2026 Scott D. Sagan: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	40	479	430	266	226	124	13557

Research.com Recognitions

2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Scott D. Sagan is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and specializes in the social sciences with a focus on political science and international relations. Their scholarly work primarily addresses issues related to nuclear policy, global peace and security, and the ethical considerations of warfare.

The main fields of study for Scott D. Sagan include:

Social Sciences

Subfields of study encompass:

Political Science and International Relations
Sociology and Political Science
Philosophy
Cognitive Neuroscience
General Health Professions

The key topics covered in their research are:

Nuclear Issues and Defense
Global Peace and Security Dynamics
War, Ethics, and Justification
Social and Intergroup Psychology
International Law and Human Rights
Torture, Ethics, and Law
International Relations and Foreign Policy

Recent research papers authored or co-authored by Scott D. Sagan include:

The Rule of Law and the Role of Strategy in U.S. Nuclear Doctrine, 2021, International Security
Does the Noncombatant Immunity Norm Have Stopping Power? A Debate, 2020, International Security
Just and Unjust Nuclear Deterrence, 2023, Ethics & International Affairs

Additional notable papers connected to their work or collaborations include:

Kettles of Hawks: Public Opinion on the Nuclear Taboo and Noncombatant Immunity in the United States, United Kingdom, France, and Israel, 2022, Security Studies
Why the atomic bombing of Hiroshima would be illegal today, 2020, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Scott D. Sagan's frequent co-authors are:

Benjamin Valentino
Janina Dill
Allen S. Weiner
Vipin Narang
Edward D. Blandford

Common venues for publication include:

International Security
Security Studies
Harvard Dataverse
International Studies Quarterly
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

The scientist has published several books, notably with Princeton University Press and Stanford University Press eBooks. Titles include The Limits of Safety (2020), Moving Targets (2020), and Learning from a Disaster (2020).

Scott D. Sagan was awarded the Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008.

Best Publications

The limits of safety

Scott Douglas Sagan

2033
Citations
The Limits of Safety: Organizations, Accidents, and Nuclear Weapons

Scott Douglas Sagan

1950
Citations
Why Do States Build Nuclear Weapons?: Three Models in Search of a Bomb

Scott D. Sagan

1448
Citations
The spread of nuclear weapons : a debate renewed : with new sections on India and Pakistan, terrorism, and missile defense

Scott Douglas Sagan;Kenneth Neal Waltz

1091
Citations
The Spread of Nuclear Weapons - A Debate

Eliot A. Cohen;Scott D. Sagan;Kenneth N. Waltz

788
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
The Perils of Proliferation: Organization Theory, Deterrence Theory, and the Spread of Nuclear Weapons

Scott D. Sagan

368
Citations
Atomic Aversion: Experimental Evidence on Taboos, Traditions, and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons

Daryl G. Press;Scott D. Sagan;Benjamin A. Valentino

304
Citations
The Causes of Nuclear Weapons Proliferation

Scott D. Sagan

269
Citations
Revisiting Hiroshima in Iran: What Americans Really Think about Using Nuclear Weapons and Killing Noncombatants

Scott D. Sagan;Benjamin A. Valentino

224
Citations
Moving Targets: Nuclear Strategy and National Security

Scott Douglas Sagan

219
Citations
Nuclear Alerts and Crisis Management

Scott D. Sagan

207
Citations
1914 Revisited: Allies, Offense, and Instability

Scott D. Sagan

207
Citations
The problem of redundancy problem: why more nuclear security forces may produce less nuclear security.

Scott D. Sagan

189
Citations
The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed

Kenneth N. Waltz;Scott Sagan

185
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
The spread of nuclear weapons : an enduring debate : with new chapters on Iran, Iraq, and North Korea, and on the prospects for global nuclear disarmament

Scott Douglas Sagan;Kenneth Neal Waltz

165
Citations
The Perils of Predicting Proliferation

Alexander H. Montgomery;Scott D. Sagan

156
Citations
The Commitment Trap: Why the United States Should Not Use Nuclear Threats to Deter Biological and Chemical Weapons Attacks

Scott D. Sagan

153
Citations
Living with Nuclear Weapons

Albert Carnesale;Paul Doty;Stanley Hoffmann;Samuel P. Huntington

151
Citations
The Origins of the Pacific War

Scott D. Sagan

148
Citations
Planning the unthinkable : how new powers will use nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons

Peter R. Lavoy;Scott D. Sagan;James J. Wirtz

147
Citations
Toward a Political Theory of Organizational Reliability

Scott D. Sagan

141
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth N. Waltz University of California, Berkeley

Joseph S. Nye Harvard University

Robert Jervis Columbia University

Charles S. Maier Harvard University

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita New York University

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

Robert I. Rotberg Harvard University

Eliot A. Cohen Johns Hopkins University

Robert Axelrod University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Paul Doty Harvard University

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