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Morten Bøås 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 Morten Bøås sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 133 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Morten Bøås 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 Morten Bøås 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: 27 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Morten Bøås is affiliated with the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with a concentration in sociology and political science. The subfields of study include anthropology, development, political science and international relations, and general social sciences.

Their scholarly work covers a range of topics, particularly within African studies and geopolitics, peacebuilding and international security, international development and aid, African studies and ethnography, political conflict and governance, terrorism, counterterrorism and political violence, as well as religion, society, and development.

Recent papers by Morten Bøås include:

  • EU migration management in the Sahel: unintended consequences on the ground in Niger? (2020, Third World Quarterly)
  • Governance, Fragility and Insurgency in the Sahel: A Hybrid Political Order in the Making (2020, The International Spectator)
  • Explaining Violence in Tillabéri: Insurgent Appropriation of Local Grievances? (2020, The International Spectator)
  • INTRODUCTION: POST-GADDAFI REPERCUSSIONS IN THE SAHEL AND WEST AFRICA (2020, Strategic Review for Southern Africa)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Abdoul Wakhab Cissé, Viljar Haavik, Alessio Iocchi, and Kari M. Osland.

Publications by Morten Bøås are often found in the following venues:

  • Open Access Government
  • Third World Quarterly
  • The International Spectator
  • Third World Thematics A TWQ Journal
  • African Security

Best Publications

  • Global Institutions and Development: Framing the World?

    Morten Boas;Desmond McNeill

  • African guerrillas : raging against the machine

    Morten Bøås;Kevin C. Dunn

  • Insecurity and Development: The Rhetoric of the ‘Failed State’

    Morten Bøås;Kathleen M Jennings

  • Liberia and Sierra Leone—dead ringers? The logic of neopatrimonial rule

    Morten Bøås

  • ‘Failed States’ and ‘State Failure’: Threats or Opportunities?

    Morten Bøås;Kathleen M. Jennings

  • 'Getting in, Getting Out': Militia Membership and Prospects for Re-Integration in Post-War Liberia

    Morten Bøås;Anne Hatløy

  • The political economy of new regionalisms

    Marianne H Marchand;Morten Boas;Timothy M Shaw

  • Politics of Origin in Africa: Autochthony, Citizenship and Conflict

    Morten Bøås;Kevin C. Dunn

  • Private Sector Influence in the Multilateral System: A Changing Structure of World Governance?

    Benedicte Bull;Morten Bøås;Desmond McNeill

  • The Trouble in Mali—corruption, collusion, resistance

    Morten Bøås;Liv Elin Torheim

  • Transactions and Interactions: Everyday Life in the Peacekeeping Economy

    Kathleen Marie Jennings;Morten Bøås

  • The liberian civil war: new war/old war?

    Morten Bøås

  • The Weave-World: The Regional Interweaving of Economies, Ideas and Identities

    Morten Bøås;Marianne H. Marchand;Timothy M. Shaw

  • The political economy of regions and regionalisms

    Morten Bøås;Marianne H. Marchand;Timothy M. Shaw

  • "New" Nationalism and Autochthony - Tales of Origin as Political Cleavage

    Morten Bøås

  • Crime, Coping, and Resistance in the Mali-Sahel Periphery

    Morten Bøås

  • Doing Fieldwork in Areas of International Intervention: A Guide to Research in Violent and Closed Contexts

    Berit Bliesemann de Guevara;Morten Bøås

  • Governance as Multilateral Development Bank Policy: The Cases of the African Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank

    Morten Bøås

  • Nigeria and West Africa: from a Regional Security Complex to a Regional Security Community?

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  • EU migration management in the Sahel: unintended consequences on the ground in Niger?

    Morten Bøås

  • Security Sector Reform in Liberia: An Uneven Partnership without Local Ownership

    Morten Bøås;Karianne Stig

  • Governance, Fragility and Insurgency in the Sahel: A Hybrid Political Order in the Making

    Morten Bøås;Francesco Strazzari

  • Child Labour in West Africa: Different Work – Different Vulnerabilities

    Morten Bøås;Anne Hatløy

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy M. Shaw
Timothy M. Shaw University of Massachusetts Boston
Marianne H. Marchand
Marianne H. Marchand Carleton University
Odd-Helge Fjeldstad
Odd-Helge Fjeldstad Christian Michelsen Institute
Cedric De Coning
Cedric De Coning Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

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