Think Tank Alert

Total Score

tiny icon of iiss IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies) has a total TTA Score of 45.70 points.

This score is the sum of four sub-metrics, as detailed in the following.

Interlinkages

Backlinks to recent articles

tiny icon of csis CSIS cited recent articles of IISS in 14 of its own reports (+5 points for IISS).
tiny icon of ceip CEIP did so 9 times (+4.5 points for IISS).
tiny icon of rusi RUSI did so 8 times (+4 points for IISS).
tiny icon of cfr CFR did so 7 times (+3.5 points for IISS).
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil Atlantic Council did so 6 times (+3 points for IISS).
tiny icon of brookings Brookings did so 5 times (+2.5 points for IISS).
tiny icon of rand RAND did so 4 times (+2 points for IISS).
tiny icon of rsis RSIS did so 4 times (+2 points for IISS).
tiny icon of wilson Wilson Center did so 3 times (+1.5 points for IISS).
tiny icon of gmf GMF did so 2 times (+1 point for IISS).
tiny icon of heritage Heritage Foundation did so 1 time (+0.5 points for IISS).
tiny icon of orf ORF did so 1 time (+0.5 points for IISS).
tiny icon of bruegel Bruegel did so 1 time (+0.5 points for IISS).

tiny icon of iiss IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies) thus obtained 30.50 points in this sub-metric of recent backlinks in think tank interlinkages.

Other backlinks

tiny icon of csis CSIS linked to IISS (to sites other than recent articles) in 24 of its reports (+1 point for IISS).
tiny icon of ceip CEIP did so 20 times (+1 point for IISS).
tiny icon of iai IAI did so 18 times (+1 point for IISS).
tiny icon of rusi RUSI did so 18 times (+1 point for IISS).
tiny icon of rsis RSIS did so 17 times (+1 point for IISS).
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil Atlantic Council did so 16 times (+1 point for IISS).
tiny icon of cfr CFR did so 8 times (+0.8 points for IISS).
tiny icon of idsa IDSA did so 8 times (+0.8 points for IISS).
tiny icon of orf ORF did so 8 times (+0.8 points for IISS).
tiny icon of brookings Brookings did so 7 times (+0.7 points for IISS).
tiny icon of rand RAND did so 6 times (+0.6 points for IISS).
tiny icon of aiia AIIA did so 6 times (+0.6 points for IISS).
tiny icon of heritage Heritage Foundation did so 6 times (+0.6 points for IISS).
tiny icon of ifri Ifri did so 4 times (+0.4 points for IISS).
tiny icon of wilson Wilson Center did so 2 times (+0.2 points for IISS).
tiny icon of cato Cato Institute did so 2 times (+0.2 points for IISS).
tiny icon of oiip OIIP did so 2 times (+0.2 points for IISS).
tiny icon of cidob CIDOB did so 1 time (+0.1 points for IISS).
tiny icon of bruegel Bruegel did so 1 time (+0.1 points for IISS).
tiny icon of clingendael Clingendael did so 1 time (+0.1 points for IISS).
tiny icon of gmf GMF did so 1 time (+0.1 points for IISS).
tiny icon of dgap DGAP did so 1 time (+0.1 points for IISS).
tiny icon of saiia SAIIA did so 1 time (+0.1 points for IISS).

tiny icon of '.$r['img'].' IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies) thus obtained 12.50 points in this sub-metric of other backlinks in think tank interlinkages.

Scientific Metrics

Two-Year Mean Citedness

The two-year mean citedness (or impact factor) of IISS is 0.20. The source for this data is OpenAlex (API-Link here), based on this think tank's ROR ID (i.e., 03jzczt57).

H-Index

The H-Index of IISS is 25, with a tenth of it (or 2.50 points) being added to the total score. The source for this data is likewise OpenAlex.

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