Paul Richards

9.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
192 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Paul Richards is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Richards has authored 192 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 35 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 34 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Paul Richards's work include Agriculture and Rural Development Research (33 papers), Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (23 papers) and Agricultural Innovations and Practices (19 papers). Paul Richards is often cited by papers focused on Agriculture and Rural Development Research (33 papers), Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (23 papers) and Agricultural Innovations and Practices (19 papers). Paul Richards collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and Sierra Leone. Paul Richards's co-authors include Donald Q. Innis, Krijn Peters, B. H. Farmer, Esther Yei Mokuwa, P.G.M. Hebinck, Evelyne Kiptot, Steven Franzel, P.C. Struik, Jean‐Pierre Chauveau and Elisabeth Croll and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Paul Richards

177 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Paul Richards 1.8k 1.1k 903 764 595 192 5.7k
Melissa Leach 2.8k 1.5× 1.8k 1.7× 558 0.6× 409 0.5× 3.6k 6.1× 159 10.2k
James Fairhead 1.3k 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 258 0.3× 211 0.3× 1.7k 2.9× 86 4.5k
Gordon Conway 1.2k 0.7× 1.3k 1.2× 954 1.1× 1.0k 1.3× 1.1k 1.9× 63 6.2k
Edward H. Allison 2.5k 1.3× 809 0.8× 871 1.0× 258 0.3× 5.9k 10.0× 145 13.3k
Christophe Béné 2.1k 1.1× 1.1k 1.0× 815 0.9× 930 1.2× 3.3k 5.6× 145 10.7k
Clem Tisdell 1.8k 1.0× 634 0.6× 386 0.4× 725 0.9× 1.2k 2.1× 521 7.6k
David Wilkie 643 0.4× 433 0.4× 568 0.6× 584 0.8× 2.9k 4.8× 109 6.9k
Jason F. Shogren 1.4k 0.8× 389 0.4× 459 0.5× 1.6k 2.0× 2.1k 3.6× 356 13.7k
J. Edward Taylor 7.2k 3.9× 1.3k 1.2× 262 0.3× 412 0.5× 655 1.1× 131 11.0k
Bruce Campbell 1.9k 1.0× 2.3k 2.1× 2.6k 2.9× 2.0k 2.7× 5.8k 9.7× 249 16.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Richards

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Richards

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Richards

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paul Richards. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paul Richards 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 Paul Richards. Paul Richards 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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Richards, Paul. (2022). The moral economy of isolates: ‘Escape agriculture’ and warzone public authority. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 50(4). 1274–1294. 2 indexed citations
2.
MacGregor, Hayley, Melissa Leach, Grace Akello, et al.. (2022). Negotiating Intersecting Precarities: COVID-19, Pandemic Preparedness and Response in Africa. Medical Anthropology. 41(1). 19–33. 12 indexed citations
4.
Mayhew, Susannah, et al.. (2021). Responding to the 2018–2020 Ebola Virus Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Rethinking Humanitarian Approaches. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy. Volume 14. 1731–1747. 23 indexed citations
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Mokuwa, Esther Yei, et al.. (2019). Changing women's lives and livelihoods: motorcycle taxis in rural Liberia and Sierra Leone. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Transport. 173(2). 132–143. 11 indexed citations
6.
Richards, Paul. (2010). A green revolution from below? : science and technology for global food security and poverty alleviation. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 6 indexed citations
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Offei, S. K., C.J.M. Almekinders, Todd Crane, et al.. (2009). Making better seeds for African food security - a new approach to scientist-farmer partnerships. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 96(96). 141–148. 7 indexed citations
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Zannou, Afio, Paul Richards, & P.C. Struik. (2006). Knowledge on yam variety development: insights from farmers’ and researchers’ practices.. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 2(3). 30–39. 8 indexed citations
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Richards, Paul. (2006). The history and future of African Rice: food security and survival in a West African war zone. Africa Spectrum. 41(1). 77–93. 12 indexed citations
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Richards, Paul. (2004). The return of Great Britain to Sierra Leone. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 1 indexed citations
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Richards, Paul. (2001). War and Peace in Sierra Leone.. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 25(2). 41–50. 9 indexed citations
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Richards, Paul. (2000). Chimpanzees as political animals in Sierra Leone. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing. 22(6). 78–193. 20 indexed citations
13.
Richards, Paul. (2000). Is the party over? : new labour and the politics of participation. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 2 indexed citations
14.
Richards, Paul. (2000). Local radio conflict moderation : The case of Sierra Leone. Nature Communications. 12(1). 216–229. 1 indexed citations
15.
Richards, Paul. (1999). The social life of war : rambo, diamonds and young soldiers in Sierra Leone. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 8(1). 0. 2 indexed citations
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Richards, Paul. (1998). Sur la nouvelle violence politique en Afrique : le sectarisme séculier au Sierra Leone. Politique africaine. 70(1). 85–104. 2 indexed citations
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Richards, Paul & Guido Ruivenkamp. (1997). Seeds and Survival: Plant Genetic Resource Management in Conflict and Post-War Recovery. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 1 indexed citations
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Richards, Paul. (1986). Coping with hunger. Hazard and experiment in an African rice-farming system.. Allen & Unwin eBooks. 159 indexed citations
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Richards, Paul, et al.. (1977). Agricultural pest control by community action: the case of the variegated grasshopper in Southern Nigeria.. 127–141. 9 indexed citations
20.
Richards, Paul, et al.. (1976). Periodic market systems and rural development: the Ibarapa case study, Nigeria. 5(2). 149–162. 6 indexed citations

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