Clare Sullivan

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
13 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Clare Sullivan is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Clare Sullivan has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 5 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 4 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Clare Sullivan's work include Agricultural Innovations and Practices (5 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (3 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (2 papers). Clare Sullivan is often cited by papers focused on Agricultural Innovations and Practices (5 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (3 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (2 papers). Clare Sullivan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Kenya and Denmark. Clare Sullivan's co-authors include Pedro A. Sánchez, Holly Gibbs, Tyler J. Lark, Katherine L. Tully, Ray R. Weil, S. Spawn, Cheryl Palm, Patrick K. Mutuo, Gary R. Watmough and Gerson Nyadzi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Journal of Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Clare Sullivan

13 papers receiving 970 citations

Hit Papers

The State of Soil Degradation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Base... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2020 50 100 150 200 250
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. The State of Soil Degradation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Baselines, Trajectories, and Solutions
    2015 276 citations Katherine L. Tully, Clare Sullivan et al. Sustainability profile →
  2. Harmonized global maps of above and belowground biomass carbon density in the year 2010
    2020 276 citations S. Spawn, Clare Sullivan et al. Scientific Data profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Clare Sullivan United States 9 375 224 217 154 131 13 1.0k
Mats Lannerstad Sweden 18 328 0.9× 330 1.5× 201 0.9× 139 0.9× 240 1.8× 33 1.5k
B.G.J.S. Sonneveld Netherlands 20 241 0.6× 140 0.6× 365 1.7× 103 0.7× 109 0.8× 59 970
Vincent Gitz France 19 450 1.2× 274 1.2× 117 0.5× 187 1.2× 109 0.8× 53 1.2k
Peder Engstrom United States 4 276 0.7× 309 1.4× 115 0.5× 199 1.3× 109 0.8× 4 918
Jelle Bruinsma Italy 7 190 0.5× 309 1.4× 218 1.0× 277 1.8× 140 1.1× 13 1.3k
Hamma Yacouba Burkina Faso 24 485 1.3× 169 0.8× 447 2.1× 182 1.2× 156 1.2× 70 1.5k
Sarah A. Cline United States 8 210 0.6× 150 0.7× 217 1.0× 331 2.1× 114 0.9× 16 1.3k
Mika Jalava Finland 13 266 0.7× 538 2.4× 112 0.5× 206 1.3× 171 1.3× 19 1.3k
Emma T. Liwenga Tanzania 14 202 0.5× 219 1.0× 123 0.6× 90 0.6× 88 0.7× 37 844
Jeannette van de Steeg Kenya 9 491 1.3× 278 1.2× 121 0.6× 134 0.9× 68 0.5× 14 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Clare Sullivan

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Clare Sullivan's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Clare Sullivan with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Clare Sullivan more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Clare Sullivan

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Clare Sullivan. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Clare Sullivan. The network helps show where Clare Sullivan may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Clare Sullivan

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

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
1.
Spawn, S., Clare Sullivan, Tyler J. Lark, & Holly Gibbs. (2020). Harmonized global maps of above and belowground biomass carbon density in the year 2010. Scientific Data. 7(1). 112–112. 276 indexed citations breakdown →
2.
Spawn, S., Clare Sullivan, Tyler J. Lark, & Holly Gibbs. (2020). Harmonized global maps of above and belowground biomass carbon density in the year 2010. Figshare. 2019. 1 indexed citations
3.
Watmough, Gary R., Charlotte L.J. Marcinko, Clare Sullivan, et al.. (2019). Socioecologically informed use of remote sensing data to predict rural household poverty. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(4). 1213–1218. 112 indexed citations
4.
Leach, Allison M., Adrian Leip, James N. Galloway, et al.. (2017). Toward a nitrogen footprint calculator for Tanzania. Environmental Research Letters. 12(3). 34016–34016. 46 indexed citations
5.
Sullivan, Clare, et al.. (2016). Monitoring and evaluation to support adaptive co-management: Lessons learned from the Millennium Villages Project. Journal of Environmental Management. 183. 142–151. 14 indexed citations
6.
Watmough, Gary R., Cheryl Palm, & Clare Sullivan. (2016). An operational framework for object-based land use classification of heterogeneous rural landscapes. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 54. 134–144. 19 indexed citations
7.
Tully, Katherine L., Clare Sullivan, Ray R. Weil, & Pedro A. Sánchez. (2015). The State of Soil Degradation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Baselines, Trajectories, and Solutions. Sustainability. 7(6). 6523–6552. 276 indexed citations breakdown →
8.
Sullivan, Clare, et al.. (2014). An evaluation of conventional and subirrigated planters for urban agriculture: Supporting evidence. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. 30(1). 55–63. 12 indexed citations
9.
Remans, Roseline, Dan F. B. Flynn, Fabrice DeClerck, et al.. (2012). Exploring new metrics: Nutritional diversity of cropping systems. Lirias (KU Leuven). 134–149. 2 indexed citations
10.
Sullivan, Clare. (2012). Reduced tillage in organic cropping systems on the Canadian prairies. University Library - University of Saskatchewan (University of Saskatchewan). 3 indexed citations
11.
Remans, Roseline, Dan F. B. Flynn, Fabrice DeClerck, et al.. (2011). Assessing Nutritional Diversity of Cropping Systems in African Villages. PLoS ONE. 6(6). e21235–e21235. 140 indexed citations
12.
Palm, Cheryl, Sean Smukler, Clare Sullivan, et al.. (2010). Identifying potential synergies and trade-offs for meeting food security and climate change objectives in sub-Saharan Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(46). 19661–19666. 105 indexed citations
13.
Sullivan, Clare. (2008). Growing up in poverty: the role of human capability and resilience. 3 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Mats Lannerstad Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by B.G.J.S. Sonneveld Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Vincent Gitz Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Peder Engstrom Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jelle Bruinsma Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Hamma Yacouba Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Sarah A. Cline Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Mika Jalava Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Emma T. Liwenga Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jeannette van de Steeg
Rankless by CCL
2026