Security Studies

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SCImago
Q1
WOS
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Impact factor
3.0
SJR
1.414
CiteScore
3.9
Categories
Political Science and International Relations
Sociology and Political Science
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1991-2025
journal names
Security Studies
SECUR STUD
Publications
1 003
Citations
17 693
h-index
63
Publications
191
Citations
8 291
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 countries
USA (271 publications)
Italy (85 publications)
United Kingdom (13 publications)
Italy (5 publications)
USA (4 publications)
Germany (1 publication)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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International Studies Quarterly
570 citations, 3.22%
International Security
516 citations, 2.92%
Journal of Conflict Resolution
475 citations, 2.68%
SSRN Electronic Journal
456 citations, 2.58%
Security Studies
374 citations, 2.11%
Journal of Strategic Studies
366 citations, 2.07%
International Studies Review
316 citations, 1.79%
European Journal of International Relations
280 citations, 1.58%
Journal of Global Security Studies
272 citations, 1.54%
Journal of Peace Research
265 citations, 1.5%
International Politics
257 citations, 1.45%
International Organization
254 citations, 1.44%
Foreign Policy Analysis
233 citations, 1.32%
International Interactions
192 citations, 1.09%
Conflict Management and Peace Science
169 citations, 0.96%
Contemporary Security Policy
163 citations, 0.92%
Journal of Politics
123 citations, 0.7%
Pacific Review
116 citations, 0.66%
Journal of International Relations and Development
105 citations, 0.59%
Annual Review of Political Science
104 citations, 0.59%
Cambridge Review of International Affairs
103 citations, 0.58%
Small Wars and Insurgencies
101 citations, 0.57%
Australian Journal of International Affairs
101 citations, 0.57%
Review of International Studies
100 citations, 0.57%
Cooperation and Conflict
98 citations, 0.55%
American Political Science Review
95 citations, 0.54%
European Security
92 citations, 0.52%
Defence Studies
90 citations, 0.51%
Perspectives on Politics
85 citations, 0.48%
International Theory
83 citations, 0.47%
British Journal of Politics and International Relations
83 citations, 0.47%
International Relations of the Asia-Pacific
76 citations, 0.43%
Armed Forces and Society
72 citations, 0.41%
International Studies Perspectives
71 citations, 0.4%
European Journal of International Security
65 citations, 0.37%
American Journal of Political Science
63 citations, 0.36%
Defence and Peace Economics
63 citations, 0.36%
World Politics
61 citations, 0.34%
Civil Wars
58 citations, 0.33%
Intelligence and National Security
53 citations, 0.3%
Comparative Political Studies
52 citations, 0.29%
International Spectator
49 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs
48 citations, 0.27%
Security Dialogue
48 citations, 0.27%
Pacific Focus
47 citations, 0.27%
Journal of Chinese Political Science
46 citations, 0.26%
Critical Studies on Terrorism
42 citations, 0.24%
Political Psychology
42 citations, 0.24%
Ethnopolitics
41 citations, 0.23%
International Peacekeeping
41 citations, 0.23%
Review of International Political Economy
39 citations, 0.22%
Europe-Asia Studies
39 citations, 0.22%
Journal of European Integration
39 citations, 0.22%
Global Policy
38 citations, 0.21%
Asian Politics and Policy
38 citations, 0.21%
Journal of East Asian Studies
36 citations, 0.2%
Journal of European Public Policy
36 citations, 0.2%
Global Studies Quarterly
36 citations, 0.2%
Nationalities Papers
34 citations, 0.19%
Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: Pathways toward Terrorism and Genocide
33 citations, 0.19%
Nonproliferation Review
33 citations, 0.19%
British Journal of Political Science
33 citations, 0.19%
Chinese Political Science Review
32 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Cybersecurity
31 citations, 0.18%
PS - Political Science and Politics
30 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Common Market Studies
29 citations, 0.16%
Critical Studies on Security
29 citations, 0.16%
International Feminist Journal of Politics
28 citations, 0.16%
Conflict, Security and Development
28 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Cold War Studies
27 citations, 0.15%
International Studies
27 citations, 0.15%
Political Geography
26 citations, 0.15%
Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
26 citations, 0.15%
Contemporary Politics
25 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Theoretical Politics
25 citations, 0.14%
Meditteranean Politics
25 citations, 0.14%
Canadian Foreign Policy Journal
25 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Cyber Policy
24 citations, 0.14%
Energy Research and Social Science
22 citations, 0.12%
Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications
22 citations, 0.12%
Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression
22 citations, 0.12%
Proxy War Ethics: The Norms of Partnering in Great Power Competition
22 citations, 0.12%
Political Research Quarterly
21 citations, 0.12%
Democratization
21 citations, 0.12%
International Political Science Review
21 citations, 0.12%
Third World Quarterly
21 citations, 0.12%
Global Affairs
21 citations, 0.12%
Shocks and Political Change
21 citations, 0.12%
Japanese Journal of Political Science
20 citations, 0.11%
China Quarterly
20 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea
20 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Asian and African Studies
19 citations, 0.11%
Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica
19 citations, 0.11%
Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik
19 citations, 0.11%
Global Power Shift
19 citations, 0.11%
Polis (Russian Federation)
18 citations, 0.1%
Journal of International Political Theory
18 citations, 0.1%
Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional
18 citations, 0.1%
Review of International Organizations
18 citations, 0.1%
Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy
18 citations, 0.1%
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Citing publishers

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Taylor & Francis
3573 citations, 20.19%
Cambridge University Press
2748 citations, 15.53%
Oxford University Press
2566 citations, 14.5%
SAGE
2162 citations, 12.22%
Springer Nature
1474 citations, 8.33%
Wiley
560 citations, 3.17%
MIT Press
551 citations, 3.11%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
433 citations, 2.45%
Elsevier
339 citations, 1.92%
University of Chicago Press
146 citations, 0.83%
Annual Reviews
124 citations, 0.7%
Walter de Gruyter
73 citations, 0.41%
Emerald
64 citations, 0.36%
IGI Global
61 citations, 0.34%
MDPI
60 citations, 0.34%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
58 citations, 0.33%
CAIRN
45 citations, 0.25%
Frontiers Media S.A.
33 citations, 0.19%
University of California Press
32 citations, 0.18%
SciELO
32 citations, 0.18%
Consortium Erudit
30 citations, 0.17%
Brill
28 citations, 0.16%
World Scientific
26 citations, 0.15%
AOSIS
26 citations, 0.15%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
21 citations, 0.12%
Instituto Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais
19 citations, 0.11%
OpenEdition
18 citations, 0.1%
Non Profit Partnership Polis (Political Studies)
16 citations, 0.09%
Duke University Press
15 citations, 0.08%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
12 citations, 0.07%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
10 citations, 0.06%
Institute of International Relations, Prague
8 citations, 0.05%
Center for the Study of the Presidency
8 citations, 0.05%
MGIMO University
8 citations, 0.05%
Bristol University Press
8 citations, 0.05%
Lomonosov Moscow State University, School of World Politics
8 citations, 0.05%
Hanyang University
7 citations, 0.04%
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
6 citations, 0.03%
Institut fur Asienkunde
6 citations, 0.03%
Korea Institute for Defense Analyses
6 citations, 0.03%
BMJ
6 citations, 0.03%
American Psychological Association (APA)
6 citations, 0.03%
F1000 Research
6 citations, 0.03%
EDP Sciences
5 citations, 0.03%
5 citations, 0.03%
Belgrade Centre for Security Policy
5 citations, 0.03%
American Economic Association
5 citations, 0.03%
Institut francais des relations internationales (IFRI)
5 citations, 0.03%
Institute of Asian Studies at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
5 citations, 0.03%
Hindawi Limited
5 citations, 0.03%
Aurora Group, s.r.o
5 citations, 0.03%
Moscow State Institute of International Relations
5 citations, 0.03%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
4 citations, 0.02%
Mary Ann Liebert
4 citations, 0.02%
Escola Brasileira de Administracao Publica da Fundacao Getulio Vargas
4 citations, 0.02%
IOP Publishing
4 citations, 0.02%
Unisa Press
4 citations, 0.02%
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
4 citations, 0.02%
MANAS Sosyal Arastirmalar Dergisi
4 citations, 0.02%
Edinburgh University Press
3 citations, 0.02%
International Association for Energy Economics
3 citations, 0.02%
Masaryk University Press
3 citations, 0.02%
Copernicus
3 citations, 0.02%
Wydawnictwo Naukowe WNPiD UAM
3 citations, 0.02%
Partnership for Peace Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes
3 citations, 0.02%
NP Voprosy Ekonomiki
3 citations, 0.02%
National Library of Serbia
3 citations, 0.02%
Center for Crisis Society Studies
3 citations, 0.02%
Scientific Research Publishing
3 citations, 0.02%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
3 citations, 0.02%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
3 citations, 0.02%
IntechOpen
3 citations, 0.02%
Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences
3 citations, 0.02%
Berghahn Books
3 citations, 0.02%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
3 citations, 0.02%
The Pennsylvania State University Press
3 citations, 0.02%
The Royal Society
2 citations, 0.01%
2 citations, 0.01%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
2 citations, 0.01%
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2 citations, 0.01%
Polibijaus Fondas
2 citations, 0.01%
Academy of Management
2 citations, 0.01%
Carl Heymanns Verlag KG
2 citations, 0.01%
Institut fur Afrika-Kunde
2 citations, 0.01%
Stockholm University Press
2 citations, 0.01%
Instituto Universitario de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro
2 citations, 0.01%
Institut fur Iberoamerika-Kunde
2 citations, 0.01%
Vilnius University Press
2 citations, 0.01%
Academic Journals
2 citations, 0.01%
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Co. LTD Ukrinformnauka) (Publications)
2 citations, 0.01%
PERSEE Program
2 citations, 0.01%
The Russian Academy of Sciences
2 citations, 0.01%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
2 citations, 0.01%
Baikal State University
2 citations, 0.01%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
2 citations, 0.01%
Pamukkale Universitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitusu Dergisi
2 citations, 0.01%
Czech Geographical Society
2 citations, 0.01%
Scandinavian Military Studies
2 citations, 0.01%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
1 citation, 0.01%
Pleiades Publishing
1 citation, 0.01%
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Harvard University
25 publications, 2.49%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
16 publications, 1.6%
Georgetown University
15 publications, 1.5%
Columbia University
13 publications, 1.3%
University of Chicago
12 publications, 1.2%
University of Virginia
11 publications, 1.1%
Ohio State University
9 publications, 0.9%
Dartmouth College
8 publications, 0.8%
University of Southern California
7 publications, 0.7%
University of California, Los Angeles
7 publications, 0.7%
Brown University
7 publications, 0.7%
Stanford University
6 publications, 0.6%
George Washington University
6 publications, 0.6%
Princeton University
6 publications, 0.6%
University of Toronto
6 publications, 0.6%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
5 publications, 0.5%
University of California, San Diego
5 publications, 0.5%
University of Vermont
5 publications, 0.5%
Cornell University
4 publications, 0.4%
American University
4 publications, 0.4%
University of Minnesota
4 publications, 0.4%
University of Kentucky
4 publications, 0.4%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4 publications, 0.4%
Uppsala University
3 publications, 0.3%
University of Haifa
3 publications, 0.3%
Johns Hopkins University
3 publications, 0.3%
Arizona State University
3 publications, 0.3%
Duke University
3 publications, 0.3%
University of California, Davis
3 publications, 0.3%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
3 publications, 0.3%
University of California, Riverside
3 publications, 0.3%
University of Notre Dame
3 publications, 0.3%
Ohio University
3 publications, 0.3%
Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (Leibniz-Institut für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung)
3 publications, 0.3%
University of Michigan
3 publications, 0.3%
Goethe University Frankfurt
3 publications, 0.3%
University of Maryland, College Park
3 publications, 0.3%
University of Cincinnati
3 publications, 0.3%
Indiana University Bloomington
3 publications, 0.3%
Australian National University
2 publications, 0.2%
University of Oxford
2 publications, 0.2%
King's College London
2 publications, 0.2%
Royal Holloway University of London
2 publications, 0.2%
University of California, Berkeley
2 publications, 0.2%
University of Washington
2 publications, 0.2%
University of Texas at Austin
2 publications, 0.2%
McGill University
2 publications, 0.2%
Technical University of Darmstadt
2 publications, 0.2%
University of Pennsylvania
2 publications, 0.2%
Texas A&M University
2 publications, 0.2%
Brigham Young University
2 publications, 0.2%
University of Utah
2 publications, 0.2%
William & Mary
2 publications, 0.2%
Brandeis University
2 publications, 0.2%
University of Georgia
2 publications, 0.2%
University of Pittsburgh
2 publications, 0.2%
Queens College
2 publications, 0.2%
Ilia State University
1 publication, 0.1%
University of Tübingen
1 publication, 0.1%
Mid Sweden University
1 publication, 0.1%
University of Geneva
1 publication, 0.1%
University of St. Gallen
1 publication, 0.1%
University of Bologna
1 publication, 0.1%
Nanyang Technological University
1 publication, 0.1%
University of Cambridge
1 publication, 0.1%
London School of Economics and Political Science
1 publication, 0.1%
University of Nottingham
1 publication, 0.1%
Florida State University
1 publication, 0.1%
National University of Singapore
1 publication, 0.1%
Yale University
1 publication, 0.1%
University of Sydney
1 publication, 0.1%
Georgia Institute of technology
1 publication, 0.1%
Pennsylvania State University
1 publication, 0.1%
University of Queensland
1 publication, 0.1%
Griffith University
1 publication, 0.1%
Washington State University
1 publication, 0.1%
Yonsei University
1 publication, 0.1%
Catholic University of America
1 publication, 0.1%
Colorado State University
1 publication, 0.1%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1 publication, 0.1%
George Mason University
1 publication, 0.1%
Virginia Tech
1 publication, 0.1%
Syracuse University
1 publication, 0.1%
Sogang University
1 publication, 0.1%
New York University
1 publication, 0.1%
University of California, Irvine
1 publication, 0.1%
Georgia State University
1 publication, 0.1%
Central European University, Budapest
1 publication, 0.1%
University of Bristol
1 publication, 0.1%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
1 publication, 0.1%
University of St Andrews
1 publication, 0.1%
Queen's University at Kingston
1 publication, 0.1%
University of Minnesota Duluth
1 publication, 0.1%
Utrecht University
1 publication, 0.1%
University of Konstanz
1 publication, 0.1%
Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences
1 publication, 0.1%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
1 publication, 0.1%
Emory University
1 publication, 0.1%
Kansas State University
1 publication, 0.1%
Chuo University
1 publication, 0.1%
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Publishing organizations in 5 years

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University of Southern California
1 publication, 0.52%
Pennsylvania State University
1 publication, 0.52%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1 publication, 0.52%
Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (Leibniz-Institut für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung)
1 publication, 0.52%
Dartmouth College
1 publication, 0.52%
Goethe University Frankfurt
1 publication, 0.52%
University of Exeter
1 publication, 0.52%
University College Dublin
1 publication, 0.52%
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USA, 271, 27.02%
USA
271 publications, 27.02%
Italy, 85, 8.47%
Italy
85 publications, 8.47%
United Kingdom, 13, 1.3%
United Kingdom
13 publications, 1.3%
Canada, 12, 1.2%
Canada
12 publications, 1.2%
Israel, 8, 0.8%
Israel
8 publications, 0.8%
Germany, 6, 0.6%
Germany
6 publications, 0.6%
Australia, 6, 0.6%
Australia
6 publications, 0.6%
Sweden, 4, 0.4%
Sweden
4 publications, 0.4%
Republic of Korea, 2, 0.2%
Republic of Korea
2 publications, 0.2%
Singapore, 2, 0.2%
Singapore
2 publications, 0.2%
Switzerland, 2, 0.2%
Switzerland
2 publications, 0.2%
Hungary, 1, 0.1%
Hungary
1 publication, 0.1%
Georgia, 1, 0.1%
Georgia
1 publication, 0.1%
India, 1, 0.1%
India
1 publication, 0.1%
Ireland, 1, 0.1%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.1%
Qatar, 1, 0.1%
Qatar
1 publication, 0.1%
Netherlands, 1, 0.1%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.1%
Norway, 1, 0.1%
Norway
1 publication, 0.1%
Montenegro, 1, 0.1%
Montenegro
1 publication, 0.1%
Japan, 1, 0.1%
Japan
1 publication, 0.1%
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Italy, 5, 2.62%
Italy
5 publications, 2.62%
USA, 4, 2.09%
USA
4 publications, 2.09%
Germany, 1, 0.52%
Germany
1 publication, 0.52%
United Kingdom, 1, 0.52%
United Kingdom
1 publication, 0.52%
Norway, 1, 0.52%
Norway
1 publication, 0.52%
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