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Jonathan Goodhand 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 Jonathan Goodhand sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 107 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jonathan Goodhand 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 Jonathan Goodhand sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 76 scientists 21 D-Index: 79 scientists 22 D-Index: 84 scientists 23 D-Index: 68 scientists 24 D-Index: 88 scientists 25 D-Index: 82 scientists 26 D-Index: 76 scientists 27 D-Index: 75 scientists 28 D-Index: 99 scientists 29 D-Index: 96 scientists 30 D-Index: 96 scientists 31 D-Index: 81 scientists 32 D-Index: 86 scientists 33 D-Index: 81 scientists 34 D-Index: 84 scientists 35 D-Index: 72 scientists 36 D-Index: 58 scientists 37 D-Index: 53 scientists 38 D-Index: 48 scientists 39 D-Index: 40 scientists 40 D-Index: 40 scientists 41 D-Index: 32 scientists 42 D-Index: 26 scientists 43 D-Index: 25 scientists 44 D-Index: 33 scientists 45 D-Index: 33 scientists 46 D-Index: 17 scientists 47 D-Index: 21 scientists 48 D-Index: 22 scientists 49 D-Index: 18 scientists 50 D-Index: 19 scientists 51 D-Index: 19 scientists 52 D-Index: 15 scientists 53 D-Index: 14 scientists 54 D-Index: 10 scientists 55 D-Index: 13 scientists 56 D-Index: 9 scientists 57 D-Index: 11 scientists 58 D-Index: 12 scientists 59 D-Index: 10 scientists 60 D-Index: 5 scientists 61 D-Index: 7 scientists 62+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 30 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jonathan Goodhand is affiliated with the School of Oriental and African Studies in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with a concentration on sociology and political science, political science and international relations, general economics, econometrics and finance, development, and clinical psychology.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • Beyond the narco frontier; rethinking an imaginary of the margins, 2021, International Journal of Drug Policy
  • The Pat Jasan drug eradication social movement in Northern Myanmar, part one: Origins & reactions, 2021, International Journal of Drug Policy
  • Critical policy frontiers: The drugs-development-peacebuilding trilemma, 2021, International Journal of Drug Policy
  • Marginal gains: borderland dynamics, political settlements, and shifting centre-periphery relations in post-war Nepal, 2021, Contemporary South Asia
  • (Re)making the margins: Frontier assemblages and brokerage in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, 2022, Journal of International Development

Publication venues frequently featuring their work include:

  • International Journal of Drug Policy
  • The Journal of Peasant Studies
  • Journal of International Development
  • Contemporary South Asia
  • Third World Quarterly

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jonathan Goodhand are:

  • Patrick Meehan
  • Oliver Walton
  • Jasmine Bhatia
  • Maziyar Ghiabi
  • Francisco Gutiérrez Sanín

Their main research topics focus on:

  • Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography
  • Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
  • Cambodian History and Society
  • Natural Resources and Economic Development
  • Peacebuilding and International Security
  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • International Development and Aid

Best Publications

  • War Economies in a Regional Context: Challenges of Transformation

    Michael C. Pugh;Neil Cooper;Jonathan Goodhand

  • From wars to complex political emergencies: Understanding conflict and peace-building in the new world disorder

    Jonathan Goodhand

  • Aiding Peace?: The Role of Ngos in Armed Conflict

    Jonathan Goodhand

  • Corrupting or Consolidating the Peace? The Drugs Economy and Post Conflict Peacebuilding in Afghanistan

    Jonathan Goodhand

  • Try Again, Fail Again, Fail Better? War, the State, and the 'Post-Conflict' Challenge in Afghanistan

    Christopher Cramer;Jonathan Goodhand

  • Violent Conflict, Poverty and Chronic Poverty

    Jonathan Goodhand

  • Enduring Disorder and Persistent Poverty: A Review of the Linkages Between War and Chronic Poverty

    Jonathan Goodhand

  • Frontiers and Wars: the Opium Economy in Afghanistan

    Jonathan Goodhand

  • Aiding violence or building peace? The role of international aid in Afghanistan

    Jonathan Goodhand

  • Social capital and the political economy of violence: a case study of Sri Lanka.

    Jonathan Goodhand;David Hulme;Nick Lewer

  • Who owns the peace? Aid, reconstruction, and peacebuilding in Afghanistan

    Jonathan Goodhand;Mark Sedra

  • Sri Lanka: NGOS and peace-building in complex political emergencies

    Jonathan Goodhand

  • From war economy to peace economy? Reconstruction and statebuilding in Afghanistan

    Jonathan Goodhand

  • Stabilising a victor's peace? Humanitarian action and reconstruction in eastern Sri Lanka

    Jonathan Goodhand

  • Aid, Conflict and Peacebuilding in Sri Lanka, 2000 - 2005

    Jonathan Goodhand;Bart Klem

  • The Limits of Liberal Peacebuilding? International Engagement in the Sri Lankan Peace Process

    Jonathan Goodhand;Oliver Walton

  • Bribes or Bargains? Peace Conditionalities and ‘Post-Conflict’ Reconstruction in Afghanistan

    Jonathan Goodhand;Mark Sedra

  • From holy war to opium war? A case study of the opium economy in north-eastern Afghanistan.

    Jonathan Goodhand

  • Pawns of peace. Evaluation of Norwegian peace efforts in Sri Lanka, 1997-2009

    Gunnar M. Sørbø;Jonathan Goodhand;Bart Klem;Ada Elisabeth Nissen

  • Conducting Conflict Assessments: Guidance Notes

    Jonathan Goodhand;T Vaux;R Walker

  • Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque: A Collaborative Ethnography of War and Peace

    Jonathan Spencer;Jonathan Goodhand;Shahul Hasbullah;Bart Klem

  • Stabilising a victor's peace? Humanitarian action and reconstruction in eastern

    Sri Lanka;Jonathan Goodhand

Frequent Co-Authors

Benedikt Korf
Benedikt Korf University of Zurich
David Hulme
David Hulme University of Manchester
Astri Suhrke
Astri Suhrke Christian Michelsen Institute
Michael Pugh
Michael Pugh University of the West of Scotland

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