Frances Cleaver

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
68 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Frances Cleaver is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Frances Cleaver has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 28 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 15 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Frances Cleaver's work include Water Governance and Infrastructure (26 papers), Water resources management and optimization (15 papers) and African studies and sociopolitical issues (10 papers). Frances Cleaver is often cited by papers focused on Water Governance and Infrastructure (26 papers), Water resources management and optimization (15 papers) and African studies and sociopolitical issues (10 papers). Frances Cleaver collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Slovakia. Frances Cleaver's co-authors include Jessica de Koning, Luke Whaley, Bill Cooke, Uma Kothari, Tom Franks, Maria Rusca, Faustin Maganga, Klaas Schwartz, Diane Elson and Rhodante Ahlers and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, World Development and Global Environmental Change.

In The Last Decade

Frances Cleaver

67 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Frances Cleaver United Kingdom 26 1.7k 1.3k 1.1k 625 493 68 4.4k
Leila M. Harris Canada 36 1.3k 0.8× 1.4k 1.1× 770 0.7× 525 0.8× 205 0.4× 100 3.7k
Karen Bakker Canada 37 2.0k 1.2× 3.1k 2.4× 1.2k 1.1× 1.6k 2.5× 325 0.7× 80 6.6k
David Mosse United Kingdom 28 2.3k 1.4× 1.3k 1.0× 594 0.5× 192 0.3× 463 0.9× 69 4.7k
Lyla Mehta United Kingdom 26 981 0.6× 771 0.6× 547 0.5× 418 0.7× 357 0.7× 103 2.6k
Farhana Sultana United States 26 1.7k 1.0× 921 0.7× 568 0.5× 230 0.4× 247 0.5× 59 3.4k
Ruth Meinzen‐Dick United States 43 1.6k 1.0× 897 0.7× 1.4k 1.3× 1.2k 2.0× 2.6k 5.3× 177 7.8k
Edella Schlager United States 27 1.0k 0.6× 882 0.7× 1.7k 1.5× 594 1.0× 386 0.8× 65 4.0k
Bill Cooke United Kingdom 21 2.2k 1.3× 890 0.7× 770 0.7× 95 0.2× 384 0.8× 53 5.2k
Jean‐Marie Baland Belgium 24 1.1k 0.7× 355 0.3× 932 0.9× 170 0.3× 378 0.8× 56 3.9k
Jean‐Philippe Platteau Belgium 33 1.7k 1.0× 643 0.5× 1.3k 1.2× 208 0.3× 1.2k 2.5× 104 5.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frances Cleaver

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frances Cleaver

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

All Works

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Zwarteveen, Margreet, Marcel Kuper, Jeltsje Sanne Kemerink-Seyoum, et al.. (2024). Caring for Groundwater: How Care Can Expand and Transform Groundwater Governance. International Journal of the Commons. 18(1). 384–396. 5 indexed citations
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Palmer, Carolyn G., Tena Alamirew, Yazidhi Bamutaze, et al.. (2023). The Adaptive Systemic Approach: Catalysing more just and sustainable outcomes from sustainability and natural resources development research. River Research and Applications. 40(9). 1732–1746. 3 indexed citations
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Chitata, Tavengwa, Jeltsje Sanne Kemerink-Seyoum, & Frances Cleaver. (2023). Together Strong or Falling Apart? Coping with COVID-19 in Smallholder Irrigated Agriculture. International Journal of the Commons. 17(1). 87–104. 3 indexed citations
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Haider, L. Jamila & Frances Cleaver. (2023). Capacities for resilience: persisting, adapting and transforming through bricolage. Ecosystems and People. 19(1). 11 indexed citations
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Rusca, Maria & Frances Cleaver. (2022). Unpacking everyday urbanism: Practices and the making of (un)even urban waterscapes. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water. 9(2). 20 indexed citations
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Venot, Jean‐Philippe, Jeroen Vos, François Molle, et al.. (2021). A bridge over troubled waters. Nature Sustainability. 5(2). 92–92. 14 indexed citations
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Chitata, Tavengwa, Jeltsje Sanne Kemerink-Seyoum, & Frances Cleaver. (2021). Engaging and learning with water infrastructure : Rufaro Irrigation Scheme, Zimbabwe. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7 indexed citations
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Cleaver, Frances, et al.. (2021). Worldviews and the everyday politics of community water management. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8 indexed citations
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Whaley, Luke, et al.. (2019). Evidence, ideology, and the policy of community management in Africa. Environmental Research Letters. 14(8). 85013–85013. 30 indexed citations
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Zeitoun, Mark, Bruce Lankford, Tobias Krueger, et al.. (2016). Reductionist and integrative research approaches to complex water security policy challenges. Global Environmental Change. 39. 143–154. 122 indexed citations
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Cleaver, Frances & Jessica de Koning. (2015). Furthering critical institutionalism. International Journal of the Commons. 9(1). 1–1. 9 indexed citations
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Cleaver, Frances, et al.. (2013). Institutions, Security, and Pastoralism: Exploring the Limits of Hybridity. African Studies Review. 56(3). 165–189. 17 indexed citations
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Cleaver, Frances. (2008). Distilling or Diluting? Negotiating the Water Research-Policy Interface. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 18 indexed citations
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Cleaver, Frances. (2003). Masculinities Matter!: Men, Gender and Development. Bradford Scholars (University of Bradford). 149 indexed citations
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Cleaver, Frances. (2001). Institutional Bricolage, Conflict and Cooperation in Usangu. SOAS Research Online (SOAS University of London). 19 indexed citations
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Cleaver, Frances. (2000). Women and Empowerment: Illustrations from the Third World edited by Haleh Afshar (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1998). Journal of International Development. 12(5). 761–762. 1 indexed citations
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Cleaver, Frances. (1999). Paradoxes of participation: questioning participatory approaches to development. Journal of International Development. 11(4). 597–612. 542 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cleaver, Frances. (1998). There’s a right way to do it - Informal arrangements for local resource management. SOAS Research Online (SOAS University of London). 3 indexed citations
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Cleaver, Frances. (1998). Choice, complexity, and change: Gendered livelihoods and the management of water. Agriculture and Human Values. 15(4). 293–299. 34 indexed citations
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Cleaver, Frances. (1995). Water as a Weapon: The History of Water Supply Development in Nkayi District, Zimbabwe. Environment and History. 1(3). 313–333. 15 indexed citations

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