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Researcher · University of British Columbia · Canada

Philippe Le Billon

Philippe Le Billon publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Development, on topics such as International Development and Aid, Mining and Resource Management and Natural Resources and Economic Development.

ORCID 0000-0002-4635-2998 OpenAlex
World rank
#14,414
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#381
of 38,960
Works
46
Citations
669
Citations per work
14.5

What does Philippe Le Billon research?

Sociology and Political Science: 25.6%Political Science and International Relations: 11.6%Development: 9.3%Global and Planetary Change: 7.0%other fields: 46.5%26%top field
Sociology and Political Science25.6%Political Science and International Relations11.6%Development9.3%Global and Planetary Change7.0%other fields46.5%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science26% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations12% of their works
  3. 3Development9% of their works
  4. 4Global and Planetary Change7% of their works
  5. 5Building and Construction7% of their works
  6. 6General Economics, Econometrics and Finance7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Philippe Le Billon's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Environmental Impact, Democracy, Globalization, Human Rights, Political Economy, Development Policies, Foreign Aid and Civil War.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Impact73 topics
  2. Democracy62 topics
  3. Globalization52 topics
  4. Human Rights52 topics
  5. Political Economy52 topics
  6. Development Policies41 topic
  7. Foreign Aid41 topic
  8. Civil War31 topic
  9. Ethnic Conflict31 topic
  10. Mining Industry31 topic
  11. Natural Resources31 topic
  12. Resource Curse31 topic
  13. Sustainable Development31 topic
  14. Agroecology21 topic
  15. Cambodia21 topic
  16. Climate Change21 topic
  17. Conflict21 topic
  18. Food Sovereignty21 topic
  19. Genocide21 topic
  20. Hydropower21 topic
  21. Resettlement21 topic

Where does Philippe Le Billon work?

Philippe Le Billon's main affiliation in the publication record is University of British Columbia, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Philippe Le Billon have?

Science Explorer counts 46 works and 669 citations for Philippe Le Billon, ranking #14,414 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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