Megan Sheahan

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Megan Sheahan is a scholar working on Soil Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Megan Sheahan has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Soil Science, 14 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 10 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Megan Sheahan's work include Agricultural Innovations and Practices (14 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (12 papers) and Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (5 papers). Megan Sheahan is often cited by papers focused on Agricultural Innovations and Practices (14 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (12 papers) and Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (5 papers). Megan Sheahan collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and India. Megan Sheahan's co-authors include Christopher B. Barrett, Thomas S. Jayne, Kazushi Takahashi, Munenobu Ikegami, Luc Christiaensen, Abebe Shimeles, Davíd Güereña, Linden McBride, Julia Berazneva and James E. Neumann and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Environmental Health Perspectives and World Development.

In The Last Decade

Megan Sheahan

28 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Ten striking facts about agricultural input use in Sub-Saharan Africa

2016 378 citations Megan Sheahan, Christopher B. Barrett Food Policy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Megan Sheahan United States	14	539	323	265	235	170	28	1.2k
Robert Aidoo Ghana	18	461 0.9×	241 0.7×	259 1.0×	212 0.9×	107 0.6×	81	1.2k
Terri Raney Italy	7	557 1.0×	272 0.8×	181 0.7×	385 1.6×	87 0.5×	12	1.5k
Sarah K. Lowder United States	9	574 1.1×	308 1.0×	182 0.7×	335 1.4×	84 0.5×	14	1.5k
Isabelle Baltenweck Kenya	22	538 1.0×	187 0.6×	285 1.1×	136 0.6×	138 0.8×	94	1.6k
Kai Mausch Kenya	18	594 1.1×	170 0.5×	218 0.8×	252 1.1×	62 0.4×	54	1.0k
Justus Ochieng Kenya	20	404 0.7×	247 0.8×	131 0.5×	234 1.0×	129 0.8×	51	1.3k
Isabel Lambrecht United States	15	494 0.9×	275 0.9×	339 1.3×	127 0.5×	54 0.3×	35	1.0k
Edilegnaw Wale South Africa	18	409 0.8×	183 0.6×	212 0.8×	199 0.8×	66 0.4×	67	961
Jemimah Njuki United States	20	638 1.2×	258 0.8×	316 1.2×	150 0.6×	89 0.5×	49	1.6k
Jema Haji Ethiopia	18	540 1.0×	289 0.9×	176 0.7×	369 1.6×	82 0.5×	88	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Megan Sheahan

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sheahan, Megan, et al.. (2023). The Effects of Climate Change on Outdoor Recreation Participation in the United States: Projections for the Twenty-First Century. Weather Climate and Society. 15(3). 477–492. 4 indexed citations

Sheahan, Megan, James E. Neumann, Patrick L. Kinney, et al.. (2022). Examining the Relationship between Climate Change and Vibriosis in the United States: Projected Health and Economic Impacts for the 21st Century. Environmental Health Perspectives. 130(8). 87007–87007. 18 indexed citations

Raich, William, Jennifer Baxter, Megan Sheahan, et al.. (2022). Estimates of Quality-Adjusted Life-Year Loss for Injuries in the United States. Medical Decision Making. 43(3). 288–298. 1 indexed citations

Neidell, Matthew, et al.. (2021). Temperature and work: Time allocated to work under varying climate and labor market conditions. PLoS ONE. 16(8). e0254224–e0254224. 12 indexed citations

Gorris, Morgan E., James E. Neumann, Patrick L. Kinney, Megan Sheahan, & Marcus C. Sarofim. (2020). Economic Valuation of Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) Projections in the United States in Response to Climate Change. Weather Climate and Society. 13(1). 107–123. 24 indexed citations

Berazneva, Julia, Linden McBride, Megan Sheahan, & Davíd Güereña. (2018). Empirical assessment of subjective and objective soil fertility metrics in east Africa: Implications for researchers and policy makers. World Development. 105. 367–382. 38 indexed citations

Sheahan, Megan, Yanyan Liu, Christopher B. Barrett, & Sudha Narayanan. (2018). Preferential Resource Spending under an Employment Guarantee: The Political Economy of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh. The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (World Bank). 2 indexed citations

Sheahan, Megan & Christopher B. Barrett. (2017). Review: Food loss and waste in Sub-Saharan Africa. Food Policy. 70. 1–12. 217 indexed citations

Barrett, Christopher B., Luc Christiaensen, Megan Sheahan, & Abebe Shimeles. (2017). On the Structural Transformation of Rural Africa. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 46 indexed citations

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Sheahan, Megan, et al.. (2016). The Unintended Consequences of Agricultural Input Intensification: Human Health Implications of Agro-chemical Use in Sub-Saharan Africa. 4 indexed citations

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Sheahan, Megan, Yanyan Liu, Christopher B. Barrett, & Sudha Narayanan. (2016). Preferential Resource Spending under an Employment Guarantee: The Political Economy of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Sheahan, Megan, et al.. (2016). Preferential Resource Spending under an Employment Guarantee: The Political Economy of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh. The World Bank Economic Review. lhw044–lhw044. 3 indexed citations

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Sheahan, Megan & Christopher B. Barrett. (2016). Ten striking facts about agricultural input use in Sub-Saharan Africa. Food Policy. 67. 12–25. 378 indexed citations breakdown →

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Barrett, Christopher B., Luc Christiaensen, Megan Sheahan, & Abebe Shimeles. (2015). The Structural Transformation of Rural Africa: On the Current State of African Food Systems and Rural Non-Farm Economies. 2 indexed citations

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Sheahan, Megan & Christopher B. Barrett. (2014). Understanding the Agricultural Input Landscape in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Plot, Household, and Community-Level Evidence. SSRN Electronic Journal. 15 indexed citations

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Sheahan, Megan, Yanyan Liu, Christopher B. Barrett, & Sudha Narayanan. (2014). The Political Economy of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme Spending in Andhra Pradesh. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Barrett, Christopher B., et al.. (2014). Understanding fertilizer use and profitability for rice production across Nigeria's diverse agro ecological conditions 1. 5 indexed citations

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Sheahan, Megan & Christopher B. Barrett. (2014). Understanding the Agricultural Input Landscape in Sub-Saharan Africa : Recent Plot, Household, and Community-Level Evidence. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 104 indexed citations

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Sheahan, Megan, et al.. (2013). Modeling the Effects of Input Market Reforms on Fertilizer Demand and Maize Production: A Case Study of Kenya. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 1 indexed citations

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Sheahan, Megan, et al.. (2013). Are Kenyan farmers under-utilizing fertilizer? Implications for input intensification strategies and research. Food Policy. 41. 39–52. 109 indexed citations

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