James Thurlow

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
118 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

James Thurlow is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, James Thurlow has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 28 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 25 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in James Thurlow's work include Agricultural Innovations and Practices (25 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (23 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (18 papers). James Thurlow is often cited by papers focused on Agricultural Innovations and Practices (25 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (23 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (18 papers). James Thurlow collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and Denmark. James Thurlow's co-authors include Channing Arndt, Xinshen Diao, Karl Pauw, Peter Hazell, Paul A. Dorosh, Danielle Resnick, Finn Tarp, Rui Benfica, Rob Davies and Tingju Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Applied Energy and Nature Climate Change.

In The Last Decade

James Thurlow

110 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

The Ukraine war and rising commodity prices: Implications for developing countries

2023 98 citations Channing Arndt, Xinshen Diao et al. Global Food Security profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James Thurlow United States	32	1.1k	685	635	489	481	118	3.3k
Sonia Akter Bangladesh	29	802 0.8×	276 0.4×	455 0.7×	331 0.7×	603 1.3×	85	3.0k
Trung Thành Nguyễn Germany	31	705 0.7×	634 0.9×	690 1.1×	206 0.4×	438 0.9×	134	3.0k
Channing Arndt United States	35	1.8k 1.7×	442 0.6×	479 0.8×	258 0.5×	688 1.4×	183	4.0k
Sanzidur Rahman United Kingdom	36	1.1k 1.0×	1.9k 2.8×	1.0k 1.6×	660 1.3×	288 0.6×	140	4.2k
Shah Fahad China	34	964 0.9×	392 0.6×	617 1.0×	676 1.4×	518 1.1×	126	3.1k
Akhter Ali Mexico	29	515 0.5×	725 1.1×	658 1.0×	587 1.2×	305 0.6×	80	2.8k
Phoebe Koundouri Greece	33	1.9k 1.8×	501 0.7×	417 0.7×	174 0.4×	341 0.7×	141	3.9k
Nico Heerink Netherlands	36	1.0k 1.0×	1.4k 2.0×	1.5k 2.3×	184 0.4×	388 0.8×	116	3.9k
Marrit van den Berg Netherlands	24	573 0.5×	529 0.8×	621 1.0×	159 0.3×	370 0.8×	102	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by James Thurlow

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Thurlow

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Thurlow

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Arndt, Thomas, et al.. (2026). Systematic risk profiling: Assessing compounding economic risks in developing countries. Economic Modelling. 157. 107511–107511.

Thurlow, James, et al.. (2025). Promoting regional income equity under structural transformation and climate change: An economywide analysis for Senegal. Economic Systems. 50(1). 101328–101328. 1 indexed citations

Thomas, Timothy S., et al.. (2024). Revisiting development strategy under climate uncertainty: case study of Malawi. Climatic Change. 177(6). 91–91. 1 indexed citations

Breisinger, Clemens, et al.. (2023). From Food Subsidies to Cash Transfers: Assessing Economy-Wide Benefits and Trade-Offs in Egypt. Journal of African Economies. 33(2). 109–129. 6 indexed citations

Arndt, Channing, Xinshen Diao, Paul A. Dorosh, Karl Pauw, & James Thurlow. (2023). The Ukraine war and rising commodity prices: Implications for developing countries. Global Food Security. 36. 100680–100680. 98 indexed citations breakdown →

Thurlow, James. (2020). COVID-19 lockdowns have imposed substantial economic costs on countries in Africa. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 23–25. 4 indexed citations

Pauw, Karl, et al.. (2020). The Economic Costs of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from a Simulation Exercise for Ghana. European Journal of Development Research. 32(5). 1353–1378. 67 indexed citations

Benfica, Rui, Benedito Cunguara, & James Thurlow. (2018). Linking agricultural investments to growth and poverty: An economywide approach applied to Mozambique. Agricultural Systems. 172. 91–100. 39 indexed citations

Thurlow, James, et al.. (2016). The economic value of seasonal forecasts stochastic economywide analysis for East Africa. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations

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Arndt, Channing, Rob Davies, Konstantin Makrelov, & James Thurlow. (2013). Measuring the Carbon Intensity of the South African Economy. Econstor (Econstor).

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Resnick, Danielle, Finn Tarp, & James Thurlow. (2012). The Political Economy of Green Growth: Illustrations from Southern Africa. Econstor (Econstor). 5 indexed citations

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Arndt, Channing, Karl Pauw, & James Thurlow. (2012). Biofuels and Economic Development: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis for Tanzania. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Dorosh, Paul A. & James Thurlow. (2012). Implication of accelerated agricultural growth for household incomes and poverty in Ethiopia: A general equilibrium analysis. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics.

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Arndt, Channing, Finn Tarp, & James Thurlow. (2011). Poverty Reduction and Economic Structure: Mozambique and Vietnam Compared. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Arndt, Channing, et al.. (2011). Explaining Poverty Evolution: The Case of Mozambique. Econstor (Econstor). 11 indexed citations

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Thurlow, James, et al.. (2011). The Impact of the Global Commodity and Financial Crises on Poverty in Vietnam. IFPRI E-brary (International Food Policy Research Institute). 2(1). 8 indexed citations

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Arndt, Channing, et al.. (2011). Poverty Reduction and Economic Structure: Comparative Path Analysis for Mozambique and Vietnam. Review of Income and Wealth. 58(4). 742–763. 23 indexed citations

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Arndt, Channing, Rui Benfica, & James Thurlow. (2010). Gender Implications of Biofuels Expansion: A CGE Analysis for Mozambique. Econstor (Econstor). 2 indexed citations

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Arndt, Channing, et al.. (2010). Adapting to climate change: an integrated biophysical and economic assessment for Mozambique. Sustainability Science. 6(1). 7–20. 55 indexed citations

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Benin, Samuel, et al.. (2008). Agricultural Growth and Investment Options for Poverty Reduction in Rwanda. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 52 indexed citations

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