top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists in Strategic, Defence & Security Studies

2025 single-year list · 674 listed authors · Enabling & Strategic Technologies

674 researchers whose main subfield is Strategic, Defence & Security Studies, part of Enabling & Strategic Technologies, are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, out of 32,161 Scopus authors in the subfield. Authors qualify by ranking in the top 2% of their main subfield or in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c); 184 of these are in the top 100,000.

Listed authors
674
2.10% of the subfield’s Scopus authors
Scopus authors in the subfield
32,161
Median citations
17
top 1% from 435 · all authors in the subfield
Highest-ranked
#577
Slovic, Paul

Top countries

  1. United States19228%
  2. China9214%
  3. Italy548%
  4. United Kingdom507%
  5. Canada264%
  6. Norway254%
  7. Australia213%
  8. Germany183%
  9. New Zealand173%
  10. Netherlands162%

Top institutions

  1. University College London81%
  2. Texas A&M University81%
  3. Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet81%
  4. Politecnico di Milano71%
  5. University of Canterbury71%
  6. Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II71%
  7. Uppsala Universitet71%
  8. International Peace Research Institute, Oslo61%
  9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology61%
  10. Istituto Di Ricerca Per La Protezione Idrogeologica, Perugia61%

674 listed scientists in Strategic, Defence & Security Studies

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