Sonja Vermeulen

22.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
52 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Sonja Vermeulen is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonja Vermeulen has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 16 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 14 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Sonja Vermeulen's work include Climate change impacts on agriculture (16 papers), Agricultural Innovations and Practices (13 papers) and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (12 papers). Sonja Vermeulen is often cited by papers focused on Climate change impacts on agriculture (16 papers), Agricultural Innovations and Practices (13 papers) and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (12 papers). Sonja Vermeulen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Colombia and Denmark. Sonja Vermeulen's co-authors include Bruce Campbell, John Ingram, Lorenzo Cotula, James F. Keeley, Philip K. Thornton, Julián Ramírez-Villegas, Pramod Aggarwal, Andy Jarvis, Eva Wollenberg and Todd S. Rosenstock and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sonja Vermeulen

50 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

Climate Change and Food Systems 2009 2026 2014 2020 2012 2009 2016 2014 500 1000 1.5k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sonja Vermeulen United Kingdom 25 1.4k 1.3k 1.0k 999 923 52 4.9k
Keith Wiebe United States 30 1.1k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 590 0.6× 653 0.7× 80 4.5k
Polly Ericksen Kenya 22 776 0.6× 893 0.7× 595 0.6× 1.2k 1.2× 902 1.0× 53 3.8k
Peter Läderach Colombia 44 1.2k 0.9× 822 0.6× 655 0.6× 1.6k 1.6× 1.0k 1.1× 126 5.9k
J.C.J. Groot Netherlands 37 1.6k 1.2× 1.0k 0.8× 735 0.7× 999 1.0× 1.0k 1.1× 175 5.2k
Kyle Frankel Davis United States 41 548 0.4× 1.4k 1.0× 819 0.8× 751 0.8× 1.4k 1.5× 91 5.6k
Erik Mathijs Belgium 42 1.7k 1.3× 1.2k 0.9× 712 0.7× 373 0.4× 968 1.0× 193 6.8k
Mariana C. Rufino Kenya 46 1.3k 1.0× 2.2k 1.6× 1.9k 1.8× 1.7k 1.7× 1.4k 1.6× 135 7.6k
Pytrik Reidsma Netherlands 37 1.1k 0.8× 834 0.6× 841 0.8× 1.4k 1.4× 964 1.0× 128 4.2k
Prabhu Pingali United States 41 2.5k 1.8× 950 0.7× 1.5k 1.4× 899 0.9× 726 0.8× 153 8.1k
Hossein Azadi Belgium 42 1.4k 1.0× 775 0.6× 1000 1.0× 923 0.9× 1.6k 1.8× 358 7.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Sonja Vermeulen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sonja Vermeulen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sonja Vermeulen. 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 Sonja Vermeulen. The network helps show where Sonja Vermeulen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sonja Vermeulen

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wierik, Sofie te, Fabrice DeClerck, Arthur Beusen, et al.. (2025). Identifying the safe operating space for food systems. Nature Food. 6(12). 1153–1163.
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Dubois, Thomas, Buyung Hadi, Sonja Vermeulen, et al.. (2024). Climate change and plant health: impact, implications and the role of research for mitigation and adaptation. Global Food Security. 41. 100750–100750. 4 indexed citations
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DeClerck, Fabrice, Edmundo Barrios, Tim G. Benton, et al.. (2023). Biodiversity, agriculture and sustainable production: GBF Target 10. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 2(3). e0000048–e0000048. 4 indexed citations
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Béné, Christophe, Jessica Fanzo, Lawrence Haddad, et al.. (2020). Five priorities to operationalize the EAT–Lancet Commission report. Nature Food. 1(8). 457–459. 51 indexed citations
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Vermeulen, Sonja, et al.. (2020). Changing diets and the transformation of the global food system. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1478(1). 3–17. 90 indexed citations
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Vermeulen, Sonja, Déborah Bossio, Johannes Lehmann, et al.. (2018). A global agenda for collective action on soil carbon. Nature Sustainability. 2(1). 2–4. 71 indexed citations
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Gil, Juliana, Avery Cohn, John Duncan, Peter Newton, & Sonja Vermeulen. (2017). The resilience of integrated agricultural systems to climate change. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change. 8(4). 60 indexed citations
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Ramírez-Villegas, Julián, Andy Jarvis, Sonja Vermeulen, et al.. (2016). Timescales of transformational climate change adaptation in sub-Saharan African agriculture. Nature Climate Change. 6(6). 605–609. 182 indexed citations
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Vermeulen, Sonja. (2015). Closing the gender gap in climate-smart agriculture. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research).
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Vermeulen, Sonja & Bruce Campbell. (2015). Ten principles for effective AR4D programs. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 4 indexed citations
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Garnett, Tara, M. C. Appleby, Andrew Balmford, et al.. (2014). What is a sustainable healthy diet? A discussion paper. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 54 indexed citations
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Verhagen, A., Th.V. Vellinga, F. Neijenhuis, et al.. (2014). Climate smart agriculture (CSA). CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 2 indexed citations
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Cooper, P. J. M., et al.. (2013). Large-scale implementation of adaptation and mitigation actions in agriculture. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 17 indexed citations
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Vermeulen, Sonja, Andrew J. Challinor, Philip K. Thornton, et al.. (2013). Addressing uncertainty in adaptation planning for agriculture. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(21). 8357–8362. 193 indexed citations
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Vermeulen, Sonja, Bruce Campbell, & John Ingram. (2012). Climate Change and Food Systems. Annual Review of Environment and Resources. 37(1). 195–222. 1507 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vermeulen, Sonja. (2011). Fertilizing grounds for change in Chinese agriculture. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 1 indexed citations
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Vermeulen, Sonja & Douglas Sheil. (2007). The possibility of common ground: a reply to Mavhunga and Robinson. Oryx. 41(4). 445–446. 2 indexed citations
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Nawir, A.A., et al.. (2003). Towards equitable partnerships between corporate and smallholder partners: relating partnerships to social, economic and environmental indicators: workshop synthesis. 3 indexed citations
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Mayers, James & Sonja Vermeulen. (2002). Power from the Trees: How Good Forest Governance can Help Reduce Poverty. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 23 indexed citations
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Campbell, Bruce, Jeffrey Sayer, P. G. H. Frost, et al.. (2002). Assessing the Performance of Natural Resource Systems. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(2). 145 indexed citations

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