Ruth Hall

6.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
66 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Ruth Hall is a scholar working on Soil Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruth Hall has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Soil Science, 32 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 19 papers in Law. Recurrent topics in Ruth Hall's work include Land Rights and Reforms (47 papers), Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (29 papers) and Legal Issues in South Africa (18 papers). Ruth Hall is often cited by papers focused on Land Rights and Reforms (47 papers), Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (29 papers) and Legal Issues in South Africa (18 papers). Ruth Hall collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Ruth Hall's co-authors include Ian Scoones, Ben White, Wendy Wolford, Saturnino M. Borras, Marc Edelman, Lungisile Ntsebeza, Dzodzi Tsikata, Thembela Kepe, Michael Aliber and Farai Mtero and has published in prestigious journals such as Geoforum, The Journal of Peasant Studies and Development and Change.

In The Last Decade

Ruth Hall

62 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Towards a better understanding of global land grabbing: a... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2012 2015 2013 2017 200 400 600

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ruth Hall South Africa 25 3.0k 1.8k 1.3k 815 569 66 4.4k
Lorenzo Cotula United Kingdom 21 2.1k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 623 0.5× 686 0.8× 254 0.4× 73 3.4k
Saturnino M. Borras Netherlands 34 4.6k 1.5× 1.9k 1.1× 1.8k 1.3× 1.2k 1.5× 928 1.6× 73 6.1k
Wendy Wolford United States 29 3.0k 1.0× 1.1k 0.6× 1.5k 1.1× 864 1.1× 813 1.4× 60 4.5k
Henry Bernstein United Kingdom 33 2.4k 0.8× 893 0.5× 1.8k 1.4× 253 0.3× 638 1.1× 104 4.1k
Ben White Netherlands 26 2.8k 0.9× 1.1k 0.6× 1.3k 1.0× 685 0.8× 576 1.0× 69 4.1k
Jennifer C. Franco Netherlands 26 2.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 915 0.7× 725 0.9× 554 1.0× 57 3.5k
Tor A. Benjaminsen Norway 37 1.1k 0.4× 740 0.4× 1.7k 1.3× 1.7k 2.1× 536 0.9× 124 4.8k
Sara Berry United States 26 928 0.3× 1.1k 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 405 0.5× 401 0.7× 68 3.1k
Cristóbal Kay United Kingdom 28 2.0k 0.7× 611 0.3× 1.3k 1.0× 386 0.5× 668 1.2× 134 3.6k
Marc Edelman United States 28 2.2k 0.7× 522 0.3× 1.5k 1.1× 449 0.6× 780 1.4× 143 3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Ruth Hall

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ruth Hall

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruth Hall

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hall, Ruth, et al.. (2025). The ‘return’ of land grabbing?. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 52(7). 1393–1408.
2.
Hall, Ruth, et al.. (2024). Land commoning in deagrarianized contexts: Potentials for agroecology?. Elementa Science of the Anthropocene. 12(1). 2 indexed citations
3.
Zenker, Olaf, et al.. (2024). Beyond Expropriation Without Compensation. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
4.
Hall, Ruth, et al.. (2017). LEGEND state of the debate report 2016 - Strengthening land governance: Lessons from implementing the Voluntary Guidelines. UWC Research Repository (University of the Western Cape). 3 indexed citations
5.
McKay, Ben M., Ruth Hall, & Juan Liu. (2016). The rise of BRICS: implications for global agrarian transformation. Third World Thematics A TWQ Journal. 1(5). 581–591. 11 indexed citations
6.
Hall, Ruth, Ian Scoones, & Dzodzi Tsikata. (2015). Africa's land rush: rural livelihoods and agrarian change. UWC Research Repository (University of the Western Cape). 204. 18 indexed citations
7.
Hall, Ruth, et al.. (2015). Large-scale land deals in Southern Africa: voices of the people. UWC Research Repository (University of the Western Cape). 3 indexed citations
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Lawry, Steven, Cyrus Samii, Ruth Hall, et al.. (2014). The Impact of Land Property Rights Interventions on Investment and Agricultural Productivity in Developing Countries: a Systematic Review. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 10(1). 1–104. 91 indexed citations
9.
Sulle, Emmanuel & Ruth Hall. (2014). International and regional guidelines on land governance and land-based investments: An agenda for African states. UWC Research Repository (University of the Western Cape). 1 indexed citations
10.
Hall, Ruth & Ben Cousins. (2013). Response Paper Livestock and the rangeland commons in South Africa’s land and agrarian reform. African Journal of Range and Forage Science. 30. 1 indexed citations
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Scoones, Ian, Ruth Hall, Saturnino M. Borras, Ben White, & Wendy Wolford. (2013). The politics of evidence: A response to Rulli and D'Odorico. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 40(5). 911–912. 15 indexed citations
12.
Hall, Ruth, et al.. (2013). Farm workers and farm dwellers in Limpopo, South Africa: struggles over tenure, livelihoods and justice. UWC Research Repository (University of the Western Cape). 4 indexed citations
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Hall, Ruth, Donna Hornby, Steven Lawry, et al.. (2012). PROTOCOL: The Impact of Land Property Rights Interventions on Agricultural Productivity in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 8(1). 1–48. 5 indexed citations
14.
Hall, Ruth. (2009). A fresh start for rural development and agrarian reform. Digital Library Of The Commons Repository (Indiana University). 264(5 Pt 2). F874–81. 10 indexed citations
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Ntsebeza, Lungisile & Ruth Hall. (2007). The land question in South Africa: the challenge of transformation and redistribution. 174 indexed citations
16.
Hall, Ruth. (2007). The impact of land restitution and land reform on livelihoods. UWC Research Repository (University of the Western Cape). 15 indexed citations
17.
Ntsebeza, Lungisile & Ruth Hall. (2006). The land question in South Africa. 29 indexed citations
18.
Hall, Ruth. (2004). Land Restitution in South Africa: Rights, Development, and the Restrained State. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 38(3). 654–671. 14 indexed citations
19.
Hall, Ruth. (2003). Evaluating Land and Agrarian Reform in South Africa: Farm Tenure. 3 indexed citations
20.
Hall, Ruth. (2001). Farm workers versus the world market. 16(48). 98–100. 2 indexed citations

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