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Christopher B. Barrett

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Economics and Finance
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
117
Citations
57551
World Ranking
43
National Ranking
34

Christopher B. Barrett publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher B. Barrett sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 638 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Christopher B. Barrett D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher B. Barrett sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 117 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Christopher B. Barrett is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, with a primary focus on Medicine, supported by substantial contributions in related subfields.

The main fields of study include Medicine, with particular attention to subfields such as Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Soil Science, Economics and Econometrics, Ecology, and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work addresses topics that notably intersect agriculture, nutrition, and medical science.

Key research topics include:

  • Agricultural risk and resilience
  • Cardiac arrhythmias and treatments
  • Agriculture sustainability and environmental impact
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Food waste reduction and sustainability
  • Child nutrition and water access
  • Agricultural innovations and practices

Their recent publications reflect a multidisciplinary approach. Notable papers include:

  • "Articulating the effect of food systems innovation on the Sustainable Development Goals" (2020), published in The Lancet Planetary Health
  • "Agri-food Value Chain Revolutions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries" (2022), published in the Journal of Economic Literature
  • "Climate change exacerbates the environmental impacts of agriculture" (2024), published in Science
  • "Actions now can curb food systems fallout from COVID-19" (2020), published in Nature Food
  • "Overcoming Global Food Security Challenges through Science and Solidarity" (2020), published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Christopher B. Barrett include:

  • Amneet Sandhu
  • Wendy S. Tzou
  • Alexis Z. Tumolo
  • Lukasz Cerbin
  • Syed Rafay Ali Sabzwari

Their publications often appear in various venues, such as:

  • Heart Rhythm
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Circulation

Christopher B. Barrett has authored several book publications with leading academic publishers. These include:

  • Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles for Agri-Food Systems Transformation (2022) published by Springer International Publishing
  • Escaping Poverty Traps and Unlocking Prosperity in the Face of Climate Risk (2024) published by Cambridge University Press
  • Nonclassical Measurement Error and Farmers' Response to Information Reveal Behavioral Anomalies (2022) published by World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks
  • Nowcasting Disruptions to Human Capital Formation: Evidence from High-Frequency Household and Geospatial Data in Rural Malawi (2025) published by Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks

The scholar received the award of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Nonfarm income diversification and household livelihood strategies in rural Africa: concepts, dynamics, and policy implications

    Christopher B. Barrett;Thomas Reardon;P. Webb

  • The economics of poverty traps and persistent poverty: An asset-based approach

    Michael R. Carter;Christopher B. Barrett

  • The Rise of Supermarkets in Africa, Asia, and Latin America

    Thomas Reardon;C. Peter Timmer;Christopher B. Barrett;Julio Berdegué

  • Measuring Food Insecurity

    Christopher B. Barrett

  • Smallholder Market Participation: Concepts and Evidence from Eastern and Southern Africa

    Christopher B. Barrett

  • Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

    Jingjing Liang;Thomas W. Crowther;Nicolas Picard;Susan Wiser

  • Agrifood industry transformation and small farmers in developing countries

    Thomas Reardon;Christopher B. Barrett;Julio A. Berdegué;Johan F.M. Swinnen

  • Smallholder participation in contract farming: Comparative evidence from five countries

    Christopher B. Barrett;Maren E. Bachke;Marc F. Bellemare;Hope C. Michelson

  • Food security and food assistance programs

    Christopher B. Barrett

  • Agroindustrialization, globalization, and international development An overview of issues, patterns, and determinants

    Thomas Reardon;Christopher B. Barrett

  • Household-level determinants of adoption of improved natural resources management practices among smallholder farmers in western Kenya

    Paswel P. Marenya;Christopher B. Barrett

  • Emerging human infectious diseases and the links to global food production

    Jason R. Rohr;Jason R. Rohr;Christopher B. Barrett;David J. Civitello;Meggan E. Craft

  • Food Aid After Fifty Years Recasting Its Role

    Christopher B. Barrett;Daniel Maxwell

  • On price risk and the inverse farm size-productivity relationship

    Christopher B. Barrett

  • Stochastic wealth dynamics and risk management among a poor population

    Travis J. Lybbert;Christopher B. Barrett;Solomon Desta;D. Layne Coppock

  • Poverty Traps and Index-Based Risk Transfer Products

    Barry J. Barnett;Christopher B. Barrett;Jerry R. Skees

  • Ten striking facts about agricultural input use in Sub-Saharan Africa.

    Megan Sheahan;Christopher B. Barrett

  • Are Integrated Conservation-Development Projects (ICDPs) Sustainable? On the conservation of large mammals in sub-Saharan Africa

    Christopher B. Barrett;Peter Arcese

  • Avoiding disaster: diversification and risk management among East African herders

    Peter D. Little;Kevin Smith;Barbara A. Cellarius;D. Layne Coppock

  • Conserving Tropical Biodiversity amid Weak Institutions

    Christopher B. Barrett;Katrina Brandon;Clark Gibson;Heidi Gjertsen

  • Distinguishing between Equilibrium and Integration in Spatial Price Analysis

    Christopher B. Barrett;Jau Rong Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael R. Carter
Michael R. Carter University of California, Davis
Marc F. Bellemare
Marc F. Bellemare University of Minnesota
Thomas Reardon
Thomas Reardon Michigan State University
Peter D. Little
Peter D. Little Emory University
David R. Just
David R. Just Cornell University
Daniel Maxwell
Daniel Maxwell Tufts University
Cheryl R. Doss
Cheryl R. Doss Tufts University
Bart Minten
Bart Minten International Food Policy Research Institute
Stein T. Holden
Stein T. Holden Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Awudu Abdulai
Awudu Abdulai Kiel University

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