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William R. Thompson

Social Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
International Relations and Foreign PolicyPolitical Conflict and GovernanceInternational Development and AidCellular Mechanics and InteractionsCulture, Economy, and Development Studies

Publications

493

Citations

9,335

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

57

Publishing since 1970

Research summary
AI-generated

The publication record listed under this name spans international relations research including studies of peace, conflict, and long-term economic and political development, such as work on the "East Asian Peace" and transitions between agricultural and industrial eras. Note that the bibliographic data also contains publications on unrelated topics (bone biology in mice and telescope/exoplanet imaging), which likely reflect distinct authors sharing the same name rather than a single research program.

International relations and foreign policyPeace and armed conflict studiesPolitical conflict and governanceLong-term development and industrializationDiffusion and network effects among states

Recorded output was high through the late 2010s and early 2020s, peaking around 2020-2023, but the merged record makes any single trend difficult to interpret reliably.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 17.2/year recently
2017: 19 publications172018: 17 publications182019: 9 publications192020: 28 publications202021: 48 publications48212022: 24 publications222023: 32 publications232024: 26 publications242025: 2 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Evidence-Based Approaches to Peace and Conflict Studies×33
  • Cambridge University Press eBooks×11
  • World-systems evolution and global futures×11
  • Oxford University Press eBooks×11
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×9

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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