Enrique Leff

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 855 citations indexed

About

Enrique Leff is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Enrique Leff has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 855 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 23 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Enrique Leff's work include Economic and Social Development (13 papers), Environmental Sustainability and Education (13 papers) and Environmental and sustainability education (13 papers). Enrique Leff is often cited by papers focused on Economic and Social Development (13 papers), Environmental Sustainability and Education (13 papers) and Environmental and sustainability education (13 papers). Enrique Leff collaborates with scholars based in Mexico, Brazil and France. Enrique Leff's co-authors include John S. Dryzek, José Maurício Dọmingues, Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui, Arturo Escobar, Adrián E. Beling, Eduardo Gudynas, Alberto Acosta, Walden Bello, Edgardo Lander and Achim Brunnengräber and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Social Science Information.

In The Last Decade

Enrique Leff

61 papers receiving 705 citations

Hit Papers

La complejidad ambiental 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 25 50 75
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. La complejidad ambiental
    2007 93 citations Enrique Leff Gaia Scientia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Enrique Leff Mexico 18 320 210 144 96 95 71 855
David Barkin Mexico 16 102 0.3× 273 1.3× 268 1.9× 39 0.4× 30 0.3× 144 879
Bjørn Sletto United States 17 55 0.2× 238 1.1× 71 0.5× 52 0.5× 62 0.7× 46 793
Donna Houston Australia 22 118 0.4× 446 2.1× 50 0.3× 48 0.5× 59 0.6× 50 1.3k
Maristella Svampa Argentina 15 79 0.2× 651 3.1× 179 1.2× 126 1.3× 51 0.5× 67 1.4k
Rachel Slocum United States 11 76 0.2× 362 1.7× 234 1.6× 38 0.4× 39 0.4× 22 1.3k
Susan Paulson United States 12 129 0.4× 294 1.4× 138 1.0× 18 0.2× 20 0.2× 38 875
Jessica Dempsey Canada 16 278 0.9× 306 1.5× 112 0.8× 42 0.4× 15 0.2× 38 1.3k
Jane Dyson Australia 15 94 0.3× 381 1.8× 69 0.5× 15 0.2× 49 0.5× 33 752
Ariel Salleh Australia 14 138 0.4× 482 2.3× 108 0.8× 59 0.6× 48 0.5× 46 918
Laura Rival United Kingdom 12 106 0.3× 181 0.9× 47 0.3× 31 0.3× 28 0.3× 27 776

Countries citing papers authored by Enrique Leff

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Fields of papers citing papers by Enrique Leff

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Enrique Leff

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Enrique Leff. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Enrique Leff 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 Enrique Leff. Enrique Leff 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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Leff, Enrique. (2024). Antroposapiencia de la vida. Imaginarios sociales y racionalidad ambiental ante la crisis civilizatoria planetaria. Revista Española de Antropología Americana. 54(2). 265–278.
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Leff, Enrique. (2023). La transición histórica hacia la sustentabilidad de la vida. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 9. 11–11.
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Leff, Enrique. (2023). El conflicto de la vida: la falta en ser y la voluntad de poder. Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente. 62. 1 indexed citations
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Leff, Enrique. (2021). Racionalidad y Justicia Ambiental: La Elusiva Injusticia de la Vida. Historia Ambiental Latinoamericana y Caribeña (HALAC) revista de la Solcha. 11(3). 19–38. 5 indexed citations
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Leff, Enrique. (2021). Political Ecology. 15 indexed citations
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Leff, Enrique. (2019). Devenir de la Vida y Trascendencia Histórica: las vías abiertas del diálogo de saberes. Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente. 50. 4 indexed citations
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Mann, Susan, Meghnad Desai, Henry Bernstein, et al.. (2016). Peasant Poverty and Persistence in the 21st Century: Theories, Debates, Realities and Policies. Bergen Open Research Archive (BORA) (University of Bergen). 7 indexed citations
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Leff, Enrique, et al.. (2014). Environmental Rationality: The Social Re- Appropriation of Nature. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 5 indexed citations
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Leff, Enrique. (2012). Pensamiento Ambiental Latinoamericano. Environmental Ethics. 34(9999). 97–112. 19 indexed citations
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Leff, Enrique. (2012). Latin American Environmental Thinking. Environmental Ethics. 34(4). 431–450. 22 indexed citations
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Leff, Enrique. (2012). Pobreza, gestión participativa de los recursos naturales y desarrollo sustentable en las comunidades rurales del Tercer Mundo. Una visión desde América Latina. Problemas del Desarrollo Revista Latinoamericana de Economía. 26(100). 3 indexed citations
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Leff, Enrique. (2010). El desvanecimiento del sujeto y la reinvención de las identidades colectivas en la era de la complejidad ambiental. Polis (Santiago). 9(27). 151–198. 8 indexed citations
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Leff, Enrique. (2009). Complexidade, Racionalidade Ambiental e Diálogo de Saberes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7 indexed citations
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Leff, Enrique. (2009). Población y medio ambiente / es urgente detener la degradación ambiental.
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Leff, Enrique. (2007). Complejidad, racionalidad ambiental y diálogo de saberes: hacia una pedagogía ambiental. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations
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Leff, Enrique. (2007). La complejidad ambiental. Gaia Scientia. 1(1). 93 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leff, Enrique. (2003). La geopolítica de la Biodiversidad y el Desarrollo Sustentable: economización del mundo, racionalidad ambiental y reapropiación social dela naturaleza. Americanae (AECID Library). 11(11). 21–38. 21 indexed citations
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Leff, Enrique. (1977). Etnobotánica, biosociología y ecodesarrollo. Hispana. 99–110. 1 indexed citations

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