Thomas Daum

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
52 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Thomas Daum is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Business and International Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Daum has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 14 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 11 papers in Business and International Management. Recurrent topics in Thomas Daum's work include Agricultural Innovations and Practices (32 papers), Agriculture and Rural Development Research (12 papers) and Innovation and Socioeconomic Development (11 papers). Thomas Daum is often cited by papers focused on Agricultural Innovations and Practices (32 papers), Agriculture and Rural Development Research (12 papers) and Innovation and Socioeconomic Development (11 papers). Thomas Daum collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Kenya and Sweden. Thomas Daum's co-authors include Regina Birner, Carl E. Pray, Dave Harris, Kai Mausch, Juliet Kariuki, Matin Qaim, Frédéric Baudron, Godfrey Omulo, Ingo Graß and Christine Bosch and has published in prestigious journals such as Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Biological Conservation and World Development.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Daum

51 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Who drives the digital revolution in agriculture? A review of supply‐side trends, players and challenges

2021 159 citations Regina Birner, Thomas Daum et al. profile →
Mechanization and sustainable agri-food system transformation in the Global South. A review

2023 49 citations Thomas Daum Agronomy for Sustainable Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Daum Germany	18	492	182	179	159	141	52	1.1k
Boru Douthwaite Colombia	20	490 1.0×	99 0.5×	203 1.1×	292 1.8×	95 0.7×	51	1.5k
Md. Akhtaruzzaman Khan Bangladesh	25	444 0.9×	376 2.1×	118 0.7×	119 0.7×	192 1.4×	142	1.6k
Camillus Abawiera Wongnaa Ghana	17	401 0.8×	240 1.3×	107 0.6×	133 0.8×	144 1.0×	81	916
João Augusto Rossi Borges Brazil	21	612 1.2×	205 1.1×	132 0.7×	431 2.7×	99 0.7×	48	1.7k
Thomas B. Long Netherlands	16	258 0.5×	133 0.7×	117 0.7×	197 1.2×	64 0.5×	35	1.2k
Irene S. Egyir Ghana	17	353 0.7×	248 1.4×	168 0.9×	85 0.5×	164 1.2×	63	792
Seneshaw Tamru Ethiopia	13	203 0.4×	196 1.1×	68 0.4×	121 0.8×	108 0.8×	30	1.0k
Michael Hauser Austria	20	343 0.7×	91 0.5×	160 0.9×	134 0.8×	127 0.9×	59	958
Murat Sartas Netherlands	9	322 0.7×	72 0.4×	100 0.6×	145 0.9×	56 0.4×	23	817
Mamudu Abunga Akudugu Ghana	13	334 0.7×	343 1.9×	121 0.7×	59 0.4×	185 1.3×	31	791

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Daum

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Daum

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Daum, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Moving beyond the productivity paradigm: Agricultural innovation systems and sustainable transformation in Africa. Agricultural Systems. 229. 104445–104445. 4 indexed citations

Daum, Thomas, et al.. (2025). What factors are inducing or impeding the adoption of agricultural mechanization? Revisiting farm scale, overhead capital and spatial divergence. World Development Perspectives. 38. 100671–100671. 1 indexed citations

Daum, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Towards inclusive mechanization? Two-wheel tractor-based service markets in Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, and Zimbabwe. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies. 16(3). 677–695. 3 indexed citations

Daum, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Levelling the field: A review of the ICT revolution and agricultural extension in the Global South. Journal of International Development. 37(1). 1–21. 4 indexed citations

Daum, Thomas, et al.. (2024). How do coffee farmers engage with digital technologies? A capabilities perspective. Agriculture and Human Values. 41(4). 1707–1723. 2 indexed citations

Daum, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Silicon Savannah and smallholder farming: How can digitalization contribute to sustainable agricultural transformation in Africa?. Agricultural Systems. 222. 104180–104180. 10 indexed citations

Daum, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Financing Climate-Smart Agriculture: a case study from the Indo-Gangetic Plains. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 29(5). 4 indexed citations

Quiñones-Ruiz, Xiomara F., et al.. (2023). Digitalization, sustainability, and coffee. Opportunities and challenges for agricultural development. Agricultural Systems. 208. 103660–103660. 23 indexed citations

Daum, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Entering the Digital Research Age: Investigating the Effectiveness of Visual Digital Tools in Agricultural Research. Field Methods. 36(2). 95–112.

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Daum, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Animal traction, two-wheel tractors, or four-wheel tractors? A best-fit approach to guide farm mechanization in Africa. Experimental Agriculture. 59. 12 indexed citations

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Daum, Thomas. (2023). Mechanization and sustainable agri-food system transformation in the Global South. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 43(1). 49 indexed citations breakdown →

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Daum, Thomas, et al.. (2022). The Farming Question: Intergenerational Linkages, Gender and Youth Aspirations in Rural Zambia^☆. Rural Sociology. 88(1). 71–107. 2 indexed citations

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Daum, Thomas, et al.. (2022). Intrahousehold Allocation of Nutritious Food in Livestock Farming Communities in Bangladesh: Does Women’s Empowerment Make a Difference?. Current Developments in Nutrition. 6. 533–533. 1 indexed citations

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Daum, Thomas. (2021). Farm robots: ecological utopia or dystopia?. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 36(9). 774–777. 59 indexed citations

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Birner, Regina, et al.. (2021). ‘We would rather die from Covid-19 than from hunger’ - Exploring lockdown stringencies in five African countries. Global Food Security. 31. 100571–100571. 24 indexed citations

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Daum, Thomas, et al.. (2021). Of milk and mobiles: Assessing the potential of cellphone applications to reduce cattle milk yield gaps in Africa using a case study. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 191. 106516–106516. 5 indexed citations

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Daum, Thomas & Regina Birner. (2021). The forgotten agriculture-nutrition link: farm technologies and human energy requirements. Food Security. 14(2). 395–409. 11 indexed citations

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Daum, Thomas, et al.. (2021). Governance challenges of small-scale gold mining in Ghana: Insights from a process net-map study. Land Use Policy. 102. 105271–105271. 80 indexed citations

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Daum, Thomas, Wallace E. Huffman, & Regina Birner. (2018). How to create conducive institutions to enable agricultural mechanization: A comparative historical study from the United States and Germany. Iowa State University Digital Repository (Iowa State University). 9 indexed citations

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Daum, Thomas. (1993). Die unkoordinierte Übernahme einer Aktiengesellschaft nach deutschem Recht. Peter Lang eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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