Christopher B. Barrett

42.3k total citations · 11 hit papers
551 papers, 25.7k citations indexed

About

Christopher B. Barrett is a scholar working on Soil Science, Economics and Econometrics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher B. Barrett has authored 551 papers receiving a total of 25.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 234 papers in Soil Science, 162 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 133 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Christopher B. Barrett's work include Agricultural risk and resilience (201 papers), Agricultural Innovations and Practices (100 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (97 papers). Christopher B. Barrett is often cited by papers focused on Agricultural risk and resilience (201 papers), Agricultural Innovations and Practices (100 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (97 papers). Christopher B. Barrett collaborates with scholars based in United States, Kenya and United Kingdom. Christopher B. Barrett's co-authors include Thomas Reardon, Michael R. Carter, Patrick Webb, Megan Sheahan, Julio A. Berdegué, Paswel Marenya, Marc F. Bellemare, John G. McPeak, Christine M. Moser and Andrew G. Mude and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Christopher B. Barrett

518 papers receiving 22.5k citations

Hit Papers

Nonfarm income diversific... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2006 2003 2010 2008 400 800 1.2k
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. Nonfarm income diversification and household livelihood strategies in rural Africa: concepts, dynamics, and policy implications
    2001 1.3k citations Christopher B. Barrett, Thomas Reardon et al. Food Policy profile →
  2. The economics of poverty traps and persistent poverty: An asset-based approach
    2006 1.0k citations Christopher B. Barrett et al. profile →
  3. The Rise of Supermarkets in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
    2003 850 citations Thomas Reardon, Christopher B. Barrett et al. profile →
  4. Measuring Food Insecurity
    2010 845 citations Christopher B. Barrett profile →
  5. Smallholder market participation: Concepts and evidence from eastern and southern Africa
    2008 767 citations Christopher B. Barrett Food Policy profile →
  6. Agrifood Industry Transformation and Small Farmers in Developing Countries
    2009 573 citations Thomas Reardon, Christopher B. Barrett et al. World Development profile →
  7. Smallholder Participation in Contract Farming: Comparative Evidence from Five Countries
    2011 476 citations Christopher B. Barrett et al. World Development profile →
  8. Emerging human infectious diseases and the links to global food production
    2019 423 citations Jason R. Rohr, Christopher B. Barrett et al. Nature Sustainability profile →
  9. Ten striking facts about agricultural input use in Sub-Saharan Africa
    2016 378 citations Christopher B. Barrett et al. Food Policy profile →
  10. Toward a theory of resilience for international development applications
    2014 305 citations Christopher B. Barrett et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  11. Agri-food Value Chain Revolutions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
    2022 168 citations Christopher B. Barrett, Thomas Reardon et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Christopher B. Barrett 8.7k 8.6k 7.1k 5.0k 3.6k 551 25.7k
Scott Rozelle 4.1k 0.5× 4.0k 0.5× 5.0k 0.7× 4.9k 1.0× 2.5k 0.7× 720 26.0k
Thomas Reardon 6.4k 0.7× 3.6k 0.4× 4.1k 0.6× 2.3k 0.5× 1.5k 0.4× 246 15.9k
Ian Scoones 6.7k 0.8× 3.4k 0.4× 1.6k 0.2× 5.9k 1.2× 515 0.1× 248 19.7k
Jules Pretty 5.5k 0.6× 3.4k 0.4× 2.2k 0.3× 2.8k 0.5× 409 0.1× 209 30.9k
Alain de Janvry 4.4k 0.5× 3.4k 0.4× 3.8k 0.5× 2.7k 0.5× 1.7k 0.5× 212 11.2k
Agnes Quisumbing 3.1k 0.4× 3.0k 0.4× 3.3k 0.5× 2.7k 0.5× 4.6k 1.3× 214 12.2k
Michael R. Carter 2.5k 0.3× 5.2k 0.6× 2.9k 0.4× 2.8k 0.6× 2.1k 0.6× 148 9.4k
Klaus Deininger 5.1k 0.6× 6.1k 0.7× 4.0k 0.6× 3.6k 0.7× 1.3k 0.4× 284 13.0k
Jikun Huang 4.5k 0.5× 3.7k 0.4× 3.5k 0.5× 1.5k 0.3× 398 0.1× 390 17.1k
Yansui Liu 6.6k 0.8× 3.5k 0.4× 4.3k 0.6× 3.2k 0.6× 352 0.1× 330 25.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Neugarten, Rachel, Ranaivo Rasolofoson, Christopher B. Barrett, Ghislain Vieilledent, & Amanda D. Rodewald. (2024). The effect of a political crisis on performance of community forests and protected areas in Madagascar. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2963–2963. 8 indexed citations
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Barrett, Christopher B., et al.. (2024). Modeling how and why aquatic vegetation removal can free rural households from poverty-disease traps. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(52). e2411838121–e2411838121. 1 indexed citations
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Wesselbaum, Dennis, Michael D. Smith, Christopher B. Barrett, & Anaka Aiyar. (2023). A food insecurity Kuznets Curve?. World Development. 165. 106189–106189. 8 indexed citations
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Abay, Kibrom A., et al.. (2023). Nonclassical measurement error and farmers’ response to information treatment. Journal of Development Economics. 164. 103136–103136. 11 indexed citations
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Barrett, Christopher B., Ryan G. Aleong, Michael A. Rosenberg, et al.. (2023). PO-04-060 FOUND WITH SOUND: INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY CORRELATED WITH MEDIUM-OUTPUT PACING TO AVOID PHRENIC NERVE INJURY WITH RIGHT ATRIAL ABLATION. Heart Rhythm. 20(5). S589–S589.
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Upton, Joanna, et al.. (2022). Caveat utilitor: A comparative assessment of resilience measurement approaches. Journal of Development Economics. 157. 102873–102873. 37 indexed citations
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Barrett, Christopher B., Jessica Fanzo, Mario Herrero, et al.. (2021). COVID-19 pandemic lessons for agri-food systems innovation. Environmental Research Letters. 16(10). 101001–101001. 21 indexed citations
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Barrett, Christopher B., Tim G. Benton, Karen Cooper, et al.. (2020). Bundling innovations to transform agri-food systems. Nature Sustainability. 3(12). 974–976. 106 indexed citations
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Barrett, Christopher B., et al.. (2018). The State of the Literature on Individual and Household Resilience: A Scoping Review. OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 3 indexed citations
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Liao, Chuan, Patrick E. Clark, Stephen D. DeGloria, & Christopher B. Barrett. (2017). Complexity in the spatial utilization of rangelands: Pastoral mobility in the Horn of Africa. Applied Geography. 86. 208–219. 24 indexed citations
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Barrett, Christopher B., et al.. (2014). Got milk? The impact of Heifer International’s livestock donation programs in Rwanda on nutritional outcomes. Food Policy. 44. 202–213. 115 indexed citations
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Barrett, Christopher B., et al.. (2014). Got Milk? The Impact of Heifer International's Livestock Donation Programs in Rwanda on Nutritional Outcomes. USF Scholarship Repository (University of San Francisco). 1 indexed citations
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Barrett, Christopher B., et al.. (2013). Heterogeneous pro-poor targeting in the national rural employment guarantee scheme. IFPRI E-brary (International Food Policy Research Institute). 20 indexed citations
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Barrett, Christopher B. & Thomas Reardon. (2008). Introduction to a Special Issue on Making Markets Work for the Rural Poor. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Barrett, Christopher B., et al.. (2008). Social Learning, Social Influence and Projection Bias: A Caution on Inferences Based on Proxy-Reporting of Peer Behavior. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Place, Frank, et al.. (2003). Prospects for integrated soil fertility management using organic and inorganic inputs: Evidence from smallholder African agricultural systems. Open Access Repository of ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics). 2 indexed citations
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Moser, Christine M. & Christopher B. Barrett. (2002). The Disappointing Adoption Dynamics of a Yield-Increasing, Low External Input Technology: The Case of Sri in Madagascar. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Barrett, Christopher B.. (1995). Is There a Structural Component to Commodity Price Volatility Clustering. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 95(6). 1.
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Barrett, Christopher B.. (1995). The Effects of Real Exchange Rate Depreciation on Stochastic Producer Prices. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 95(9). 1–400. 1 indexed citations
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Barrett, Christopher B.. (1995). Fairness, Stewardship and Sustainable Development. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 1 indexed citations

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