Simon Maxwell

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Simon Maxwell is a scholar working on Development, Sociology and Political Science and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Maxwell has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Development, 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 12 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Recurrent topics in Simon Maxwell's work include International Development and Aid (20 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (8 papers) and Agricultural Innovations and Practices (8 papers). Simon Maxwell is often cited by papers focused on International Development and Aid (20 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (8 papers) and Agricultural Innovations and Practices (8 papers). Simon Maxwell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Simon Maxwell's co-authors include Caroline Ashley, Margaret Buchanan‐Smith, H. W. Singer, Tom Mitchell, Deepti Domingo, Michael Lipton, Adele Gibson, Colin R. Hopkins, Greg Odorizzi and Ian S. Trowbridge and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Simon Maxwell

69 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Food security: a post-modern perspective

1996 426 citations Simon Maxwell Food Policy profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Simon Maxwell	578	426	371	370	314	81	2.3k
Norman Uphoff	666 1.2×	719 1.7×	293 0.8×	138 0.4×	918 2.9×	108	4.8k
James C. McCann	1.2k 2.0×	300 0.7×	178 0.5×	114 0.3×	151 0.5×	85	3.0k
Derek Johnson	597 1.0×	237 0.6×	168 0.5×	193 0.5×	77 0.2×	41	3.9k
Xiaohua Yu	417 0.7×	449 1.1×	1.3k 3.6×	127 0.3×	314 1.0×	165	3.5k
Michael Cox	920 1.6×	365 0.9×	449 1.2×	111 0.3×	156 0.5×	120	4.0k
Alan Renwick	253 0.4×	1.2k 2.7×	675 1.8×	65 0.2×	433 1.4×	117	2.9k
Christian Lund	1.9k 3.4×	1.7k 4.0×	169 0.5×	92 0.2×	1.1k 3.6×	112	5.4k
B. Belcher	527 0.9×	737 1.7×	729 2.0×	81 0.2×	344 1.1×	71	4.2k
Patrick Bond	1.6k 2.7×	115 0.3×	322 0.9×	195 0.5×	69 0.2×	192	3.2k
Norman Uphoff	568 1.0×	244 0.6×	270 0.7×	92 0.2×	280 0.9×	50	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Maxwell

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Maxwell

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Maxwell

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Maxwell, Simon. (2025). Farmland Abandonment Worldwide: The Detrimental Factor of Agricultural Crisis. 46(2). 1741–1748.

Maxwell, Simon, Philip J. Hopley, Paul Upchurch, & Christophe Soligo. (2018). Sporadic sampling not climatic forcing drives early hominin diversity. 1 indexed citations

Haan, Arjan de & Simon Maxwell. (2017). Poverty and Social Exclusion in North and South. IDS Bulletin. 48(1A). 4 indexed citations

Maxwell, Simon. (2013). AbhijitBanerjee and EstherDuflo. Poor Economics: a radical rethinking of the way to fight global poverty. (Published by Public Affairs, New York, 2011). Journal of International Development. 25(7). 1026–1028. 3 indexed citations

Chambers, William, et al.. (2009). Reform of International Institutions.

Maxwell, Simon. (2003). Debate: Development Research in Europe: Towards an (All)-Star Alliance?. European Journal of Development Research. 15(1). 194–198. 12 indexed citations

Maxwell, Simon. (2000). Developing the consensus: Does the World Development Report herald a new approach?. New Economy. 7(4). 210–213. 1 indexed citations

Maxwell, Simon. (1997). Implementing the World Food Summit Plan of Action: organisational issues in multi-sectoral planning. Food Policy. 22(6). 515–531. 7 indexed citations

Maxwell, Simon. (1997). Practical Notes. Development in Practice. 7(4). 408–415. 3 indexed citations

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Maxwell, Simon. (1996). Food security: a post-modern perspective. Food Policy. 21(2). 155–170. 426 indexed citations breakdown →

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Maxwell, Simon. (1996). Catch the Tiger by its Tail:Counterpart Funds in the Evaluation of Programme Aid. IDS Bulletin. 27(4). 35–48. 2 indexed citations

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Maxwell, Simon. (1994). Valuation of Rural Environmental Improvements using Contingent Valuation Methodology: a Case Study of the Marston Vale Community Forest Project. Journal of Environmental Management. 41(4). 385–399. 20 indexed citations

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Maxwell, Simon. (1992). COUNTERPART FUNDS AND DEVELOPMENT. IDS Bulletin. 23(2). 1–6. 2 indexed citations

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Maxwell, Simon, et al.. (1990). Cereal, pulse, and oilseed balance sheet: Analysis for Ethiopia, 1979-1989. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education. 47(1). 27–38. 3 indexed citations

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Maxwell, Simon. (1989). Food insecurity in North Sudan. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 12 indexed citations

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Maxwell, Simon. (1986). Food aid Ethiopia : disincentive effects and commercial displacement. 3 indexed citations

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Maxwell, Simon. (1986). Food aid : agricultural disincentives and commercial market displacement. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 4 indexed citations

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Maxwell, Simon. (1986). Food aid to Senegal : disincentive effects and commercial displacement. 5 indexed citations

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Maxwell, Simon. (1983). An evaluation of the EEC Food Aid Programme. 2 indexed citations

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Maxwell, Simon. (1978). Food aid for supplementary feeding programmes. Food Policy. 3(4). 289–298. 10 indexed citations

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