Stephen Commins

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Stephen Commins is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics and Urban Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Commins has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 2 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 1 paper in Urban Studies. Recurrent topics in Stephen Commins's work include HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses (2 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (1 paper) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (1 paper). Stephen Commins is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses (2 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (1 paper) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (1 paper). Stephen Commins collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. Stephen Commins's co-authors include Shantayanan Devarajan, Lant Pritchett, Agnès Soucat, Shekhar Shah, Bernard Gauthier, Junaid Aḥmad, Jeffrey S. Hammer, Deon Filmer, Michael F. Lofchie and Gregory Pierce and has published in prestigious journals such as Foreign Affairs, The International Journal of African Historical Studies and Development Policy Review.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Commins

13 papers receiving 823 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.

World Development Report 2004 : making services work for poor people

2003 1.0k citations Lant Pritchett, Bernard Gauthier et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen Commins United States	6	316	277	261	227	175	15	1.1k
Shekhar Shah India	5	314 1.0×	345 1.2×	355 1.4×	233 1.0×	185 1.1×	10	1.2k
Naomi Hossain United Kingdom	22	529 1.7×	323 1.2×	233 0.9×	206 0.9×	110 0.6×	92	1.5k
Bernard Gauthier Canada	19	464 1.5×	920 3.3×	329 1.3×	298 1.3×	222 1.3×	56	2.1k
Quy‐Toan Do United States	18	430 1.4×	316 1.1×	132 0.5×	154 0.7×	82 0.5×	76	1.4k
Sudarno Sumarto United States	23	777 2.5×	612 2.2×	148 0.6×	565 2.5×	91 0.5×	83	1.7k
Lionel Demery United States	16	575 1.8×	696 2.5×	99 0.4×	385 1.7×	214 1.2×	47	1.8k
Devaki Jain India	9	436 1.4×	182 0.7×	168 0.6×	194 0.9×	61 0.3×	26	1.1k
Mamta Murthi United States	14	470 1.5×	327 1.2×	140 0.5×	358 1.6×	390 2.2×	27	1.5k
UN Millennium	3	240 0.8×	162 0.6×	83 0.3×	163 0.7×	83 0.5×	8	802
Djavad Salehi‐Isfahani United States	18	354 1.1×	312 1.1×	119 0.5×	141 0.6×	82 0.5×	56	894

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen Commins

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Commins

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Commins

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

All Works

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15 of 15 papers shown

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Gupte, Jaideep & Stephen Commins. (2016). Cities, Violence and Order: The Challenges and Complex Taxonomy of Security Provision in Cities of Tomorrow. IDS Bulletin. 47(4). 4 indexed citations

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Commins, Stephen, et al.. (2013). Climate Change and Social Protection in Bangladesh: Are Existing Programmes Able to Address the Impacts of Climate Change?. Development Policy Review. 31(s2). 25 indexed citations

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Commins, Stephen. (2010). Non-state providers, the state, and health in post-conflict fragile states. Development in Practice. 20(4-5). 594–602. 7 indexed citations

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Commins, Stephen, et al.. (2008). HIV/AIDS in Africa: challenges and impact.. 3 indexed citations

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Ostergard, Robert L., et al.. (2008). HIV/AIDS, the military and the future of Africa's security.. 27–52.

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Pritchett, Lant, Bernard Gauthier, Shantayanan Devarajan, et al.. (2003). World Development Report 2004 : making services work for poor people. 1–289. 1016 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pritchett, Lant, Bernard Gauthier, Shantayanan Devarajan, et al.. (2003). Informe sobre el desarrollo mundial 2004 : servicios para los pobres. 1–288. 4 indexed citations

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Aḥmad, Junaid, Stephen Commins, Shantayanan Devarajan, et al.. (2003). Rapport sur le developpement dans le monde 2004 : des services pour les pauvres. 1–330. 2 indexed citations

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Commins, Stephen. (1999). NGOs: Ladles in the global soup kitchen?. Development in Practice. 9(5). 619–622. 14 indexed citations

10.

Commins, Stephen. (1996). Development in States of War: Selected articles from Development in Practice. 1 indexed citations

11.

Thompson, Greg, et al.. (1996). World vision in conflict and peace: A perspective from Cambodia. 8(2). 69–79. 1 indexed citations

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Whitaker, Jennifer Seymour & Stephen Commins. (1989). Africa's Development Challenge and the World Bank. Foreign Affairs. 68(2). 207–207. 1 indexed citations

13.

Berry, Sara, et al.. (1987). Africa's Agrarian Crisis: The Roots of Famine. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 20(1). 97–97. 22 indexed citations

14.

Lofchie, Michael F. & Stephen Commins. (1982). Food Deficits and Agricultural Policies in Tropical Africa. The Journal of Modern African Studies. 20(1). 1–25. 20 indexed citations

15.

Commins, Stephen, et al.. (1980). Depression in Children and Adolescents. Pediatric Annals. 9(7). 25–35. 5 indexed citations

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