Jon Hellin

8.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
115 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Jon Hellin is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jon Hellin has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 28 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 28 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Jon Hellin's work include Agricultural Innovations and Practices (41 papers), Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (23 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (22 papers). Jon Hellin is often cited by papers focused on Agricultural Innovations and Practices (41 papers), Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (23 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (22 papers). Jon Hellin collaborates with scholars based in Mexico, Philippines and United States. Jon Hellin's co-authors include Bekele Shiferaw, B. M. Prasanna, Marianne Bänziger, Ruth Meinzen‐Dick, M.R. Bellon, Stephan Dohrn, Helen Markelova, Olaf Erenstein, Madelon Meijer and Mark Lundy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Jon Hellin

107 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Crops that feed the world 6. Past successes and future challenges to the role played by maize in global food security

2011 1.1k citations Jon Hellin et al. profile →
Collective action for smallholder market access

2008 535 citations Helen Markelova, Ruth Meinzen‐Dick et al. Food Policy profile →
Adapting maize production to climate change in sub-Saharan Africa

2013 346 citations Jon Hellin, Kai Sonder et al. profile →
Climate risk management and rural poverty reduction

2018 210 citations James Hansen, Jon Hellin et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Jon Hellin	2.3k	2.0k	998	877	717	115	5.5k
Prabhu Pingali	2.3k 1.0×	2.5k 1.2×	899 0.9×	1.5k 1.7×	500 0.7×	153	8.1k
Piet van Asten	1.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 1.0×	695 0.8×	392 0.5×	117	4.5k
Derek Byerlee	1.5k 0.7×	3.3k 1.6×	807 0.8×	1.7k 2.0×	672 0.9×	174	6.5k
Mélinda Smale	2.3k 1.0×	2.5k 1.2×	664 0.7×	1.0k 1.2×	554 0.8×	196	5.2k
W.A.H. Rossing	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	931 0.9×	594 0.7×	581 0.8×	178	4.7k
Victor M. Manyong	1.2k 0.5×	2.3k 1.2×	557 0.6×	969 1.1×	395 0.6×	155	4.6k
Tahirou Abdoulaye	1.1k 0.5×	2.0k 1.0×	786 0.8×	1.0k 1.2×	411 0.6×	190	4.0k
Peter Läderach	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	1.6k 1.6×	655 0.7×	197 0.3×	126	5.9k
Robert Finger	2.1k 0.9×	2.4k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	2.1k 2.4×	510 0.7×	264	7.7k
I. Darnhofer	1.6k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	820 0.8×	295 0.3×	174 0.2×	95	4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Jon Hellin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jon Hellin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jon Hellin

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Bonatti, Michelle, Berta Martín‐López, Barbara Schröter, et al.. (2025). Uncovering decolonial pedagogies for learning agroecological transitions: comparative analysis of South America cases. Global Environmental Change. 94. 103042–103042. 1 indexed citations

Hellin, Jon, Eleanor Fisher, & Michelle Bonatti. (2024). Transforming agricultural research and development systems to meet 21st Century needs for climate action. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 8. 2 indexed citations

Petesch, Patti, et al.. (2024). A field methodology to advance social equity and transformative adaptation to climate change in smallholder communities. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability. 8. 100272–100272.

Hellin, Jon, et al.. (2023). Transformative adaptation: from climate-smart to climate-resilient agriculture. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 24 indexed citations

Connor, Melanie, et al.. (2021). Rice Farming in Central Java, Indonesia—Adoption of Sustainable Farming Practices, Impacts and Implications. Agronomy. 11(5). 881–881. 36 indexed citations

Hellin, Jon, Jean Balié, Eleanor Fisher, et al.. (2020). Trans-Disciplinary Responses to Climate Change: Lessons from Rice-Based Systems in Asia. Climate. 8(2). 35–35. 19 indexed citations

Hellin, Jon, Jean Balié, Eleanor Fisher, et al.. (2020). Sustainable agriculture for health and prosperity: stakeholders’ roles, legitimacy and modus operandi. Development in Practice. 30(7). 965–971. 10 indexed citations

Hellin, Jon, et al.. (2019). A guide to scaling soil and water conservation in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. CIMMYT eBooks. 1 indexed citations

Hellin, Jon, et al.. (2017). Scaling up agricultural adaptation through insurance: Bringing together insurance, big data and agricultural innovation. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 2 indexed citations

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Black, J. Roy, et al.. (2017). Productivity differences and food security: a metafrontier analysis of rain-fed maize farmers in MasAgro in Mexico. AIMS Agriculture and Food. 2(2). 129–148. 11 indexed citations

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Hellin, Jon & Santiago López‐Ridaura. (2016). Soil and water conservation on Central American hillsides: if more technologies is the answer, what is the question?. AIMS Agriculture and Food. 1(2). 194–207. 17 indexed citations

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Hellin, Jon, et al.. (2015). Uso de vegetación para la conservación de suelo y agua en laderas: consideraciones sociales y técnicas. REVISTA CEIBA. 40(1). 35–39.

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Hellin, Jon, et al.. (2012). Sendas de impacto en negocios rurales de la liberalización comercial: un estudio del caso de pequeños cultivadores de maíz en Mexico: Impact pathways of trade liberalization on rural livelihoods: A case study of smallholder maize farmers in Mexico. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 1(1). 59–83. 2 indexed citations

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Erenstein, Olaf, Ken D. Sayre, P. Wall, Jon Hellin, & John Dixon. (2012). Conservation Agriculture in Maize- and Wheat-Based Systems in the (Sub)tropics: Lessons from Adaptation Initiatives in South Asia, Mexico, and Southern Africa. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture. 36(2). 180–206. 125 indexed citations

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Reynolds, Matthew, Jon Hellin, Bram Govaerts, et al.. (2011). Global crop improvement networks to bridge technology gaps. Journal of Experimental Botany. 63(1). 1–12. 36 indexed citations

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Meinzen‐Dick, Ruth, Helen Markelova, Jon Hellin, & Stephan Dohrn. (2009). Special Section: Collective action for smallholder market access.. Food Policy. 34(1). 23 indexed citations

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Dixon, John, et al.. (2009). Forty years of farming systems classification for enhanced food security and poverty reduction.. CABI Reviews. 1–14. 1 indexed citations

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Heerwaarden, Joost van, et al.. (2009). Estimating maize genetic erosion in modernized smallholder agriculture. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 119(5). 875–888. 46 indexed citations

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Dixon, Jane, et al.. (2006). Adoption and economic impact of improved wheat varieties in the developing world. The Journal of Agricultural Science. 144(6). 489–502. 54 indexed citations

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Hellin, Jon & Martin Haigh. (2002). Better land husbandry in Honduras: towards the new paradigm in conserving soil, water and productivity. Land Degradation and Development. 13(3). 233–250. 38 indexed citations

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