About Lester R. Brown is a scholar working on
Economics and Econometrics ,
Political Science and International Relations and
Management Information Systems .
According to data from OpenAlex, Lester R. Brown has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in
Economics and Econometrics , 2 papers in
Political Science and International Relations and 2 papers in
Management Information Systems . Recurrent topics in Lester R. Brown's work include
International Development and Aid (2 papers),
Decision Support System Applications (2 papers) and
HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses (2 papers). Lester R. Brown is often cited by papers focused on International Development and Aid (2 papers), Decision Support System Applications (2 papers) and HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses (2 papers). Lester R. Brown collaborates with scholars based in
United States ,
Slovakia and
United Kingdom . Lester R. Brown's co-authors include
Edward C. Wolf ,
Robin E. Bell ,
G. McN. ,
Erik Eckholm ,
Herbert Girardet ,
John Bongaarts ,
Jodi L. Jacobson ,
Brian Halweil ,
N. W. Pirie and
Gary Gardner and has published in prestigious journals such as
Science ,
SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and
Foreign Affairs .
Overview Impact Standout Papers Peers Geography Research Space Co-Authors Works Hit Papers State of the World 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 100 200 300 400 500 Peers Lester R. Brown
Comparison fields: 5 of 174 Sociology and Political Science 568 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 546 Global and Planetary Change 467 Economics and Econometrics 364 Soil Science 291 Ecology 276 General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 260 Plant Science 227 Environmental Engineering 216 Political Science and International Relations 206 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 204 Water Science and Technology 141 Nature and Landscape Conservation 135 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 107 General Health Professions 104 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 100 Atmospheric Science 98 Strategy and Management 94 Pollution 94 Building and Construction 94 Education 86 Management Science and Operations Research 81 Urban Studies 78 Ocean Engineering 73 Agronomy and Crop Science 68 Nutrition and Dietetics 68 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 64 Environmental Chemistry 64 Demography 61 Development 58 Marketing 55 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 53 Social Psychology 48 Gender Studies 48 Earth-Surface Processes 47 Food Science 44 Forestry 43 Biomedical Engineering 43 Safety Research 39 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 39 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 39 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 36 Mechanical Engineering 34 Transportation 33 Genetics 33 Geography, Planning and Development 33 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 31 Molecular Biology 30 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 29 Philosophy 23 Oceanography 22 Health 21 Business and International Management 21 Information Systems and Management 21 Geochemistry and Petrology 21 Management of Technology and Innovation 20 Finance 20 Anthropology 19 Civil and Structural Engineering 18 Astronomy and Astrophysics 17 Mechanics of Materials 15 History 15 Law 15 Aquatic Science 15 Artificial Intelligence 14 Clinical Psychology 14 Epidemiology 13 Ecological Modeling 13 Automotive Engineering 13 Cultural Studies 12 Communication 11 Insect Science 11 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 11 Applied Psychology 10 General Energy 10 General Social Sciences 10 Energy Engineering and Power Technology 10 Materials Chemistry 9 Archeology 9 History and Philosophy of Science 8 Reproductive Medicine 8 Literature and Literary Theory 8 Paleontology 8 Control and Systems Engineering 8 Cognitive Neuroscience 8 Information Systems 8 Aerospace Engineering 7 Emergency Medical Services 7 Media Technology 7 Accounting 6 Speech and Hearing 6 Physiology 6 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 6 Developmental and Educational Psychology 6 Process Chemistry and Technology 6 Infectious Diseases 5 Religious studies 5 Conservation 5 Biomaterials 5 Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 5 Computational Theory and Mathematics 5 Complementary and Manual Therapy 5 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 4 Animal Science and Zoology 4 Computer Networks and Communications 4 Human Factors and Ergonomics 4 Biotechnology 4 Public Administration 4 Management Information Systems 4 Developmental Biology 4 Psychiatry and Mental health 4 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 4 Polymers and Plastics 4 Geology 4 Analytical Chemistry 4 Surgery 3 Language and Linguistics 3 Microbiology 3 Immunology 3 Cell Biology 3 Geophysics 3 Small Animals 3 Pharmacy 3 Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3 Architecture 3 Human-Computer Interaction 3 Music 2 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 Museology 2 Pharmacology 2 Radiation 2 Signal Processing 2 Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 Health Information Management 2 Urology 2 Complementary and alternative medicine 2 Hepatology 2 Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics 2 Spectroscopy 2 Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 2 Computational Mechanics 2 Pharmacology 2 Parasitology 2 Linguistics and Language 2 Biochemistry 2 Visual Arts and Performing Arts 2 Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 Sensory Systems 1 Bioengineering 1 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 Oral Surgery 1 Surfaces, Coatings and Films 1 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 1 Physiology 1 Condensed Matter Physics 1 Virology 1 Fuel Technology 1 Endocrinology 1 Modeling and Simulation 1 Catalysis 1 Oncology 1 Statistics and Probability 1 General Psychology 1 Cancer Research 1 Computer Science Applications 1 Pharmaceutical Science 1 Inorganic Chemistry 1 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 Orthodontics 1 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 1 Emergency Medicine 1 Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 1 General Decision Sciences 1 Library and Information Sciences 1
Sociology and Political Science 568 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 546 Global and Planetary Change 467 Economics and Econometrics 364 Soil Science 291 Thomas J. Bassett United States
Gilberto C. Gallopín Argentina
Robert Repetto United States
Guy M. Robinson Australia
Cathal O’Donoghue Ireland
Priya Shyamsundar United States
Héléna Posthumus United Kingdom
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All Works Load more (20 of 137) # Work Indexed citations 1 Para prevenir una nueva crisis alimentaria
1 2 39 3 2007 · Institutional Repository, Hitotsubashi University (Hitotsubashi University) · Lester R. Brown 1 4 2003 · Management of Environmental Quality An International Journal · Lester R. Brown 84 5 2 6 Running on Empty
6 7 Beyond Malthus : sixteen dimensions of the population problem
15 8 El futuro del crecimiento
10 9 La construcción de una nueva economía
7 10 La escasez de alimentos: un llamamiento a la toma de conciencia
1 11 Vital Signs 1997: The Environmental Trends That Are Shaping Our Future
10 12 El inicio de una nueva era
6 13 La salvación del planeta: cómo desarrollar una economía global para el medio ambiente
0 14 Un nuevo orden mundial
0 15 Reversing Africa's Decline. Worldwatch Paper 65.
12 16 Economic Bases for Lessening U.S.-Soviet Tensions.
2 17 R &D for a Sustainable Society
2 18 1 19 Man and his environment : food
8 20 0
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