Raj Patel

3.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
27 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Raj Patel is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Raj Patel has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Raj Patel's work include Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (10 papers), Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (2 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (2 papers). Raj Patel is often cited by papers focused on Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (10 papers), Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (2 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (2 papers). Raj Patel collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and India. Raj Patel's co-authors include Jason W. Moore, Anne Rademacher, Kai A. Schafft, Sam Grey, Rachel Bezner Kerr, Peter Rosset, Laifolo Dakishoni, Christina M. Schiavoni, Eric Holt-Giménez and Annie Shattuck and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Peasant Studies, Development and Change and Agriculture and Human Values.

In The Last Decade

Raj Patel

23 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Can Anyone Hear Us?

2000 524 citations Raj Patel et al. profile →
Food sovereignty

2009 502 citations Raj Patel The Journal of Peasant Studies profile →
The Long Green Revolution

2012 366 citations Raj Patel The Journal of Peasant Studies profile →

Peers

Raj Patel

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Bill Pritchard Australia

Mark Shucksmith United Kingdom

Andries du Toit South Africa

Norman Long Netherlands

Dianne Rocheleau United States

Harriet Friedmann Canada

Thomas A. Lyson United States

Judith Carney United States

Steven Haggblade United States

Jingzhong Ye China

Bill Pritchard Australia

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983 ×0.9

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641 ×1.0

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536 ×0.9

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176 ×0.6

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259 ×1.3

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Citations per year, relative to Raj Patel Raj Patel (= 1×) peers Bill Pritchard

Countries citing papers authored by Raj Patel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Raj Patel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Raj Patel. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Raj Patel. The network helps show where Raj Patel may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Raj Patel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Raj Patel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Raj Patel 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 Raj Patel. Raj Patel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Patel, Raj. (2025). Counter-hegemony and polycrisis I: how to eat and how to think. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 53(2). 227–258.

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Patel, Raj, et al.. (2025). Andhra Pradesh community managed natural farming – a conversation. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 52(6). 1349–1364.

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Patel, Raj, et al.. (2024). Subsidy transition bonds as a funding mechanism for agroecological transformation. Nature Food. 5(6). 445–446.

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Patel, Raj. (2021). A democratic alternative to true cost pricing. Nature Food. 2(9). 632–634. 8 indexed citations

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Patel, Raj, et al.. (2020). The Long New Deal. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 47(3). 431–463. 24 indexed citations

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Patel, Raj & Jason W. Moore. (2019). A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things. 190 indexed citations

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Lentz, Erin, Rachel Bezner Kerr, Raj Patel, Laifolo Dakishoni, & Esther Lupafya. (2018). The Invisible Hand that Rocks the Cradle: On the Limits of Time Use Surveys. Development and Change. 50(2). 301–328. 16 indexed citations

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Patel, Raj & Jason W. Moore. (2017). A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet. 71 indexed citations

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Patel, Raj, et al.. (2014). Soberanía alimentaria: poder, género y el derecho a la alimentación. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 197–208. 3 indexed citations

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Patel, Raj, et al.. (2012). At Rio+20, the green economy won’t save the planet.But green democracy will.. SAS-Space (University of London). 1 indexed citations

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Patel, Raj. (2012). The Long Green Revolution. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 40(1). 1–63. 366 indexed citations breakdown →

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Patel, Raj & Rachel Bezner Kerr. (2011). The new harvest: agricultural innovation in Africa. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 38(3). 657–660. 48 indexed citations

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Holt-Giménez, Eric, Raj Patel, Annie Shattuck, & Walden Bello. (2010). Food Rebellions!: Crisis And The Hunger For Justice. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 65 indexed citations

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Patel, Raj, et al.. (2009). Food sovereignty and the international assessment of agricultural knowledge, science and technology for development.. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 36(3). 689–700. 13 indexed citations

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Dakishoni, Laifolo, et al.. (2009). Soils, food and healthy communities: working towards food sovereignty in Malawi.. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 36(3). 700–706. 18 indexed citations

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Patel, Raj. (2009). Food sovereignty. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 36(3). 663–706. 502 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schiavoni, Christina M. & Raj Patel. (2009). The global struggle for food sovereignty: from Nyéléni to New York.. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 36(3). 682–689. 34 indexed citations

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Patel, Raj. (2008). The Unthinkable in Pursuit of the Eatable. Development. 51(4). 442–449. 2 indexed citations

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Patel, Raj. (2008). A Short Course in Politics at the University of Abahlali baseMjondolo. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 43(1). 95–112. 14 indexed citations

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Patel, Raj, et al.. (2004). Shining India: Economic Liberalization and Rural Poverty in the 1990's. 6 indexed citations

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