Carol Kerven

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Carol Kerven is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Food Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Carol Kerven has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 20 papers in Food Science and 8 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Carol Kerven's work include Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (33 papers), Animal Diversity and Health Studies (19 papers) and Transboundary Water Resource Management (7 papers). Carol Kerven is often cited by papers focused on Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (33 papers), Animal Diversity and Health Studies (19 papers) and Transboundary Water Resource Management (7 papers). Carol Kerven collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Kazakhstan and Belgium. Carol Kerven's co-authors include Roy H. Behnke, Ian Scoones, E.J. Milner‐Gulland, Sarah Robinson, Maryam Niamir‐Fuller, I. A. Wright, Robin S. Reid, B. A. McGregor, Lynn Huntsinger and Rashmi Singh and has published in prestigious journals such as Land Use Policy, Journal of Sustainable Tourism and Agricultural Systems.

In The Last Decade

Carol Kerven

42 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Range Ecology At Disequilibrium: New Models Of Natural Va... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 100 200 300 400 500
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. Range Ecology At Disequilibrium: New Models Of Natural Variability And Pastoral Adaptation In African Savannas
    1994 515 citations Roy H. Behnke, Carol Kerven et al. profile →

Peers

Carol Kerven
Ayana Angassa Ethiopia
Susanne Vetter South Africa
Paul Scholte United States
Gufu Oba Norway
G.N. Smit South Africa
C. J. Stokes Australia
Muriel Tichit France
Shikui Dong China
Nicky Allsopp South Africa
David Kemp Australia
Ayana Angassa Ethiopia
Carol Kerven
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Countries citing papers authored by Carol Kerven

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carol Kerven

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carol Kerven

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Carol Kerven. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Carol Kerven 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 Carol Kerven. Carol Kerven 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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Kerven, Carol, et al.. (2025). The environmental impact of goats: uprooting the narrative. Frontiers in Animal Science. 6. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Wenjun & Carol Kerven. (2024). Between commons and anticommons: a nested common-private interface framework. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 11(1). 1 indexed citations
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Kerven, Carol. (2024). Contribution of goats to climate change: how and where?. Pastoralism Research Policy and Practice. 14. 2 indexed citations
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Singh, Rashmi & Carol Kerven. (2023). Pastoralism in South Asia: Contemporary stresses and adaptations of Himalayan pastoralists. Pastoralism Research Policy and Practice. 13(1). 9 indexed citations
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Kerven, Carol, et al.. (2023). Characterization of the growth, productivity and physical fiber properties of indigenous cashmere goats in southern Kyrgyzstan. Small Ruminant Research. 226. 107057–107057. 3 indexed citations
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Kerven, Carol, Sarah Robinson, & Roy H. Behnke. (2021). Pastoralism at Scale on the Kazakh Rangelands: From Clans to Workers to Ranchers. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 4. 20 indexed citations
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Robinson, Sarah, et al.. (2016). Pastoralists as Optimal Foragers? Reoccupation and Site Selection in the Deserts of Post-Soviet Kazakhstan. Human Ecology. 45(1). 5–21. 18 indexed citations
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Robinson, Sarah, et al.. (2016). The changing role of bio-physical and socio-economic drivers in determining livestock distributions: A historical perspective from Kazakhstan. Agricultural Systems. 143. 169–182. 18 indexed citations
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Kerven, Carol, et al.. (2011). Pastoralism and farming in Central Asia’s mountains: a research review. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 39 indexed citations
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McGregor, B. A., et al.. (2011). Sources of variation affecting cashmere grown in the Pamir mountain districts of Tajikistan and implications for industry development. Small Ruminant Research. 99(1). 7–15. 16 indexed citations
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Kerven, Carol, et al.. (2011). New opportunities for improving livelihoods by marketing livestock products from Alay and Pamirs of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan: high value cashmere from indigenous goats.. 147–169. 1 indexed citations
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Sadler, Kate, et al.. (2009). A Literature Review of Pastoralist Nutrition and Programming Responses. 4 indexed citations
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Milner‐Gulland, E.J., et al.. (2005). A multi-agent system model of pastoralist behaviour in Kazakhstan. Ecological Complexity. 3(1). 23–36. 36 indexed citations
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Kerven, Carol, et al.. (2003). Retraction and expansion of flock mobility in Central Asia: Costs and consequences. 543–556. 1 indexed citations
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Kerven, Carol, et al.. (2002). Potential for increasing producers' income from wool, fibre and pelts in Central Asia. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 10 indexed citations
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Kerven, Carol. (1992). Customary Commerce: A Historical Reassessment Of Pastoral Livestock Marketing In Africa. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 64 indexed citations
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Kerven, Carol. (1987). Some research and development implications for pastoral dairy production in Africa. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 12 indexed citations
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Kerven, Carol. (1987). The role of milk in a pastoral diet and economy: The case of South Darfur, Sudan. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 9 indexed citations
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Kerven, Carol. (1980). Rural-urban migration and agricultural productivity in Botswana.. 5 indexed citations
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Kerven, Carol. (1976). Migration and Adaptation to Francistown, North-East Botswana. Botswana notes and records. 8. 301–302.

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