Flávio Comim

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Flávio Comim is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Flávio Comim has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 9 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Flávio Comim's work include Income, Poverty, and Inequality (24 papers), Social and Economic Development in India (6 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (6 papers). Flávio Comim is often cited by papers focused on Income, Poverty, and Inequality (24 papers), Social and Economic Development in India (6 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (6 papers). Flávio Comim collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and Brazil. Flávio Comim's co-authors include Miriam Teschl, Mozaffar Qizilbash, Sabina Alkire, Jérôme Ballet, Mario Biggeri, Martha C. Nussbaum, Begonya García-Zapirain, Mario Jojoa, Santosh Mehrotra and Elaine Unterhalter and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Ecological Economics and Ecological Indicators.

In The Last Decade

Flávio Comim

42 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Creating capabilities: the human development approach 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300 400
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. Creating capabilities: the human development approach
    2012 429 citations Flávio Comim profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Flávio Comim United Kingdom 16 643 253 220 176 161 49 1.4k
Séverine Deneulin United Kingdom 17 828 1.3× 138 0.5× 266 1.2× 176 1.0× 96 0.6× 59 1.3k
Mozaffar Qizilbash United Kingdom 20 680 1.1× 255 1.0× 266 1.2× 226 1.3× 154 1.0× 58 1.2k
Sarah Smith United Kingdom 18 541 0.8× 422 1.7× 96 0.4× 207 1.2× 89 0.6× 54 1.4k
Patti Petesch United States 16 492 0.8× 241 1.0× 109 0.5× 261 1.5× 71 0.4× 46 1.1k
M. Niaz Asadullah United Kingdom 25 607 0.9× 365 1.4× 153 0.7× 468 2.7× 138 0.9× 95 1.9k
Joris Hoekstra Netherlands 20 535 0.8× 639 2.5× 141 0.6× 48 0.3× 175 1.1× 64 1.9k
Sylke V. Schnepf United Kingdom 19 594 0.9× 261 1.0× 168 0.8× 125 0.7× 83 0.5× 54 1.5k
John Hatchard United Kingdom 9 924 1.4× 136 0.5× 446 2.0× 124 0.7× 78 0.5× 64 2.4k
Mari Rege Norway 21 658 1.0× 490 1.9× 100 0.5× 588 3.3× 152 0.9× 48 1.9k
Dag Wollebæk Norway 19 1.1k 1.7× 103 0.4× 272 1.2× 66 0.4× 129 0.8× 46 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Flávio Comim

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Fields of papers citing papers by Flávio Comim

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Flávio Comim

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Comim, Flávio, et al.. (2024). Valuing Children: Parents’ Perceptions, Spending Priorities and Children’s Capabilities. The Journal of Development Studies. 60(6). 932–955.
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Comim, Flávio, et al.. (2024). The side effects of a big push growth strategy: export incentives and primary education under military rule in Brazil, 1967–1985. Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History. 42(3). 387–414.
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Comim, Flávio, et al.. (2023). Defining left behind places: an internationally comparative poset analysis. Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society. 17(1). 163–180. 6 indexed citations
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Comim, Flávio, et al.. (2023). SAF: Stakeholders’ Agreement on Fairness in the Practice of Machine Learning Development. Science and Engineering Ethics. 29(4). 29–29. 1 indexed citations
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Abreu, Maria, Flávio Comim, & Calvin Jones. (2023). A capability-approach perspective on regional development. Regional Studies. 58(11). 2208–2220. 6 indexed citations
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Jojoa, Mario, et al.. (2022). Are AI systems biased against the poor? A machine learning analysis using Word2Vec and GloVe embeddings. AI & Society. 39(2). 617–632. 25 indexed citations
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Comim, Flávio, et al.. (2022). Measuring the sustainable development goals: A poset analysis. Ecological Indicators. 145. 109605–109605. 17 indexed citations
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Comim, Flávio, et al.. (2021). Human capital dynamics in China: Evidence from a club convergence approach. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Munich University). 20 indexed citations
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Comim, Flávio. (2021). A Poset-Generalizability Method for Human Development Indicators. Social Indicators Research. 158(3). 1179–1198. 12 indexed citations
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Comim, Flávio, et al.. (2021). Measuring the provincial supply of higher education institutions in China. China Economic Review. 71. 101724–101724. 30 indexed citations
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Comim, Flávio, et al.. (2020). The Multi-dimensions of Aporophobia. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Munich University). 1 indexed citations
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Gasper, Des & Flávio Comim. (2019). Public Goods and Public Spirit. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 75–105. 1 indexed citations
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Comim, Flávio, et al.. (2018). New Frontiers of the Capability Approach. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 10 indexed citations
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Comim, Flávio. (2012). Poverty and Inequality Reduction in Brazil throughout the Economic Crisis.
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Comim, Flávio, et al.. (2008). Heterogeneidades Individuais versus intensidade da Pobreza em Porto Alegre – RS. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 13(2). 447–463. 2 indexed citations
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Comim, Flávio, Sabina Alkire, Mozaffar Qizilbash, et al.. (2008). The Capability Approach. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 96 indexed citations
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Comim, Flávio, Mozaffar Qizilbash, & Sabina Alkire. (2008). The capability approach : concepts, measures and applications. The University of Bath Online Publications Store (The University of Bath). 188 indexed citations
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Comim, Flávio, et al.. (2002). Aspectos qualitativos da pobreza no Rio Grande do Sul. Ensaios FEE. 23. 467–490. 30 indexed citations
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Comim, Flávio. (2002). The Scottish Tradition in Economics and the Role of Common Sense in Adam Smith's Thought. Review of Political Economy. 14(1). 91–114. 5 indexed citations

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