Thomas Dax

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Thomas Dax is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Dax has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 16 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Thomas Dax's work include Rural development and sustainability (41 papers), Regional Development and Policy (13 papers) and Agricultural Economics and Policy (8 papers). Thomas Dax is often cited by papers focused on Rural development and sustainability (41 papers), Regional Development and Policy (13 papers) and Agricultural Economics and Policy (8 papers). Thomas Dax collaborates with scholars based in Austria, United Kingdom and Finland. Thomas Dax's co-authors include Georg Wiesinger, Jason Crabtree, Philippe Fleury, Annick Gibon, N. Stamou, David W. Macdonald, Michael D. Fischer, James Kirwan, Damian Maye and Andrew Copus and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Environmental Management and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Dax

46 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Agricultural abandonment in mountain areas of Europe: Env... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 500 1000 1.5k
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. Agricultural abandonment in mountain areas of Europe: Environmental consequences and policy response
    2000 1.6k citations Thomas Dax et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Dax Austria 16 955 674 447 413 344 52 2.4k
Teresa Pinto‐Correia Portugal 30 1.5k 1.6× 629 0.9× 346 0.8× 537 1.3× 370 1.1× 103 2.8k
Birgit Schmook Mexico 29 967 1.0× 494 0.7× 190 0.4× 444 1.1× 192 0.6× 100 2.1k
Philippe Fleury France 8 910 1.0× 337 0.5× 456 1.0× 433 1.0× 321 0.9× 9 1.9k
Jane Mills United Kingdom 22 511 0.5× 689 1.0× 234 0.5× 403 1.0× 345 1.0× 60 2.0k
L. Buck United States 20 1.5k 1.6× 461 0.7× 205 0.5× 382 0.9× 361 1.0× 56 2.5k
Geoff Cockfield Australia 31 1.0k 1.1× 251 0.4× 274 0.6× 479 1.2× 251 0.7× 98 2.3k
John Herbohn Australia 33 2.3k 2.4× 525 0.8× 785 1.8× 587 1.4× 276 0.8× 218 3.7k
Thanasis Kizos Greece 27 1.2k 1.3× 351 0.5× 219 0.5× 291 0.7× 334 1.0× 88 2.4k
Raoni Rajão Brazil 25 1.7k 1.7× 469 0.7× 301 0.7× 430 1.0× 350 1.0× 66 2.7k
Rinku Roy Chowdhury United States 27 1.9k 2.0× 343 0.5× 327 0.7× 582 1.4× 321 0.9× 50 3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Dax

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Dax

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Dax

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Madureira, Lívia, et al.. (2025). Is low-density a viable territorial category for enhancing EU cohesion policy implementation?. European Planning Studies. 33(4). 491–511. 2 indexed citations
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Dax, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Beyond growth paralysis. disP - The Planning Review. 60(3). 26–39.
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Dax, Thomas, Andrew Copus, & Dazhuan Ge. (2023). Diversity and Opportunities for Rural Development: Reflecting Awareness, Understanding and Activities in Rural Areas. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). 360–367.
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Dax, Thomas, et al.. (2022). The Renaissance of Remote Places. Dalarna University College Electronic Archive. 10 indexed citations
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Dax, Thomas & Andrew Copus. (2022). European Rural Demographic Strategies: Foreshadowing Post-Lisbon Rural Development Policy?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(4). 938–956. 14 indexed citations
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Muhar, Andreas, et al.. (2019). Rural Tourism in Georgia in Transition: Challenges for Regional Sustainability. Sustainability. 11(2). 410–410. 59 indexed citations
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Dax, Thomas & Andrew Copus. (2018). Towards Vibrant, Inclusive and Sustainable Rural Regions: Orientations for a Future Rural Cohesion Policy. 6(3). 198–209. 7 indexed citations
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Dax, Thomas, et al.. (2018). Applying a social-ecological approach to enhancing provision of public goods through agriculture and forestry activities across the European Union. Studies in Agricultural Economics. 120(1). 1–7. 6 indexed citations
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Dax, Thomas, et al.. (2018). Applying a social-ecological approach to enhancing provision of public goods through agriculture and forestry activities across the European Union. Studies in Agricultural Economics. 120(1). 1–7. 6 indexed citations
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Dax, Thomas, et al.. (2014). Altering the Evaluation Design for Rural Policies. 2(2). 141–152. 6 indexed citations
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Dax, Thomas, et al.. (2013). The Leader programme 2007–2013: Enabling or disabling social innovation and neo-endogenous development? Insights from Austria and Ireland. European Urban and Regional Studies. 23(1). 56–68. 118 indexed citations
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Copus, Andrew, Mark Shucksmith, Thomas Dax, & David Meredith. (2011). Cohesion Policy for rural areas after 2013: A rationale derived from the EDORA project (European Development Opportunities in Rural Areas). Studies in Agricultural Economics. 4 indexed citations
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Dax, Thomas. (2006). The Territorial Dimension of CAP and Spatial Cohesion. EuroChoices. 5(2). 12–19. 5 indexed citations
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Dax, Thomas, et al.. (2005). The On-Going CAP-Reform - Incentive for a Shift Towards Rural Development Activities?. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 6 indexed citations
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Bausch, Thomas, et al.. (2005). Alpine Space Prospective Study. Sustainable territorial development in the Alpine Space: Towards long term transnational cooperation. PORTO Publications Open Repository TOrino (Politecnico di Torino). 1–173. 2 indexed citations
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Bryden, John, et al.. (1995). Situation and trends in rural areas.. 39–47.
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Dax, Thomas, et al.. (1993). The role of policy in influencing farm household behaviour in european mountain areas. Revue de géographie alpine. 81(2). 101–127. 2 indexed citations

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