Sidney Madsen

590 total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 267 citations indexed

About

Sidney Madsen is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sidney Madsen has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 267 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 2 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 2 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Sidney Madsen's work include Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (6 papers), Agricultural Innovations and Practices (4 papers) and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (2 papers). Sidney Madsen is often cited by papers focused on Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (6 papers), Agricultural Innovations and Practices (4 papers) and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (2 papers). Sidney Madsen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Canada. Sidney Madsen's co-authors include Rachel Bezner Kerr, Jeffrey Liebert, Daniel Munyao Mutyambai, Alexander Wezel, Laifolo Dakishoni, Lizzie Shumba, Esther Lupafya, Isaac Luginaah, Catherine M. Hickey and Meryl Richards and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Rural Studies, Agronomy for Sustainable Development and The Journal of Peasant Studies.

In The Last Decade

Sidney Madsen

8 papers receiving 254 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 agroecology improve food security and nutrition? A review

2021 191 citations Rachel Bezner Kerr, Sidney Madsen et al. Global Food Security profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sidney Madsen United States	5	160	99	59	57	32	9	267
José Gabriel Suchini Costa Rica	5	113 0.7×	87 0.9×	84 1.4×	32 0.6×	38 1.2×	6	277
Carl J. Timler Netherlands	8	148 0.9×	71 0.7×	105 1.8×	66 1.2×	30 0.9×	14	308
Leida Mercado Costa Rica	9	135 0.8×	98 1.0×	99 1.7×	42 0.7×	50 1.6×	14	363
Jeffrey Liebert United States	7	169 1.1×	194 2.0×	64 1.1×	66 1.2×	85 2.7×	13	396
Zeynab Jouzi United States	5	111 0.7×	161 1.6×	22 0.4×	50 0.9×	26 0.8×	9	311
Silke Stöber Germany	9	103 0.6×	95 1.0×	100 1.7×	27 0.5×	64 2.0×	19	322
Arlène Alpha France	8	70 0.4×	59 0.6×	45 0.8×	39 0.7×	22 0.7×	19	228
Krista Isaacs United States	7	135 0.8×	111 1.1×	95 1.6×	22 0.4×	77 2.4×	10	329
Raffaele Bertini Italy	3	110 0.7×	51 0.5×	51 0.9×	33 0.6×	57 1.8×	3	259
Luis Barba‐Escoto Mexico	9	76 0.5×	93 0.9×	52 0.9×	33 0.6×	24 0.8×	16	278

Countries citing papers authored by Sidney Madsen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sidney Madsen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sidney Madsen

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

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Madsen, Sidney. (2025). Changing what it means to work on the land: agroecology and agrarian change in Malawi. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 53(2). 373–403. 1 indexed citations

2.

Madsen, Sidney, et al.. (2025). What good is agroecology? Predominant narratives about agroecology in Africa. Journal of Rural Studies. 118. 103706–103706. 1 indexed citations

3.

Madsen, Sidney, et al.. (2025). Agroecology supports sustainable development in Africa. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 45(4).

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Kerr, Rachel Bezner, et al.. (2021). Can agroecology improve food security and nutrition? A review. Global Food Security. 29. 100540–100540. 191 indexed citations breakdown →

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Madsen, Sidney, Rachel Bezner Kerr, Isaac Luginaah, et al.. (2021). Explaining the impact of agroecology on farm-level transitions to food security in Malawi. Food Security. 13(4). 933–954. 31 indexed citations

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Madsen, Sidney. (2021). Farm-level pathways to food security: beyond missing markets and irrational peasants. Agriculture and Human Values. 39(1). 135–150. 15 indexed citations

7.

Madsen, Sidney, Rachel Bezner Kerr, Lizzie Shumba, & Laifolo Dakishoni. (2020). Agroecological practices of legume residue management and crop diversification for improved smallholder food security, dietary diversity and sustainable land use in Malawi. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 45(2). 197–224. 23 indexed citations

8.

Richards, Meryl, et al.. (2015). Agriculture’s prominence in the INDCs. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 4 indexed citations

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Madsen, Sidney, et al.. (1999). International production of pesticides: case study of Gujarat, India.. 146–164. 1 indexed citations

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