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Ole Wæver 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 Ole Wæver sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 138 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ole Wæver 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 Ole Wæver 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: 33 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ole Wæver is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, and their research focuses predominantly within the social sciences, particularly political science and international relations.

They have produced work across several subfields, including:

  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Development
  • Demography
  • Gender Studies

Their research topics span multiple areas such as:

  • International Relations and Foreign Policy
  • Global Security and Public Health
  • International Development and Aid
  • Global Peace and Security Dynamics
  • European Union Policy and Governance
  • Gender, Security, and Conflict
  • Migration, Refugees, and Integration

Wæver has contributed to several recent academic papers, including:

  • "Racism and responsibility - The critical limits of deepfake methodology in security studies: A reply to Howell and Richter-Montpetit" (2020), published in Security Dialogue
  • "Futures, Events and excessive Learnings: review of Forsberg and Patomäki, Debating the war in Ukraine" (2023), published in Globalizations

Wæver has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including Barry Buzan, Nina Græger, Bertel Heurlin, Anders Wivel, and Kristian Søby Kristensen.

Their publications appear repeatedly in notable academic venues such as:

  • Cooperation and Conflict
  • Security Dialogue
  • Millennium Journal of International Studies
  • European Journal of International Relations
  • Security Studies

Wæver has authored books published by reputable presses, including:

  • "Greenland in Arctic Security" (2023), University of Michigan Press
  • "Polarity in International Relations" (2022), Governance, Security and Development
  • "Forskningskvalitet - udvælges de bedste ved projektansøgninger, ansættelser og strategiske satsninger?:Hvidbog til Forskningspolitisk Årsmøde 2020" (2020), King's College London

Best Publications

  • Security: A New Framework for Analysis

    B.G. Buzan;O Wæver;de Jaap Wilde

  • Regions and Powers: The Structure of International Security

    Barry Buzan;Ole Wæver

  • Regions and Powers

    Unknown

  • Identity, Migration and the New Security Agenda in Europe

    Waever O;Buzan B;Kelstrup M;Lemaitre P

  • Security

    Unknown

  • The Sociology of a Not So International Discipline: American and European Developments in International Relations

    Ole Wæver

  • Macrosecuritisation and security constellations: reconsidering scale in securitisation theory

    Barry Buzan;Ole Wæver

  • International relations scholarship around the world

    Arlene B. Tickner;Ole Wæver

  • The EU as a security actor : Reflections from a pessimistic constructivist on post-sovereign security orders

    Ole Wæver

  • Politics, security, theory:

    Ole Wæver

  • Slippery? contradictory? sociologically untenable? The Copenhagen school replies

    Barry Buzan;Ole Wæver

  • European Security Identities

    Unknown

  • In Defence of Religion: Sacred Referent Objects for Securitization

    Carsten Bagge Laustsen;Ole Wæver

  • European Integration and National Identity : The Challenge of the Nordic States

    Lene Hansen;Ole Wæver

  • Synthesis Report. Climate change: global risks, challenges and decisions, Copenhagen, Denmark, 10-12 March, 2009.

    K. Richardson;W. Steffen;H. J. Schellnhuber;J. Alcamo

  • A New Framework for Analysis

    B. Buzan;O. Waever;J.H. de Wilde

  • Introduction: Geocultural epistemologies

    Ole Wæver;Arlene B. Tickner

  • Securitizing Sectors?: Reply to Eriksson

    Ole Wæver

  • The Future of International Relations : Masters in the Making?

    Iver B. Neumann;Ole Waever

  • International Society — Theoretical Promises Unfulfilled?:

    Ole Wæver

  • Waltz's Theory of Theory

    Ole Wæver

  • The theory act: Responsibility and exactitude as seen from securitization

    Ole Wæver

  • Three competing Europes: German, French, Russian

    Unknown

  • Regions and Powers: The 1990s and beyond: an emergent East Asian complex

    Barry Buzan;Ole Wæver

  • Identity, communities and foreign policy: discourse analysis as foreign policy theory OLE WÆVER

    Lene Hansen;Ole Waever

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry Buzan
Barry Buzan London School of Economics and Political Science
Katherine Richardson
Katherine Richardson University of Copenhagen
Iver B. Neumann
Iver B. Neumann Fridtjof Nansen Institute
Thierry Balzacq
Thierry Balzacq Sciences Po
Jef Huysmans
Jef Huysmans Queen Mary University of London
Claudia Aradau
Claudia Aradau King's College London
Nicholas Stern
Nicholas Stern London School of Economics and Political Science
Daniel M. Kammen
Daniel M. Kammen University of California, Berkeley
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Diana Liverman
Diana Liverman University of Arizona

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