International Institute for Strategic Studies

Abbreviation: IISS

Location: London, UK

Founded: 1958

TTA Score: 56.80 points (see how this score was calculated)

Rank: # 7 out of 82 (see full ranking)

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Publications & Citations Timeline

Citations before 2022 are not counted.

Note also that not all outputs are collected (e.g., our database generally focuses on English-language reports that are not in a PDF format), and that data collection may be subject to unintended errors and omissions.

Recent Think Tank Publications

Nov 28, 2025 Russia‒Ukraine: turbulent diplomacy

Nov 26, 2025 India–UK defence industry ties: what lies ahead?

Nov 24, 2025 Small state, big exposure: Iceland’s new national-security strategy

Nov 21, 2025 The prohibition on the use of force: what its erosion tells us about the international system

Nov 20, 2025 Russia’s Burevestnik and Poseidon tests

Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications

May 28, 2025 Librarian acceptance of artificial intelligence in academic libraries of Islamabad: An application of the technology acceptance model Technical Services Quarterly

Apr 29, 2025 Concerted Autonomy: Defence-industrial Partnerships in the Asia-Pacific Strategic Dossiers

Apr 29, 2025 Six Questions: Trump and International Security Strategic Dossiers

Feb 20, 2025 Australia Oxford University Press eBooks

Feb 29, 2024 Social entrepreneurship orientation and institutional pressures: Role of level of utilitarian identity and level of other regarding values Environment and Social Psychology

Top Research Topics

International Relations and Foreign Policy 47 publications

Nuclear Issues and Defense 27 publications

Defense, Military, and Policy Studies 26 publications

European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies 25 publications

Global Peace and Security Dynamics 23 publications

These data refer only to publications in peer-reviewed journals; the data source is OpenAlex.

Core Activities

Articles (since 2020): 694

Authors (since 2020): 301

Citations (since 2022): 272

Academic Metrics

Scholarly Works: 32

Impact Factor (2 years): 0

H-Index: 25

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Timothy Wright

Nigel Gould-Davies

Meia Nouwens

Douglas Barrie Senior Fellow for Military AerospaceAbout Douglas

Douglas Barrie

Only articles since 2020 are considered.

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Only citations since 2022 are considered. The range of think tanks taken into account is larger than the ones indexed in this platform (see methodical details).