B. Belcher

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
71 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

B. Belcher is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, B. Belcher has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 9 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 9 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in B. Belcher's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (28 papers), Forest Management and Policy (16 papers) and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (11 papers). B. Belcher is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (28 papers), Forest Management and Policy (16 papers) and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (11 papers). B. Belcher collaborates with scholars based in Indonesia, Canada and Spain. B. Belcher's co-authors include Arild Angelsen, Sven Wunder, Ramadhani Achdiawan, Kate Schreckenberg, Nicholas J. Hogarth, Manuel Ruíz-Pérez, William D. Sunderlin, Robert Nasi, Paul Burgers and Levania Santoso and has published in prestigious journals such as World Development, Ecology and Society and Land Use Policy.

In The Last Decade

B. Belcher

64 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Environmental Income and Rural Livelihoods: A Global-Comparative Analysis

2014 792 citations Arild Angelsen, Pamela Jagger et al. World Development profile →
Livelihoods, forests, and conservation in developing countries: An Overview

2005 736 citations Arild Angelsen, B. Belcher et al. World Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
B. Belcher Indonesia	27	2.7k	737	729	545	527	71	4.2k
Oliver T. Coomes Canada	37	2.9k 1.1×	1.1k 1.5×	735 1.0×	477 0.9×	446 0.8×	115	5.0k
Sheona Shackleton South Africa	38	2.3k 0.9×	724 1.0×	527 0.7×	753 1.4×	644 1.2×	106	4.9k
Susanna B. Hecht United States	30	2.2k 0.8×	1.5k 2.0×	448 0.6×	511 0.9×	476 0.9×	83	4.2k
Kate Schreckenberg United Kingdom	32	1.9k 0.7×	422 0.6×	580 0.8×	487 0.9×	343 0.7×	83	3.4k
Wil de Jong Japan	31	2.1k 0.8×	484 0.7×	356 0.5×	390 0.7×	486 0.9×	121	3.3k
Eva Wollenberg United States	33	2.4k 0.9×	692 0.9×	632 0.9×	683 1.3×	732 1.4×	108	5.5k
Peter A. Minang Kenya	30	1.7k 0.7×	422 0.6×	380 0.5×	358 0.7×	368 0.7×	84	2.9k
Erin O. Sills United States	40	3.5k 1.3×	765 1.0×	1.9k 2.6×	560 1.0×	1.2k 2.2×	150	6.2k
Jan Börner Germany	37	3.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.6×	1.9k 2.7×	776 1.4×	444 0.8×	115	6.0k
Pablo Pacheco Indonesia	40	2.9k 1.1×	953 1.3×	593 0.8×	340 0.6×	289 0.5×	132	4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by B. Belcher

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Fields of papers citing papers by B. Belcher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of B. Belcher

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of B. Belcher. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of B. Belcher 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 B. Belcher. B. Belcher is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Belcher, B., et al.. (2025). A quality assessment framework for transdisciplinary research design, monitoring, and evaluation: Guidance for application. MethodsX. 14. 103264–103264.

Belcher, B., et al.. (2024). Indicators for monitoring and evaluating research-for-development: A critical review of a system in use. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators. 24. 100526–100526. 1 indexed citations

Heykoop, Cheryl, et al.. (2023). How to build Theories of Change for transdisciplinary research: Guidance and considerations. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 32(1). 186–196. 6 indexed citations

Belcher, B., et al.. (2021). Leading inter- and transdisciplinary research: Lessons from applying theories of change to a strategic research program. Environmental Science & Policy. 120. 29–41. 38 indexed citations

Belcher, B., et al.. (2021). Conceptualizing the elements of research impact: towards semantic standards. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 8(1). 21 indexed citations

Belcher, B. & Karl Hughes. (2020). Understanding and evaluating the impact of integrated problem-oriented research programmes: Concepts and considerations. Research Evaluation. 30(2). 154–168. 26 indexed citations

Belcher, B., et al.. (2018). Getting forest science to policy discourse: a theory-based outcome assessment of a global research programme. The International Forestry Review. 20(4). 469–487. 9 indexed citations

Martius, Christopher, et al.. (2018). Pathway to impact: Is REDD+ a viable theory of change?. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 7 indexed citations

Belcher, B., et al.. (2017). Evaluating policy-relevant research: lessons from a series of theory-based outcomes assessments. Palgrave Communications. 3(1). 29 indexed citations

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Angelsen, Arild, Pamela Jagger, Ronnie Babigumira, et al.. (2014). Environmental Income and Rural Livelihoods: A Global-Comparative Analysis. World Development. 64(Suppl 1). S12–S28. 792 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wunder, Sven, Arild Angelsen, & B. Belcher. (2014). Forests, Livelihoods, and Conservation: Broadening the Empirical Base. World Development. 64. S1–S11. 214 indexed citations

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Ojha, Hemant, et al.. (2008). Community-based Forest Management Programmes in Nepal: An Overview of Contexts, Policies, Practices and Issues. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 5 indexed citations

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Kusters, Koen, Manuel Ruíz Pérez, Hubert de Foresta, et al.. (2008). Will Agroforests Vanish? The Case of Damar Agroforests in Indonesia. Human Ecology. 36(3). 357–370. 26 indexed citations

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Kusters, Koen, Ramadhani Achdiawan, B. Belcher, & M. Ruiz Pérez. (2006). Balancing Development and Conservation? An Assessment of Livelihood and Environmental Outcomes of Nontimber Forest Product Trade in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 1 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Anthony B., Bruce Campbell, & B. Belcher. (2005). Carving Out a Future: Forests, Livelihoods and the International Woodcarving Trade. CDU eSpace Institutional Repository (Charles Darwin University). 17 indexed citations

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Belcher, B.. (2001). Rattan cultivation and livelihoods: the changing scenario in Kalimantan. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 52(205). 5 indexed citations

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Wollenberg, Eva & B. Belcher. (2001). NTFPs – income for rural populations or not. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 3 indexed citations

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Belcher, B., et al.. (2001). An international comparison of cases of forest product development: overview, description and data requirements. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) eBooks. 26 indexed citations

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Pérez, Manuel Ruíz, et al.. (1996). Policy change in China: the effects on the bamboo sector in Anji county. Journal of Forest Economics. 2(2). 16 indexed citations

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Belcher, B.. (1996). The Role of bamboo in development. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 73. 103149–103149. 4 indexed citations

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