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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Political Science 26 1555 1425 54 52 70 2158

Merje Kuus publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Merje Kuus between 1991 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Merje Kuus published across 35 years, from 1991 to 2025, averaging 2.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 12 publications in 2007. 3 of the 78 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1991 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 12. Peak 12 publications in 2007. 1991: 1 publication 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 12 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 2 publications 2010: 1 publication 2011: 4 publications 2012: 2 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 0 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 2 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 3 publications 2022: 0 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 1 publication 2025: 2 publications
1991 2025

78 publications in total across all disciplines

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Merje Kuus: publications per year, 1991 to 2025
Year Publications
1991 1
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 3
2003 2
2004 2
2005 2
2006 1
2007 12
2008 6
2009 2
2010 1
2011 4
2012 2
2013 5
2014 0
2015 8
2016 3
2017 4
2018 2
2019 3
2020 6
2021 3
2022 0
2023 3
2024 1
2025 2
Total 78
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Merje Kuus 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 Merje Kuus sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
20 40 60 80
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 36–40 to 333+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 97. Most scientists, 97, have 333+ publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 66–70 publications, is where this scientist sits. 36–40 publications: 10 scientists 41–45 publications: 11 scientists 46–50 publications: 25 scientists 51–55 publications: 27 scientists 56–60 publications: 44 scientists 61–65 publications: 52 scientists 66–70 publications: 62 scientists 71–75 publications: 62 scientists 76–80 publications: 79 scientists 81–85 publications: 71 scientists 86–90 publications: 82 scientists 91–95 publications: 65 scientists 96–100 publications: 85 scientists 101–105 publications: 76 scientists 106–110 publications: 66 scientists 111–115 publications: 78 scientists 116–120 publications: 67 scientists 121–125 publications: 73 scientists 126–130 publications: 73 scientists 131–135 publications: 64 scientists 136–140 publications: 45 scientists 141–145 publications: 53 scientists 146–150 publications: 44 scientists 151–155 publications: 45 scientists 156–160 publications: 33 scientists 161–165 publications: 32 scientists 166–170 publications: 28 scientists 171–175 publications: 31 scientists 176–180 publications: 29 scientists 181–185 publications: 27 scientists 186–190 publications: 36 scientists 191–195 publications: 27 scientists 196–200 publications: 24 scientists 201–205 publications: 16 scientists 206–210 publications: 16 scientists 211–215 publications: 19 scientists 216–220 publications: 16 scientists 221–225 publications: 17 scientists 226–230 publications: 18 scientists 231–235 publications: 23 scientists 236–240 publications: 17 scientists 241–245 publications: 13 scientists 246–250 publications: 17 scientists 251–255 publications: 9 scientists 256–260 publications: 13 scientists 261–265 publications: 8 scientists 266–270 publications: 12 scientists 271–275 publications: 8 scientists 276–280 publications: 10 scientists 281–285 publications: 13 scientists 286–290 publications: 13 scientists 291–295 publications: 5 scientists 296–300 publications: 6 scientists 301–305 publications: 11 scientists 306–310 publications: 9 scientists 311–315 publications: 6 scientists 316–320 publications: 4 scientists 321–325 publications: 4 scientists 326–330 publications: 2 scientists 331–332 publications: 5 scientists 333+ publications: 97 scientists
36–40 publications 333+

This scientist: 70 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Political Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 2,033 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
36–40 10
41–45 11
46–50 25
51–55 27
56–60 44
61–65 52
66–70 62 70
71–75 62
76–80 79
81–85 71
86–90 82
91–95 65
96–100 85
101–105 76
106–110 66
111–115 78
116–120 67
121–125 73
126–130 73
131–135 64
136–140 45
141–145 53
146–150 44
151–155 45
156–160 33
161–165 32
166–170 28
171–175 31
176–180 29
181–185 27
186–190 36
191–195 27
196–200 24
201–205 16
206–210 16
211–215 19
216–220 16
221–225 17
226–230 18
231–235 23
236–240 17
241–245 13
246–250 17
251–255 9
256–260 13
261–265 8
266–270 12
271–275 8
276–280 10
281–285 13
286–290 13
291–295 5
296–300 6
301–305 11
306–310 9
311–315 6
316–320 4
321–325 4
326–330 2
331–332 5
333+ 97
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Merje Kuus 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 Merje Kuus sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 43 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 20 to 62+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 100. Most scientists, 100, have 62+ D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 26 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 26 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Political Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 2,033 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
20 76
21 79
22 84
23 68
24 88
25 82
26 76 26
27 75
28 99
29 96
30 96
31 81
32 86
33 81
34 84
35 72
36 58
37 53
38 48
39 40
40 40
41 32
42 26
43 25
44 33
45 33
46 17
47 21
48 22
49 18
50 19
51 19
52 15
53 14
54 10
55 13
56 9
57 11
58 12
59 10
60 5
61 7
62+ 100
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Overview

Merje Kuus is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and has made contributions primarily in the social sciences with a focus on political science and international relations, sociology, demography, geography, planning, and ecology.

They have explored a range of topics throughout their career, including:

  • Political Systems and Governance
  • European Union Policy and Governance
  • Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
  • Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • History, Culture, and Diplomacy
  • Peacebuilding and International Security

Their frequently published research venues include:

  • Political Geography
  • International Political Sociology
  • Progress in Human Geography
  • Geopolitics
  • Polar Record

Merje Kuus's recent papers comprise the following works:

  • "Thinking with Diplomacy: Within and Beyond Practice Theory" (2021), published in International Political Sociology
  • "Professions and their expertise: Charting the spaces of 'elite' occupations" (2020), published in Progress in Human Geography
  • "Bureaucratic Sociability, or the Missing Eighty Percent of Effectiveness: The Case of Diplomacy" (2021), published in Geopolitics
  • "Between an archipelago and an ice floe: The know-where of Arctic governance expertise" (2023), published in Polar Record
  • "Regulatory power and region-making in the Arctic: China and the European Union" (2020), published in European Urban and Regional Studies

Their collaborative work includes frequent coauthors such as:

  • Costas M. Constantinou
  • Jason Dittmer
  • Fiona McConnell
  • Sam Okoth Opondo
  • Vincent Pouliot

Best Publications

  • Europe's eastern expansion and the reinscription of otherness in East-Central Europe

    Merje Kuus

  • Geopolitics and Expertise: Knowledge and Authority in European Diplomacy

    Merje Kuus

  • The Return of Geopolitics in Europe?

    Unknown

  • The Ashgate Research Companion to Critical Geopolitics

    Klaus Dodds;Merje Kuus;Joanne P. Sharp

  • European Integration in Identity Narratives in Estonia: A Quest for Security

    Merje Kuus

  • Symbolic power in diplomatic practice: Matters of style in Brussels

    Merje Kuus

  • Foreign Policy and Ethnography: A Sceptical Intervention

    Merje Kuus

  • Theorizing the State Geographically: Sovereignty, Subjectivity, Territoriality

    Merje Kuus;John Agnew

  • Policy and Geopolitics: Bounding Europe in EUrope

    Merje Kuus

  • Political geography I: Agency

    Merje Kuus

  • Transnational bureaucracies: How do we know what they know?

    Merje Kuus

  • Whose regional expertise? Political geographies of knowledge in the European Union

    Merje Kuus

  • Sovereignty for security?: the discourse of sovereignty in Estonia

    M. Kuus

  • Ubiquitous identities and elusive subjects: puzzles from Central Europe

    Merje Kuus

  • Cosmopolitan Militarism? Spaces of NATO Expansion

    Merje Kuus

  • Švejkian Geopolitics: Subversive Obedience in Central Europe

    Merje Kuus

  • Interventions in banal neoimperialism

    Steven Flusty;Jason Dittmer;Emily Gilbert;Merje Kuus

  • Bureaucracy and place: expertise in the European Quarter

    Merje Kuus

  • “Love, Peace and Nato”: Imperial Subject-Making in Central Europe

    Merje Kuus

  • For Slow Research

    Merje Kuus

  • “To Understand the Place”: Geographical Knowledge and Diplomatic Practice

    Merje Kuus

  • Thinking with diplomacy: within and beyond practice theory

    Costas M Constantinou;Jason Dittmer;Merje Kuus;Fiona McConnell

  • “Those Goody-Goody Estonians”: Toward Rethinking Security in the European Union Candidate States

    Merje Kuus

  • Interventions on Europe's political futures

    Fiona McConnell;Merje Kuus;Alex Jeffrey;Heaven Crawley

  • Introduction: Geopolitics and its Critics

    Klaus Dodds;Merje Kuus;Joanne Sharp

  • The Baltic transformed: complexity theory and European security

    Merje Kuus

Frequent Co-Authors

Jason Dittmer
Jason Dittmer University College London
Klaus Dodds
Klaus Dodds Middlesex University
Fiona McConnell
Fiona McConnell University of Oxford
Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith University of Oxford
Iver B. Neumann
Iver B. Neumann Fridtjof Nansen Institute
Michele Acuto
Michele Acuto University of Bristol
Vincent Pouliot
Vincent Pouliot University of Montreal
Nick Vaughan-Williams
Nick Vaughan-Williams University of Warwick
Gustav Visser
Gustav Visser Stellenbosch University

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