International Security

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SCImago
Q1
WOS
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Impact factor
6.1
SJR
2.371
CiteScore
8.5
Categories
Law
Political Science and International Relations
Sociology and Political Science
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1984, 1996-2025
journal names
International Security
INT SECURITY
Publications
1 586
Citations
65 638
h-index
126
Publications
106
Citations
20 726
Top-3 citing journals
International Security
International Security (2715 citations)
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (1782 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (66 publications)
Stanford University
Stanford University (31 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (434 publications)
Italy (159 publications)
United Kingdom (28 publications)
USA (8 publications)
Italy (3 publications)
Norway (2 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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International Security
2715 citations, 4.14%
SSRN Electronic Journal
1782 citations, 2.71%
Journal of Conflict Resolution
1349 citations, 2.06%
Journal of Strategic Studies
1298 citations, 1.98%
International Studies Quarterly
1218 citations, 1.86%
Journal of Peace Research
1016 citations, 1.55%
International Studies Review
934 citations, 1.42%
European Journal of International Relations
842 citations, 1.28%
International Politics
815 citations, 1.24%
International Organization
739 citations, 1.13%
Security Studies
692 citations, 1.05%
Pacific Review
624 citations, 0.95%
Journal of Global Security Studies
560 citations, 0.85%
International Interactions
493 citations, 0.75%
Conflict Management and Peace Science
463 citations, 0.71%
Foreign Policy Analysis
442 citations, 0.67%
Contemporary Security Policy
416 citations, 0.63%
Review of International Studies
333 citations, 0.51%
Cooperation and Conflict
316 citations, 0.48%
Australian Journal of International Affairs
312 citations, 0.48%
Cambridge Review of International Affairs
312 citations, 0.48%
American Political Science Review
306 citations, 0.47%
Journal of Politics
302 citations, 0.46%
World Politics
260 citations, 0.4%
International Relations of the Asia-Pacific
259 citations, 0.39%
Perspectives on Politics
241 citations, 0.37%
Small Wars and Insurgencies
241 citations, 0.37%
Pacific Focus
234 citations, 0.36%
European Security
212 citations, 0.32%
International Studies Perspectives
205 citations, 0.31%
Journal of International Relations and Development
187 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs
178 citations, 0.27%
American Journal of Political Science
172 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Chinese Political Science
172 citations, 0.26%
Global Power Shift
165 citations, 0.25%
Defence Studies
164 citations, 0.25%
Asian Politics and Policy
162 citations, 0.25%
Annual Review of Political Science
161 citations, 0.25%
Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
154 citations, 0.23%
Defence and Peace Economics
151 citations, 0.23%
Third World Quarterly
147 citations, 0.22%
Security Dialogue
142 citations, 0.22%
Comparative Political Studies
139 citations, 0.21%
Political Geography
134 citations, 0.2%
Armed Forces and Society
134 citations, 0.2%
British Journal of Politics and International Relations
133 citations, 0.2%
Journal of East Asian Studies
132 citations, 0.2%
International Spectator
131 citations, 0.2%
International Theory
126 citations, 0.19%
Civil Wars
120 citations, 0.18%
Global Policy
116 citations, 0.18%
Conflict, Security and Development
115 citations, 0.18%
Survival
115 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Asian and African Studies
113 citations, 0.17%
Comparative Strategy
108 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Cold War Studies
106 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
99 citations, 0.15%
European Journal of International Security
99 citations, 0.15%
Review of International Political Economy
98 citations, 0.15%
British Journal of Political Science
93 citations, 0.14%
East Asia
92 citations, 0.14%
Chinese Political Science Review
92 citations, 0.14%
Ethnopolitics
91 citations, 0.14%
Review of International Organizations
87 citations, 0.13%
Intelligence and National Security
85 citations, 0.13%
Political Research Quarterly
81 citations, 0.12%
Diplomatic History
78 citations, 0.12%
Managing the China Challenge
78 citations, 0.12%
Political Psychology
76 citations, 0.12%
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
76 citations, 0.12%
International Peacekeeping
74 citations, 0.11%
Europe-Asia Studies
74 citations, 0.11%
Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: Pathways toward Terrorism and Genocide
73 citations, 0.11%
Nonproliferation Review
73 citations, 0.11%
Japanese Journal of Political Science
72 citations, 0.11%
Critical Studies on Terrorism
70 citations, 0.11%
Contemporary Politics
70 citations, 0.11%
Washington Quarterly
68 citations, 0.1%
Global Studies Quarterly
66 citations, 0.1%
Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional
65 citations, 0.1%
International Political Science Review
64 citations, 0.1%
Korean Journal of Defense Analysis
63 citations, 0.1%
Asian Journal of Comparative Politics
62 citations, 0.09%
Canadian Foreign Policy Journal
62 citations, 0.09%
Communist and Post-Communist Studies
61 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Theoretical Politics
60 citations, 0.09%
World Development
60 citations, 0.09%
Contexto Internacional
60 citations, 0.09%
Asian Survey
57 citations, 0.09%
International Area Studies Review
57 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Common Market Studies
57 citations, 0.09%
International Studies
56 citations, 0.09%
Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik
56 citations, 0.09%
Democratization
55 citations, 0.08%
Sustainability
55 citations, 0.08%
Journal of Interdisciplinary History
53 citations, 0.08%
Nationalities Papers
53 citations, 0.08%
Asia Europe Journal
51 citations, 0.08%
Post-Soviet Affairs
50 citations, 0.08%
Global Environmental Politics
47 citations, 0.07%
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Citing publishers

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Taylor & Francis
12024 citations, 18.32%
Cambridge University Press
10837 citations, 16.51%
SAGE
7295 citations, 11.11%
Oxford University Press
6168 citations, 9.4%
Springer Nature
5614 citations, 8.55%
MIT Press
2951 citations, 4.5%
Wiley
2557 citations, 3.9%
Elsevier
1695 citations, 2.58%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
1686 citations, 2.57%
University of Chicago Press
437 citations, 0.67%
Annual Reviews
318 citations, 0.48%
Emerald
305 citations, 0.46%
Walter de Gruyter
303 citations, 0.46%
CAIRN
279 citations, 0.43%
MDPI
251 citations, 0.38%
IGI Global
219 citations, 0.33%
SciELO
192 citations, 0.29%
University of California Press
171 citations, 0.26%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
128 citations, 0.2%
Brill
122 citations, 0.19%
World Scientific
108 citations, 0.16%
Consortium Erudit
96 citations, 0.15%
Instituto Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais
91 citations, 0.14%
Korea Institute for Defense Analyses
82 citations, 0.12%
Frontiers Media S.A.
76 citations, 0.12%
OpenEdition
59 citations, 0.09%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
53 citations, 0.08%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
50 citations, 0.08%
American Psychological Association (APA)
48 citations, 0.07%
MGIMO University
45 citations, 0.07%
Center for the Study of the Presidency
40 citations, 0.06%
Moscow State Institute of International Relations
37 citations, 0.06%
Noncommercial Partnership Editorial Board Polis
36 citations, 0.05%
Institut fur Asienkunde
35 citations, 0.05%
American Economic Association
34 citations, 0.05%
Ubiquity Press
33 citations, 0.05%
IOP Publishing
29 citations, 0.04%
Lomonosov Moscow State University, School of World Politics
28 citations, 0.04%
Hanyang University
27 citations, 0.04%
Institute of Asian Studies at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
27 citations, 0.04%
Center for Crisis Society Studies
26 citations, 0.04%
Bristol University Press
24 citations, 0.04%
National Library of Serbia
22 citations, 0.03%
F1000 Research
22 citations, 0.03%
Partnership for Peace Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes
20 citations, 0.03%
Scientific Research Publishing
20 citations, 0.03%
Cogitatio
20 citations, 0.03%
IWA Publishing
19 citations, 0.03%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
18 citations, 0.03%
Institute of International Relations, Prague
18 citations, 0.03%
Institut fur Afrika-Kunde
18 citations, 0.03%
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Co. LTD Ukrinformnauka) (Publications)
18 citations, 0.03%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
18 citations, 0.03%
The Royal Society
16 citations, 0.02%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
16 citations, 0.02%
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
15 citations, 0.02%
EDP Sciences
14 citations, 0.02%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
14 citations, 0.02%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
14 citations, 0.02%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
13 citations, 0.02%
Polibijaus Fondas
13 citations, 0.02%
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
13 citations, 0.02%
Berghahn Books
13 citations, 0.02%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
12 citations, 0.02%
Belgrade Centre for Security Policy
12 citations, 0.02%
JSTOR
12 citations, 0.02%
Duke University Press
11 citations, 0.02%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
11 citations, 0.02%
Indiana University Press
11 citations, 0.02%
Institute for International Relations
11 citations, 0.02%
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
11 citations, 0.02%
Institut francais des relations internationales (IFRI)
11 citations, 0.02%
Academic Journals
11 citations, 0.02%
Copernicus
10 citations, 0.02%
The Russian Academy of Sciences
10 citations, 0.02%
Pleiades Publishing
9 citations, 0.01%
Instituto Universitario de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro
9 citations, 0.01%
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski - Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego
9 citations, 0.01%
IntechOpen
9 citations, 0.01%
Intellect
9 citations, 0.01%
Mary Ann Liebert
8 citations, 0.01%
Transition Academia Press
8 citations, 0.01%
Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations
8 citations, 0.01%
Hindawi Limited
8 citations, 0.01%
Czech Geographical Society
8 citations, 0.01%
AIP Publishing
7 citations, 0.01%
Dalloz Editions
7 citations, 0.01%
Korean Political Science Association
7 citations, 0.01%
Index Copernicus
6 citations, 0.01%
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
6 citations, 0.01%
Academy of Management
6 citations, 0.01%
Vytautas Magnus University
6 citations, 0.01%
Japanese Political Science Association
6 citations, 0.01%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
5 citations, 0.01%
Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
5 citations, 0.01%
International Relations Council of Turkey
5 citations, 0.01%
Unisa Press
5 citations, 0.01%
Centro de estudos sociais
5 citations, 0.01%
Project MUSE
5 citations, 0.01%
Universidad de los Andes
5 citations, 0.01%
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Harvard University
66 publications, 4.16%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
35 publications, 2.21%
Stanford University
31 publications, 1.95%
Columbia University
31 publications, 1.95%
Dartmouth College
30 publications, 1.89%
Georgetown University
26 publications, 1.64%
Princeton University
26 publications, 1.64%
University of Chicago
18 publications, 1.13%
University of Notre Dame
15 publications, 0.95%
University of Oxford
11 publications, 0.69%
Cornell University
11 publications, 0.69%
Ohio State University
11 publications, 0.69%
Tufts University
11 publications, 0.69%
University of California, Los Angeles
11 publications, 0.69%
University of Maryland, College Park
11 publications, 0.69%
Lehigh University
10 publications, 0.63%
University of Pennsylvania
10 publications, 0.63%
University of Virginia
10 publications, 0.63%
Indiana University Bloomington
9 publications, 0.57%
Texas A&M University
9 publications, 0.57%
University of California, San Diego
8 publications, 0.5%
Ege University
7 publications, 0.44%
University of Minnesota
7 publications, 0.44%
Australian National University
6 publications, 0.38%
University of Cambridge
6 publications, 0.38%
University of Southern California
6 publications, 0.38%
Johns Hopkins University
6 publications, 0.38%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
6 publications, 0.38%
University of Texas at Austin
6 publications, 0.38%
University of Miami
6 publications, 0.38%
George Washington University
5 publications, 0.32%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
5 publications, 0.32%
Emory University
5 publications, 0.32%
University of Toronto
5 publications, 0.32%
University of Cincinnati
5 publications, 0.32%
Tel Aviv University
4 publications, 0.25%
Duke University
4 publications, 0.25%
New York University
4 publications, 0.25%
University of Kentucky
4 publications, 0.25%
University of Connecticut
4 publications, 0.25%
Lesley University
4 publications, 0.25%
Koc University
3 publications, 0.19%
ETH Zurich
3 publications, 0.19%
University of Birmingham
3 publications, 0.19%
George Mason University
3 publications, 0.19%
University of Minnesota Duluth
3 publications, 0.19%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
3 publications, 0.19%
Baylor University
3 publications, 0.19%
University of Colorado Boulder
3 publications, 0.19%
Brigham Young University
3 publications, 0.19%
Wesleyan University
3 publications, 0.19%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
3 publications, 0.19%
University of Oklahoma
3 publications, 0.19%
University at Albany, State University of New York
3 publications, 0.19%
University of Pittsburgh
3 publications, 0.19%
University of Bologna
2 publications, 0.13%
Nanyang Technological University
2 publications, 0.13%
King's College London
2 publications, 0.13%
Yale University
2 publications, 0.13%
Pennsylvania State University
2 publications, 0.13%
Macquarie University
2 publications, 0.13%
Yonsei University
2 publications, 0.13%
University of California, Irvine
2 publications, 0.13%
Loyola University Chicago
2 publications, 0.13%
University of Michigan
2 publications, 0.13%
Marquette University
2 publications, 0.13%
McGill University
2 publications, 0.13%
Brown University
2 publications, 0.13%
Chuo University
2 publications, 0.13%
Duquesne University
2 publications, 0.13%
University of Delaware
2 publications, 0.13%
University of Georgia
2 publications, 0.13%
University of Tulsa
2 publications, 0.13%
University of South Carolina
2 publications, 0.13%
Queens College
2 publications, 0.13%
Bilkent University
1 publication, 0.06%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1 publication, 0.06%
Bar-Ilan University
1 publication, 0.06%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Haifa
1 publication, 0.06%
Renmin University of China
1 publication, 0.06%
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Warwick
1 publication, 0.06%
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.06%
Aarhus University
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Oslo
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Antwerp
1 publication, 0.06%
London School of Economics and Political Science
1 publication, 0.06%
National University of Singapore
1 publication, 0.06%
Georgia Institute of technology
1 publication, 0.06%
California Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.06%
European University Institute
1 publication, 0.06%
Charles University
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Queensland
1 publication, 0.06%
Griffith University
1 publication, 0.06%
Australian Research Council
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Newcastle Australia
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Pretoria
1 publication, 0.06%
Northwestern University
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 0.06%
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Publishing organizations in 5 years

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University of California, Los Angeles
2 publications, 1.89%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
2 publications, 1.89%
ETH Zurich
1 publication, 0.94%
University of Oslo
1 publication, 0.94%
Columbia University
1 publication, 0.94%
Georgetown University
1 publication, 0.94%
Princeton University
1 publication, 0.94%
Harvard University
1 publication, 0.94%
Dartmouth College
1 publication, 0.94%
Chuo University
1 publication, 0.94%
University of Cincinnati
1 publication, 0.94%
University of Georgia
1 publication, 0.94%
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USA, 434, 27.36%
USA
434 publications, 27.36%
Italy, 159, 10.03%
Italy
159 publications, 10.03%
United Kingdom, 28, 1.77%
United Kingdom
28 publications, 1.77%
Australia, 13, 0.82%
Australia
13 publications, 0.82%
Turkey, 12, 0.76%
Turkey
12 publications, 0.76%
Canada, 10, 0.63%
Canada
10 publications, 0.63%
Philippines, 8, 0.5%
Philippines
8 publications, 0.5%
Israel, 5, 0.32%
Israel
5 publications, 0.32%
Sweden, 5, 0.32%
Sweden
5 publications, 0.32%
China, 4, 0.25%
China
4 publications, 0.25%
Norway, 3, 0.19%
Norway
3 publications, 0.19%
Republic of Korea, 3, 0.19%
Republic of Korea
3 publications, 0.19%
Singapore, 3, 0.19%
Singapore
3 publications, 0.19%
Switzerland, 3, 0.19%
Switzerland
3 publications, 0.19%
Germany, 2, 0.13%
Germany
2 publications, 0.13%
Denmark, 2, 0.13%
Denmark
2 publications, 0.13%
India, 2, 0.13%
India
2 publications, 0.13%
Falkland Islands (Malvinas), 2, 0.13%
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
2 publications, 0.13%
Japan, 2, 0.13%
Japan
2 publications, 0.13%
Argentina, 1, 0.06%
Argentina
1 publication, 0.06%
Belgium, 1, 0.06%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.06%
Indonesia, 1, 0.06%
Indonesia
1 publication, 0.06%
North Korea, 1, 0.06%
North Korea
1 publication, 0.06%
Netherlands, 1, 0.06%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.06%
Panama, 1, 0.06%
Panama
1 publication, 0.06%
Czech Republic, 1, 0.06%
Czech Republic
1 publication, 0.06%
South Africa, 1, 0.06%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.06%
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USA, 8, 7.55%
USA
8 publications, 7.55%
Italy, 3, 2.83%
Italy
3 publications, 2.83%
Norway, 2, 1.89%
Norway
2 publications, 1.89%
Argentina, 1, 0.94%
Argentina
1 publication, 0.94%
Denmark, 1, 0.94%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.94%
Switzerland, 1, 0.94%
Switzerland
1 publication, 0.94%
Japan, 1, 0.94%
Japan
1 publication, 0.94%
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