Evan Fraser

14.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
143 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Evan Fraser is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Evan Fraser has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 37 papers in Plant Science and 35 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Evan Fraser's work include Climate change impacts on agriculture (21 papers), Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (20 papers) and Agricultural Innovations and Practices (19 papers). Evan Fraser is often cited by papers focused on Climate change impacts on agriculture (21 papers), Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (20 papers) and Agricultural Innovations and Practices (19 papers). Evan Fraser collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Evan Fraser's co-authors include Andrew J. Dougill, Mark S. Reed, Lindsay C. Stringer, Elisabeth Simelton, Warren Mabee, Rozita Dara, Klaus Hubacek, Sarah Rotz, Emily Duncan and Christina Prell and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Evan Fraser

139 papers receiving 9.1k citations

Hit Papers

Bottom up and top down: Analysis of participatory process... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2006 2006 2019 2019 200 400 600
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. Bottom up and top down: Analysis of participatory processes for sustainability indicator identification as a pathway to community empowerment and sustainable environmental management
    2005 736 citations Evan Fraser et al. profile →
  2. An adaptive learning process for developing and applying sustainability indicators with local communities
    2006 556 citations Evan Fraser et al. profile →
  3. Unpacking “Participation” in the Adaptive Management of Social–ecological Systems: a Critical Review
    2006 461 citations Evan Fraser et al. profile →
  4. Transparency in food supply chains: A review of enabling technology solutions
    2019 326 citations Evan Fraser et al. Trends in Food Science & Technology profile →
  5. Automated pastures and the digital divide: How agricultural technologies are shaping labour and rural communities
    2019 306 citations Emily Duncan, Laxmi Prasad Pant et al. profile →
  6. The Politics of Digital Agricultural Technologies: A Preliminary Review
    2019 279 citations Emily Duncan, Evan Fraser et al. profile →
  7. Adaptation and development pathways for different types of farmers
    2019 190 citations Evan Fraser, Elisabeth Simelton et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Evan Fraser Canada 51 2.5k 2.0k 1.8k 1.5k 1.5k 143 9.6k
Charlie M. Shackleton South Africa 60 5.5k 2.2× 3.2k 1.6× 1.4k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 1.7k 1.1× 328 12.4k
Mark W. Rosegrant United States 55 1.3k 0.5× 2.1k 1.0× 1.5k 0.9× 1.9k 1.2× 1.4k 0.9× 211 11.0k
Hossein Azadi Belgium 42 1.6k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 923 0.5× 1.4k 0.9× 775 0.5× 358 7.3k
Hallie Eakin United States 45 3.3k 1.3× 1.1k 0.5× 2.5k 1.4× 1.5k 1.0× 729 0.5× 139 9.0k
John Ingram United Kingdom 34 1.5k 0.6× 3.0k 1.5× 1.8k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 2.7k 1.9× 71 10.3k
Lawrence Haddad United States 38 1.3k 0.5× 3.6k 1.8× 1.4k 0.8× 1.7k 1.1× 2.1k 1.4× 130 14.6k
Christophe Béné United Kingdom 52 3.3k 1.3× 930 0.5× 815 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 3.4k 2.3× 145 10.7k
Camilla Toulmin United Kingdom 27 1.9k 0.8× 4.2k 2.1× 2.1k 1.2× 2.9k 1.9× 2.5k 1.7× 88 13.2k
Mark T. van Wijk Kenya 55 1.8k 0.7× 2.0k 1.0× 2.3k 1.3× 2.4k 1.6× 2.1k 1.4× 159 9.0k
David P. Lawrence United States 15 1.2k 0.5× 3.3k 1.7× 1.2k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 1.8k 1.2× 35 9.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Evan Fraser

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Fields of papers citing papers by Evan Fraser

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Evan Fraser

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All Works

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Duncan, Emily, et al.. (2025). “I grow food, IT people do cybersecurity”: Addressing cybersecurity risks in Canada's agri-food sector. Smart Agricultural Technology. 10. 100866–100866.
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Fraser, Evan, Olanike Kudirat Adeyemo, Marie Josèphe Amiot, et al.. (2025). Uncertain times require new thinking for agri-food science to ensure food security and nutrition for all. Trends in Food Science & Technology. 165. 105261–105261.
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Haines, Jess, et al.. (2024). Development of the Food Systems Literacy Competencies Framework for youth: A modified Delphi study with experts. Food Policy. 128. 102702–102702. 3 indexed citations
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McCann, Kevin S., Krishna Bahadur KC, Evan Fraser, et al.. (2024). The productivity–stability trade-off in global food systems. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8(11). 2135–2149. 5 indexed citations
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Newman, Lenore, et al.. (2023). Exploring the landscape of controlled environment agriculture research: A systematic scoping review of trends and topics. Agricultural Systems. 209. 103673–103673. 46 indexed citations
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Elton, Sarah, et al.. (2023). Food system resilience tested. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10(3). 68–86. 2 indexed citations
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Nost, Eric, et al.. (2023). Contested definitions of digital agri-food system transformation: A webpage and network analysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(1). 35–60. 4 indexed citations
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Newell, Robert, et al.. (2023). Socio-economic futures for cellular agriculture: the development of a novel framework. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 7. 3 indexed citations
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Newman, Lenore, et al.. (2023). Agriculture for the Anthropocene: novel applications of technology and the future of food. Food Security. 15(3). 613–627. 8 indexed citations
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Abdulai, Abdul‐Rahim, Krishna Bahadur KC, & Evan Fraser. (2022). What factors influence the likelihood of rural farmer participation in digital agricultural services? experience from smallholder digitalization in Northern Ghana. Outlook on Agriculture. 52(1). 57–66. 28 indexed citations
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Duncan, Emily, Abdul‐Rahim Abdulai, Talata Sawadogo‐Lewis, et al.. (2022). Connecting the food and agriculture sector to nutrition interventions for improved health outcomes. Food Security. 14(3). 657–675. 18 indexed citations
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Bennett, Elena M., Peter Morrison, Klara J. Winkler, et al.. (2021). Facing the challenges of using place-based social-ecological research to support ecosystem service governance at multiple scales. Ecosystems and People. 17(1). 574–589. 14 indexed citations
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Yazdinejad, Abbas, Behrouz Zolfaghari, Amin Azmoodeh, et al.. (2021). A Review on Security of Smart Farming and Precision Agriculture: Security Aspects, Attacks, Threats and Countermeasures. Applied Sciences. 11(16). 7518–7518. 75 indexed citations
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KC, Krishna Bahadur, Alexander Legwegoh, Alex G. Therien, Evan Fraser, & Philip Antwi‐Agyei. (2017). Food Price, Food Security and Dietary Diversity: A Comparative Study of Urban Cameroon and Ghana. Journal of International Development. 30(1). 42–60. 25 indexed citations
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Pant, Laxmi Prasad, et al.. (2014). Adaptive Transition Management for Transformations to Agricultural Sustainability in the Karnali Mountains of Nepal. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 38(10). 1156–1183. 29 indexed citations
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Fraser, Evan, et al.. (2011). The Psychology of Food Riots. Foreign Affairs. 5 indexed citations
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Fraser, Evan, Mette Termansen, Ning Sun, et al.. (2008). Quantifying socioeconomic characteristics of drought-sensitive regions: Evidence from Chinese provincial agricultural data. Comptes Rendus Géoscience. 340(9-10). 679–688. 32 indexed citations

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