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Ken Booth 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 Ken Booth sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 233 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ken Booth 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 Ken Booth 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: 73 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: 35 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ken Booth is affiliated with Aberystwyth University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with a particular emphasis on sociology and political science, as well as political science and international relations.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Peacebuilding and International Security
  • International Relations and Foreign Policy
  • Global Security and Public Health

Ken Booth has published in the Journal of Cold War Studies, where their recent paper titled Kenneth Waltz: An Intellectual Biography was published in 2024.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Nicholas J. Wheeler
  • Andrew Hurrell
  • Robert O'Neill
  • Adam Roberts
  • William A. Wallace

Best Publications

  • International theory; positivism and beyond

    Steve Smith;Ken Booth;Marysia Zalewski

  • The Security Dilemma: Fear, Cooperation, and Trust in World Politics

    Ken Booth;Nicholas J Wheeler

  • Security and emancipation

    Ken Booth

  • International relations theory today

    Ken Booth;Steve Smith

  • Theory of World Security

    Ken Booth

  • Strategy and ethnocentrism

    Ken Booth

  • Critical Security Studies And World Politics

    Ken Booth

  • Security in Anarchy: Utopian Realism in Theory and Practice

    Ken Booth

  • The security dilemma

    Ken Booth;Nicholas John Wheeler

  • Human wrongs and international relations

    Ken Booth

  • Security in southern Africa: after apartheid, beyond realism

    Ken Booth;Vale Peter

  • Worlds in Collision: Terror and the Future of Global Order

    Ken Booth;Timothy Dunne

  • Security and Self : Reflections of a Fallen Realist

    Ken Booth

  • Critical Security Studies and Regional Security: The Case of Southern Africa

    Ken Booth;Peter Vale

  • Identity, migration and the new security agenda in Europe

    Ken Booth

  • War and Change in World Politics

    Ken Booth

  • Navies and foreign policy

    Ken Booth

  • New Thinking About Strategy and International Security

    Ken Booth

  • Empires, systems and states: great transformations in international politics

    Michael Cox;Timothy Dunne;Ken Booth

  • Strategic Cultures in the Asia-Pacific Region

    Ken Booth;Russell B. Trood

  • The Kosovo Tragedy : The Human Rights Dimensions

    Ken Booth

  • Strategic power : USA/USSR

    C. G. Jacobsen;Ken Booth;William H. Kincade;David R. Jones

  • Realism and World Politics

    Ken Booth

  • The eighty years' crisis: International relations 1919-1999

    Timothy Dunne;Michael Cox;Ken Booth

  • Law, force, and diplomacy at sea

    Ken Booth

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim Dunne
Tim Dunne Monash University
Nicholas J. Wheeler
Nicholas J. Wheeler University of Birmingham
Steve Smith
Steve Smith University of Oxford
Andrew Linklater
Andrew Linklater Aberystwyth University
John J. Mearsheimer
John J. Mearsheimer University of Chicago
Fred Halliday
Fred Halliday London School of Economics and Political Science

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