Barry Smit

19.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
103 papers, 11.4k citations indexed

About

Barry Smit is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, Barry Smit has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 11.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 31 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 24 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Recurrent topics in Barry Smit's work include Climate change impacts on agriculture (24 papers), Indigenous Studies and Ecology (15 papers) and Rural development and sustainability (15 papers). Barry Smit is often cited by papers focused on Climate change impacts on agriculture (24 papers), Indigenous Studies and Ecology (15 papers) and Rural development and sustainability (15 papers). Barry Smit collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Australia and United States. Barry Smit's co-authors include Johanna Wandel, James D. Ford, Mark W. Skinner, Robert McLeman, John Smithers, Tristan Pearce, Ben Bradshaw, Frank Duerden, Michael Brklacich and Yunlong Cai and has published in prestigious journals such as Global Environmental Change, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment and Climatic Change.

In The Last Decade

Barry Smit

103 papers receiving 10.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Adaptation, adaptive capacity and vulnerability

2006 3.5k citations Barry Smit, Johanna Wandel Global Environmental Change profile →
Adaptation options in agriculture to climate change: a typology

2002 759 citations Barry Smit et al. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change profile →
Migration as an Adaptation to Climate Change

2006 529 citations Barry Smit et al. profile →
Climate change, food security, and livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa

2015 279 citations Barry Smit et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Social–ecological change and implications for food security in Funafuti, Tuvalu 2017 ·Ecology and Society ·(unknown), Tristan Pearce, James D. Ford, Barry Smit	21
2	Climate Change and Forest Communities: Prospects for Building Institutional Adaptive Capacity in the Congo Basin Forests 2014 ·AMBIO ·H. Carolyn Peach Brown, Barry Smit, Olufunso A. Somorin, Dénis Sonwa, Johnson Nkem	8
3	Community vulnerability to climate change in the context of other exposure-sensitivities in Kugluktuk, Nunavut 2011 ·Polar Research ·Jason Prno, Ben Bradshaw, Johanna Wandel, Tristan Pearce, Barry Smit, Laura Tozer	58
4	Climate Change and the Wine Industry: Current Research Themes and New Directions 2010 ·Journal of Wine Research ·Tara Holland, Barry Smit	55
5	Climate change and mining in Canada 2010 ·Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change ·Tristan Pearce, James D. Ford, Jason Prno, Frank Duerden, Jeremy Pittman, (unknown), Lea Berrang‐Ford, Barry Smit	89
6	Case study and analogue methodologies in climate change vulnerability research 2010 ·Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change ·James D. Ford, E. Carina H. Keskitalo, Tanya Smith, Tristan Pearce, Lea Berrang‐Ford, Frank Duerden, Barry Smit	261
7	Inuit vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate change in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada 2009 ·Polar Record ·Tristan Pearce, Barry Smit, Frank Duerden, James D. Ford, (unknown), (unknown)	135
8	Adaptation, adaptive capacity and vulnerability breakdown → 2006 ·Global Environmental Change ·Barry Smit, Johanna Wandel	3468
9	Agricultural adaptation to climate change in the news 2006 ·International Journal of Sustainable Development ·Ellen Wall, Barry Smit	4
10	Sleeping Sickness in Southeastern Uganda: A SystemsApproach 2005 ·EcoHealth ·Lea Berrang‐Ford, David Waltner‐Toews, Dominique Charron, Martin Odiit, John McDermott, Barry Smit	10
11	Human adaptation to climatic variability and change 1997 ·Global Environmental Change ·John Smithers, Barry Smit	323
12	GLOBAL CHANGE, CLIMATE, AND GEOGRAPHY 1994 ·Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes ·Barry Smit	6
13	IMPLICATIONS OF GLOBAL WARMING FOR AGRICULTURE IN ONTARIO 1992 ·Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes ·Barry Smit, Michael Brklacich	4
14	Adoption of soil conservation practices: An empirical analysis in Ontario, Canada 1992 ·Land Degradation and Development ·Barry Smit, John Smithers	53
15	Identification of marginal agricultural areas in Ontario, Canada 1991 ·Geoforum ·Barry Smit, (unknown), (unknown)	6
16	Why International Development Neglects Indigenous Social Reality 1991 ·Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développement ·David Butz, Steven M. Lonergan, Barry Smit	4
17	Consumer Preferences for Rural Residences: A Conjoint Analysis in Ontario, Canada 1989 ·Environment and Planning A Economy and Space ·Alun E. Joseph, Barry Smit, (unknown)	29
18	Sustainable development and the analysis of rural systems 1989 ·Journal of Rural Studies ·Barry Smit, Michael Brklacich	25
19	Land-Use Criticality Measures Based on an Interior Point in a Convex Polytope 1988 ·Environment and Planning B Planning and Design ·Mark Flaherty, (unknown), Barry Smit	1
20	COVARIANCE METHODS FOR SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS 1978 ·The Professional Geographer ·Barry Smit	1

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