Thayer Scudder

3.4k total citations
65 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Thayer Scudder is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thayer Scudder has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 16 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 8 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thayer Scudder's work include Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact (17 papers), Transboundary Water Resource Management (9 papers) and Water resources management and optimization (8 papers). Thayer Scudder is often cited by papers focused on Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact (17 papers), Transboundary Water Resource Management (9 papers) and Water resources management and optimization (8 papers). Thayer Scudder collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Thayer Scudder's co-authors include Éric F. Lambin, Sandrine Petit, Elizabeth Colson, Leonard Lerer, Bernhard Lehner, Carmen Revenga, Brian D. Richter, Sandra Postel, Richard F. Tomasson and Lisa Cliggett and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Thayer Scudder

60 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thayer Scudder United States 22 1.1k 439 374 270 188 65 2.0k
Ian G. Baird United States 31 1.4k 1.3× 619 1.4× 1.1k 3.0× 405 1.5× 61 0.3× 134 2.7k
Norman Myers United Kingdom 20 875 0.8× 512 1.2× 207 0.6× 229 0.8× 29 0.2× 72 2.1k
Jessica Budds United Kingdom 23 734 0.7× 429 1.0× 1.6k 4.3× 161 0.6× 621 3.3× 45 2.8k
Robin Mearns United States 22 876 0.8× 967 2.2× 235 0.6× 231 0.9× 77 0.4× 51 2.4k
Chasca Twyman United Kingdom 21 837 0.8× 986 2.2× 86 0.2× 261 1.0× 93 0.5× 39 2.6k
Rebecca Lave United States 24 453 0.4× 682 1.6× 227 0.6× 683 2.5× 45 0.2× 55 2.1k
John M. Kerr United States 27 285 0.3× 1.1k 2.4× 155 0.4× 162 0.6× 244 1.3× 94 2.2k
Mary Tiffen United Kingdom 15 425 0.4× 520 1.2× 104 0.3× 115 0.4× 60 0.3× 42 2.2k
Craig E. Colten United States 18 878 0.8× 466 1.1× 120 0.3× 64 0.2× 56 0.3× 65 1.6k
Pamela McElwee United States 26 644 0.6× 1.5k 3.4× 231 0.6× 356 1.3× 33 0.2× 67 2.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thayer Scudder

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thayer Scudder

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Richter, Brian D., et al.. (2010). Lost in Development's Shadow: The Downstream Human Consequences of Dams. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 245 indexed citations
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Scudder, Thayer, et al.. (2006). Laos - Nam Theun 2 Project : ninth report of the international environmental and social panel of experts. 1–46. 3 indexed citations
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Scudder, Thayer. (2005). The Future of Large Dams: Dealing with Social, Environmental, Institutional and Political Costs. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 264 indexed citations
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Petit, Sandrine, Thayer Scudder, & Éric F. Lambin. (2001). Quantifying processes of land-cover change by remote sensing: Resettlement and rapid land-cover changes in south-eastern Zambia. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 22(17). 3435–3456. 214 indexed citations
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Scudder, Thayer. (2001). The World Commission on Dams and the Need for a New Development Paradigm. International Journal of Water Resources Development. 17(3). 329–341. 27 indexed citations
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Scudder, Thayer. (1999). 1999 Malinowski Award Lecture: The Emerging Global Crisis and Development Anthropology: Can We Have an Impact?. Human Organization. 58(4). 351–364. 8 indexed citations
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Scudder, Thayer. (1993). Pipe Dreams: Can the Zambezi River supply the region's water needs?. 17(2). 45–47. 6 indexed citations
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Scudder, Thayer. (1991). The Need and Justification for Maintaining Transboundary Flood Regimes: The Africa Case. Natural resources journal. 31(1). 75. 25 indexed citations
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Colson, Elizabeth, et al.. (1990). For Prayer and Profit: The Ritual, Economic and Social Importance of Beer in Gwembe District, Zambia, 1950-1982.. Man. 25(1). 161–161. 58 indexed citations
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Scudder, Thayer. (1989). River basin projects in Africa. 16 indexed citations
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Scudder, Thayer, et al.. (1985). Management systems for riverine fisheries. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations eBooks. 39 indexed citations
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Scudder, Thayer. (1984). The development potential of new lands settlement in the tropics and subtropics : a global state-of-the-art evaluation with specific emphasis on policy implications. 24 indexed citations
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Scudder, Thayer. (1981). What it Means to be Dammed: The Anthropology of Large-Scale Development Projects in the Tropics and Subtropics. 13 indexed citations
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Scudder, Thayer. (1981). From relief to development : some comments on refugee and other settlement in Somalia. The Open Repository - Binghamton (Binghamton University). 1 indexed citations
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Scudder, Thayer, et al.. (1981). Accelerated Mahaweli Programme (AMP) and dry zone development: some aspects of settlement : report number three. The Open Repository - Binghamton (Binghamton University). 1 indexed citations
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Scudder, Thayer. (1980). River-basin development and local initiative in African savanna environments. 20 indexed citations
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Scudder, Thayer. (1975). Commentary on Gary Palmer's "The Ecology of Resettlement Schemes". Human Organization. 34(3). 309–310. 2 indexed citations
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Hirst, Martin, Max Gluckman, G. Kingsley Garbett, et al.. (1973). ‘Town and Country in Central and Eastern Africa’. Africa. 43(1). 72–72. 9 indexed citations
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Scudder, Thayer. (1960). Fishermen on the Zambezi. 27. 41–49. 1 indexed citations

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