Journal of Peace Research
SAGE Publishing · GB · ISSN 00223433
SJR Q1
What the numbers say
More papers are appearing but each paper is, on average, cited less than before.
Field-weighted citation impact moved from 11.06 to 9.67. If you need strong citedness per article, weigh that decline in expected reach. The share of top-10% cited papers moved from 84.4% to 62.2%. For work aiming to be among the most-cited in the field, the journal now places fewer papers in that tier. Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East rose from 0.0% to 3.2% of what the journal runs. If your manuscript deals with politics and conflicts in those regions, the journal currently shows growing receptivity. Uppsala University leads all institutions with 32 papers. Know that a particular university is a frequent contributor, which may affect topic clustering and reviewer familiarity.
Citation metrics
SJR quartile
Q1
SJR score
2.30
Citations / doc (2y)
5.22
h-index
178
Based on the Scopus and OpenAlex citation graphs. We do not provide Clarivate’s JCR Impact Factor.
Output and citation impact
Whether citation performance keeps up as output grows.
PapersField-weighted impact
2018
65
11.06
2019
67
13.60
2020
96
7.82
2021
62
7.46
2022
94
7.20
2023
86
7.55
2024
85
7.39
2025
75
9.67
Topic shift
Share in the last 24 months (2024-09 – 2026-08) versus the previous 24 (2022-09 – 2024-08).
Rising
- Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East0.0%→3.3%+3.3%pPrevNow
- Economic Sanctions and International Relations3.7%→6.5%+2.8%pPrevNow
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration0.0%→2.4%+2.4%pPrevNow
- Conflict Management and Negotiation0.0%→2.4%+2.4%pPrevNow
- Transboundary Water Resource Management0.0%→2.4%+2.4%pPrevNow
Falling
- Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies5.1%→0.0%−5.1%pPrevNow
- International Development and Aid3.7%→0.0%−3.7%pPrevNow
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation5.1%→1.6%−3.5%pPrevNow
- Media Influence and Politics2.2%→0.0%−2.2%pPrevNow
- Social Media and Politics2.2%→0.0%−2.2%pPrevNow
Terms appearing more often
Wording in recent paper titles that stands out against the journal's own baseline.
rebelnonviolentreintegrationcoercioninterstatewartimesanctionscivilianprotestdissent
Author countries
Last 24 months (2024-09 – 2026-08) against the previous 24 (2022-09 – 2024-08).
- US47.1%→43.0%−4.0%pPrevNow
- DE6.4%→15.3%+8.8%pPrevNow
- GB13.4%→12.6%−0.8%pPrevNow
- NO8.7%→10.8%+2.0%pPrevNow
- SE8.1%→6.7%−1.4%pPrevNow
- NL5.2%→4.5%−0.8%pPrevNow
Top 5 institutions
Top 5 institutions publishing in this journal, 2018 – 2026.
Recently published
20The 20 most recent papers — not the full list.
1
Article2026
Does defiance work? How defying “naming and shaming” shapes foreign public opinionClaudia Junghyun Kim, Dongshu Liu
CommunicationSocial Sciences
2
Preprint2026
Media reports of coup d’etat and democratic attitude in neighboring countriesYu Osaki, Masahiro Shoji
CommunicationSocial Sciences
3
Article2026
Rebel group mergers: security imperatives and the autonomy dilemmaSedef A. Topal*
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
4
Article2026
Organized violence 1989–2025, and violent political protestsShawn Davies, T Pettersson*, Magnus Öberg
OAGeneral Health ProfessionsHealth Professions
5
Article2026
Tracing the tracks: uncovering the causal process between drought and pastoralist violence in southwestern MadagascarPatrick Wennström*
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
6
Article2026
Repression after coups: the role of deposed leader partisanshipLasse Aaskoven*, Christian Bjørnskov
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
7
Article2026
Misreading the public? Rethinking surveys in interstate disputesYasuki Kudo*, Sohei Shigemura, Makito Takei
Statistics and ProbabilityMathematics
8
Article2026
She who pays for stereotypes: female leaders and military spendingNila Zarepour-Arizi*
Gender StudiesSocial Sciences
9
Article2026
Dissent at the edge: ambiguous contention and collective performances on university campuses during the COVID-19 lockdownsYuhan Hu*, Ruijie Liu
Political Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
10
Article2026
Environmental peacebuilding in difficult contexts: a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis of conditions for communal cooperation in SomaliaOsman M. Jama, Tobias Ide, Oliver Fritsch, Paul Taucher
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
11
Article2026
From reformists to revolutionaries: how past experience with dissent shapes demands for democratization in resistance campaignsChristoph Dworschak*, Charles Butcher, Jessica Maves Braithwaite
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
12
Article2026
Hate to lose more than love to win: relational status decline and interstate conflictSeulah Choi*
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
13
Article2026
Organizations as pivotal actors in conflict processes: an introductionJessica Braithwaite, Charles Butcher, Johannes Vüllers*
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
14
Article2026
Forgive and forget? Why victims need and demand retributive justice after mass violencePhuong N Pham, Christopher Wiley Shay, Patrick Vinck
OASocial PsychologyPsychology
15
Article2026
Introducing the War-Related Protests dataKirssa Cline Ryckman*, Chaelin Kwon
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
16
Article2026
(Un)organized protest: introducing the Anatomy of Resistance Campaigns 2.0Johannes Vüllers*, Ingrid Vik Bakken, Thea Johansen, Christoph Dworschak, Charles Butcher, Jessica Maves Braithwaite
OAPublic AdministrationSocial Sciences
17
Article2026
The Security Council in its entirety: unveiling 80 years of deliberation through the UNSC Meetings and Speeches datasetTakuto Sakamoto, Tomoyuki Matsuoka, Hiroto Ito
OAGeneral Social SciencesSocial Sciences
18
Article2026
The Major Episodes of Contention (MEC) data project: an introductionErica Chenoweth*, Sooyeon Kang
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
19
Article2026
On the causal (in)significance of legal status: a comparative analysis of compliance with binding and non-binding human rights decisions in Europe and the AmericasAndreas von Staden*, Andreas J. Ullmann
Strategy and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
20
Article2026
Beyond the movement: how Nepal's civil society organizations evolve following nonviolent resistancePrakash Bhattarai, Susmita Puri, Pawan Roy, Shradha Khadka, Johannes Vüllers*
DemographySocial Sciences
Most cited
20Top 20 most cited, 2018 – 2026.
1
ArticleCitations 4242019
Organized violence, 1989–2018 and peace agreementsT Pettersson*, Stina Högbladh, Magnus Öberg
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
2
ArticleCitations 2922019
Tracking organizations in the world: The Correlates of War IGO Version 3.0 datasetsJon Pevehouse, Timothy Nordstrom*, Roseanne W. McManus, Anne Spencer Jamison
DevelopmentSocial Sciences
3
ArticleCitations 2802020
Organized violence, 1989–2019T Pettersson*, Magnus Öberg
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
4
ArticleCitations 2502023
Organized violence 1989–2022, and the return of conflict between statesShawn Davies, T Pettersson*, Magnus Öberg
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
5
ArticleCitations 2332021
Security implications of climate change: A decade of scientific progressNina von Uexkull*, Halvard Buhaug
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
6
ArticleCitations 2112020
Electoral violence: An introductionSarah Birch, Ursula Daxecker*, Kristine Höglund
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
7
ArticleCitations 1942022
Organized violence 1989–2021 and drone warfareShawn Davies, T Pettersson*, Magnus Öberg
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
8
ArticleCitations 1942018
Organized violence, 1989–2017T Pettersson, Kristine Eck*
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
9
ArticleCitations 1842021
Organized violence 1989–2020, with a special emphasis on SyriaT Pettersson*, Shawn Davies, Amber Deniz, Garoun Engström, Nanar Hawach, Stina Högbladh, Margareta Sollenberg, Magnus Öberg
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
10
ArticleCitations 1642019
ViEWS: A political violence early-warning systemHåvard Hegre*, Marie Allansson, Matthias Basedau, Michael P. Colaresi, Mihai Croicu, Hanne Fjelde, Frederick Hoyles, Lisa Hultman, Stina Högbladh, Remco Jansen, Naima Mouhleb, Sayyed Auwn Muhammad, Desirée Nilsson, Håvard Mokleiv Nygård, Gudlaug Olafsdottir, Kristina Petrova, David Randahl, Espen Geelmuyden Rød, Gerald Schneider, Nina von Uexkull, Jonas Vestby
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
11
ArticleCitations 1512018
Stalin’s terror and the long-term political effects of mass repressionYuri Zhukov*, Roya Talibova
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
12
ArticleCitations 1492019
‘If a fight starts, watch the crowd’: The effect of violence on popular support for social movementsJordi Muñoz*, Eva Anduiza
OAPolitical Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
13
ArticleCitations 1332024
Organized violence 1989–2023, and the prevalence of organized crime groupsShawn Davies, Garoun Engström, T Pettersson*, Magnus Öberg
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
14
ArticleCitations 1312019
Ideology and armed conflictJonathan Leader Maynard*
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
15
ArticleCitations 1252019
Electoral contention and violence (ECAV): A new datasetUrsula Daxecker*, Elio Amicarelli, Alexander Jung
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
16
ArticleCitations 1172020
Does electoral violence affect vote choice and willingness to vote? Conjoint analysis of a vignette experimentRoxana Gutiérrez‐Romero*, Adrienne LeBas*
OADemographySocial Sciences
17
ArticleCitations 1072019
Introducing PA-X: A new peace agreement database and datasetChristine Bell*, Sanja Badanjak
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
18
ArticleCitations 1062018
Motivation and opportunity for conflict-induced migration: An analysis of Syrian migration timingJustin Schon*
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
19
ArticleCitations 1052018
Better peacekeepers, better protection? Troop quality of United Nations peace operations and violence against civiliansFelix Haaß*, Nadine Ansorg
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
20
ArticleCitations 1012018
Refugees, forced migration, and conflict: Introduction to the special issueAlex Braithwaite, Idean Salehyan, Burcu Savun*
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
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