David Runsten

889 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 596 citations indexed

About

David Runsten is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Runsten has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 596 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 2 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 2 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in David Runsten's work include Organic Food and Agriculture (2 papers), Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (2 papers) and Labor Movements and Unions (1 paper). David Runsten is often cited by papers focused on Organic Food and Agriculture (2 papers), Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (2 papers) and Labor Movements and Unions (1 paper). David Runsten collaborates with scholars based in United States. David Runsten's co-authors include Nigel Key, David Griffith, Cornelia Butler Flora, Max J. Pfeffer, Alain de Janvry and David Fairris and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, World Development and Review of Policy Research.

In The Last Decade

David Runsten

10 papers receiving 481 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.

Contract Farming, Smallholders, and Rural Development in Latin America: The Organization of Agroprocessing Firms and the Scale of Outgrower Production

1999 488 citations Nigel Key, David Runsten World Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Runsten United States	6	375	185	172	143	115	10	596
Dinghuan Hu China	10	303 0.8×	162 0.9×	253 1.5×	117 0.8×	80 0.7×	21	643
Mylène Kherallah United States	10	285 0.8×	88 0.5×	196 1.1×	53 0.4×	152 1.3×	15	540
Sachiko Miyata Japan	10	281 0.7×	70 0.4×	222 1.3×	92 0.6×	108 0.9×	14	537
Giel Ton Netherlands	12	341 0.9×	145 0.8×	133 0.8×	129 0.9×	72 0.6×	49	647
Lalaina Randrianarison Belgium	4	252 0.7×	166 0.9×	170 1.0×	133 0.9×	77 0.7×	6	457
Gian Nicola Francesconi Netherlands	12	364 1.0×	288 1.6×	272 1.6×	67 0.5×	85 0.7×	20	619
Ian Urey United Kingdom	7	250 0.7×	49 0.3×	172 1.0×	101 0.7×	121 1.1×	12	481
Eleni Z. Gabre‐Madhin United States	16	584 1.6×	211 1.1×	442 2.6×	125 0.9×	265 2.3×	27	1.0k
Maren Elise Bachke Norway	5	453 1.2×	129 0.7×	221 1.3×	174 1.2×	125 1.1×	7	603
Thomas F. Walker United States	6	410 1.1×	107 0.6×	198 1.2×	171 1.2×	128 1.1×	12	573

Countries citing papers authored by David Runsten

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Runsten

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by David Runsten. 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 David Runsten. The network helps show where David Runsten may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Runsten

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

All Works

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Fairris, David, et al.. (2015). Examining The Evidence: The Impact of the Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance on Workers and Businesses. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 5 indexed citations

2.

Runsten, David, et al.. (2008). Is Fair Trade-Organic Coffee Sustainable in the Face of Migration? Evidence from a Oaxacan Community. Globalizations. 5(2). 275–290. 18 indexed citations

3.

Runsten, David, et al.. (2000). The organic produce niche market: can Mexican smallholders be stakeholders?. 71–104. 3 indexed citations

4.

Key, Nigel & David Runsten. (1999). Contract Farming, Smallholders, and Rural Development in Latin America: The Organization of Agroprocessing Firms and the Scale of Outgrower Production. World Development. 27(2). 381–401. 488 indexed citations breakdown →

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Flora, Cornelia Butler, et al.. (1996). Working Poor: Farmworkers in the United States.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 25(3). 395–395. 52 indexed citations

6.

Runsten, David. (1995). Parlier: The Farmworker Service Economy. 3 indexed citations

7.

Runsten, David, et al.. (1995). The Potential for Small Holder Fruit and Vegetable Production in Mexico: Barriers and Opportunities. 7 indexed citations

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Griffith, David & David Runsten. (1992). The Impact of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act on the U.S. Poultry Industry: A Comparative Analysis. Review of Policy Research. 11(2). 118–130. 3 indexed citations

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Runsten, David, et al.. (1981). MECHANIZATION AND MEXICAN LABOR IN CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 9 indexed citations

10.

Janvry, Alain de, et al.. (1980). Mechanization in California agriculture : the case of canning tomatoes. 8 indexed citations

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