Jim Igoe

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
26 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Jim Igoe is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Anthropology and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Jim Igoe has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 7 papers in Anthropology and 7 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Jim Igoe's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (9 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (5 papers) and Anthropological Studies and Insights (5 papers). Jim Igoe is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (9 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (5 papers) and Anthropological Studies and Insights (5 papers). Jim Igoe collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Jim Igoe's co-authors include Dan Brockington, Katja Neves, Bram Büscher, Sian Sullivan, Kai Schmidt–Soltau, David Hughes and Rosaleen Duffy and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Conservation Biology and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Jim Igoe

26 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Fortress Conservation: The Preservation of the Mkomazi Ga... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 2012 100 200 300 400
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. Fortress Conservation: The Preservation of the Mkomazi Game Reserve, Tanzania
    2002 453 citations Jim Igoe, Dan Brockington The International Journal of African Historical Studies profile →
  2. Towards a Synthesized Critique of Neoliberal Biodiversity Conservation
    2012 436 citations Bram Büscher, Sian Sullivan et al. Capitalism Nature Socialism profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jim Igoe United States 18 1.4k 747 582 444 433 26 2.7k
Paige West United States 21 1.4k 1.0× 811 1.1× 398 0.7× 507 1.1× 463 1.1× 43 2.9k
J. Peter Brosius United States 23 1.8k 1.3× 870 1.2× 733 1.3× 814 1.8× 384 0.9× 39 3.5k
Roderick P. Neumann United States 20 1.1k 0.8× 799 1.1× 573 1.0× 349 0.8× 359 0.8× 32 2.4k
Sian Sullivan United Kingdom 28 1.2k 0.9× 644 0.9× 744 1.3× 527 1.2× 335 0.8× 86 2.8k
Wolfram Dressler Australia 33 2.2k 1.5× 934 1.3× 610 1.0× 654 1.5× 207 0.5× 105 3.8k
Raymond L. Bryant United Kingdom 24 1.1k 0.8× 1.3k 1.8× 535 0.9× 242 0.5× 313 0.7× 49 3.3k
Rosaleen Duffy United Kingdom 36 1.4k 1.0× 1.6k 2.2× 568 1.0× 900 2.0× 663 1.5× 81 3.9k
Tor A. Benjaminsen Norway 37 1.7k 1.2× 1.7k 2.2× 1.2k 2.1× 488 1.1× 214 0.5× 124 4.8k
Ramachandra Guha India 17 741 0.5× 1.1k 1.5× 511 0.9× 150 0.3× 256 0.6× 65 2.6k
George Holmes United Kingdom 27 1.5k 1.0× 454 0.6× 519 0.9× 764 1.7× 348 0.8× 77 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Jim Igoe

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jim Igoe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jim Igoe

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jim Igoe. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jim Igoe 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 Jim Igoe. Jim Igoe 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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Igoe, Jim. (2024). NGOs and Civil Society at the End of a World. Development and Change. 55(1). 173–185. 2 indexed citations
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Igoe, Jim. (2017). The Nature of Spectacle. University of Arizona Press eBooks. 25 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Sian, Jim Igoe, & Bram Büscher. (2013). Introducing nature on the move -- a triptych. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations
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Igoe, Jim. (2013). Nature on the Move II: Contemplation Becomes Speculation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 37–49. 7 indexed citations
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Büscher, Bram & Jim Igoe. (2013). ‘Prosuming’ conservation? Web 2.0, nature and the intensification of value-producing labour in late capitalism. Journal of Consumer Culture. 13(3). 283–305. 52 indexed citations
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Büscher, Bram, Sian Sullivan, Katja Neves, Jim Igoe, & Dan Brockington. (2012). Towards a Synthesized Critique of Neoliberal Biodiversity Conservation. Capitalism Nature Socialism. 23(2). 4–30. 436 indexed citations breakdown →
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Neves, Katja & Jim Igoe. (2012). UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT AND ACCUMULATION BY DISPOSSESSION IN NATURE CONSERVATION: COMPARING RECENT TRENDS IN THE AZORES AND TANZANIA. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. 103(2). 164–179. 35 indexed citations
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Brockington, Dan, Rosaleen Duffy, & Jim Igoe. (2012). The Power of Parks. 77–100. 1 indexed citations
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Igoe, Jim, Katja Neves, & Dan Brockington. (2010). A Spectacular Eco‐Tour around the Historic Bloc: Theorising the Convergence of Biodiversity Conservation and Capitalist Expansion. Antipode. 42(3). 486–512. 217 indexed citations
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Igoe, Jim & Dan Brockington. (2007). Neoliberal Conservation: A Brief Introduction. Conservation and Society. 5(4). 432–449. 471 indexed citations
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Brockington, Dan, Jim Igoe, & Kai Schmidt–Soltau. (2006). Conservation, Human Rights, and Poverty Reduction. Conservation Biology. 20(1). 250–252. 264 indexed citations
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Igoe, Jim. (2006). Becoming indigenous peoples: Difference, inequality, and the globalization of East African identity politics. African Affairs. 105(420). 399–420. 62 indexed citations
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Igoe, Jim. (2005). The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World. Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida). 9(1). 84–86. 11 indexed citations
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Igoe, Jim. (2005). Global indigenism and spaceship earth: Convergence, space, and re-entry friction. Globalizations. 2(3). 377–390. 23 indexed citations
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Hughes, David & Jim Igoe. (2003). Conservation and Globalization: A Study of National Parks and Indigenous Communities from East Africa to South Dakota. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 36(3). 698–698. 154 indexed citations
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Igoe, Jim. (2003). Scaling up Civil Society: Donor Money, NGOs and the Pastoralist Land Rights Movement in Tanzania. Development and Change. 34(5). 863–885. 86 indexed citations
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Igoe, Jim & Dan Brockington. (2002). Fortress Conservation: The Preservation of the Mkomazi Game Reserve, Tanzania. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 35(2/3). 594–594. 453 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brockington, Dan & Jim Igoe. (1999). Pastoral Land Tenure and Community Conservation: a case study from North-East Tanzania. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 36 indexed citations

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