machguth;Mike MacFerrin;Jeff D. Colgan

  • Where Is International Relations Going? Evidence from Graduate Training

    Jeff D. Colgan

  • Measuring Revolution

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  • Climate Change and the Politics of Military Bases

    Jeff D. Colgan

  • Oil and resource-backed aggression

    Jeff Colgan

  • American Perspectives and Blind Spots on World Politics

    Jeff D Colgan

  • What Drives Norm Success? Evidence from Anti–Fossil Fuel Campaigns

    Mathieu Blondeel;Jeff Colgan;Thijs Van de Graaf

  • Protecting Sovereignty, Protecting the Planet: State Delegation to International Organizations and Private Actors in Environmental Politics

    Jessica F. Green;Jeff Colgan

  • Rival Hierarchies and the Origins of Nuclear Technology Sharing

    Jeff D Colgan;Nicholas L Miller

  • Mechanisms of informal governance: evidence from the IEA

    Jeff D Colgan;Thijs Van de Graaf

  • The Liberal Order Is Rigged

    Jeff D. Colgan;Robert O. Keohane

  • Asset Revaluation and the Existential Politics of Climate Change

    Jeff Colgan;Jessica F. Green;Thomas Hale

Frequent Co-Authors

Thijs Van de Graaf
Thijs Van de Graaf Ghent University
Robert O. Keohane
Robert O. Keohane Princeton University
Horst Machguth
Horst Machguth University of Fribourg
William Colgan
William Colgan Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Thomas Hale
Thomas Hale University of Oxford
Dirk van As
Dirk van As Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

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