Brent McCusker

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
24 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Brent McCusker is a scholar working on Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, Brent McCusker has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Soil Science, 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 9 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Recurrent topics in Brent McCusker's work include Land Rights and Reforms (11 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (8 papers) and Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (6 papers). Brent McCusker is often cited by papers focused on Land Rights and Reforms (11 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (8 papers) and Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (6 papers). Brent McCusker collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Austria. Brent McCusker's co-authors include Edward R. Carr, Alex de Sherbinin, Bryan Jones, Jacob Schewe, Susana B. Adamo, Amelia Midgley, Kayly Ober, Kanta Kumari Rigaud, Jonas Bergmann and Viviane Clément and has published in prestigious journals such as World Development, Climate Dynamics and Geographical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Brent McCusker

24 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Groundswell 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2018 100 200 300
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.

  1. Groundswell
    2018 330 citations Kanta Kumari Rigaud, Alex de Sherbinin et al. profile →
  2. Groundswell : Preparing for Internal Climate Migration
    2018 245 citations Kanta Kumari Rigaud, Alex de Sherbinin et al. Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brent McCusker United States 14 571 327 177 176 143 24 1.2k
Kees van der Geest Germany 20 829 1.5× 350 1.1× 223 1.3× 132 0.8× 62 0.4× 49 1.3k
Tom Mitchell United Kingdom 20 685 1.2× 400 1.2× 320 1.8× 239 1.4× 80 0.6× 52 1.3k
Fiona Miller Australia 18 798 1.4× 449 1.4× 249 1.4× 97 0.6× 83 0.6× 52 1.6k
Chris High United Kingdom 6 597 1.0× 463 1.4× 270 1.5× 70 0.4× 201 1.4× 12 1.1k
Raphael Nawrotzki United States 19 1.1k 1.9× 258 0.8× 209 1.2× 154 0.9× 80 0.6× 48 1.6k
Bishawjit Mallick Germany 23 1.0k 1.8× 431 1.3× 265 1.5× 128 0.7× 77 0.5× 67 1.6k
Amy M. Lerner United States 20 215 0.4× 403 1.2× 187 1.1× 106 0.6× 247 1.7× 35 1.3k
Guro Aandahl Norway 5 377 0.7× 337 1.0× 513 2.9× 251 1.4× 111 0.8× 6 977
Hans G. Bohle Germany 8 732 1.3× 410 1.3× 449 2.5× 274 1.6× 119 0.8× 11 1.4k
Linda Sygna Norway 11 698 1.2× 605 1.9× 555 3.1× 189 1.1× 173 1.2× 22 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Brent McCusker

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brent McCusker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brent McCusker

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McCusker, Brent, et al.. (2019). States of Disease: Political Environments and Human Health. The AAG Review of Books. 7(2). 135–142. 10 indexed citations
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Rigaud, Kanta Kumari, Alex de Sherbinin, Bryan Jones, et al.. (2018). Groundswell : Preparing for Internal Climate Migration. Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University). 245 indexed citations breakdown →
3.
McCusker, Brent. (2016). Livelihoods and Land Uses Produced Together: Evidence from Rural Malawi. Human Geography. 9(3). 63–76. 2 indexed citations
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McCusker, Brent, William G. Moseley, & Maano Ramutsindela. (2015). Land Reform in South Africa. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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Ramutsindela, Maano, William G. Moseley, & Brent McCusker. (2015). Land Reform in South Africa: An Uneven Transformation. 4 indexed citations
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Vizy, Edward K., et al.. (2015). Projected changes in Malawi’s growing season. Climate Dynamics. 45(5-6). 1673–1698. 36 indexed citations
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McCusker, Brent. (2013). The Political Economy of Nature. Human Geography. 6(3). 12–24. 3 indexed citations
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McCusker, Brent, et al.. (2013). Chronic Food Insecurity in Kenya's Asal Areas: Naturalizing Uneven Development Through Depeasantization and Deproletarianization. Human Geography. 6(3). 60–74. 1 indexed citations
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McCusker, Brent, Paul A. O’Keefe, Phil O’Keefe, & Geoff O’Brien. (2013). Introduction: Peasants, Pastoralists and Proletarians: Joining the Debates on Trajectories of Agrarian Change, Livelihoods and Land USE. Human Geography. 6(3). 3–11. 5 indexed citations
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Fisher, Monica, Moushumi Chaudhury, & Brent McCusker. (2010). Do Forests Help Rural Households Adapt to Climate Variability? Evidence from Southern Malawi. World Development. 38(9). 1241–1250. 100 indexed citations
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Moseley, William G. & Brent McCusker. (2008). Fighting Fire With a Broken Teacup: a Comparative Analysis of South Africa's Land‐Redistribution Program*. Geographical Review. 98(3). 322–338. 13 indexed citations
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Brown, Molly E. & Brent McCusker. (2008). Climate Change and Agriculture in Africa: Impact Assessment and Adaptation Strategies. Eos. 89(47). 474–474. 78 indexed citations
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McCusker, Brent & Peter Schmitz. (2008). MODELING LAND REDISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL IN LIMPOPO, SOUTH AFRICA. South African Geographical Journal. 90(2). 80–96. 2 indexed citations
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McCusker, Brent & Alistair Fraser. (2008). Land Reform in the Era of Neoliberalism: Case Studies From the Global South. Geographical Review. 98(3). iii–vi. 5 indexed citations
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King, Brian & Brent McCusker. (2007). Environment and development in the former South African bantustans. Geographical Journal. 173(1). 6–12. 15 indexed citations
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McCusker, Brent, et al.. (2007). Apartheid spatial engineering and land use change in Mankweng, South Africa: 1963–2001. Geographical Journal. 173(1). 56–74. 19 indexed citations
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McCusker, Brent & Ann M. Oberhauser. (2006). An assessment of women’s access to natural resources through communal projects in South Africa. GeoJournal. 66(4). 325–339. 13 indexed citations
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McCusker, Brent & Edward R. Carr. (2005). The co-production of livelihoods and land use change: Case studies from South Africa and Ghana. Geoforum. 37(5). 790–804. 82 indexed citations
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McCusker, Brent. (2002). The impact of membership in communal property associations on livelihoods in the Northern Province, South Africa. GeoJournal. 56(2). 113–122. 17 indexed citations

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