Journal of Conflict Resolution

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Conflict Resolution is 2. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Do States Constrain Non-State Hackers? International Telecommunication Union Elections and Non-State Cyber Aggression38
Bruce Russett Award for Article of the Year in JCR for 202136
Weapons of the Weak: Technological Change, Guerrilla Firepower, and Counterinsurgency Outcomes22
Inconstant Care: Public Attitudes Towards Force Protection and Civilian Casualties in the United States, United Kingdom, and Israel22
Militant Splinter Groups and the Use of Violence22
Inclusion, Recognition, and Inter-Group Comparisons: The Effects of Power-Sharing Institutions on Grievances20
Contributing to Peace17
Tolerant Solidarity With Violent Protesters: Evidence From a Survey Experiment15
Interstate Conflict Can Reduce Support for Incumbents: Evidence from the Israeli Electorate and the Yom Kippur War15
Incumbent-Aligned Terrorism and Voting Behavior: Evidence from Argentina’s 1973 Elections14
Conflict Events Worldwide Since 1468BC: Introducing the Historical Conflict Event Dataset12
Less Is More? Shifting Power and Third-Party Military Assistance12
The Enforcement of U.S. Economic Sanctions and Global De-risking Behavior12
The Determinants of Terrorist Listing12
Electoral Integrity, the Concession of Power, and the Disciplining Role of Protests12
Is Terrorism Really a Weapon of the Weak? Debunking the Conventional Wisdom12
Who Punishes Leaders for Lying About the Use of Force? Evaluating The Microfoundations of Domestic Deception Costs12
Local Ceasefires and De-escalation: Evidence From the Syrian Civil War11
Institutional Design, Information Transmission, and Public Opinion: Making the Case for Trade11
Does the Bomb Really Embolden? Revisiting the Statistical Evidence for the Nuclear Emboldenment Thesis11
“Right-Peopling” the State: Nationalism, Historical Legacies, and Ethnic Cleansing in Europe, 1886-202011
Us and Them: Foreign Threat and Domestic Polarization11
The Effects of Economic Sanctions on Foreign Asset Expropriation10
Symbolic Conflict Resolution and Ingroup Favoritism10
Capture the Fort: Explaining the Timing of Rebel Assaults on Cities During Wartime10
A Brutality-Based Approach to Identifying State-Led Atrocities10
The Effect of Migration on Political Support for Co-ethnics: Evidence From Turkey10
Natural Experiments of the Rally 'Round the Flag Effects Using Worldwide Surveys10
Political Imprisonment and Protest Mobilization: Evidence From the GDR9
Organized Crime and Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence From Criminal Groups in Mexico9
U.S. Military Should Not Be in My Backyard: Conjoint Experiments in Japan9
Changes in Perceptions of Border Security Influence Desired Levels of Immigration9
Whom to Repress: Tall Poppies, Key Players, and Weakest Links9
Of One’s Own Making: Leadership Legitimation Strategy and Human Rights9
A Liberal Peace?: The Growth of Liberal Norms and the Decline of Interstate Violence9
The Double-Edged Sword: How State Capacity Prolongs Autocratic Tenure but Hastens Democratization9
The Warm War: The Effect of Ukrainian President’s Communal Personality Traits on Empathy and Pro-Social Behavior towards the Ukrainians8
Bruce Russett Award for Article of the Year in JCR for 20208
“Twice the Citizen”: How Military Attitudes of Superiority Undermine Civilian Control in the United States8
Is China-Taiwan Rapprochement Possible? Experimental Evidence From Taiwan8
Can Western Donors Constrain Repressive Governments? Evidence from Debt Relief Negotiations in Africa8
Knowing is Half the Battle: How Education Decreases the Fear of Terrorism8
Peace Negotiations and Civilian Targeting8
Rainy Friday: Religious Participation and Protests8
Personalist Regime and Rebel Sponsorship in Civil Conflicts8
Does India Use Development Finance to Compete With China? A Subnational Analysis7
Correction Notice7
The Logic of Transitional Justice and State Repression: The Effects of Human Rights Prosecutions in Post-Conflict States7
What it Takes to Return: UN Peacekeeping and the Safe Return of Displaced People7
Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and the Perils of Impunity7
Your Reputation Precedes You: Ceasefires and Cooperative Credibility During Civil Conflict7
Wartime Sexual Violence, Social Stigmatization and Humanitarian Aid: Survey Evidence from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo7
The Impact of Domestic Surveillance on Political Imprisonment: Evidence from the German Democratic Republic7
Due Process and Accountability Under Transitional Justice: Evidence from Mosul, Iraq7
Wargame of Drones: Remotely Piloted Aircraft and Crisis Escalation6
Fighting in Cyberspace: Internet Access and the Substitutability of Cyber and Military Operations6
Nonproliferation Information and Attitude Change: Evidence From South Korea6
What They Are Fighting For – Introducing the UCDP Conflict Issues Dataset6
Crises and Consequences: The Role of U.S. Support in International Bond Markets6
Secret Police Organizations and State Repression6
Examining UN PKO contributions at multiple levels6
Race, Religion, and American Support for Humanitarian Intervention6
New Estimates of Over 500 Years of Historic GDP and Population Data6
The Economic Coercion Trilemma6
The Double-Edged Sword of Foreign Direct Investment on Domestic Terrorism6
Cohesion Among Whom? Stayees, Displaced, and Returnees in Conflict Contexts5
Targeting Quality or Quantity? The Divergent Effects of Targeting Upper Verses Lower-Tier Leaders of Militant Organizations5
International Peacekeeping Encourages Foreign Direct Investment: Subnational Evidence From Liberia’s Extractive Sector5
Losing Hearts & Minds: Aid and Ideology5
Does Deplatforming Work?5
The Commercial Military Actor Database4
Sanctions and Third-party Compliance with US Foreign Policy Preferences: An Analysis of Dual-use Trade4
Signaling Strength with Handicaps4
The Long-run Impact of Childhood Wartime Violence on Preferences for Nuclear Proliferation4
Past and Present Group Exclusion and Conflict: Group Marginalization, Opportunity, and Islamic State Foreign Fighter Mobilization4
Can a Sense of Shared War Experience Increase Refugee Acceptance?4
Putting Terror in Its Place: An Experiment on Mitigating Fears of Terrorism among the American Public4
Named and Shamed: International Advocacy and Public Support for Repressive Leaders4
The Impact of Ideological Ambiguity on Terrorist Organizations4
Is Theory Useful for Conflict Prediction? A Response to Beger, Morgan, and Ward4
Does Peacekeeping Mitigate the Impact of Aid on Conflict? Peacekeeping, Humanitarian Aid and Violence Against Civilians4
Achieving Minimum Deterrence: A New Dyadic Dataset on Strategic Nuclear Weapons Delivery Capabilities4
Commitment to the “National” in Post-Conflict Countries: Public and Private Security Provision in Lebanon4
Peacekeeping, Mediation, and the Conclusion of Local Ceasefires in Non-State Conflicts4
State Security or Exploitation: A Theory of Military Involvement in the Economy4
Does Language Foster Reconciliation? Evidence From the Former Yugoslavia4
Armed Conflicts With Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State: The Role of Repression and State Capacity4
Triangles, Major Powers, and Rivalry Duration4
Bureaucracy at the Border: The Fragmentation of United States Foreign Aid4
Measuring Human Rights Abuse from Access to Information Requests4
Credibility, Organizational Politics, and Crisis Decision Making4
Policing and Political Violence4
How Loyalty Trials Shape Allegiance to Political Order3
Climbing the Ladder: Explaining the Vertical Proliferation of Cruise Missiles3
UN Security Council Elections as an Incentive for Compliance3
Domestic Political Unrest and Sovereign Bond Ratings in the Developing World3
Birth Legacies and State Failure3
Pride and Prejudice: The Dual Effects of “Wolf Warrior Diplomacy” on Domestic and International Audiences3
Institutional Change as a Response to Unrealized Threats: An Empirical Analysis3
Introducing the ETH/PRIO Civil Conflict Ceasefire Dataset3
Rebel Recruitment and Migration: Theory and Evidence From Southern Senegal3
Terrorist Attacks and Trust in Institutions: Micro Evidence From Europe3
Nationality Questions and War: How Ethnic Configurations Affect Conflict Within and Between States3
Choosing Where to Fight: Do Social Networks Distinguish American ISIS Foreign Fighters from ISIS-Inspired Terrorists?3
Boys and Their Toys: Status Inconsistency in Non-democratic Regimes and the Import of Major Weapon Systems3
Returning Veterans’ Attitudes Toward Democracy: Evidence From a Survey of Ukraine’s ATO Veterans3
Do Natural Resources Really Cause Civil Conflict? Evidence from the New Global Resources Dataset3
Titans that Clash and a State that Buffers3
The Militarized Interstate Confrontation Dataset, 1816-20143
Rebel, Remain, or Resign? Military Elites’ Decision-Making at the Onset of the American Civil War3
The Impact of Modern-System Training on Battlefield Participation by Kurdish Soldiers3
The Urban Origins of Rebellion3
Land and State Capacity During Civil Wars: How Land-Based Coalitions Undermine Property Taxation in Colombia3
Bruce Russett Award for Article of the Year in JCR for 20223
Oil Crops and Social Conflict: Evidence From Indonesia3
Introducing the Peacekeeping Mandates (PEMA) Dataset3
Muddying the Waters: The Anatomy of Resistance Campaigns and the Failure of Ceasefires in Civil Wars3
Sanctioning the Homeland: Diasporas’ Influence on American Economic Sanctions Policy3
Pathways to Cooperation: A Relational Theory of Rebel Alliance Formation3
Violent Political Protest: Introducing a New Uppsala Conflict Data Program Data Set on Organized Violence, 1989-20192
Traditional Authorities, Norm Collisions, and Communal Conflict2
Income and Terrorism: Insights From Subnational Data2
Managing Nationalism: Experiments in China2
And the Heat Goes On: Police Repression and the Modalities of Power2
Costs and Cover: Explaining the Onset of Ceasefires in Civil Conflict2
Dovish Hawks: How Leaders’ Combat Experience Influences the End of Civil Conflicts in Peace Agreements2
Preventing Coups and Seeking Allies: The Demand and Supply of Alliances for Coup-Proofing Regimes2
Global Governance From Below: Regional Sanctions as Drivers of UN Sanctions2
Televising Justice during War2
From Cooptation to Violence: Managing Competitive Authoritarian Elections2
Mapping the International System, 1886-2019: The CShapes 2.0 Dataset2
The Law Behind Dispute Onset: How Legal Uncertainty Drives Maritime Boundary Disputes2
The Long Arm and the Iron Fist: Authoritarian Crackdowns and Transnational Repression2
Transatlantic Shakedown: Presidential Shaming and NATO Burden Sharing2
How Civilian Loyalties Shape Rebel-Led Victimization of Rebel Constituencies2
State breakdown and Army-Splinter Rebellions2
Recruiting Rebels: Introducing the Rebel Appeals and Incentives Dataset2
Inefficient Cooperation Under Stochastic and Strategic Uncertainty2
Turning the Tables: Military Intervention and the Onset of Negotiations in Civil War2
I’ll Be Back? Exiled Leaders and Political Instability2
Why Do Leaders Build Walls? Domestic Politics, Leader Survival, and The Fortification of Borders2
Productive and Destructive Group Contests: An Experimental Investigation2
Why Onset Matters: Warfare, Intensity, and Duration in Civil War2
From Politicization to Vigilance: The Post-war Legacies of Wartime Victimization2
Can Rebels Bolster Trust in the Government? Evidence from the Philippines2
A Threat to Cohesion: Intragroup Affective Polarization in the Context of Intractable Intergroup Conflict2
Alliance Reliability and Dispute Escalation2
War on Aisle 5: Casualties, National Identity, and Consumer Behavior2
Social Cohesion, Economic Security, and Forced displacement in the Long-run: Evidence From Rural Colombia2
The Importance of UN Security Council Resolutions in Peacekeeping Operations*2
International Investment Disputes, Media Coverage, and Backlash Against International Law2
Does Police Militarization Increase Repression?2
Interstate Resource Conflicts: A Network-Centric Resource Access Security Perspective2
Elite Cues and Public Attitudes Towards Military Alliances2
Insurgent Conscription for Capacity and Control: State Violence and Coerced Recruitment in Civil War2
Rebel Leader Age and the Outcomes of Civil Wars2
Sacred Time and Religious Violence: Evidence from Hindu-Muslim Riots in India2
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