Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies
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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.
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Baaz, Maria Eriksson, Esther Marijnen, Judith Verweijen, et al.. (2015). Virunga's white savior complex. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University).1 indexed citations
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Plante, Alain F., Tsutomu Ohno, Dawit Solomon, et al.. (2014). Characterization of extractable soil organic matter pools from African Dark Earths (AfDE): A case study in historical biochar and organic waste amendments. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 12886.1 indexed citations
Fairhead, James, et al.. (2014). Query: What are the local beliefs and practices around illnesses and death, the transmission of disease and spirituality, which affect decision-making (around health- seeking behaviour, caring for relatives and nature of burials) and can inform effective behaviour change interventions for preventing Ebola in Sierra Leone?.
Fairhead, James & Melissa Leach. (2003). Science, Society and Power: Environmental Knowledge and Policy in West Africa and the Caribbean. Figshare.97 indexed citations
Fairhead, James & Melissa Leach. (1997). Deforestation in Question: Dialogue and Dissonance in Ecological, Social and Historical Knowledge of West Africa. Cases From Liberia and Sierra Leone. Paideuma. 43. 193–225.5 indexed citations
Fairhead, James & Mark K. Leach. (1995). Local agro-ecological management and forest-savanna transitions: the case of Kissidougou, Guinea.. 163–170.6 indexed citations
Fairhead, James. (1990). Fields of struggle : towards a social history of farming knowledge and practice in a Bwisha community, Kivu, Zaire. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique).9 indexed citations
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