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Sara McLaughlin Mitchell

Sara McLaughlin Mitchell

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Political Science

D-Index
35
Citations
7060
World Ranking
740
National Ranking
393

Overview

Sara McLaughlin Mitchell is a researcher affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their scholarly work spans the Social Sciences, with a focus on subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Transportation, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Gender Studies.

The researcher's work concentrates on key topics such as Maritime Security and History, Transboundary Water Resource Management, Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration, International Maritime Law Issues, Political Conflict and Governance, Disaster Management and Resilience, and Health and Conflict Studies.

Among the recent publications authored or co-authored by Sara McLaughlin Mitchell are:

  • Natural Disasters, Forced Migration, and Conflict: The Importance of Government Policy Responses, 2020, International Studies Review
  • Clashes at Sea: Explaining the Onset, Militarization, and Resolution of Diplomatic Maritime Claims, 2020, Security Studies
  • Judicialization of the Sea: Bargaining in the Shadow of UNCLOS, 2021, American Journal of International Law

Other notable papers where they contributed as a co-author include:

  • Climate bones of contention: How climate variability influences territorial, maritime, and river interstate conflicts, 2021, Journal of Peace Research
  • Disasters and the dynamics of interstate rivalry, 2022, Journal of Peace Research

Sara McLaughlin Mitchell frequently publishes in academic venues such as:

  • Journal of Peace Research
  • International Interactions
  • International Studies Review
  • Security Studies
  • American Journal of International Law

Their collaboration network includes multiple frequent co-authors, notably Elise Pizzi and Andrew P. Owsiak, each with four joint publications, followed by Cody J Schmidt with three co-authored works. Other frequent collaborators include Bomi K. Lee and Michelle Dion, each with multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Alliance Treaty Obligations and Provisions, 1815-1944

    Brett Leeds;Jeffrey Ritter;Sara Mitchell;Andrew Long

  • Gendered Citation Patterns across Political Science and Social Science Methodology Fields

    Michelle L. Dion;Jane Lawrence Sumner;Sara Mc Laughlin Mitchell

  • Bones of Contention Comparing Territorial, Maritime, and River Issues

    Paul R. Hensel;Sara McLaughlin Mitchell;Thomas E. Sowers;Clayton L. Thyne

  • Reevaluating Alliance Reliability Specific Threats, Specific Promises

    Brett Ashley Leeds;Andrew G. Long;Sara McLaughlin Mitchell

  • International Institutions and Compliance with Agreements

    Sara McLaughlin Mitchell;Paul R. Hensel

  • A Kantian System? Democracy and Third-Party Conflict Resolution

    Sara McLaughlin Mitchell

  • Rivalry and Diversionary Uses of Force

    Sara McLaughlin Mitchell;Brandon C. Prins

  • Gendered Citation Patterns in International Relations Journals

    Sara McLaughlin Mitchell;Samantha Lange;Holly Brus

  • Issue indivisibility and territorial claims

    Paul R. Hensel;Sara McLaughlin Mitchell

  • Conflict management of riparian disputes

    Paul R. Hensel;Sara McLaughlin Mitchell;Thomas E. Sowers

  • Evolution in Democracy-War Dynamics

    Sara McLaughlin Mitchell;Scott Gates;Håvard Hegre

  • IO Mediation of Interstate Conflicts: Moving Beyond the Global versus Regional Dichotomy

    Holley E. Hansen;Sara McLaughlin Mitchell;Stephen C. Nemeth

  • The International Court of Justice and the World's Three Legal Systems

    Emilia Justyna Powell;Sara McLaughlin Mitchell

  • Women Don't Ask? Women Don't Say No? Bargaining and Service in the Political Science Profession

    Sara McLaughlin Mitchell;Vicki L. Hesli

  • Domestic Law Goes Global: Legal Traditions and International Courts

    Sara McLaughlin Mitchell;Emilia Justyna Powell

  • Beyond Territorial Contiguity: Issues at Stake in Democratic Militarized Interstate Disputes

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  • Fragmented Governance of International Rivers: Negotiating Bilateral versus Multilateral Treaties

    Neda A. Zawahri;Sara McLaughlin Mitchell

  • A Supply Side Theory of Mediation

    Mark J.C. Crescenzi;Kelly M. Kadera;Sara Mc Laughlin Mitchell;Clayton L. Thyne

  • Presidential Uses of Force During the Cold War: Aggregation, Truncation, and Temporal Dynamics

    Sara Mc Laughlin Mitchell;Will H. Moore

  • Foreign Direct Investment and Territorial Disputes

    Hoon Lee;Sara McLaughlin Mitchell

  • Predicting Rank Attainment in Political Science: What Else Besides Publications Affects Promotion?

    Vicki L. Hesli;Jae Mook Lee;Sara McLaughlin Mitchell

  • The effectiveness of treaty design in addressing water disputes

    Sara McLaughlin Mitchell;Neda A Zawahri

  • Domestic legal traditions and states’ human rights practices

    Sara McLaughlin Mitchell;Jonathan J Ring;Mary K Spellman

  • Practicing democratic community norms: Third-party conflict management and successful settlements

    Sara Mc Laughlin Mitchell;Kelly M. Kadera;Mark J.C. Crescenzi

  • What Do We Know about Civil Wars

    T. David Mason;Sara McLaughlin Mitchell

Frequent Co-Authors

Cameron G. Thies
Cameron G. Thies Michigan State University
Paul F. Diehl
Paul F. Diehl University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John A. Vasquez
John A. Vasquez University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Håvard Hegre
Håvard Hegre Uppsala University
Scott Gates
Scott Gates Peace Research Institute
James D. Morrow
James D. Morrow University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Will H. Moore
Will H. Moore Florida State University
T. David Mason
T. David Mason University of North Texas

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