Max Spoor

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Max Spoor is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Max Spoor has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 18 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Max Spoor's work include Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (18 papers), Russia and Soviet political economy (14 papers) and Land Rights and Reforms (12 papers). Max Spoor is often cited by papers focused on Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (18 papers), Russia and Soviet political economy (14 papers) and Land Rights and Reforms (12 papers). Max Spoor collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, China and Spain. Max Spoor's co-authors include Оане Виссер, Saturnino M. Borras, Jennifer C. Franco, Cristóbal Kay, Georgina M. Gómez, Natalia Mamonova, Gert Jan Veldwisch, Xiaoping Shi, Xianlei Ma and Anatoly Krutov and has published in prestigious journals such as World Development, Land Use Policy and Food Policy.

In The Last Decade

Max Spoor

53 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Land grabbing in Latin America and the Caribbean 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300
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. Land grabbing in Latin America and the Caribbean
    2012 397 citations Saturnino M. Borras, Jennifer C. Franco et al. The Journal of Peasant Studies profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Max Spoor Netherlands 21 925 474 448 379 229 57 1.6k
James F. Keeley Canada 12 670 0.7× 475 1.0× 388 0.9× 257 0.7× 282 1.2× 50 1.6k
Philip Woodhouse United Kingdom 21 645 0.7× 442 0.9× 345 0.8× 212 0.6× 190 0.8× 66 1.5k
Derek Hall Canada 15 688 0.7× 240 0.5× 454 1.0× 326 0.9× 357 1.6× 30 1.4k
Annelies Zoomers Netherlands 21 928 1.0× 547 1.2× 886 2.0× 369 1.0× 526 2.3× 96 2.5k
Kojo Amanor Ghana 21 686 0.7× 501 1.1× 277 0.6× 96 0.3× 260 1.1× 48 1.5k
Saturnino M. Borras Netherlands 26 1.9k 2.1× 778 1.6× 720 1.6× 338 0.9× 425 1.9× 33 2.6k
Stephen K. Wegren United States 20 481 0.5× 263 0.6× 286 0.6× 615 1.6× 112 0.5× 124 1.4k
Dzodzi Tsikata Ghana 19 712 0.8× 636 1.3× 420 0.9× 147 0.4× 157 0.7× 47 1.4k
Diana Carney United Kingdom 8 493 0.5× 272 0.6× 470 1.0× 90 0.2× 324 1.4× 11 1.5k
Jon D. Unruh Canada 21 554 0.6× 709 1.5× 439 1.0× 217 0.6× 597 2.6× 89 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Max Spoor

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Fields of papers citing papers by Max Spoor

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Max Spoor

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Max Spoor. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Max Spoor 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 Max Spoor. Max Spoor 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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Spoor, Max, et al.. (2019). Beyond the “special period”: land reform, supermarkets and the prospects for peasant-driven food sovereignty in post-socialist Cuba (2008–2017). Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développement. 40(4). 546–563. 9 indexed citations
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Hunsberger, Carol, Esteve Corbera, Saturnino M. Borras, et al.. (2017). Climate change mitigation, land grabbing and conflict: towards a landscape-based and collaborative action research agenda. Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développement. 38(3). 305–324. 78 indexed citations
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Виссер, Оане, et al.. (2017). "Quiet Food Sovereignty” as Food Sovereignty without Movements? Understanding Food Sovereignty in Post-Socialist Russia. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations
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Moreda, Tsegaye & Max Spoor. (2015). The politics of large-scale land acquisitions in Ethiopia: state and corporate elites and subaltern villagers. Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développement. 36(2). 224–240. 28 indexed citations
5.
Spoor, Max, et al.. (2014). Quality of life and social exclusion in rural Southern, Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS. Post-Communist Economies. 26(2). 201–219. 13 indexed citations
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Spoor, Max. (2012). Agrarian reform and transition: what can we learn from ‘the east’?. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 39(1). 175–194. 28 indexed citations
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You, Liangzhi, Max Spoor, John M. Ulimwengu, & Shemei Zhang. (2010). Land use change and environmental stress of wheat, rice and corn production in China. China Economic Review. 22(4). 461–473. 55 indexed citations
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Виссер, Оане, et al.. (2010). Land grabbing in Eastern Europe: global food security and land governance in post - Soviet Eurasia. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 683–698. 3 indexed citations
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Spoor, Max, et al.. (2007). Dragons with Clay Feet? : Transition, sustainable land use and rural environment in China and Vietnam. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 9 indexed citations
10.
Spoor, Max. (2007). Ten Propositions on Rural Poverty and Agrarian Transition in Central Eurasia. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Heerink, Nico, et al.. (2007). Transition, economic policy and institutional reforms in China and Vietnam: Impact on sustainable land use. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 11–46. 1 indexed citations
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Spoor, Max, et al.. (2006). Regionalismo y desarrollo en Asia : procesos, modelos y tendencias. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 2 indexed citations
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Spoor, Max. (2004). Globalisation, poverty and conflict : a critical "Development" reader. Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks. 20 indexed citations
14.
Spoor, Max & Оане Виссер. (2004). Restructuring Postponed? Large Russian Farm Enterprises 'Coping with the Market'. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 31(3-4). 515–551. 28 indexed citations
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Spoor, Max. (2003). Transition, institutions, and the rural sector. Lexington Books. 38 indexed citations
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Spoor, Max. (2000). Two decades of adjustment and agricultural development in Latin America and the Caribbean. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 12 indexed citations
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Spoor, Max. (1997). UPHEAVAL ALONG THE SILK ROUTE: THE DYNAMICS OF ECONOMIC TRANSITION IN CENTRAL ASIA. Journal of International Development. 9(4). 579–587. 9 indexed citations
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Spoor, Max. (1995). Liberalization of grain markets in Nicaragua From market substitution to state minimalism. Food Policy. 20(2). 99–110. 3 indexed citations
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Spoor, Max. (1995). The State and Domestic Agricultural Markets in Nicaragua. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Spoor, Max. (1993). Transition to Market Economies in Former Soviet Central Asia: Dependency, Cotton and Water. European Journal of Development Research. 5(2). 142–158. 34 indexed citations

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