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Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

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Political Science
UK
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Political Science

D-Index
60
Citations
25653
World Ranking
110
National Ranking
16

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch 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 Kristian Skrede Gleditsch sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 192 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch 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 Kristian Skrede Gleditsch 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: 60 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2012 - Heinz I. Eulau Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch is affiliated with the University of Essex in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with a concentration in sociology, political science, and international relations. Their academic work covers several subfields including sociology and political science, general health professions, demography, and statistics, probability, and uncertainty.

The main topics in Gleditsch's research include:

  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Meta-analysis and Systematic Reviews
  • Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
  • Peacebuilding and International Security
  • Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
  • Corruption and Economic Development

Recent publications by Gleditsch include:

  • "Preregistering Qualitative Research: A Delphi Study" (2020), published in the International Journal of Qualitative Methods
  • "From Claims to Violence: Signaling, Outbidding, and Escalation in Ethnic Conflict" (2021), published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution
  • "Mapping the International System, 1886-2019: The CShapes 2.0 Dataset" (2021), published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution
  • "TICKED OFF, BUT SCARED OFF? RIOTS AND THE FATE OF NONVIOLENT CAMPAIGNS" (2021), published in Mobilization An International Quarterly
  • "Accounting for Numbers: Group Characteristics and the Choice of Violent and Nonviolent Tactics" (2021), published in The Economics of Peace and Security Journal

Frequent co-authors in Gleditsch's collaborations include:

  • Lars-Erik Cederman
  • Helen V. Milner
  • Nita Rudra
  • Florian G. Kern
  • Christoph Dworschak

The scholar has contributed multiple publications to several prominent journals, notably:

  • Journal of Peace Research
  • International Studies Quarterly
  • International Organization
  • Journal of Conflict Resolution
  • Harvard Dataverse

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch has been recognized with the Heinz I. Eulau Award by the American Political Science Association in 2012. Additionally, they are a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Expanded Trade and GDP Data

    Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

  • Refugees and the Spread of Civil War

    Idean Salehyan;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

  • Horizontal Inequalities and Ethnonationalist Civil War: A Global Comparison

    Lars-Erik Cederman;Nils B. Weidmann;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

  • Introducing Archigos: A Dataset of Political Leaders

    Henk E. Goemans;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Giacomo Chiozza

  • Diffusion and the International Context of Democratization

    Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Michael D. Ward

  • It Takes Two: A Dyadic Analysis of Civil War Duration and Outcome

    David E. Cunningham;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Idean Salehyan

  • Inequality, Grievances, and Civil War

    Lars-Erik Cederman;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Halvard Buhaug

  • Transnational Dimensions of Civil War

    Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

  • Spatial Regression Models

    Michael Don Ward;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

  • Contagion or Confusion? Why Conflicts Cluster in Space

    Halvard Buhaug;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

  • Space Is More than Geography: Using Spatial Econometrics in the Study of Political Economy

    Nathaniel Beck;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Kyle Beardsley

  • The Global Diffusion of Markets and Democracy

    Beth A. Simmons;Frank Dobbin;Geoffrey Garrett

  • Double Take A Reexamination of Democracy and Autocracy in Modern Polities

    Kristian S. Gleditsch;Michael D. Ward

  • The Diffusion of Democracy, 1946–1994

    John O'Loughlin;Michael D. Ward;Corey L. Lofdahl;Jordin S. Cohen

  • Measuring Space: A Minimum-Distance Database and Applications to International Studies:

    Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Michael D. Ward

  • On the Frequency of Severe Terrorist Events

    Aaron Clauset;Maxwell Young;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

  • Explaining External Support for Insurgent Groups

    Idean Salehyan;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;David E. Cunningham

  • All International Politics is Local: The Diffusion of Conflict, Integration, and Democratization

    Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

  • Democratizing for Peace

    Michael D. Ward;Kristian S. Gleditsch

  • The Geography of the International System: The CShapes Dataset

    Nils B. Weidmann;Doreen Kuse;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

  • Non-state actors in civil wars: A new dataset

    David E. Cunningham;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Idean Salehyan

  • Ethnicity, the State, and the Duration of Civil War

    Julian Wucherpfennig;Nils W. Metternich;Lars-Erik Cederman;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

  • Fighting at Home, Fighting Abroad: How Civil Wars Lead to International Disputes

    Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Idean Salehyan;Kenneth Schultz

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael D. Ward
Michael D. Ward Duke University
Halvard Buhaug
Halvard Buhaug Peace Research Institute
Idean Salehyan
Idean Salehyan University of North Texas
Nils B. Weidmann
Nils B. Weidmann University of Konstanz
Aaron Clauset
Aaron Clauset University of Colorado Boulder
Kyle Beardsley
Kyle Beardsley Duke University
Simon Hug
Simon Hug University of Geneva
Scott Gates
Scott Gates Peace Research Institute
Erik Gartzke
Erik Gartzke University of California, San Diego

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