Mark A. Constas

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Mark A. Constas is a scholar working on Education, Sociology and Political Science and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark A. Constas has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Education, 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Mark A. Constas's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (8 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (5 papers) and Disaster Management and Resilience (5 papers). Mark A. Constas is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (8 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (5 papers) and Disaster Management and Resilience (5 papers). Mark A. Constas collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Mark A. Constas's co-authors include Christopher B. Barrett, Daniel K. Capps, Barbara A. Crawford, Norman Porticella, Rick Bonney, Tina Phillips, Nathaniel Jensen, Robert J. Sternberg, Simone Verkaart and Lindsey Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Child Development and Journal of Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Mark A. Constas

33 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

Toward a theory of resilience for international development applications

2014 305 citations Christopher B. Barrett, Mark A. Constas Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
A Review of Empirical Literature on Inquiry Professional Development: Alignment with Best Practices and a Critique of the Findings

2012 220 citations Mark A. Constas et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark A. Constas United States	17	585	397	204	194	166	34	1.6k
Daniel J. Buckles Canada	13	165 0.3×	361 0.9×	166 0.8×	64 0.3×	51 0.3×	29	1.4k
Sandra McNally United Kingdom	27	1.1k 1.8×	578 1.5×	126 0.6×	48 0.2×	162 1.0×	110	2.1k
Servaas van der Berg South Africa	24	479 0.8×	791 2.0×	273 1.3×	103 0.5×	61 0.4×	112	2.1k
Peter W. Van Arsdale United States	4	149 0.3×	586 1.5×	314 1.5×	20 0.1×	186 1.1×	9	2.0k
Barbara Entwisle United States	31	154 0.3×	1.4k 3.6×	365 1.8×	67 0.3×	102 0.6×	87	3.0k
Kate Hampshire United Kingdom	30	216 0.4×	807 2.0×	410 2.0×	26 0.1×	86 0.5×	82	2.2k
Patrick J. McEwan United States	28	1.8k 3.1×	550 1.4×	157 0.8×	41 0.2×	74 0.4×	66	2.7k
Glenn D. Israel United States	18	353 0.6×	413 1.0×	123 0.6×	8 0.0×	82 0.5×	116	1.3k
Meg Huby United Kingdom	18	122 0.2×	464 1.2×	260 1.3×	29 0.1×	170 1.0×	40	1.5k
Michael J. White United States	38	674 1.2×	2.6k 6.5×	647 3.2×	33 0.2×	135 0.8×	103	4.1k

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Béné, Christophe, et al.. (2023). Food system resilience measurement: principles, framework and caveats. Food Security. 15(6). 1437–1458. 18 indexed citations

Ulimwengu, John M., et al.. (2022). 2021 Annual Trends and Outlook Report Building Resilient African Food Systems After COVID-19: Synopsys. 1 indexed citations

Jones, Lindsey, Mark A. Constas, Nathanial Matthews, & Simone Verkaart. (2021). Advancing resilience measurement. Nature Sustainability. 4(4). 288–289. 39 indexed citations

Matare, Cynthia R., Mduduzi N. N. Mbuya, Katherine L. Dickin, et al.. (2020). Maternal Capabilities Are Associated with Child Caregiving Behaviors Among Women in Rural Zimbabwe. Journal of Nutrition. 151(3). 685–694. 26 indexed citations

Constas, Mark A., Laura Mattioli, & Luca Russo. (2020). What does resilience imply for development practice? Tools for more coherent programming and evaluation of resilience. Development Policy Review. 39(4). 588–603. 7 indexed citations

Webb, Patrick, et al.. (2019). The effects of male out-migration on household food security in rural Nepal. Food Security. 11(3). 719–732. 20 indexed citations

Jensen, Nathaniel, et al.. (2019). Quantifying household resilience with high frequency data: Temporal dynamics and methodological options. World Development. 121. 1–15. 74 indexed citations

Zongrone, Amanda, Purnima Menon, Gretel H. Pelto, et al.. (2018). The Pathways from a Behavior Change Communication Intervention to Infant and Young Child Feeding in Bangladesh Are Mediated and Potentiated by Maternal Self-Efficacy. Journal of Nutrition. 148(2). 259–266. 19 indexed citations

Phillips, Tina, Norman Porticella, Mark A. Constas, & Rick Bonney. (2018). A Framework for Articulating and Measuring Individual Learning Outcomes from Participation in Citizen Science. Citizen Science Theory and Practice. 3(2). 3–3. 182 indexed citations

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Dickin, Katherine L., et al.. (2017). The relationship between community nutritionists’ use of policy, systems and environmental strategies to prevent obesity and its determinants depends on networking. Public Health Nutrition. 20(12). 2225–2235. 8 indexed citations

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Barrett, Christopher B. & Mark A. Constas. (2014). Toward a theory of resilience for international development applications. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(40). 14625–14630. 305 indexed citations breakdown →

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Frankenberger, Timothy R. & Mark A. Constas. (2014). IFPRI 2020 Conference: Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security, Addis Ababa, 15–17 of May 2014: a Synthesis. Food Security. 6(5). 743–745. 7 indexed citations

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Barrett, Christopher B. & Mark A. Constas. (2014). Toward a Theory of Resilience for International Development Applications. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations

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Frankenberger, Timothy R., et al.. (2014). CURRENT APPROACHES TO RESILIENCE PROGRAMMING AMONG NONGOVERN- MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 4 indexed citations

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Rao, Nirmala, Jin Sun, Veronica Pearson, et al.. (2012). Is Something Better Than Nothing? An Evaluation of Early Childhood Programs in Cambodia. Child Development. 83(3). 864–876. 63 indexed citations

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Constas, Mark A. & Robert J. Sternberg. (2006). Translating theory and research into educational practice: Developments in content domains, large-scale reform, and intellectual capacity.. 21 indexed citations

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Constas, Mark A.. (1998). Deciphering Postmodern Educational Research. Educational Researcher. 27(9). 36–36. 18 indexed citations

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Constas, Mark A.. (1998). Research News And Comment: The Changing Nature of Educational Research and a Critique of Postmodernism. Educational Researcher. 27(2). 26–33. 25 indexed citations

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Constas, Mark A.. (1997). Apartheid and the Socio-Political Context of Education in South Africa: A Narrative Account. Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education. 98(4). 1–45. 8 indexed citations

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Constas, Mark A. & Richard E. Ripple. (1987). Educational psychology: Origins of a dichotomy and the parallel dependence model. Contemporary Educational Psychology. 12(1). 42–51. 2 indexed citations

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