Institute for Security Studies

Abbreviation: ISS Africa

Location: Pretoria, South Africa

Founded: 1991

TTA Score: 13.50 points (see how this score was calculated)

Rank: # 34 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 South Africa’s National Dialogue: putting the cart before the horse

Jun 23, 2025 Violent extremism erodes local climate resilience in the Sahel

Jun 20, 2025 African refugees bear the brunt of shifting global politics

Jun 19, 2025 Can a new leader elevate the Hawks?

Jun 18, 2025 Africa can benefit from new global climate alliances

Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications

Jul 16, 2024 An Investigation of Sectoral Growth’s Impact on Income Inequality in Africa Journal of the Knowledge Economy

Mar 8, 2024 INSPIRE: Seven strategies for ending violence against children—exploring knowledge uptake, use and impact Deleted Journal

Jan 8, 2024 Intelligence Collection Disciplines—A Systematic Review Journal of Applied Security Research

Nov 15, 2023 Offset Reflector With a Non-Focal Phased Array Feed for Space Applications 2022 IEEE Conference on Antenna Measurements and Applications (CAMA)

Oct 4, 2023 Inherited traumas in diaspora: postmemory, past-presencing and mobilisation of second-generation Kurds in Europe Ethnic and Racial Studies

Top Research Topics

Global Peace and Security Dynamics 17 publications

International Development and Aid 14 publications

Political Conflict and Governance 13 publications

Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics 8 publications

African history and culture studies 8 publications

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

Core Activities

Articles (since 2020): 298

Authors (since 2020): 238

Citations (since 2023): 52

Academic Metrics

Scholarly Works: 49

Impact Factor (2 years): 4

H-Index: 24

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Peter Fabricius

Jakkie Cilliers

David Bruce

Karen Allen

Dawit Yohannes

Only articles since 2020 are considered.

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Africa Center

Brookings

CEIP

CSIS

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).