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Journal of Conflict Resolution Template

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About the Journal of Conflict Resolution format

Journal of Conflict Resolution is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Political Conflict and Governance, International Relations and Foreign Policy, Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence. Over its lifetime it has published 3,167 papers, which have received 192,055 citations.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Journal of Conflict Resolution, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inPolitical Conflict and Governance International Relations and Foreign Policy Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence International Development and Aid Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
ISSN0022-0027
Citation impact (2-yr)1.72
h-index202
i10-index2,095
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Michigan
Journal websitewww.sagepub.com
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Papers published in Journal of Conflict Resolution per year

74
2014
97
2015
57
2016
68
2017
49
2018
77
2019
70
2020
48
2021
110
2022
100
2023
53
2024
62
2025

Citation impact of Journal of Conflict Resolution by publication year

4.4K
2014
8.7K
2015
2.2K
2016
3.6K
2017
2.2K
2018
2.5K
2019
2.4K
2020
958
2021
1.6K
2022
767
2023
210
2024
35
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Journal of Conflict Resolution

Trust and suspicion

Morton Deutsch · 1 Dec 1958

Whenever philosophers, poets, statesmen, or theologians have written about man's relationship to his fellow man, to nature, or to animals, the phenomena of and faith and responsibility and irresponsibility, have been discussed. The significance of the phenomena of and suspicion in human life is attested to not only by past preoccupations but also by current…

1,998 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
The Dissemination of Culture

Robert Axelrod · 1 Apr 1997

Despite tendencies toward convergence, differences between individuals and groups continue to exist in beliefs, attitudes, and behavior. An agent-based adaptive model reveals the effects of a mechanism of convergent social influence. The actors are placed at fixed sites. The basic premise is that the more similar an actor is to a neighbor, the more likely…

1,916 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Why States Act through Formal International Organizations

Kenneth W. Abbott, Duncan Snidal · 1 Feb 1998

States use formal international organizations (IOs) to manage both their everyday interactions and more dramatic episodes, including international conflicts. Yet, contemporary international theory does not explain the existence or form of IOs. This article addresses the question of why states use formal organizations by investigating the functions IOs perform and the properties that enable them…

1,755 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Sensitivity Analysis of Empirical Results on Civil War Onset

Håvard Hegre, Nicholas Sambanis · 13 Jul 2006

In the literature on civil war onset, several empirical results are not robust or replicable across studies. Studies use different definitions of civil war and analyze different time periods, so readers cannot easily determine if differences in empirical results are due to those factors or if most empirical results are just not robust. The authors…

1,291 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Journal of Conflict Resolution template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Journal of Conflict Resolution format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Journal of Conflict Resolution template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Journal of Conflict Resolution use?
Journal of Conflict Resolution uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Journal of Conflict Resolution, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Journal of Conflict Resolution?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Journal of Conflict Resolution document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Journal of Conflict Resolution template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Journal of Conflict Resolution format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
What is Journal of Conflict Resolution?
SAGE journal (sagej). It is a multidisciplinary journal, published by SAGE.
Can I export a submission-ready Journal of Conflict Resolution PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Journal of Conflict Resolution template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
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