Sophie Theis

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 858 citations indexed

About

Sophie Theis is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Economics and Econometrics and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Sophie Theis has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 858 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 5 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 4 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Sophie Theis's work include Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (5 papers), Agricultural Innovations and Practices (5 papers) and Land Rights and Reforms (4 papers). Sophie Theis is often cited by papers focused on Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (5 papers), Agricultural Innovations and Practices (5 papers) and Land Rights and Reforms (4 papers). Sophie Theis collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Africa. Sophie Theis's co-authors include Ruth Meinzen‐Dick, Cheryl R. Doss, Agnes Quisumbing, Hazel Malapit, Nicole Lefore, Elizabeth Bryan, Rahul Chaturvedi, Marco A. Janssen, Rajendra Pradhan and Kristina Roesel and has published in prestigious journals such as World Development, Journal of Rural Studies and Agricultural Systems.

In The Last Decade

Sophie Theis

14 papers receiving 802 citations

Hit Papers

Women in agriculture: Fou... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150 200
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.

  1. Women in agriculture: Four myths
    2017 239 citations Cheryl R. Doss, Ruth Meinzen‐Dick 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 Career Trend Papers Cites
Sophie Theis United States 10 344 218 186 173 148 15 858
Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt Sweden 18 486 1.4× 320 1.5× 184 1.0× 125 0.7× 126 0.9× 43 1.1k
Todd Benson United States 20 291 0.8× 244 1.1× 271 1.5× 152 0.9× 199 1.3× 52 1.0k
Gbemisola Oseni United States 12 329 1.0× 301 1.4× 200 1.1× 144 0.8× 121 0.8× 32 754
Gero Carletto United States 14 279 0.8× 239 1.1× 241 1.3× 191 1.1× 135 0.9× 20 876
Katia Covarrubias Italy 13 303 0.9× 312 1.4× 281 1.5× 279 1.6× 125 0.8× 20 875
Esteban J. Quiñones United States 10 256 0.7× 237 1.1× 230 1.2× 155 0.9× 84 0.6× 21 734
Degnet Abebaw Ethiopia 17 505 1.5× 246 1.1× 331 1.8× 179 1.0× 208 1.4× 39 1.3k
Isabel Lambrecht United States 15 494 1.4× 275 1.3× 339 1.8× 90 0.5× 126 0.9× 35 1.0k
Karl Pauw United States 16 222 0.6× 211 1.0× 303 1.6× 82 0.5× 78 0.5× 42 867
Nyasha Tirivayi Netherlands 13 210 0.6× 192 0.9× 166 0.9× 146 0.8× 103 0.7× 36 707

Countries citing papers authored by Sophie Theis

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sophie Theis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sophie Theis

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

All Works

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Pradhan, Rajendra, Ruth Meinzen‐Dick, & Sophie Theis. (2019). Property rights, intersectionality, and women's empowerment in Nepal. Journal of Rural Studies. 70. 26–35. 32 indexed citations
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Johnson, Nancy J., et al.. (2018). How do agricultural development projects empower women? Linking strategies with expected outcomes. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 3(2). 1–19. 39 indexed citations
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Meinzen‐Dick, Ruth, et al.. (2018). Playing games to save water: Collective action games for groundwater management in Andhra Pradesh, India. World Development. 107. 40–53. 77 indexed citations
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Theis, Sophie, Nicole Lefore, Ruth Meinzen‐Dick, & Elizabeth Bryan. (2018). What happens after technology adoption? Gendered aspects of small-scale irrigation technologies in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Tanzania. Agriculture and Human Values. 35(3). 671–684. 118 indexed citations
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Doss, Cheryl R., Ruth Meinzen‐Dick, Agnes Quisumbing, & Sophie Theis. (2017). Women in agriculture: Four myths. Global Food Security. 16. 69–74. 239 indexed citations breakdown →
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Meinzen‐Dick, Ruth, Agnes Quisumbing, Cheryl R. Doss, & Sophie Theis. (2017). Women's land rights as a pathway to poverty reduction: Framework and review of available evidence. Agricultural Systems. 172. 72–82. 185 indexed citations
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Meinzen‐Dick, Ruth, Agnes Quisumbing, Cheryl R. Doss, & Sophie Theis. (2017). Women's Land Rights as a Pathway to Poverty Reduction: A Framework and Review of Available Evidence. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Theis, Sophie, et al.. (2015). Bahia state agriculture sector risk analysis. 1–186. 1 indexed citations
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Grace, Delia, Kristina Roesel, Erastus K. Kang’ethe, Bassirou Bonfoh, & Sophie Theis. (2015). Gender Roles and Food Safety in 20 Informal Livestock and Fish Value Chains. SSRN Electronic Journal. 25 indexed citations
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Klerkx, Laurens, et al.. (2013). Towards optimal coordination of the Chilean Agricultural Innovation System: Design for a MINAGRI Agricultural Innovation Coordination Unit. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 1 indexed citations
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Theis, Sophie. (2012). Between Discourses of Extreme Pressure and Modernization: Small Farmers’ Diverse Perceptions of Vulnerability to Soy in Santarém, Pará. Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University). 8(1). 200–218. 2 indexed citations

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