2026 John A. Vasquez: 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	34	809	730	432	369	148	9280

Overview

John A. Vasquez is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with particular attention to sociology, political science, and health professions education. Their publication record shows contributions across multiple subfields, including sociology and political science, general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, political science and international relations, and electrical and electronic engineering.

Their recent scholarly works include the following papers:

The parallel evolution of competency-based education in medical and higher education (2021), published in The Journal of Competency-Based Education
A decade of faculty development for health professions educators: lessons learned from the Macy Faculty Scholars Program (2023), published in BMC Medical Education
Correction to: A decade of faculty development for health professions educators: lessons learned from the Macy Faculty Scholars Program (2023), published in BMC Medical Education
Peaceful dyads: A territorial perspective (2021), published in International Interactions
On-Chip Real-Time Thermal Characterization of Beta Gallium Oxide Schottky Barrier Diodes (2025), published in SSRN Electronic Journal

Among their frequent coauthors are Andrew P. Owsiak, Larry D. Gruppen, Mary R. Haas, Justin Triemstra, and Marty Tam. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary engagements across topics related to both social sciences and health professions education.

Their work has been published regularly in venues such as BMC Medical Education, SSRN Electronic Journal, The Journal of Competency-Based Education, International Interactions, and International Studies Perspectives.

John A. Vasquez's research directly addresses several key topics, including:

Innovations in Medical Education
Political Conflict and Governance
International Relations and Foreign Policy
Peacebuilding and International Security
Higher Education Learning Practices
Competency Development and Evaluation
Radiology practices and education

In addition to articles, Vasquez has contributed to book publications. A notable work is Crises, War, and Diplomacy, published by Cambridge University Press in 2025.

Best Publications

The war puzzle

John A. Vasquez

1540
Citations
The Realist Paradigm and Degenerative versus Progressive Research Programs: An Appraisal of Neotraditional Research on Waltz's Balancing Proposition

John A. Vasquez

625
Citations
The Power of Power Politics: From Classical Realism to Neotraditionalism

John A. Vasquez

595
Citations
Why Do Neighbors Fight? Proximity, Interaction, or Territoriality:

John A. Vasquez

552
Citations
In Search of Theory: A New Paradigm for Global Politics

Richard W. Mansbach;John A. Vasquez

536
Citations
The Power of Power Politics: A Critique

John A. Vasquez

462
Citations
The War Puzzle Revisited

John A. Vasquez

409
Citations
The steps to war

Paul D. Senese;John A. Vasquez

387
Citations
Territorial Disputes and the Probability of War, 1816-1992

John Vasquez;Marie T. Henehan

383
Citations
The Steps to War: An Empirical Study

Paul Domenic Senese;John A. Vasquez

376
Citations
Distinguishing Rivals That Go to War from Those That Do Not: A Quantitative Comparative Case Study of the Two Paths to War

John A. Vasquez

280
Citations
A Unified Explanation of Territorial Conflict: Testing the Impact of Sampling Bias, 1919–1992

Paul D. Senese;John A. Vasquez

223
Citations
What do we know about war

John A. Vasquez

209
Citations
The steps to war: Toward a Scientific Explanation of Correlates of War Findings

John A. Vasquez

183
Citations
Classics of International Relations

John A. Vasquez

180
Citations
Realism and the Balancing of Power: A New Debate

John A. Vasquez;Colin Elman

158
Citations
Uncovering the Dangerous Alliances, 1495–1980

Douglas M. Gibler;John A. Vasquez

122
Citations
Conceptualizing ConflictSpace: Toward a Geography of Relational Power and Embeddedness in the Analysis of Interstate Conflict

Colin Flint;Paul Diehl;Juergen Scheffran;John Vasquez

117
Citations
Assessing the steps to war

Paul D. Senese;John A. Vasquez

111
Citations
Visceral adipose tissue mass in nonlactating dairy cows fed diets differing in energy density1

J.K. Drackley;R.L. Wallace;D. Graugnard;J. Vasquez

107
Citations
THE ORIGINS AND WAR PRONENESS OF INTERSTATE RIVALRIES

John Vasquez;Christopher S. Leskiw

102
Citations
Rethinking the World: Great Power Strategies and International Order

John A. Vasquez

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack S. Levy Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Paul F. Diehl University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Jürgen Scheffran Universität Hamburg

Douglas M. Gibler University of Alabama

Sara McLaughlin Mitchell University of Iowa

James Turner Johnson Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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