Helda Morales

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Helda Morales is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Plant Science and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Helda Morales has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 31 papers in Plant Science and 9 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Helda Morales's work include Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (33 papers), Organic Food and Agriculture (17 papers) and Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (9 papers). Helda Morales is often cited by papers focused on Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (33 papers), Organic Food and Agriculture (17 papers) and Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (9 papers). Helda Morales collaborates with scholars based in Mexico, United States and Brazil. Helda Morales's co-authors include Bruce G. Ferguson, Peter Rosset, Daniel M. Griffith, Ronald Nigh, Lorena Soto‐Pinto, Ashlesha Khadse, Michiel van Breugel, Miguel Martínez‐Ramos, Robin L. Chazdon and Oliver Komar and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Conservation Biology and Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment.

In The Last Decade

Helda Morales

62 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Bringing agroecology to scale: key drivers and emblematic... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Bringing agroecology to scale: key drivers and emblematic cases
    2018 264 citations Mateo Mier y Terán Giménez Cacho, Omar Felipe Giraldo et al. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Helda Morales Mexico 22 872 694 549 468 383 63 2.2k
Bruce G. Ferguson Mexico 19 687 0.8× 492 0.7× 592 1.1× 367 0.8× 462 1.2× 59 2.0k
Víctor M. Toledo Mexico 29 1.3k 1.5× 1.1k 1.6× 791 1.4× 691 1.5× 690 1.8× 99 3.7k
Lorena Soto‐Pinto Mexico 19 470 0.5× 632 0.9× 1.0k 1.9× 579 1.2× 606 1.6× 56 2.8k
Robert A. Rice United States 22 448 0.5× 818 1.2× 763 1.4× 651 1.4× 631 1.6× 38 2.8k
M. Jahi Chappell United States 16 1.3k 1.5× 1.1k 1.6× 620 1.1× 370 0.8× 677 1.8× 41 2.9k
Stephen R. Gliessman United States 28 1.5k 1.7× 1.6k 2.3× 394 0.7× 589 1.3× 558 1.5× 73 3.4k
Jeremy Haggar United Kingdom 26 330 0.4× 532 0.8× 491 0.9× 355 0.8× 257 0.7× 67 2.0k
Ronald Nigh Mexico 18 406 0.5× 423 0.6× 601 1.1× 255 0.5× 411 1.1× 39 1.8k
Clara I. Nicholls United States 25 1.3k 1.5× 1.9k 2.7× 447 0.8× 1.1k 2.4× 558 1.5× 70 4.0k
Eduardo Somarriba Costa Rica 26 349 0.4× 574 0.8× 677 1.2× 503 1.1× 547 1.4× 127 2.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Helda Morales

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helda Morales

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Helda Morales. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Helda Morales 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 Helda Morales. Helda Morales 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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Merçon, Juliana, et al.. (2024). Embroidering care and reciprocity: contributions to food sovereignty by feminist peasant women from the mountains of Veracruz, Mexico. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 8. 1 indexed citations
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Morales, Helda, et al.. (2023). Agroecological management of spontaneous vegetation in Bachajón’s Tseltal Maya milpa: a preventive focus. Agriculture and Human Values. 41(1). 331–344. 1 indexed citations
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Maya, Elda Míriam Aldasoro, et al.. (2023). Stingless bee keeping: Biocultural conservation and agroecological education. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 6. 9 indexed citations
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Lamine, Claire, et al.. (2022). Trajectoire intellectuelle d’une political ecology « latino-américaine » : une relecture émancipatrice des crises sociales et écologiques ?. Natures Sciences Sociétés. 30(3-4). 265–277. 2 indexed citations
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Morales, Helda, et al.. (2019). Construcción social de la soberanía alimentaria por la organización campesina OCEZ-CNPA en Chiapas, México. Estudios Sociales Revista de Alimentación Contemporánea y Desarrollo Regional. 29(54). 4 indexed citations
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Morales, Helda, et al.. (2019). Food Sovereignty in the city?: A methodological proposal for evaluating food sovereignty in urban settings. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 43(10). 1145–1173. 23 indexed citations
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Morales, Helda, et al.. (2018). Urban transition toward food sovereignty. Globalizations. 15(3). 390–406. 14 indexed citations
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Cacho, Mateo Mier y Terán Giménez, Omar Felipe Giraldo, Elda Míriam Aldasoro Maya, et al.. (2018). Bringing agroecology to scale: key drivers and emblematic cases. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 42(6). 637–665. 264 indexed citations breakdown →
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McCune, Nils, et al.. (2017). The Long Road: Rural Youth, Farming and Agroecological Formación in Central America. Mind Culture and Activity. 24(3). 183–198. 36 indexed citations
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Vandame, Rémy, et al.. (2016). Honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) foraging ecology in coffee landscapes and description of “coffee garden honey”. Journal of Apicultural Research. 55(3). 230–239. 2 indexed citations
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McCune, Nils, et al.. (2016). Mediated territoriality: rural workers and the efforts to scale out agroecology in Nicaragua. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 44(2). 354–376. 37 indexed citations
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Morales, Helda, Mariel Aguilar‐Støen, & Edwin Castellanos. (2015). Migration and Remittances: Are They Affecting Agricultural Sustainability and Food Sovereignty in Chiapas?. 13(1). 29–40. 1 indexed citations
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Morales, Helda, et al.. (2013). Opinions About the Quality of Organic Food Products, and the Origin of the Local Consumer Network "Comida Sana y Cercana" in Chiapas. 11(1). 104–117. 1 indexed citations
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Morales, Helda, et al.. (2012). Representaciones sociales de los alimentos orgánicos entre consumidores de Chiapas. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9 indexed citations
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Harvey, Célia A., Oliver Komar, Robin L. Chazdon, et al.. (2008). Integrating Agricultural Landscapes with Biodiversity Conservation in the Mesoamerican Hotspot. Conservation Biology. 22(1). 8–15. 348 indexed citations
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Morales, Helda. (2007). Entre la vida académica y la vida familiar: Retos y estrategias de investigadores del sur de México. Interciencia. 32(11). 786–790. 1 indexed citations
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Barrera, Juan F., et al.. (2004). Farmers’ Perceptions, Knowledge, and Management of Coffee Pests and Diseases and Their Natural Enemies in Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Economic Entomology. 97(5). 1491–1499. 41 indexed citations
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Morales, Helda. (2001). La Validación del Conocimiento Tradicional. Americanae (AECID Library). 16–16.
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Morales, Helda, et al.. (1996). Mal de Viñas del café: ¿biótico o abiótico?l. REVISTA CEIBA. 37(2). 281–290. 2 indexed citations

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