2026 Robert Jervis: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	54	171	107	240	20891

Robert Jervis 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 Robert Jervis sits on this spectrum.

36 publications 333+

This scientist: 240 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert Jervis 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 Robert Jervis sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% 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
1990 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1986 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1978 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Robert Jervis was affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their academic work primarily spanned the fields of Social Sciences, with a particular focus on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Strategy and Management, and Economics and Econometrics.

The main topics studied included:

Nuclear Issues and Defense
International Relations and Foreign Policy
Intelligence, Security, War Strategy
Economic Sanctions and International Relations
Political Conflict and Governance
Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
International Arbitration and Investment Law

Jervis contributed scholarly articles to a range of publication venues. Notable frequent venues were:

Intelligence & National Security
Russia in Global Affairs
Journal of Cold War Studies
World Politics
Conflict Management and Peace Science

Some of the recent papers authored by Jervis included:

Redefining the Debate Over Reputation and Credibility in International Security, 2020, World Politics
Liberalism, the Blob, and American Foreign Policy: Evidence and Methodology, 2020, Security Studies
Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States, 2022, Journal of Cold War Studies

Frequent co-authors in their work were:

Joshua Rovner
Stacie E. Goddard
Keren Yarhi-Milo
Matthew Connelly
Raymond Hicks

Jervis also authored book publications, including a title published by Cornell University Press eBooks:

The Illogic of American Nuclear Strategy, 2020

Over the course of their career, they received several awards:

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1990
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1986
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1978

Best Publications

Perception and misperception in international politics

Robert Jervis

4005
Citations
Cooperation Under the Security Dilemma

Robert Jervis

2191
Citations
Psychology and Deterrence

Robert Jervis;Richard Ned Lebow;Janice Gross Stein

996
Citations
The Oxford handbook of political psychology

Leonie Huddy;David O. Sears;Jack S. Levy

961
Citations
System Effects: Complexity in Political and Social Life

Robert Jervis

786
Citations
The logic of images in international relations

Robert Jervis

725
Citations
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order

Robert Jervis;Samuel P. Huntington

674
Citations
The Origin and Prevention of Major Wars: Domestic Politics and War

Robert I. Rotberg;Theodore K. Rabb;Robert Gilpin;John F. Guilmartin

568
Citations
Realism, Neoliberalism, and Cooperation: Understanding the Debate

Robert Jervis

401
Citations
The Meaning of the Nuclear Revolution: Statecraft and the Prospect of Armageddon

Robert Jervis

388
Citations
The illogic of American nuclear strategy

Robert Jervis

316
Citations
Political Implications of Loss Aversion

Robert Jervis

302
Citations
Deterrence Theory Revisited

Robert Jervis

294
Citations
Realism, Game Theory, and Cooperation

Robert Jervis

267
Citations
Understanding the Bush Doctrine

Robert Jervis

263
Citations
The Future of World Politics: Will It Resemble the Past?

Robert Jervis

260
Citations
Why Intelligence Fails: Lessons from the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq War

Robert Jervis

245
Citations
Hypotheses on Misperception

Robert Jervis

244
Citations
Realism in the Study of World Politics

Robert Jervis

218
Citations
From Balance to Concert: A Study of International Security Cooperation

Robert Jervis

212
Citations
Rational Deterrence: Theory and Evidence

Robert Jervis

203
Citations
The Origin and Prevention of Major Wars: The Theory of Hegemonic War

Robert I. Rotberg;Theodore K. Rabb;Robert Gilpin;John F. Guilmartin

182
Citations
Theories of War in an Era of Leading-Power Peace Presidential Address, American Political Science Association, 2001

Robert Jervis

176
Citations
Behavior, society, and nuclear war

P.E. Tetlock;J.L. Husbands;R. Jervis;P.C. Stern

166
Citations
Reports, politics, and intelligence failures: The case of Iraq

Robert Jervis

157
Citations
American foreign policy in a new era

Robert Jervis

149
Citations
The Origin and Prevention of Major Wars

Robert Gilpin;John F. Guilmartin;Myron P. Gutmann;Jeffrey L. Hughes

121
Citations
Ideas and Foreign Policy: Beliefs, Institutions, and Political Change

Robert Jervis;Judith Goldstein;Robert Keohane

61
Citations
Psychology and Deterrence

Andrew J. Pierre;Robert Jervis;Richard Ned Lebow;Janice Gross Stein

20
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack Snyder Columbia University

Jack S. Levy Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Scott D. Sagan Stanford University

Kenneth N. Waltz University of California, Berkeley

Joseph S. Nye Harvard University

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita New York University

Charles S. Maier Harvard University

Robert I. Rotberg Harvard University

Cheryl Koopman Stanford University

Paul C. Stern Social and Environmental Research Institute

External Links

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