2026 Kristian Skrede Gleditsch: 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	60	110	97	16	14	192	25653

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

2050
Citations
Refugees and the Spread of Civil War

Idean Salehyan;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

1410
Citations
Horizontal Inequalities and Ethnonationalist Civil War: A Global Comparison

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

1282
Citations
Introducing Archigos: A Dataset of Political Leaders

Henk E. Goemans;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Giacomo Chiozza

1205
Citations
Diffusion and the International Context of Democratization

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Michael D. Ward

1171
Citations
It Takes Two: A Dyadic Analysis of Civil War Duration and Outcome

David E. Cunningham;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Idean Salehyan

1074
Citations
Inequality, Grievances, and Civil War

Lars-Erik Cederman;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Halvard Buhaug

1002
Citations
Transnational Dimensions of Civil War

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

942
Citations
Spatial Regression Models

Michael Don Ward;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

881
Citations
Contagion or Confusion? Why Conflicts Cluster in Space

Halvard Buhaug;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

780
Citations
Space Is More than Geography: Using Spatial Econometrics in the Study of Political Economy

Nathaniel Beck;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Kyle Beardsley

709
Citations
The Global Diffusion of Markets and Democracy

Beth A. Simmons;Frank Dobbin;Geoffrey Garrett

617
Citations
Double Take A Reexamination of Democracy and Autocracy in Modern Polities

Kristian S. Gleditsch;Michael D. Ward

586
Citations
The Diffusion of Democracy, 1946–1994

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

525
Citations
Measuring Space: A Minimum-Distance Database and Applications to International Studies:

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Michael D. Ward

476
Citations
On the Frequency of Severe Terrorist Events

Aaron Clauset;Maxwell Young;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

474
Citations
Explaining External Support for Insurgent Groups

Idean Salehyan;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;David E. Cunningham

461
Citations
All International Politics is Local: The Diffusion of Conflict, Integration, and Democratization

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

450
Citations
Democratizing for Peace

Michael D. Ward;Kristian S. Gleditsch

421
Citations
The Geography of the International System: The CShapes Dataset

Nils B. Weidmann;Doreen Kuse;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

394
Citations
Non-state actors in civil wars: A new dataset

David E. Cunningham;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Idean Salehyan

390
Citations
Ethnicity, the State, and the Duration of Civil War

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

387
Citations
Fighting at Home, Fighting Abroad: How Civil Wars Lead to International Disputes

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch;Idean Salehyan;Kenneth Schultz

374
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars-Erik Cederman ETH Zurich

Michael D. Ward Duke University

Halvard Buhaug Peace Research Institute

Idean Salehyan University of North Texas

Nils B. Weidmann University of Konstanz

Aaron Clauset University of Colorado Boulder

Kyle Beardsley Duke University

Simon Hug University of Geneva

Scott Gates Peace Research Institute

Erik Gartzke University of California, San Diego

External Links

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