Alastair Iles

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Alastair Iles is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Plant Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Alastair Iles has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 19 papers in Plant Science and 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Alastair Iles's work include Organic Food and Agriculture (18 papers), Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (11 papers) and Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (7 papers). Alastair Iles is often cited by papers focused on Organic Food and Agriculture (18 papers), Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (11 papers) and Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (7 papers). Alastair Iles collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Alastair Iles's co-authors include Claire Kremen, Christopher M. Bacon, Maywa Montenegro de Wit, Christopher F. Jones, Clark A. Miller, Patrick Baur, Joanna Ory, Matthew Kam, Adam Calo and John Canny and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Alastair Iles

58 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Diversified Farming Systems: An Agroecological, Systems-based Alternative to Modern Industrial Agriculture

2012 495 citations Claire Kremen, Alastair Iles et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alastair Iles

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All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Remote sensing of hedgerows, windbreaks, and winter cover crops in California's Central Coast reveals low adoption but hotspots of use 2023 ·Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems ·(unknown), Jennifer Symonds, Liz Carlisle, Alastair Iles, Daniel S. Karp, Joanna Ory, Timothy M. Bowles	6
2	Inserting machines, displacing people: how automation imaginaries for agriculture promise ‘liberation’ from the industrialized farm 2023 ·Agriculture and Human Values ·Patrick Baur, Alastair Iles	19
3	Using property law to expand agroecology: Scotland’s land reforms based on human rights 2022 ·The Journal of Peasant Studies ·Adam Calo, (unknown), Alastair Iles	13
4	Social-ecological feedbacks drive tipping points in farming system diversification 2022 ·One Earth ·Melissa Chapman, (unknown), Patrick Baur, Timothy M. Bowles, Liz Carlisle, Federico Castillo, (unknown), Sasha Gennet, Alastair Iles, Daniel S. Karp, Claire Kremen, Jeffrey Liebert, Elissa M. Olimpi, Joanna Ory, Matthew R. Ryan, Amber R. Sciligo, (unknown), Hannah Waterhouse, Carl Boettiger	11
5	Global Disability Justice In Climate Disasters: Mobilizing People With Disabilities As Change Agents 2022 ·Health Affairs ·Alina Engelman, (unknown), Alastair Iles	19
6	Woke Science and the 4th Industrial Revolution: Inside the Making of UNFSS Knowledge 2021 ·Development ·Maywa Montenegro de Wit, Alastair Iles	8
7	Narrow and Brittle or Broad and Nimble? Comparing Adaptive Capacity in Simplifying and Diversifying Farming Systems 2021 ·Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems ·(unknown), Patrick Baur, Aidee Guzman, S. Franz Bender, Adam Calo, Federico Castillo, Kathryn De Master, Antoinette Dumont, (unknown), Claire Kremen, James C. LaChance, Maria Mooshammer, Joanna Ory, (unknown), Yvonne Socolar, Paige Stanley, Alastair Iles, Timothy M. Bowles	74
8	Can Australia transition to an agroecological future? 2020 ·Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems ·Alastair Iles	25
9	Who gets to define ‘the COVID-19 problem’? Expert politics in a pandemic 2020 ·Agriculture and Human Values ·Alastair Iles, Maywa Montenegro de Wit	4
10	Materials sovereignty: Pathways for shaping nanotechnology design 2020 ·Elementa Science of the Anthropocene ·(unknown), Alastair Iles	3
11	Securing the future of US agriculture: The case for investing in new entry sustainable farmers 2019 ·Elementa Science of the Anthropocene ·Liz Carlisle, Maywa Montenegro de Wit, Marcia DeLonge, Adam Calo, Christy Getz, Joanna Ory, (unknown), Ryan E. Galt, (unknown), (unknown), Alastair Iles, Daniel Press	71
12	Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science 2018 ·Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems ·Alastair Iles	10
13	What Green Design Activities and Mindsets Drive Innovation and Sustainability in Student Teams 2017 ·Jeremy Faludi, Alice M. Agogino, Sara Beckman, Alastair Iles	2
14	Agricultural systems: co-producing knowledge and food 2016 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Alastair Iles, Garrett Graddy‐Lovelace, Maywa Montenegro, Ryan E. Galt	8
15	Characterizing the Networks of Digital Information that Support Collaborative Adaptive Forest Management in Sierra Nevada Forests 2015 ·Environmental Management ·Shufei Lei, Alastair Iles, Maggi Kelly	4
16	The Enclave Economy: Foreign Investment and Sustainable Development in Mexico's Silicon Valley 2009 ·Global Environmental Politics ·Alastair Iles	0
17	Shifting to green chemistry: the need for innovations in sustainability marketing 2006 ·Business Strategy and the Environment ·Alastair Iles	52
18	Making seafood sustainable: merging consumption and citizenship in the United States 2004 ·Science and Public Policy ·Alastair Iles	17
19	Spending on UK health care is increasing faster than other public spending 2003 ·BMJ ·Alastair Iles	2
20	Rethinking Differential Obligations: Equity Under the Biodiversity Convention 2003 ·Leiden Journal of International Law ·Alastair Iles	3

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