Paul Richards

173 papers and 4.1k indexed citations
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About

Paul Richards is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Richards has authored 173 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 35 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 30 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Paul Richards’s work include Agriculture and Rural Development Research (29 papers), Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (23 papers) and Agricultural Innovations and Practices (19 papers). Paul Richards is often cited by papers focused on Agriculture and Rural Development Research (29 papers), Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (23 papers) and Agricultural Innovations and Practices (19 papers). Paul Richards collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and Sierra Leone. Paul Richards's co-authors include Donald Q. Innis, Krijn Peters, B. H. Farmer, Esther Yei Mokuwa, Evelyne Kiptot, P.G.M. Hebinck, Steven Franzel, Jean‐Pierre Chauveau, Elisabeth Croll and P.C. Struik and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Richards

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paul Richards. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paul Richards based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Paul Richards. Paul Richards is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Paul Richards

158 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Richards

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Paul Richards. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Paul Richards. The network helps show where Paul Richards may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Richards

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