Alberto Zezza

5.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
89 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Alberto Zezza is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Economics and Econometrics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alberto Zezza has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 28 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 26 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Alberto Zezza's work include Agricultural Innovations and Practices (23 papers), Income, Poverty, and Inequality (17 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (12 papers). Alberto Zezza is often cited by papers focused on Agricultural Innovations and Practices (23 papers), Income, Poverty, and Inequality (17 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (12 papers). Alberto Zezza collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and France. Alberto Zezza's co-authors include Calogero Carletto, Luca Tasciotti, Benjamin Davis, Gero Carletto, Paul Winters, Carlo Azzarri, Stefania Di Giuseppe, Sara Savastano, Raka Banerjee and Benjamin G. Davis and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, World Development and Journal of Development Economics.

In The Last Decade

Alberto Zezza

86 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Urban agriculture, poverty, and food security: Empirical evidence from a sample of developing countries

2010 542 citations Alberto Zezza, Luca Tasciotti Food Policy profile →
Towards better measurement of household food security: Harmonizing indicators and the role of household surveys

2012 304 citations Calogero Carletto, Alberto Zezza et al. profile →
Are African households (not) leaving agriculture? Patterns of households’ income sources in rural Sub-Saharan Africa

2016 220 citations Stefania Di Giuseppe, Alberto Zezza et al. Food Policy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alberto Zezza United States	28	994	854	782	726	578	89	3.4k
Calogero Carletto United States	28	1.1k 1.1×	891 1.0×	716 0.9×	630 0.9×	203 0.4×	84	2.8k
Ulrike Grote Germany	33	775 0.8×	613 0.7×	648 0.8×	631 0.9×	643 1.1×	168	3.7k
Monica Fisher United States	29	1.3k 1.3×	710 0.8×	437 0.6×	763 1.1×	368 0.6×	67	3.0k
Gerald Shively United States	33	921 0.9×	714 0.8×	347 0.4×	870 1.2×	283 0.5×	117	3.1k
Manfred Zeller Germany	34	1.2k 1.2×	1.0k 1.2×	510 0.7×	2.0k 2.7×	381 0.7×	142	4.4k
Daniel Maxwell United States	31	481 0.5×	728 0.9×	736 0.9×	429 0.6×	715 1.2×	94	3.7k
Per Pinstrup‐Andersen United States	32	776 0.8×	485 0.6×	440 0.6×	510 0.7×	771 1.3×	128	4.3k
Alan de Brauw United States	36	689 0.7×	592 0.7×	1.5k 2.0×	913 1.3×	311 0.5×	103	4.0k
Luc Christiaensen United States	36	1.2k 1.2×	1.7k 1.9×	1.6k 2.0×	1.7k 2.4×	314 0.5×	137	5.3k
Andrew Dorward United Kingdom	31	2.1k 2.1×	1.0k 1.2×	608 0.8×	1.2k 1.6×	333 0.6×	190	4.2k

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All Works

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Wollburg, Philip, et al.. (2023). The Evolution of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Panel Survey Data. World Bank policy research working paper. 1 indexed citations

Wollburg, Philip, et al.. (2023). The evolution of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from panel survey data. BMC Proceedings. 17(S7). 8–8. 10 indexed citations

Carletto, Gero, et al.. (2023). Too Rare to Dare?: Leveraging Household Surveys to Boost Research on Climate Migration. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 1 indexed citations

Wollburg, Philip, et al.. (2023). Assessing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and barriers to uptake in Sub-Saharan Africa. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 121–121. 22 indexed citations

Dang, Hai‐Anh, et al.. (2022). Learning Inequalities During COVID-19: Evidence from Longitudinal Surveys from Sub-Saharan Africa. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

Zezza, Alberto, Sydney Gourlay, & Vasco Molini. (2022). Closing the data gap in agriculture through sustainable investment in the data value chain: Realizing the vision of the 50x2030 Initiative. Statistical Journal of the IAOS. 38(1). 57–62. 3 indexed citations

Wollburg, Philip, et al.. (2022). Turning COVID-19 Vaccines into Vaccinations: New Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 2 indexed citations

Carletto, Gero, et al.. (2021). Measure for Measure: Comparing Survey Based Estimates of Income and Consumption for Rural Households. The World Bank Research Observer. 37(1). 1–38. 14 indexed citations

Gourlay, Sydney, et al.. (2021). Viewpoint: High-frequency phone surveys on COVID-19: Good practices, open questions. Food Policy. 105. 102153–102153. 67 indexed citations

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Kilic, Talip, Alberto Zezza, Calogero Carletto, & Sara Savastano. (2016). Missing(ness) in Action: Selectivity Bias in GPS-Based Land Area Measurements. World Development. 92. 143–157. 41 indexed citations

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Zezza, Alberto, et al.. (2016). Milking the data: Measuring milk off-take in extensive livestock systems. Experimental evidence from Niger. Food Policy. 59. 174–186. 20 indexed citations

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Zezza, Alberto. (2012). Livestock in Niger : an important asset for growth and poverty reduction. 1–2.

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Carletto, Calogero, Alberto Zezza, & Sara Savastano. (2011). Fact or Artefact. The World Bank eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Winters, Paul, Calogero Carletto, Benjamin Davis, & Alberto Zezza. (2011). Assessing the Impact of Migration on Food and Nutrition Security. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Winters, Paul, Alberto Zezza, Benjamin Davis, Luca Tasciotti, & Esteban J. Quiñones. (2011). Rural Household Access to Assets and Markets: A Cross-Country Comparison. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Winters, Paul, Benjamin Davis, Calogero Carletto, et al.. (2010). A Cross-Country Comparison of Rural Income Generating Activities. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations

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Azzarri, Carlo & Alberto Zezza. (2010). International migration and nutritional outcomes in Tajikistan. Food Policy. 36(1). 54–70. 52 indexed citations

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Winters, Paul, Benjamin Davis, Calogero Carletto, Kostas Stamoulis, & Alberto Zezza. (2009). Rural Income Generating Activities: Whatever Happened to the Institutional Vacuum? Evidence From Ghana, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Vietnam. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Winters, Paul, Benjamin Davis, Calogero Carletto, et al.. (2009). Assets, Activities and Rural Income Generation: Evidence From a Multicountry Analysis. SSRN Electronic Journal. 95 indexed citations

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Zezza, Alberto & Luis D. Llambí. (2002). Meso-Economic Filters Along the Policy Chain: Understanding the Links Between Policy Reforms and Rural Poverty in Latin America. World Development. 30(11). 1865–1884. 21 indexed citations

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