OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Conflict Resolution is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Propaganda and Protest in Autocracies	32
Introducing the Peacekeeping Mandates (PEMA) Dataset	30
New Estimates of Over 500 Years of Historic GDP and Population Data	25
Civil War and Female Empowerment	21
Under the Umbrella: Nuclear Crises, Extended Deterrence, and Public Opinion	20
How Repression Affects Public Perceptions of Police: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Uganda	20
From Claims to Violence: Signaling, Outbidding, and Escalation in Ethnic Conflict	19
International Investment Disputes, Media Coverage, and Backlash Against International Law	18
The Effect of Civilian Casualties on Wartime Informing: Evidence from the Iraq War	18
Mapping the International System, 1886-2019: The CShapes 2.0 Dataset	16
Anger, Anxiety, and Selective Exposure to Terrorist Violence	14
Private Eyes in the Sky: Emerging Technology and the Political Consequences of Eroding Government Secrecy	14
From Moscow With a Mushroom Cloud? Russian Public Attitudes to the Use of Nuclear Weapons in a Conflict With NATO	13
Wargame of Drones: Remotely Piloted Aircraft and Crisis Escalation	13
Joint Military Exercises and Crisis Dynamics on the Korean Peninsula	13
Winning the Game of Thrones: Leadership Succession in Modern Autocracies	13
Introducing the Military Intervention Project: A New Dataset on US Military Interventions, 1776–2019	12
On the Stability of Social Preferences in Inter-Group Conflict: A Lab-in-the-Field Panel Study	11
Keeping Your Friends Close, but Acquaintances Closer: Why Weakly Allied States Make Committed Coalition Partners	11
What’s Fair in International Politics? Equity, Equality, and Foreign Policy Attitudes	11
Policing and Political Violence	11
Policing Institutions and Post-Conflict Peace	11
Introducing the Deadly Electoral Conflict Dataset (DECO)	11
Sanctions and Third-party Compliance with US Foreign Policy Preferences: An Analysis of Dual-use Trade	10
Why Do Leaders Build Walls? Domestic Politics, Leader Survival, and The Fortification of Borders	10

Wartime Sexual Violence, Social Stigmatization and Humanitarian Aid: Survey Evidence from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo	10
Spying from Space: Reconnaissance Satellites and Interstate Disputes	10
Sanctioning the Homeland: Diasporas’ Influence on American Economic Sanctions Policy	10
Citizens in Peace Processes	10
Peacekeeping, Mediation, and the Conclusion of Local Ceasefires in Non-State Conflicts	9
The Two Faces of Opposition to Chemical Weapons: Sincere Versus Insincere Norm-Holders	9
Reassessing the Role of Theory and Machine Learning in Forecasting Civil Conflict	9
Human Trafficking-Terrorism Nexus: When Violent Non-State Actors Engage in the Modern-Day Slavery	8
A Liberal Peace?: The Growth of Liberal Norms and the Decline of Interstate Violence	8
Responding to Uncertainty: The Importance of Covertness in Support for Retaliation to Cyber and Kinetic Attacks	8
Policing and the Legacies of Wartime State Predation: Evidence from a Survey and Field Experiment in Liberia	8
“Twice the Citizen”: How Military Attitudes of Superiority Undermine Civilian Control in the United States	8
Does Violence Against Journalists Deter Detailed Reporting? Evidence From Mexico	7
The Dual Effect of COVID-19 on Intergroup Conflict in the Korean Peninsula	7
Do Natural Resources Really Cause Civil Conflict? Evidence from the New Global Resources Dataset	7
Trade Rage: Audience Costs and International Trade	7
Citizens and Peace Mediations in Divided Societies: Identifying Zones of Agreement through a Conjoint Survey Experiment	7
Brewing Violence: Foreign Investment and Civil Conflict	7
Triangles, Major Powers, and Rivalry Duration	7
Conflict Events Worldwide Since 1468BC: Introducing the Historical Conflict Event Dataset	7
Oil Price Shocks and Conflict Escalation: Onshore versus Offshore	7
Divergent Perceptions of Peace in Post-Conflict Societies: Insights from Sri Lanka	7
Introducing the ETH/PRIO Civil Conflict Ceasefire Dataset	7
Getting Religion Right in Civil Wars	7
Rebel Recruitment and Migration: Theory and Evidence From Southern Senegal	6
Oil Crops and Social Conflict: Evidence From Indonesia	6
Natural Experiments of the Rally 'Round the Flag Effects Using Worldwide Surveys	6
Poor Prospects—Not Inequality—Motivate Political Violence	6
The Importance of UN Security Council Resolutions in Peacekeeping Operations*	6
Is Theory Useful for Conflict Prediction? A Response to Beger, Morgan, and Ward	6
Conceptualizing and Measuring Institutional Variation in National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs)	6
Violence, Displacement, and Support for Internally Displaced Persons: Evidence from Syria	6
The Long Arm and the Iron Fist: Authoritarian Crackdowns and Transnational Repression	6
Signaling under the Security Dilemma: An Experimental Analysis	6
The Long-run Impact of Childhood Wartime Violence on Preferences for Nuclear Proliferation	6
The Tactical Use of Civil Resistance by Rebel Groups: Evidence from India’s Maoist Insurgency	6
Peace Negotiations in Civil Conflicts: A New Dataset	5
Do Citizens’ Preferences Matter? Shaping Legislator Attitudes Towards Peace Agreements	5
Adverse Rainfall Shocks and Civil War: Myth or Reality?	5
The New Terrain of Global Governance: Mapping Membership in Informal International Organizations	5
Fighting in Cyberspace: Internet Access and the Substitutability of Cyber and Military Operations	5
Institutional Design, Information Transmission, and Public Opinion: Making the Case for Trade	5
What is in a Mandate? Introducing the UN Peace Mission Mandates Dataset	5
Walls and Strategic Innovation in Violent Conflict	5
Rebels with a Cause: Does Ideology Make Armed Conflicts Longer and Bloodier?	5
Politics or Performance? Leadership Accountability in UN Peacekeeping	5
Transatlantic Shakedown: Presidential Shaming and NATO Burden Sharing	5
The Effects of Economic Sanctions on Foreign Asset Expropriation	5
Ceasefires in Civil Conflict: A Research Agenda	5
The Long-Term Economic Legacies of Rebel Rule in Civil War: Micro Evidence From Colombia	5

The Shadow of Deterrence: Why Capable Actors Engage in Contests Short of War	5
Democratic Peace and Covert Military Force: An Experimental Test	5
Foulweather Friends: Violence and Third Party Support in Self-Determination Conflicts	5
The Impact of Domestic Surveillance on Political Imprisonment: Evidence from the German Democratic Republic	5