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Vally Koubi

Vally Koubi

D-Index & Metrics

Political Science

D-Index
28
Citations
4465
World Ranking
1358
National Ranking
36

Vally Koubi 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 Vally Koubi sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 92 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Vally Koubi 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 Vally Koubi sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 28 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Vally Koubi is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and conducts research primarily within the social sciences, focusing on the intersections of climate change, migration, and political science. Their scholarly work spans several key fields including sociology and political science, political science and international relations, economics and econometrics, global and planetary change, and public administration.

The main topics within Koubi's research involve:

  • Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Transboundary Water Resource Management
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Climate variability and models
  • Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact

Key recent publications by Koubi include:

  • "Environmental migrants and social-movement participation," 2020, Journal of Peace Research
  • "Climate events and the role of adaptive capacity for (im-)mobility," 2022, Population and Environment

Additional relevant papers from the recent period associated with Koubi's research network focus on climate and environmental migration issues:

  • "Attitudes of urban residents towards environmental migration in Kenya and Vietnam," 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • "Climate change and conflict," 2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Parliament, People or Technocrats? Explaining Mass Public Preferences on Delegation of Policymaking Authority," 2021, Comparative Political Studies

Koubi often collaborates with several researchers in their field. Notable frequent coauthors include Tobias Böhmelt, Gabriele Spilker, Thomas Bernauer, Quynh Nguyen, and Lena Maria Schaffer.

Their work is published in varied venues, with multiple papers appearing in PLoS ONE and Harvard Dataverse, as well as in journals specializing in environmental and social sciences such as Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Nature Climate Change, and the Journal of Peace Research.

Best Publications

  • Effects of political institutions on air quality

    Thomas Bernauer;Vally Koubi;Vally Koubi

  • One effect to rule them all? A comment on climate and conflict

    H. Buhaug;H. Buhaug;J. Nordkvelle;T. Bernauer;T. Böhmelt

  • Climate Change and Conflict

    Vally Koubi

  • Climate variability, economic growth, and civil conflict

    Vally Koubi;Thomas Bernauer;Anna Kalbhenn;Gabriele Spilker

  • Environmental changes and violent conflict

    Thomas Bernauer;Tobias Böhmelt;Vally Koubi;Vally Koubi

  • Do natural resources matter for interstate and intrastate armed conflict

    Vally Koubi;Gabriele Spilker;Tobias Böhmelt;Thomas Bernauer

  • A Comparison of International and Domestic Sources of Global Governance Dynamics

    Thomas Bernauer;Anna Kalbhenn;Vally Koubi;Gabriele Spilker

  • War and Economic Performance

    Vally Koubi

  • Environmental Stressors and Migration: Evidence from Vietnam

    Vally Koubi;Vally Koubi;Gabriele Spilker;Lena Schaffer;Thomas Bernauer

  • Is There a Democracy–Civil Society Paradox in Global Environmental Governance?

    Thomas Bernauer;Tobias Böhmelt;Vally Koubi

  • Business cycles and schooling

    Harris Dellas;Harris Dellas;Harris Dellas;Vally Koubi;Vally Koubi

  • The role of environmental perceptions in migration decision-making: evidence from both migrants and non-migrants in five developing countries

    Vassiliki Koubi;Vassiliki Koubi;Gabriele Spilker;Lena Schaffer;Tobias Böhmelt;Tobias Böhmelt

  • Are bigger governments better providers of public goods? Evidence from air pollution

    Thomas Bernauer;Vally Koubi;Vally Koubi

  • On commitment levels and compliance mechanisms: Determinants of participation in global environmental agreements

    Thomas Bernauer;Anna Kalbhenn;Vally Koubi;Gabi Ruoff

  • Is there a “Depth versus Participation” dilemma in international cooperation?

    Thomas Bernauer;Anna Kalbhenn;Vally Koubi;Vally Koubi;Gabriele Spilker

  • Civil society participation in global governance: Insights from climate politics

    Tobias Böhmelt;Vally Koubi;Vally Koubi;Thomas Bernauer

  • Political Determinants of Environmental Quality

    Thomas Bernauer;Vally Koubi

  • Perceptions of environmental change and migration decisions

    Vally Koubi;Sebastian Stoll;Gabriele Spilker

  • Do citizens evaluate international cooperation based on information about procedural and outcome quality

    Thomas Bernauer;Steffen Mohrenberg;Vally Koubi

  • The Determinants of Environmental Migrants' Conflict Perception

    Vally Koubi;Tobias Bohmelt;Gabrielle Spilker;Lena Schaffer

  • Grievances, economic wealth, and civil conflict:

    Vally Koubi;Tobias Böhmelt

  • States as providers of public goods: how does government size affect environmental quality?

    Thomas Bernauer;Vally Koubi

  • Attitudes of urban residents towards environmental migration in Kenya and Vietnam

    Gabriele Spilker;Quynh Nguyen;Vally Koubi;Vally Koubi;Tobias Böhmelt

  • On the Political Determinants of Environmental Quality

    Thomas Bernauer;Vally Koubi

Frequent Co-Authors

Gabriele Spilker
Gabriele Spilker University of Konstanz
Erik Gartzke
Erik Gartzke University of California, San Diego
Nils Petter Gleditsch
Nils Petter Gleditsch Peace Research Institute
Jack Andrew Goldstone
Jack Andrew Goldstone George Mason University
Halvard Buhaug
Halvard Buhaug Peace Research Institute
Richard S. J. Tol
Richard S. J. Tol University of Sussex
Håvard Hegre
Håvard Hegre Uppsala University
Clionadh Raleigh
Clionadh Raleigh University of Sussex
Jürgen Scheffran
Jürgen Scheffran Universität Hamburg

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