Robert Townsend
Robert Townsend publishes mostly in Economics and Econometrics, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Soil Science, on topics such as Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Agricultural risk and resilience and Efficiency Analysis Using DEA.
- World rank
- #1,472,203 of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
- Rank in South Africa
- #5,022 of 5,570
- Works
- 22
- Citations
- 28
- Citations per work
- 1.3
What does Robert Townsend research?
Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.
- 1Economics and Econometrics26% of their works
- 2General Agricultural and Biological Sciences12% of their works
- 3Soil Science12% of their works
- 4Agronomy and Crop Science6% of their works
- 5Sociology and Political Science6% of their works
- 6Management Science and Operations Research6% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe Robert Townsend's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Social Networks, Food Security, Productivity Growth, Sustainable Agriculture, Agricultural Innovation, Livelihood Diversification, Risk Management and Vulnerability.
- Livestock Production
- Chicken Domestication
- African Swine Fever
- Institutions
- Food Prices
- Economic Development
- Vulnerability
- Livelihood Diversification
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Food Security
- Social Networks
- Productivity Growth
- Agricultural Innovation
- Risk Management
- Data Envelopment Analysis
- Efficiency Measurement
- Genetic Diversity
- Price Transmission
- Beef Cattle
- Foot-and-Mouth Disease
- Village Poultry
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
- Social Networks62 topics
- Food Security42 topics
- Productivity Growth42 topics
- Sustainable Agriculture42 topics
- Agricultural Innovation31 topic
- Livelihood Diversification31 topic
- Risk Management31 topic
- Vulnerability31 topic
- Data Envelopment Analysis21 topic
- Economic Development21 topic
- Efficiency Measurement21 topic
- Food Prices21 topic
- Genetic Diversity22 topics
- Institutions21 topic
- Price Transmission21 topic
- African Swine Fever11 topic
- Beef Cattle11 topic
- Chicken Domestication11 topic
- Foot-and-Mouth Disease11 topic
- Livestock Production11 topic
- Village Poultry11 topic
Where does Robert Townsend work?
Robert Townsend's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Pretoria, South Africa.
How many publications and citations does Robert Townsend have?
Science Explorer counts 22 works and 28 citations for Robert Townsend, ranking #1,472,203 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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