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2023

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Political Science

D-Index
52
Citations
11680
World Ranking
206
National Ranking
125

Paul F. Diehl 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 Paul F. Diehl sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 268 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paul F. Diehl 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 Paul F. Diehl sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% 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 States Leader Award

Overview

Paul F. Diehl is affiliated with The University of Texas at Dallas in the United States and has an extensive record of scholarly contributions in the field of social sciences, with a primary focus on political science and international relations.

Their research intersects multiple main topics including:

  • Peacebuilding and International Security
  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • Global Peace and Security Dynamics
  • International Relations and Foreign Policy
  • International Development and Aid
  • Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences
  • International Law and Human Rights

Their work spans significant subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Education, Development, and Law.

Diehl has authored numerous papers published in notable venues, with a concentration in:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • International Peacekeeping
  • International Studies Quarterly
  • International Studies Perspectives
  • International Interactions

Representative recent publications include:

  • "Managing International - Civil Militarized Conflicts (I-CMC): Empirical Patterns" (2021), published in Civil Wars
  • "Settling Resistant Territorial Disputes: The Territorial Boundary Peace in Latin America" (2020), published in International Studies Quarterly
  • "Forum on Pedagogy: The Introductory Course in International Relations: Regional Variations" (2020), published in International Studies Perspectives
  • "The Saavedra Lamas Peace: How a Norm Complex Evolved and Crystallized to Eliminate War in the Americas" (2024), published in International Studies Quarterly
  • "Making trains from boxcars: studying conflict and conflict management interdependencies" (2021), published in International Interactions

Co-authorship has been an important part of their scholarly activity. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Andrew P. Owsiak
  • Gary Goertz
  • Charlotte Ku
  • Luis L. Schenoni
  • Jamie Frueh

In addition to articles, Paul F. Diehl has contributed to book publications, including a 2024 work titled Teaching International Law, published by Edward Elgar Publishing.

Best Publications

  • War and peace in international rivalry

    Paul F. Diehl;Gary Goertz

  • The Correlates of War (Cow) Project Direct Contiguity Data, Version 3.0:

    Douglas M. Stinnett;Jaroslav Tir;Paul F. Diehl;Philip Schafer

  • Territorial changes and international conflict

    Gary Goertz;Paul F. Diehl

  • Enduring Rivalries: Theoretical Constructs and Empirical Patterns

    Gary Goertz;Paul F. Diehl

  • The New UN Peacekeeping: Building Peace in Lands of Conflict After the Cold War

    Steven R. Ratner

  • The New Rivalry Dataset: Procedures and Patterns

    James P. Klein;Gary Goertz;Paul F. Diehl

  • The Politics of Global Governance: International Organizations in an Interdependent World

    Paul F. Diehl

  • The Initiation and Termination of Enduring Rivalries: The Impact of Political Shocks

    Gary Goertz;Paul F. Diehl

  • Toward a Theory of International Norms Some Conceptual and Measurement Issues

    Gary Goertz;Paul F. Diehl

  • What Are They Fighting For? The Importance of Issues in International Conflict Research:

    Paul F. Diehl

  • The empirical importance of enduring rivalries

    Gary Goertz;Paul F. Diehl

  • United Nations intervention and recurring conflict

    Paul F. Diehl;Jennifer Reifschneider;Paul R. Hensel

  • Geography and war: A review and assessment of the empirical literature

    Paul F. Diehl

  • Evaluating Peace Operations

    Paul F. Diehl;Daniel Druckman

  • Contiguity and Military Escalation in Major Power Rivalries, 1816-1980

    Paul F. Diehl

  • The Puzzle of Peace: The Evolution of Peace in the International System

    Gary Goertz;Paul F. Diehl;Alexandru Balas

  • Environmental Conflict: An Anthology

    Nils Petter Gleditsch;Paul F. Diehl

  • The Peacekeeping–Peacemaking Dilemma

    J. Michael Greig;Paul F. Diehl

  • Arms Races and Escalation: A Closer Look

    Paul F. Diehl

  • International Peacekeeping

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  • International Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution A Taxonomic Analysis with Implications

    Paul F. Diehl;Daniel Druckman;James A. Wall

  • Exploring Peace: Looking Beyond War and Negative Peace

    Paul F. Diehl

  • Territorial Changes, 1816–1996: Procedures and Data

    Jaroslav Tir;Philip Schafer;Paul F. Diehl;Gary Goertz

  • Demographic Pressure and Interstate Conflict: Linking Population Growth and Density to Militarized Disputes and Wars, 1930-89*

    Jaroslav Tir;Paul F. Diehl

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary Goertz
Gary Goertz University of Notre Dame
Daniel Druckman
Daniel Druckman George Mason University
John A. Vasquez
John A. Vasquez University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jaroslav Tir
Jaroslav Tir University of Colorado Boulder
Jürgen Scheffran
Jürgen Scheffran Universität Hamburg
John R. Oneal
John R. Oneal University of Alabama
Nils Petter Gleditsch
Nils Petter Gleditsch Peace Research Institute
Jacob Bercovitch
Jacob Bercovitch University of Canterbury
Beth A. Simmons
Beth A. Simmons University of Pennsylvania
James D. Morrow
James D. Morrow University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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