Think Tank Alert

CFR Council on Foreign Relations

Abbreviation: CFR
Location: New York, United States United States
Founded: 1921
TTA Score: 96.00 points (see how this score was calculated)
Rank: # 3 out of 82 (see full ranking)
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Publications & Citations Timeline

Citations before 2023 are not counted.

Recent Think Tank Publications

Jun 24, 2025 A New U.S. Grand Strategy: A Return to Spheres of Influence, With Sarang Shidore
Jun 24, 2025 Peace in Theory
Jun 24, 2025 Three Years Since the Overturn of Roe v. Wade: Where Abortion Access Stands
Jun 23, 2025 6/23 Virtual Media Briefing: The U.S. Strikes Iran
Jun 23, 2025 Time to End Roundtripping by Big Pharma

Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications

May 1, 2025 Central bank capitalism: monetary policy in times of crisis International Affairs
Mar 27, 2025 An ‘Americas First’ foreign policy includes global health The Lancet Regional Health - Americas
Feb 3, 2025 Eine wacklige Konstruktion bis zur NATO: die bilateralen Sicherheitsabkommen der Ukraine Ukraine-Analysen
Jan 23, 2025 When the World Closed Its Doors Oxford University Press eBooks
Jan 8, 2025 The Role of Importation in Remediating U.S. Generic Drug Shortages New England Journal of Medicine

Top Research Topics

International Relations and Foreign Policy 61 publications
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Global Peace and Security Dynamics 56 publications
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Global trade and economics 34 publications
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Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies 34 publications
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Eastern European Communism and Reforms 30 publications
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These data refer only to publications in peer-reviewed journals; the data source is OpenAlex.

Think Tank Metrics Overview

Core Activities

Articles (since 2020): 4,787
Authors (since 2020): 2,127
Citations (since 2023): 588

Academic Metrics

Scholarly Works: 131
Impact Factor (2 years): 7
H-Index: 62
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Most Productive Authors

1
James M. Lindsay
453
2
Michelle Gavin
254
3
John Campbell
207
4
Robert McMahon
189
5
Joshua Kurlantzick
174

Only articles since 2020 are considered.

Most Often Cited By This Organization

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427
2
tiny icon of brookings Brookings
376
3
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296
4
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil Atlantic Council
184
5
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168

Only citations since 2023 are considered. The range of think tanks taken into account is larger than the ones indexed in this platform (see methodical details).

Think Tanks Citing This Organization

1
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil Atlantic Council
584
2
tiny icon of csis CSIS
444
3
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396
4
tiny icon of brookings Brookings
268
5
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255

Only citations since 2023, and only a limited set of think tanks are considered (see methodical details).