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Geoff A. Wilson publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Geoff A. Wilson sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 127 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Geoff A. Wilson D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Geoff A. Wilson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 42 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Geoff A. Wilson is affiliated with Plymouth University in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Arts and Humanities. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, Archaeology, Economics and Econometrics, and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their recent research focuses on a range of topics related to rural development, land use, and conservation. Key areas of study include:

  • Regional resilience and development
  • Rural development and sustainability
  • Land use and ecosystem services
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Conservation, biodiversity, and resource management
  • Land rights and reforms
  • Archaeological research and protection

Geoff A. Wilson has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications in various academic venues. Recent papers include:

  • Lock-ins and community resilience: Two contrasting development pathways in the Austrian Alps, 2021, Journal of Rural Studies
  • 'Mind the Gap': Reconnecting Local Actions and Multi-Level Policies to Bridge the Governance Gap. An Example of Soil Erosion Action from East Africa, 2020, Land
  • Dataset for ES/P004792/1 - Conserving Cultural Heritage: The Resilience of Forcibly Displaced Syrian Artisans in Jordan, 2021, Plymouth University

The scholar frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Raymond L. Bryant
  • Rike Stotten
  • Markus Schermer
  • Claire Kelly
  • Maarten Wynants

Frequent publication venues where Geoff A. Wilson's work appears include:

  • Journal of Rural Studies
  • Land
  • Plymouth University

Best Publications

  • From productivism to post-productivism … and back again? Exploring the (un)changed natural and mental landscapes of European agriculture

    Geoff A. Wilson

  • Injecting social psychology theory into conceptualisations of agricultural agency: Towards a post-productivist farmer self-identity?

    Rob J.F. Burton;Geoff A. Wilson

  • From ‘weak’ to ‘strong’ multifunctionality: Conceptualising farm-level multifunctional transitional pathways

    Geoff A. Wilson

  • Multifunctional Agriculture: A Transition Theory Perspective

    Geoff A. Wilson

  • Multifunctional ‘quality’ and rural community resilience

    Geoff Wilson

  • Community resilience, globalization, and transitional pathways of decision-making

    Geoff A. Wilson

  • Factors Influencing Farmer Participation in the Environmentally Sensitive Areas Scheme

    Geoff A. Wilson

  • Financial imperative or conservation concern? EU farmers' motivations for participation in voluntary agri-environmental schemes

    Geoff A Wilson;Kaley Hart

  • Community Resilience and Environmental Transitions

    Geoff Wilson

  • Farmer participation in agri-environmental schemes : Towards conservation-oriented thinking?

    Geoff A. Wilson;Kaley Hart

  • The spatiality of multifunctional agriculture: a human geography perspective.

    Geoff A. Wilson

  • FARMER ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES AND ESA PARTICIPATION

    Geoff A. Wilson

  • Community resilience: path dependency, lock-in effects and transitional ruptures

    Geoff A. Wilson

  • Community resilience and land degradation in forest and shrubland socio-ecological systems: Evidence from Gorgoglione, Basilicata, Italy

    Claire Kelly;Agostino Ferrara;Geoff A. Wilson;Francesco Ripullone

  • Theorising Transitional Pathways in Response to Climate Change: Technocentrism, Ecocentrism, and the Carbon Economy:

    Ian Bailey;Geoff A Wilson

  • Agri-environmental policy in the European Union.

    Henry Buller;Geoff A. Wilson;Andreas Höll

  • Some things old, some things new: The spatial representations and politics of change of the peak oil relocalisation movement

    Ian Bailey;Rob Hopkins;Geoff Wilson

  • The Australian Landcare movement: towards ‘post-productivist’ rural governance?

    Geoff A. Wilson

  • Rethinking environmental management

    Raymond L. Bryant;Geoff A. Wilson

  • Community resilience, policy corridors and the policy challenge

    Geoff A. Wilson

Frequent Co-Authors

William H. Blake
William H. Blake Plymouth University
David Gilvear
David Gilvear Plymouth University
Luca Salvati
Luca Salvati Sapienza University of Rome
Patrick A. Ndakidemi
Patrick A. Ndakidemi Agriculture Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania
Pascal Boeckx
Pascal Boeckx Ghent University
Neil Roberts
Neil Roberts Plymouth University
Concepción L. Alados
Concepción L. Alados Spanish National Research Council
Hugh G. Smith
Hugh G. Smith Landcare Research
Ana Navas
Ana Navas Spanish National Research Council
Tom Slater
Tom Slater University of Edinburgh

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