Paul Richards

178 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Paul Richards's Hit Papers

Fighting for the Rain Forest: War, Youth and Resources in Sierra Leone 1996 · 526 citations
5260+24+49Years since publication2505007501000

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Paul Richards
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  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1.1k
  • Forestry 278
  • Development 244
  • Anthropology 510
  • Soil Science 504
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Paul Richards, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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The tropical rain forest
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19521041
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Fighting for the Rain Forest: War, Youth and Resources in Sierra Leone
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1996526
3 1986348
4
No peace, no war : an anthropology of contemporary armed conflicts
2004221
5 1998166
6
Coping with hunger. Hazard and experiment in an African rice-farming system.
1986158
7 2005144
8 2007130
9 1986123
10 1994122
11 2015117
12 2016115
13 2014103
14 2006100
15 200890
16 198378
17 201174
18 200469
19 202258
20 198057

About Paul Richards

Paul Richards is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Infectious Diseases and Anthropology, having authored 192 papers that have together received 5.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Agriculture and Rural Development Research (34 papers), Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (23 papers), Agricultural Innovations and Practices (19 papers), Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (16 papers), Political Conflict and Governance (7 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (7 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (6 papers) and COVID-19 epidemiological studies (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences (1.1k citations), Forestry (278 citations), Development (244 citations), Anthropology (510 citations) and Soil Science (504 citations). Paul Richards has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and Sierra Leone. Frequent co-authors include Donald Q. Innis, Krijn Peters, B. H. Farmer, Esther Yei Mokuwa, Steven Franzel, P.G.M. Hebinck, Evelyne Kiptot, Jean‐Pierre Chauveau, P.C. Struik and David Parkin. Their work appears in journals such as Africa, NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, PLoS ONE, African Affairs and Journal of Agrarian Change.

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