Chasca Twyman

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Chasca Twyman is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Chasca Twyman has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 13 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 13 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Chasca Twyman's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (16 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (13 papers) and Agricultural Innovations and Practices (10 papers). Chasca Twyman is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (16 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (13 papers) and Agricultural Innovations and Practices (10 papers). Chasca Twyman collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Africa and United States. Chasca Twyman's co-authors include David S.G. Thomas, Henny Osbahr, Lindsay C. Stringer, Bruce Hewitson, W. Neil Adger, Susannah M. Sallu, Andrew J. Dougill, Mark S. Reed, Deborah Sporton and Jen Dyer and has published in prestigious journals such as Conservation Biology, Global Environmental Change and Climatic Change.

In The Last Decade

Chasca Twyman

39 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Adaptation to climate change and variability: farmer responses to intra-seasonal precipitation trends in South Africa

2007 447 citations David S.G. Thomas, Chasca Twyman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chasca Twyman United Kingdom	21	1000	986	837	584	560	39	2.6k
Henny Osbahr United Kingdom	20	1.1k 1.1×	772 0.8×	849 1.0×	374 0.6×	587 1.0×	39	2.5k
Carla Roncoli United States	24	1.7k 1.7×	934 0.9×	1.0k 1.2×	596 1.0×	773 1.4×	54	3.5k
Anita Wreford New Zealand	22	1.1k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	1.1k 1.4×	446 0.8×	345 0.6×	78	3.2k
Lars Otto Næss United Kingdom	20	1.4k 1.4×	1.7k 1.7×	1.8k 2.2×	570 1.0×	401 0.7×	59	3.8k
Edward R. Carr United States	27	723 0.7×	735 0.7×	830 1.0×	282 0.5×	416 0.7×	63	2.4k
Susannah M. Sallu United Kingdom	26	598 0.6×	838 0.8×	515 0.6×	366 0.6×	311 0.6×	66	2.2k
Thomas J. Bassett United States	27	532 0.5×	684 0.7×	854 1.0×	602 1.0×	374 0.7×	76	2.7k
Marisa Goulden United Kingdom	12	836 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	392 0.7×	260 0.5×	18	2.5k
Johanna Wolf United Kingdom	10	903 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	1.7k 2.1×	715 1.2×	244 0.4×	11	3.1k
Lindsey Jones United Kingdom	24	657 0.7×	815 0.8×	1.0k 1.2×	247 0.4×	348 0.6×	58	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Chasca Twyman

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chasca Twyman

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

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Reed, Mark S., Karen E. Allen, Andrew J. Dougill, et al.. (2017). A place-based approach to payments for ecosystem services. Global Environmental Change. 43. 92–106. 98 indexed citations

Twyman, Chasca, Thomas Aneurin Smith, & Alex Arnall. (2015). What is carbon? Conceptualising carbon and capabilities in the context of community sequestration projects in the global South. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change. 6(6). 627–641. 9 indexed citations

Twyman, Chasca, et al.. (2014). Research and Fieldwork in Development. 20 indexed citations

Arnall, Alex, David S.G. Thomas, Chasca Twyman, & Diana Liverman. (2013). Flooding, resettlement, and change in livelihoods: evidence from rural Mozambique. Disasters. 37(3). 468–488. 74 indexed citations

Arnall, Alex, David S.G. Thomas, Chasca Twyman, & Diana Liverman. (2013). NGOs, elite capture and community-driven development: perspectives in rural Mozambique. The Journal of Modern African Studies. 51(2). 305–330. 19 indexed citations

Twyman, Chasca, Evan Fraser, Lindsay C. Stringer, et al.. (2011). Climate Science, Development Practice, and Policy Interactions in Dryland Agroecological Systems. Ecology and Society. 16(3). 20 indexed citations

Pasquini, Lorena, Chasca Twyman, & John Wainwright. (2010). Toward a Conceptual Framework for Blending Social and Biophysical Attributes in Conservation Planning: A Case-Study of Privately-Conserved Lands. Environmental Management. 46(5). 659–670. 16 indexed citations

Osbahr, Henny, Chasca Twyman, W. Neil Adger, & David S.G. Thomas. (2010). Evaluating Successful Livelihood Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change in Southern Africa. Ecology and Society. 15(2). 149 indexed citations

Sallu, Susannah M., Chasca Twyman, & Lindsay C. Stringer. (2010). Resilient or Vulnerable Livelihoods? Assessing Livelihood Dynamics and Trajectories in Rural Botswana. Ecology and Society. 15(4). 205 indexed citations

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Pasquini, Lorena, Richard M. Cowling, Chasca Twyman, & John Wainwright. (2009). Devising Appropriate Policies and Instruments in Support of Private Conservation Areas: Lessons Learned from the Klein Karoo, South Africa. Conservation Biology. 24(2). 470–478. 37 indexed citations

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Sallu, Susannah M., Chasca Twyman, & David S.G. Thomas. (2009). The multidimensional nature of biodiversity and social dynamics and implications for contemporary rural livelihoods in remote Kalahari settlements, Botswana. African Journal of Ecology. 47(s1). 110–118. 15 indexed citations

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Stringer, Lindsay C., Chasca Twyman, & David S.G. Thomas. (2007). Combating Land Degradation through Participatory Means: The Case of Swaziland. AMBIO. 36(5). 387–393. 28 indexed citations

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Stringer, Lindsay C., Chasca Twyman, & David S.G. Thomas. (2006). Learning to reduce degradation on Swaziland's arable land: enhancing understandings of Striga asiatica. Land Degradation and Development. 18(2). 163–177. 21 indexed citations

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Twyman, Chasca & Rachel Slater. (2005). Hidden livelihoods?. Progress in Development Studies. 5(1). 1–15. 12 indexed citations

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Twyman, Chasca. (2001). Natural resource use and livelihoods in Botswana's Wildlife Management Areas. Applied Geography. 21(1). 45–68. 53 indexed citations

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Twyman, Chasca, Andrew J. Dougill, Deborah Sporton, & David S.G. Thomas. (2001). Community fencing in open rangelands: self‐empowerment in Eastern Namibia. Review of African Political Economy. 28(87). 16 indexed citations

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Twyman, Chasca. (2000). Sharing the World: Sustainable Living and Global Equity in the 21st Century;. Applied Geography. 20(1). 86–87. 2 indexed citations

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Twyman, Chasca, et al.. (1999). The final fifth: autobiography, reflexivity and interpretation in cross‐cultural research. Area. 31(4). 313–325. 55 indexed citations

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Twyman, Chasca. (1998). Rethinking community resource management: Managing resources or managing people in western Botswana?. Third World Quarterly. 19(4). 745–770. 39 indexed citations

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Twyman, Chasca. (1998). Structural Adjustment, the Environment, and Sustainable Development. Applied Geography. 18(1). 97–98. 1 indexed citations

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