Paul Mapfumo

4.9k citations

108 papers · 3.7k · 1 hit paper · h-index 34

Impact in

Soil Science top 0.5%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Agricultural risk and resilience
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences top 0.1%
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices

Papers in

Soil Science 48
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics 27
- Agricultural risk and resilience 9
Agronomy and Crop Science 40
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems 30
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility 12

Co-authors: Florence Mtambanengwe (73 shared papers)K.E. Giller (23 shared papers)Régis Chikowo (27 shared papers)Hatirarami Nezomba (29 shared papers)Pablo Adrián Tittonell (9 shared papers)H.K. Murwira (1 shared paper)Pauline Paidamoyo Chivenge (1 shared paper)Johan Six (1 shared paper)
Journals: Field Crops Research (8 papers)Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (6 papers)Symbiosis (5 papers)Plant and Soil (5 papers)PLoS ONE (3 papers)
Partner nations: Zimbabwe Netherlands Kenya

In The Last Decade

Paul Mapfumo

105 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Paul Mapfumo's Hit Papers

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Communicating complexity: Integrated assessment of trade-offs concerning soil fertility management within African farming systems to support innovation and development 2010 · 394 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2010 Agricultural Systems

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1	Communicating complexity: Integrated assessment of trade-offs concerning soil fertility management within African farming systems to support innovation and development Agricultural Systems ·K.E. Giller, Pablo Adrián Tittonell, Mariana Cristina Rufino, Mark T. van Wijk, Shamie Zingore, Paul Mapfumo, Samuel Adjei-Nsiah, Mario Herrero Hit paper breakdown →	2010	394
2	Long-term impact of reduced tillage and residue management on soil carbon stabilization: Implications for conservation agriculture on contrasting soils Soil and Tillage Research ·Pauline Paidamoyo Chivenge, H.K. Murwira, K.E. Giller, Paul Mapfumo, Johan Six	2006	367
3	Agroecology-based aggradation-conservation agriculture (ABACO): Targeting innovations to combat soil degradation and food insecurity in semi-arid Africa Field Crops Research ·Pablo Adrián Tittonell, Éric Scopel, Nadine Andrieu, Héléna Posthumus, Paul Mapfumo, Marc Corbeels, G.E. van Halsema, Rabah Lahmar	2012	141
4	Organic Matter Management as an Underlying Cause for Soil Fertility Gradients on Smallholder Farms in Zimbabwe Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems ·Florence Mtambanengwe, Paul Mapfumo	2005	128
5	Competing use of organic resources, village-level interactions between farm types and climate variability in a communal area of NE Zimbabwe Agricultural Systems ·Mariana Cristina Rufino, J. Dury, Pablo Adrián Tittonell, Mark T. van Wijk, Mario Herrero, Shamie Zingore, Paul Mapfumo, K.E. Giller	2010	120
6	Participatory action research (PAR) as an entry point for supporting climate change adaptation by smallholder farmers in Africa Environmental Development ·Paul Mapfumo, Samuel Adjei-Nsiah, Florence Mtambanengwe, Régis Chikowo, K.E. Giller	2012	118
7	Climate change and maize yield in southern Africa: what can farm management do? Global Change Biology ·Jairos Rurinda, Mark T. van Wijk, Paul Mapfumo, Katrien Descheemaeker, Iwan Supit, K.E. Giller	2015	103
8	Ecological Intensification: Local Innovation to Address Global Challenges Sustainable agriculture reviews ·Pablo Adrián Tittonell, Laurens Klerkx, Frédéric Baudron, Georges F. Félix, Andrea Ruggia, Dirk F. van Apeldoorn, Santiago Dogliotti, Paul Mapfumo	2016	101
9	Building on indigenous knowledge to strengthen the capacity of smallholder farming communities to adapt to climate change and variability in southern Africa Climate and Development ·Paul Mapfumo, Florence Mtambanengwe, Régis Chikowo	2015	88
10	Pathways to transformational change in the face of climate impacts: an analytical framework Climate and Development ·Paul Mapfumo, Mary Onyango, Saïd K. Honkponou, El Houssine El Mzouri, Andrew Karanja Githeko, Lilia Rabeharisoa, Joy Apiyo Obando, Nancy Omolo	2015	88
11	Zinc fertilization influence on maize productivity and grain nutritional quality under integrated soil fertility management in Zimbabwe Field Crops Research ·Grace M. Manzeke, Florence Mtambanengwe, Hatirarami Nezomba, Paul Mapfumo	2014	81
12	Woody legume fallow productivity, biological N2-fixation and residual benefits to two successive maize crops in Zimbabwe Plant and Soil ·Régis Chikowo, Paul Mapfumo, P. Nyamugafata, K.E. Giller	2004	77
13	Sources of vulnerability to a variable and changing climate among smallholder households in Zimbabwe: A participatory analysis Climate Risk Management ·Jairos Rurinda, Paul Mapfumo, Mark T. van Wijk, Florence Mtambanengwe, Mariana Cristina Rufino, Régis Chikowo, K.E. Giller	2014	77
14	Mineral N dynamics, leaching and nitrous oxide losses under maize following two-year improved fallows on a sandy loam soil in Zimbabwe Plant and Soil ·Régis Chikowo, Paul Mapfumo, P. Nyamugafata, K.E. Giller	2004	76
15	Maize productivity and mineral N dynamics following different soil fertility management practices on a depleted sandy soil in Zimbabwe Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment ·Régis Chikowo, Paul Mapfumo, P. Nyamugafata, K.E. Giller	2003	71
16	Fertilizer management and soil type influence grain zinc and iron concentration under contrasting smallholder cropping systems in Zimbabwe Scientific Reports ·Muneta G. Manzeke, Florence Mtambanengwe, Michael James Watts, Elliott M. Hamilton, Richard Lark, Martin R. Broadley, Paul Mapfumo	2019	68
17	Comparative assessment of maize, finger millet and sorghum for household food security in the face of increasing climatic risk European Journal of Agronomy ·Jairos Rurinda, Paul Mapfumo, Mark T. van Wijk, Florence Mtambanengwe, Mariana Cristina Rufino, Régis Chikowo, K.E. Giller	2014	67
18	Soil fertility management effects on maize productivity and grain zinc content in smallholder farming systems of Zimbabwe Plant and Soil ·Grace M. Manzeke, Paul Mapfumo, Florence Mtambanengwe, Régis Chikowo, Takesure Tendayi, İsmail Çakmak	2012	62
19	Tapping indigenous herbaceous legumes for soil fertility management by resource-poor farmers in Zimbabwe Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment ·Paul Mapfumo, Florence Mtambanengwe, K.E. Giller, Sheunesu Mpepereki	2005	61
20	Maize productivity and nutrient and water use efficiencies across soil fertility domains on smallholder farms in Zimbabwe Field Crops Research ·Natasha Kurwakumire, Régis Chikowo, Florence Mtambanengwe, Paul Mapfumo, Sieglinde S. Snapp, Adrian Johnston, Shamie Zingore	2014	61

About Paul Mapfumo

Paul Mapfumo is a scholar working on Soil Science, Agronomy and Crop Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, having authored 108 papers that have together received 3.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (30 papers), Agricultural Innovations and Practices (28 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (27 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (24 papers), Climate change impacts on agriculture (18 papers), Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (12 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (9 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (1.6k citations), General Agricultural and Biological Sciences (1.1k citations), Agronomy and Crop Science (1.0k citations), Forestry (214 citations) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (999 citations). Paul Mapfumo has collaborated with scholars based in Zimbabwe, Netherlands and Kenya. Frequent co-authors include Florence Mtambanengwe, K.E. Giller, Régis Chikowo, Hatirarami Nezomba, Pablo Adrián Tittonell, H.K. Murwira, Pauline Paidamoyo Chivenge, Johan Six, Jairos Rurinda and P. Nyamugafata. Their work appears in journals such as Field Crops Research, Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, Symbiosis, Plant and Soil and PLoS ONE.

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