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Security Dialogue Template

Write in a clean editor, then format for Security Dialogue in one click — DocuGuru applies the official SAGE template with author–year references and exports a submission-ready PDF plus the editable LaTeX source. Free to start.

About the Security Dialogue format

Security Dialogue is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Global Security and Public Health, Peacebuilding and International Security, Global Peace and Security Dynamics. Over its lifetime it has published 1,475 papers, which have received 45,825 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', Security Dialogue, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inGlobal Security and Public Health Peacebuilding and International Security Global Peace and Security Dynamics Gender, Security, and Conflict International Relations and Foreign Policy
ISSN0967-0106
Citation impact (2-yr)2.64
h-index106
i10-index706
Top institutions publishing herePeace Research Institute Oslo
Journal websitewww.sagepub.com
You getA submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit.

Papers published in Security Dialogue per year

36
2014
37
2015
35
2016
27
2017
36
2018
37
2019
53
2020
38
2021
22
2022
31
2023
41
2024
30
2025

Citation impact of Security Dialogue by publication year

3.3K
2014
3.3K
2015
1.8K
2016
1.2K
2017
1.5K
2018
1.3K
2019
1.5K
2020
717
2021
251
2022
360
2023
189
2024
54
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Security Dialogue

Genealogies of resilience

Jeremy Walker, Melinda Cooper · 1 Apr 2011

Abstract The concept of ‘resilience’ was first adopted within systems ecology in the 1970s, where it marked a move away from the homeostasis of Cold War resource management toward the far-from-equilibrium models of second-order cybernetics or complex systems theory. Resilience as an operational strategy of risk management has more recently been taken up in financial,…

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Hybrid Peace: The Interaction Between Top-Down and Bottom-Up Peace

Roger Mac Ginty · 1 Aug 2010

Abstract This article is interested in the interface between internationally supported peace operations and local approaches to peace that may draw on traditional, indigenous and customary practice. It argues that peace (and security, development and reconstruction) in societies emerging from violent conflict tends to be a hybrid between the external and the local. The article…

Everyday peace: Bottom-up and local agency in conflict-affected societies

Roger Mac Ginty · 10 Nov 2014

Abstract This article is a conceptual scoping of the notion and practice of everyday peace, or the methods that individuals and groups use to navigate their way through life in deeply divided societies. It focuses on bottom-up peace and survival strategies. The article locates everyday peace in the wider study of peace and conflict, and…

Security That Matters: Critical Infrastructure and Objects of Protection

Claudia Aradau · 1 Oct 2010

Abstract Critical infrastructure protection is prominently concerned with objects that appear indispensable for the functioning of social and political life. However, the analysis of material objects in discussions of critical infrastructure protection has remained largely within the remit of managerial responses, which see matter as simply passive, a blank slate. In security studies, critical approaches…

The (in)securitization practices of the three universes of EU border control: Military/Navy – border guards/police – database analysts

Didier Bigo · 1 Jun 2014

Abstract What practices of (in)securitization involve the notions of border and border control in the European Union? How do these practices operate? How are they assembled? In the resulting assemblage, is the notion of borders – understood as state borders – still relevant for the control of individuals and populations moving across the frontiers of…

Security Dialogue template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Security Dialogue format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Security Dialogue 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 Security Dialogue use?
Security Dialogue 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', Security Dialogue, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Security Dialogue?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Security Dialogue 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 Security Dialogue template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Security Dialogue format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
What is Security Dialogue?
SAGE journal (sagej). It is a multidisciplinary journal, published by SAGE.
Can I export a submission-ready Security Dialogue PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Security Dialogue template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Security Dialogue template cost?
You can start writing in the Security Dialogue template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Security Dialogue PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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