Gelson Tembo

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Gelson Tembo is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Economics and Econometrics and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Gelson Tembo has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 24 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 21 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Gelson Tembo's work include Agricultural Innovations and Practices (25 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (19 papers) and Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (12 papers). Gelson Tembo is often cited by papers focused on Agricultural Innovations and Practices (25 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (19 papers) and Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (12 papers). Gelson Tembo collaborates with scholars based in Zambia, United States and Germany. Gelson Tembo's co-authors include Thomson Kalinda, Cornelis Gardebroek, Arega D. Alene, Menale Kassie, Julius Manda, David Seidenfeld, Sudhanshu Handa, Steven M. Cole, John N. Ng’ombe and Francis M. Epplin and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Social Science & Medicine and World Development.

In The Last Decade

Gelson Tembo

61 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Adoption and Impacts of Sustainable Agricultural Practice... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 50 100 150 200 250
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. Adoption and Impacts of Sustainable Agricultural Practices on Maize Yields and Incomes: Evidence from Rural Zambia
    2015 274 citations Gelson Tembo 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
Gelson Tembo Zambia 22 594 355 319 258 245 69 1.5k
Jemimah Njuki United States 20 638 1.1× 258 0.7× 316 1.0× 164 0.6× 151 0.6× 49 1.6k
Carlo Azzarri United States 17 448 0.8× 392 1.1× 346 1.1× 218 0.8× 219 0.9× 46 1.3k
Maxwell Mudhara South Africa 21 485 0.8× 324 0.9× 255 0.8× 129 0.5× 114 0.5× 96 1.3k
Isabelle Baltenweck Kenya 22 538 0.9× 187 0.5× 285 0.9× 146 0.6× 162 0.7× 94 1.6k
Degnet Abebaw Ethiopia 17 505 0.9× 246 0.7× 331 1.0× 179 0.7× 208 0.8× 39 1.3k
Todd Benson United States 20 291 0.5× 244 0.7× 271 0.8× 152 0.6× 199 0.8× 52 1.0k
Daniel C. Clay United States 18 463 0.8× 400 1.1× 269 0.8× 212 0.8× 110 0.4× 36 1.2k
Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt Sweden 18 486 0.8× 320 0.9× 184 0.6× 125 0.5× 126 0.5× 43 1.1k
Isabel Lambrecht United States 15 494 0.8× 275 0.8× 339 1.1× 90 0.3× 126 0.5× 35 1.0k
Marshall Makate Australia 17 504 0.8× 296 0.8× 193 0.6× 102 0.4× 99 0.4× 43 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Gelson Tembo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gelson Tembo

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gelson Tembo

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

All Works

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Handa, Sudhanshu, et al.. (2025). In search of the holy grail: Post-intervention effects of an unconditional cash transfer program in Zambia. Journal of Development Economics. 174. 103454–103454. 1 indexed citations
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Tasser, Erich, Markus Schermer, Ulrike Tappeiner, et al.. (2025). A comparative analysis of ecosystem services perceptions across two regions in Eastern Africa and Central Europe. Ecosystem Services. 74. 101747–101747.
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Stöckl, Heidi, Elona Toska, Jason Mwanza, et al.. (2021). Facing the quality of life: physical illness, anxiety, and depression symptoms among people living with HIV in rural Zambia – a cross-sectional study. AIDS Care. 34(8). 957–965. 7 indexed citations
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Stöckl, Heidi, Elona Toska, Jason Mwanza, et al.. (2021). Women with disabilities in hearing: the last mile in the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV – a cross-sectional study from Zambia. AIDS Care. 34(9). 1203–1211. 2 indexed citations
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Natali, Luisa, Sudhanshu Handa, Amber Peterman, David Seidenfeld, & Gelson Tembo. (2018). Does money buy happiness? Evidence from an unconditional cash transfer in Zambia. SSM - Population Health. 4. 225–235. 23 indexed citations
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Ng’ombe, John N., Thomson Kalinda, & Gelson Tembo. (2017). Does adoption of conservation farming practices result in increased crop revenue? Evidence from Zambia. Agrekon. 56(2). 205–221. 72 indexed citations
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Mapemba, Lawrence, et al.. (2015). What Determines Expenditure Allocation to Beef among Lusaka Residents in Zambia? Evidence from Household Survey. Modern Economy. 6(3). 411–422. 5 indexed citations
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Handa, Sudhanshu, Amber Peterman, David Seidenfeld, & Gelson Tembo. (2015). Income Transfers and Maternal Health: Evidence from a National Randomized Social Cash Transfer Program in Zambia. Health Economics. 25(2). 225–236. 35 indexed citations
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Handa, Sudhanshu, et al.. (2015). The Social and Productive Impacts of Zambia's Child Grant. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 35(2). 357–387. 35 indexed citations
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Kalinda, Thomson, Gelson Tembo, & Elias Kuntashula. (2014). Adoption of Improved Maize Seed Varieties in Southern Zambia. 6(1). 33–39. 38 indexed citations
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Ng’ombe, John N., Thomson Kalinda, Gelson Tembo, & Elias Kuntashula. (2014). Econometric Analysis of the Factors that Affect Adoption of Conservation Farming Practices by Smallholder Farmers in Zambia. Journal of Sustainable Development. 7(4). 53 indexed citations
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Amanor‐Boadu, Vincent, et al.. (2013). Factors Influencing Smallholder Bean and Cowpea Producers’ Market Participation in Zambia. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Kabwe, Stephen, Gelson Tembo, & Thomson Kalinda. (2012). Factors Affecting the Efficiency of Smallholder Cotton Producers in Zambia. 1(1). 2 indexed citations
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Cole, Steven M. & Gelson Tembo. (2011). The effect of food insecurity on mental health: Panel evidence from rural Zambia. Social Science & Medicine. 73(7). 1071–1079. 98 indexed citations
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Tembo, Gelson, et al.. (2010). Sorghum and Pearl Millet Improved Seed Value Chains in Zambia: Challenges and Opportunities for Smallholder Farmers. Insecta mundi. 8 indexed citations
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Tembo, Gelson, B. Wade Brorsen, Francis M. Epplin, & Emílio Tostão. (2008). Crop Input Response Functions with Stochastic Plateaus. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 90(2). 424–434. 73 indexed citations
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Tschirley, David, et al.. (2003). Enabling Small-Scale Maize Marketing and Processing to Assure Supplies of Low-Cost Staples. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations

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