Peter Vandergeest

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Peter Vandergeest is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Vandergeest has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 29 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 17 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Peter Vandergeest's work include Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (24 papers), Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (16 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (13 papers). Peter Vandergeest is often cited by papers focused on Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (24 papers), Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (16 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (13 papers). Peter Vandergeest collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Thailand. Peter Vandergeest's co-authors include Nancy Lee Peluso, Melissa Marschke, Mark Flaherty, Paul Miller, Derek Hall, Ben Belton, Simon R. Bush, Stefano Ponte, E. Melanie DuPuis and Judith J. Friedman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Peter Vandergeest

60 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Territorialization and state power in Thailand 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 100 200 300 400 500
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. Territorialization and state power in Thailand
    1995 587 citations Peter Vandergeest, Nancy Lee Peluso Theory and Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Vandergeest Canada 30 1.4k 1.1k 990 760 418 64 3.3k
Raymond L. Bryant United Kingdom 24 1.3k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 829 0.8× 545 0.7× 243 0.6× 49 3.3k
Wolfram Dressler Australia 33 934 0.7× 2.2k 2.0× 558 0.6× 888 1.2× 238 0.6× 105 3.8k
Jonathan Rigg United Kingdom 37 2.3k 1.7× 809 0.7× 1.3k 1.3× 1.3k 1.7× 225 0.5× 146 4.8k
Frances Cleaver United Kingdom 26 1.7k 1.2× 1.1k 1.0× 1.3k 1.3× 493 0.6× 166 0.4× 68 4.4k
Andrea J. Nightingale Sweden 29 2.6k 1.9× 2.1k 1.9× 628 0.6× 919 1.2× 139 0.3× 63 5.3k
Clark C. Gibson United States 25 1.8k 1.3× 3.4k 3.1× 826 0.8× 776 1.0× 324 0.8× 60 5.9k
Dianne Rocheleau United States 26 817 0.6× 885 0.8× 415 0.4× 768 1.0× 121 0.3× 38 2.5k
Bram Büscher Netherlands 37 1.4k 1.0× 2.5k 2.3× 625 0.6× 705 0.9× 173 0.4× 110 4.9k
Tim Forsyth United Kingdom 30 1.6k 1.2× 1.4k 1.3× 583 0.6× 383 0.5× 134 0.3× 80 3.4k
Thomas Sikor United Kingdom 32 960 0.7× 2.2k 2.0× 556 0.6× 1.2k 1.6× 167 0.4× 66 3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter Vandergeest

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Vandergeest

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Vandergeest

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vandergeest, Peter, et al.. (2025). Methodological nationalism and labour justice in seafood supply chains. MAST. Maritime studies/Maritime studies. 24(3).
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Havice, Elizabeth, Peter Vandergeest, & Melissa Marschke. (2024). Industrial seafood systems in the immobilizing COVID-19 moment. UNC Libraries.
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Fabinyi, Michael, Ben Belton, Wolfram Dressler, et al.. (2022). Coastal transitions: Small-scale fisheries, livelihoods, and maritime zone developments in Southeast Asia. Journal of Rural Studies. 91. 184–194. 60 indexed citations
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Vandergeest, Peter, et al.. (2021). Seafarers in fishing: A year into the COVID-19 pandemic. Marine Policy. 134. 104796–104796. 22 indexed citations
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Vandergeest, Peter & Melissa Marschke. (2020). Commentary 5 to the Manifesto for the marine social sciences: oceans as a working space. MAST. Maritime studies/Maritime studies. 19(2). 135–136. 3 indexed citations
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Belton, Ben, Melissa Marschke, & Peter Vandergeest. (2019). Fisheries development, labour and working conditions on Myanmar's marine resource frontier. Journal of Rural Studies. 69. 204–213. 33 indexed citations
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Marschke, Melissa, et al.. (2016). Developing Local Sustainable Seafood Markets: A Thai Example. 2-3(2-1). 32–50. 3 indexed citations
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Vandergeest, Peter, et al.. (2012). A new extraterritoriality? Aquaculture certification, sovereignty, and empire. Political Geography. 31(6). 358–367. 76 indexed citations
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Vandergeest, Peter, et al.. (2010). The politics of decentralization : natural resource management in Asia. 17 indexed citations
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Vandergeest, Peter, et al.. (2007). Development’s Displacements. University of British Columbia Press eBooks. 21 indexed citations
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Vandergeest, Peter & Nancy Lee Peluso. (2006). Empires of Forestry: Professional Forestry and State Power in Southeast Asia, Part 1. Environment and History. 12(1). 31–64. 86 indexed citations
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Vandergeest, Peter & Nancy Lee Peluso. (2006). Empires of Forestry: Professional Forestry and State Power in Southeast Asia, Part 2. Environment and History. 12(4). 359–393. 62 indexed citations
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Vandergeest, Peter, Khamla Phanvilay, Yayoi Fujita, et al.. (2003). Flexible Networking in Research Capacity Building at the National University of Laos: Lessons for North-South Collaboration. Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développement. 24(1). 119–135. 9 indexed citations
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Vandergeest, Peter. (1997). Protecting Nature and Displacing People. Refuge Canada s Journal on Refuge. 28–31. 1 indexed citations
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Vandergeest, Peter, et al.. (1996). On the Shoulders of Merchants: Exchange and the Mathematical Conception of Nature in Early Modern Europe. The Canadian Journal of Sociology. 21(2). 273–273. 2 indexed citations
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Vandergeest, Peter & Nancy Lee Peluso. (1995). Territorialization and state power in Thailand. Theory and Society. 24(3). 385–426. 587 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vandergeest, Peter. (1991). Gifts and Rights: Cautionary Notes on Community Self‐help in Thailand. Development and Change. 22(3). 421–443. 22 indexed citations
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Vandergeest, Peter. (1989). Peasant Strategies in a World Context: Contingencies in the Transformation of Rice and Palm Sugar Economies in Thailand. Human Organization. 48(2). 117–125. 5 indexed citations
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Vandergeest, Peter. (1988). COMMERCIALIZATION AND COMMODITIZA‐TION: A DIALOGUE BETWEEN PERSPECTIVES. Sociologia Ruralis. 28(1). 7–29. 22 indexed citations
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Vandergeest, Peter & Frederick H. Buttel. (1988). Marx, Weber, and development sociology: Beyond the impasse. World Development. 16(6). 683–695. 33 indexed citations

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