Norman Long

4.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
48 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Norman Long is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Norman Long has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Norman Long's work include Rural development and sustainability (10 papers), International Development and Aid (4 papers) and Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (3 papers). Norman Long is often cited by papers focused on Rural development and sustainability (10 papers), International Development and Aid (4 papers) and Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (3 papers). Norman Long collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Mexico and Argentina. Norman Long's co-authors include Ann Long, J.D. van der Ploeg, Alberto Arce, John M. Cohen, Bryan R. Roberts, Raymond Apthorpe, Cees Leeuwis, Bryan W. Roberts, John Walton and R. E. S. Tanner and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Economic Geography and The Journal of Development Studies.

In The Last Decade

Norman Long

46 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Development Sociology: Actor Perspectives 1992 2026 2003 2014 2001 1992 2003 200 400 600
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. Development Sociology: Actor Perspectives
    2001 699 citations Norman Long Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling profile →
  2. Battlefields of knowledge : the interlocking of theory and practice in social research and development
    1992 563 citations Norman Long et al. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling profile →
  3. Development Sociology
    2003 374 citations Norman Long profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Norman Long Netherlands 21 1.3k 704 555 308 297 48 2.9k
Cristóbal Kay United Kingdom 28 1.3k 1.0× 2.0k 2.8× 668 1.2× 386 1.3× 300 1.0× 134 3.6k
Raymond L. Bryant United Kingdom 24 1.3k 1.0× 545 0.8× 829 1.5× 1.1k 3.6× 157 0.5× 49 3.3k
Kent Mathewson United States 12 1.6k 1.3× 294 0.4× 686 1.2× 377 1.2× 72 0.2× 49 3.7k
Bill Cooke United Kingdom 21 2.2k 1.8× 384 0.5× 890 1.6× 770 2.5× 370 1.2× 53 5.2k
John Gaventa United Kingdom 29 2.3k 1.9× 289 0.4× 1.2k 2.1× 359 1.2× 327 1.1× 73 5.3k
Göran Hydén United States 21 1.5k 1.2× 400 0.6× 709 1.3× 175 0.6× 608 2.0× 117 3.2k
Terence J. Byres United Kingdom 21 947 0.8× 850 1.2× 386 0.7× 134 0.4× 92 0.3× 44 2.1k
Marc Edelman United States 28 1.5k 1.2× 2.2k 3.2× 780 1.4× 449 1.5× 181 0.6× 143 3.9k
Sara Berry United States 26 1.1k 0.9× 928 1.3× 401 0.7× 405 1.3× 132 0.4× 68 3.1k
Henry Bernstein United Kingdom 33 1.8k 1.4× 2.4k 3.4× 638 1.1× 253 0.8× 134 0.5× 104 4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Norman Long

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Fields of papers citing papers by Norman Long

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Norman Long

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Norman Long. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Norman Long 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 Norman Long. Norman Long 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
1.
Long, Norman, et al.. (2025). The dynamics of knowledge. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 211–246.
2.
Landini, Fernando, et al.. (2014). Towards a Psychology of Rural Development Processes and Interventions. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology. 24(6). 534–546. 18 indexed citations
3.
Long, Norman. (2013). The Power of Music: Issues of Agency and Social Practice. Social Analysis. 57(2). 4 indexed citations
4.
Long, Norman. (2012). Structural dependency, modes of production and economic brokerage in rural Peru. 267–296. 1 indexed citations
5.
Long, Norman, Jingzhong Ye, & Yihuan Wang. (2010). Rural transformations and development--China in context : the everyday lives of policies and people. E. Elgar eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Ye, Jingzhong, Yihuan Wang, & Norman Long. (2009). Farmer Initiatives and Livelihood Diversification: From the Collective to a Market Economy in Rural China. Journal of Agrarian Change. 9(2). 175–203. 20 indexed citations
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Long, Norman. (2004). Contesting policy ideas from below. 42–58. 5 indexed citations
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Long, Norman. (2003). Development Sociology. 374 indexed citations breakdown →
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Arce, Alberto & Norman Long. (2003). Creating or regulating development. 45–64. 2 indexed citations
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Long, Norman & Bryan R. Roberts. (2001). Mineros, campesinos y empresarios en la sierra central del Perú. 5 indexed citations
11.
Arce, Alberto & Norman Long. (2000). Anthropology, development and modernities : exploringdiscourses, counter-tendencies and violence. 73 indexed citations
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Long, Norman & Alberto Arce. (1999). Anthropology, Development and Modernities: Exploring Discourse, Counter-Tendencies and Violence. 68 indexed citations
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Long, Norman, et al.. (1998). Small product, big issues: value contestations and cultural identities in cross-border community networks.. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 33 indexed citations
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Leeuwis, Cees, et al.. (1990). Equivocations on knowledge systems theory: An actor-oriented critique. Knowledge, technology & policy/Knowledge in society/Knowledge, technology, & policy. 3(3). 19–27. 23 indexed citations
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Long, Norman & J.D. van der Ploeg. (1988). NEW CHALLENGES IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT: A Rejoinder to Peter Vandergeest. Sociologia Ruralis. 28(1). 30–41. 12 indexed citations
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Arce, Alberto & Norman Long. (1987). THE DYNAMICS OF KNOWLEDGE INTERFACES BETWEEN MEXICAN AGRICULTURAL BUREAUCRATS AND PEASANTS: A CASE STUDY FROM JALISCO. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 43. 5–30. 17 indexed citations
17.
Seidman, Ann & Norman Long. (1986). Family and Work in Rural Societies-Perspectives on Non-Wage Labour. Economic Geography. 62(3). 268–268. 18 indexed citations
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Long, Norman. (1984). A PERSPECTIVE ON THE SOCIOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT*. Sociologia Ruralis. 24(3-4). 168–184. 41 indexed citations
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Long, Norman, et al.. (1975). From peasant community to production co‐operative: An analysis of recent government policy in Peru. The Journal of Development Studies. 12(1). 75–94. 1 indexed citations
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Long, Norman. (1962). Bandawe Mission Station and Local Politics, 1878-1886. 1–22. 3 indexed citations

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