Institute for Security Studies

Abbreviation: ISS Africa

Location: Pretoria, South Africa

Founded: 1991

TTA Score: 18.70 points (see how this score was calculated)

Rank: # 28 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

Oct 10, 2025 Can Cameroon secure access to the ballot for those in conflict zones?

Oct 9, 2025 Can Africa shift from victim to player at COP30?

Oct 8, 2025 Sudan’s civil war reignites the illicit car trade into Chad

Oct 7, 2025 Cabo Delgado insurgency persists amid failed military strategy

Oct 6, 2025 Terrorist roadblocks strangle the economies of Mali and its neighbours

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): 379

Authors (since 2020): 239

Citations (since 2022): 63

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.

ICG

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CEIP

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).

CEIP

148