Les Levidow

6.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
155 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Les Levidow is a scholar working on Plant Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Les Levidow has authored 155 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Plant Science, 36 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 30 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Les Levidow's work include Genetically Modified Organisms Research (54 papers), Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development (21 papers) and Organic Food and Agriculture (20 papers). Les Levidow is often cited by papers focused on Genetically Modified Organisms Research (54 papers), Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development (21 papers) and Organic Food and Agriculture (20 papers). Les Levidow collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Hong Kong and United States. Les Levidow's co-authors include Susan Carr, Theo Papaioannou, Kean Birch, Jennifer C. Franco, Daniele Zaccaria, Alessandra Scardigno, Mladen Todorović, Rodrigo Maia, David Wield and Michel Pimbert and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Energy Policy.

In The Last Decade

Les Levidow

143 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Improving water-efficient irrigation: Prospects and diffi... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2015 100 200 300 400

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Les Levidow United Kingdom 33 1.3k 1.1k 779 568 547 155 3.9k
Erik Mathijs Belgium 42 1.7k 1.3× 1.4k 1.2× 518 0.7× 434 0.8× 968 1.8× 193 6.8k
Mario Giampietro Spain 43 741 0.6× 397 0.3× 513 0.7× 493 0.9× 818 1.5× 189 5.8k
Douglas Gollin United States 21 1.2k 0.9× 825 0.7× 821 1.1× 192 0.3× 315 0.6× 73 5.9k
Michael Carolan United States 34 1.0k 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 683 0.9× 281 0.5× 458 0.8× 143 3.7k
Vandana Shiva India 32 949 0.8× 729 0.6× 1.9k 2.4× 195 0.3× 659 1.2× 135 5.5k
Gianluca Brunori Italy 35 1.7k 1.3× 2.0k 1.7× 565 0.7× 697 1.2× 394 0.7× 188 4.8k
Peter Oosterveer Netherlands 34 655 0.5× 1.1k 1.0× 365 0.5× 981 1.7× 518 0.9× 126 4.2k
Julian M. Alston United States 41 1.8k 1.4× 1.3k 1.2× 155 0.2× 268 0.5× 191 0.3× 228 5.6k
Cornelia Butler Flora United States 29 1.3k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 1.5k 1.9× 221 0.4× 417 0.8× 136 5.3k
Robert E. Evenson United States 35 1.8k 1.4× 953 0.8× 402 0.5× 283 0.5× 201 0.4× 148 5.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Les Levidow

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Les Levidow

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

All Works

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Levidow, Les, et al.. (2023). How does community food growing build community bonds? Insights from grassroots visual storytelling. Local Environment. 29(1). 1–20.
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Levidow, Les, et al.. (2023). Territorialising Local Food Systems for an Agroecological Transition in Latin America. Land. 12(8). 1577–1577. 1 indexed citations
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Levidow, Les, et al.. (2022). EcoSol-agroecology networks respond to the Covid-19 crisis: building an economy of proximity in Brazil’s Baixada Santista region. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 49(7). 1409–1445. 3 indexed citations
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Levidow, Les, et al.. (2021). Agroecological innovation constructing socionatural order for social transformation: two case studies in Brazil. Tapuya Latin American Science Technology and Society. 4(1). 8 indexed citations
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Levidow, Les. (2018). Sustainable Intensification: Agroecological Appropriation or Contestation?. Dutch Crossing.
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Levidow, Les. (2018). London’s Urban Agriculture: Building Community through Social Innovation. International journal of sociology of agriculture and food. 24(3). 4 indexed citations
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Levidow, Les. (2016). Beyond Incineration?Beyond Incineration? Representing Gasification for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Treatment. Dutch Crossing. 1 indexed citations
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Levidow, Les, et al.. (2014). UK bioenergy innovation priorities: Making expectations credible in state-industry arenas. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 87. 191–204. 7 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Otto, et al.. (2012). The Bio-Economy Concept and Knowledge Base in a Public Goods and Farmer Perspective. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 124 indexed citations
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Loeber, Anne, Maarten A. Hajer, & Les Levidow. (2011). Agro-food Crises: Institutional and Discursive Changes in the Food Scares Era. Science as Culture. 20(2). 147–155. 17 indexed citations
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Levidow, Les, et al.. (2010). Urban Agriculture as Community Engagement in Manchester. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 43–45. 2 indexed citations
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Levidow, Les, et al.. (2010). Community supported urban agriculture: the Orti Solidali project in Rome.. 58–60. 1 indexed citations
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Levidow, Les. (2004). Making another world possible. Radical philosophy. 1 indexed citations
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Levidow, Les. (2003). Precautionary risk assessment of Bt maize: what uncertainties?. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 83(2). 113–117. 13 indexed citations
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Levidow, Les & Susan Carr. (2000). Normalizing Novelty: Regulating Biotechnological Risk at the U.S. EPA. University of New Hampshire Scholars Repository (University of New Hampshire at Manchester). 11(1). 4. 3 indexed citations
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Levidow, Les & Susan Carr. (2000). UK: strategies for precautionary commercialization of GM crops.. Oléagineux Corps gras Lipides. 7(4). 361–365. 1 indexed citations
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Levidow, Les & Susan Carr. (2000). Sound Science or Ideology. 15(3). 44. 2 indexed citations
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Levidow, Les. (1998). Domesticating Biotechnology: How London's Science Museum Has Framed the Controversy.. 28(3). 1 indexed citations
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Levidow, Les, et al.. (1996). Public Debate and Regulation of Biotechnology in Europe. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 7 indexed citations

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