Irene Vélez‐Torres

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 650 citations indexed

About

Irene Vélez‐Torres is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Building and Construction and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Irene Vélez‐Torres has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 650 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 15 papers in Building and Construction and 12 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Irene Vélez‐Torres's work include Mining and Resource Management (15 papers), History and Politics in Latin America (11 papers) and Extractivism and Socioeconomic Issues (5 papers). Irene Vélez‐Torres is often cited by papers focused on Mining and Resource Management (15 papers), History and Politics in Latin America (11 papers) and Extractivism and Socioeconomic Issues (5 papers). Irene Vélez‐Torres collaborates with scholars based in Colombia, United States and Denmark. Irene Vélez‐Torres's co-authors include Diana Vanegas, Fabián Méndez, Eric S. McLamore, Katherine V. Gough, Tobias Ide, Florian Krampe, Philippe Le Billon, Nina von Uexkull, McKenzie F. Johnson and Jon Barnett and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and World Development.

In The Last Decade

Irene Vélez‐Torres

44 papers receiving 604 citations

Hit Papers

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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. The Future of Environmental Peace and Conflict Research
    2023 52 citations Tobias Ide, McKenzie F. Johnson et al. Environmental Politics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Irene Vélez‐Torres Colombia 15 299 192 135 74 51 46 650
Astrid Ulloa Colombia 13 198 0.7× 92 0.5× 130 1.0× 68 0.9× 8 0.2× 37 509
Stanislav Shmelev Australia 7 282 0.9× 156 0.8× 122 0.9× 90 1.2× 20 0.4× 11 653
Natalie Osborne Australia 14 192 0.6× 48 0.3× 85 0.6× 20 0.3× 45 0.9× 34 497
Michael Ekers Canada 13 395 1.3× 95 0.5× 339 2.5× 221 3.0× 11 0.2× 27 972
Grettel Navas Spain 9 278 0.9× 190 1.0× 102 0.8× 98 1.3× 11 0.2× 17 589
Jeff Popke United States 11 414 1.4× 32 0.2× 78 0.6× 88 1.2× 26 0.5× 22 880
Gabriela Valdivia United States 15 256 0.9× 285 1.5× 290 2.1× 97 1.3× 11 0.2× 37 739
Sara Mingorría Spain 9 244 0.8× 142 0.7× 84 0.6× 146 2.0× 16 0.3× 16 746
Bárbara Hogenboom Netherlands 11 241 0.8× 242 1.3× 253 1.9× 69 0.9× 5 0.1× 41 676
Yvonne A. Braun United States 11 349 1.2× 83 0.4× 135 1.0× 26 0.4× 12 0.2× 18 581

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Irene Vélez‐Torres

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All Works

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Vélez‐Torres, Irene, et al.. (2024). Toxic dispossession and environmental violence in Latin America. Journal of Political Ecology. 31(1). 2 indexed citations
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Ide, Tobias, McKenzie F. Johnson, Jon Barnett, et al.. (2023). The Future of Environmental Peace and Conflict Research. Environmental Politics. 32(6). 1077–1103. 52 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vélez‐Torres, Irene, et al.. (2023). Empobrecimiento e intoxicación de cuerpos-territorios en zonas cultivadas con coca y marihuana en Colombia. Journal of Political Ecology. 31(1). 1 indexed citations
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Vélez‐Torres, Irene, et al.. (2023). Cali: Estallido social.
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Gough, Katherine V., Irene Vélez‐Torres, Germán Corredor, et al.. (2022). Engaged pedagogic research: Transforming societies through co-learning and social action. Environment and Planning C Politics and Space. 41(1). 109–129. 4 indexed citations
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Vélez‐Torres, Irene, et al.. (2022). Water pollution and environmental policy in artisanal gold mining frontiers: The case of La Toma, Colombia. The Science of The Total Environment. 852. 158417–158417. 25 indexed citations
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Rincón, Mario Alejandro Pérez, et al.. (2022). Conflicto armado interno y ambiente en Colombia: análisis desde los conflictos ecológicos, 1960-2016. Journal of Political Ecology. 29(1). 2 indexed citations
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Vélez‐Torres, Irene, et al.. (2021). Afrocolombian Struggles for Food, Land, and Culture: The Case of El Tiple. Environmental Engineering Science. 38(5). 340–354. 8 indexed citations
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Gough, Katherine V., et al.. (2021). Decolonising design in peacebuilding contexts. Design Studies. 73. 101001–101001. 11 indexed citations
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Vélez‐Torres, Irene, et al.. (2020). Modeling exposure risk and prevention of mercury in drinking water for artisanal-small scale gold mining communities. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment An International Journal. 27(6). 1492–1508. 7 indexed citations
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Vélez‐Torres, Irene, et al.. (2019). Beyond property: Rural politics and land‐use change in the Colombian sugarcane landscape. Journal of Agrarian Change. 19(4). 690–710. 18 indexed citations
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Vélez‐Torres, Irene, et al.. (2018). Plexos conflictivos: una visión territorial e histórica de los conflictos ambientales en la cuenca alta del río Cauca. Revista Colombiana de Sociología. 42(1). 5 indexed citations
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Vélez‐Torres, Irene, et al.. (2018). Territorial transformations produced by the sugarcane agroindustry in the ethnic communities of López Adentro and El Tiple, Colombia. Land Use Policy. 76. 847–860. 14 indexed citations
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Vélez‐Torres, Irene, et al.. (2018). Mercury Pollution and Artisanal Gold Mining in Alto Cauca, Colombia: Woman's Perception of Health and Environmental Impacts. The Journal of Environment & Development. 27(4). 415–444. 34 indexed citations
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Abdelbasir, Sabah M., Said M. El‐Sheikh, H. Schmidt, et al.. (2018). Graphene-Anchored Cuprous Oxide Nanoparticles from Waste Electric Cables for Electrochemical Sensing. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 6(9). 12176–12186. 35 indexed citations
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Vélez‐Torres, Irene. (2018). Una mirada histórica y socio-ambiental para repensar y renombrar los conflictos entre comunidades étnicas del Alto Cauca, Colombia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 18(1). 38–38. 5 indexed citations
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Vélez‐Torres, Irene, et al.. (2016). Percepción social y respuesta institucional frente al desastre de Tierradentro, Colombia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 20(2). 269–296. 1 indexed citations
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Vélez‐Torres, Irene, et al.. (2013). Agroindustria y extractivismo en el Alto Cauca. Impactos sobre los sistemas de subsistencia Afrocampesinos y resistencias (1950-2011). Americanae (AECID Library). 19 indexed citations

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