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7020
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Jean-Christophe Castella 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 Jean-Christophe Castella sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 159 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jean-Christophe Castella 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 Jean-Christophe Castella sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 33 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jean-Christophe Castella is affiliated with the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement in France. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular emphasis on general agricultural and biological sciences, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, global and planetary change, sociology and political science, and soil science.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
  • Agriculture and Rural Development Research
  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Agricultural Systems and Practices
  • Land Rights and Reforms
  • Cambodian History and Society

Jean-Christophe Castella has published numerous papers, with recent work concentrating on agricultural practices, conservation, and rural development in Southeast Asia. Some of their notable recent publications include:

  • "Farmers' resource endowment and risk management affect agricultural practices and innovation capacity in the Northwestern uplands of Cambodia," 2021, Agricultural Systems
  • "Investigating farmers' decision-making in adoption of conservation agriculture in the Northwestern uplands of Cambodia," 2021, Land Use Policy
  • "Beyond the boom-bust cycle: An interdisciplinary framework for analysing crop booms," 2023, Global Environmental Change
  • "The elephant in the room is really a cow: using consumption corridors to define sustainable meat consumption in the European Union," 2022, Sustainability Science
  • "Opportunities and constraints for adoption of maize-legume mixed cropping systems in Laos," 2020, International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

The scientist frequently publishes in several specialized academic venues. These include:

  • Agricultural Systems
  • Sustainability Science
  • Cahiers Agricultures
  • Land Use Policy
  • Global Environmental Change

Jean-Christophe Castella collaborates with researchers across multiple disciplines. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Rada Kong
  • Florent Tivet
  • Guillaume Lestrelin
  • Jean-Christophe Diepart
  • Victoria Junquera

Their work covers interdisciplinary frameworks to understand agricultural systems and rural socio-ecological dynamics, often contextualized within Cambodia and Laos. The researcher's portfolio illustrates a strong focus on how agricultural innovation, resource management, and conservation practices interact with rural development challenges and socio-political environments.

Best Publications

  • Comparing the input, output, and validation maps for several models of land change

    Robert Gilmore Pontius;Wideke Boersma;Jean-Christophe Castella;Keith Clarke

  • Trends, drivers and impacts of changes in swidden cultivation in tropical forest-agriculture frontiers: A global assessment

    Nathalie van Vliet;Ole Mertz;Andreas Heinimann;Tobias Langanke

  • Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

    Jean-Christophe Castella;Damien Jourdain;Guy Trébuilb

  • Participatory Simulation of Land-Use Changes in the Northern Mountains of Vietnam: the Combined Use of an Agent-Based Model, a Role-Playing Game, and a Geographic Information System

    Jean-Christophe Castella;Tran Ngoc Trung;Stanislas Boissau

  • Expansion of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) in Mainland Southeast Asia: what are the prospects for smallholders?

    Jefferson Fox;Jean Christophe Castella

  • Multi-agent systems and role games : collective learning processes for ecosystem management

    F. Bousquet;O. Barreteau;P. d'Aquino;M. Etienne

  • Combination of process-oriented and pattern-oriented models of land-use change in a mountain area of Vietnam

    Jean-Christophe Castella;Peter H. Verburg

  • Combining top-down and bottom-up modelling approaches of land use/cover change to support public policies: Application to sustainable management of natural resources in northern Vietnam

    Jean-Christophe Castella;Suan Pheng Kam;Dang Dinh Quang;Peter H. Verburg

  • SOCIAL NETWORKS AND INFORMATION ACCESS: IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION IN A RICE FARMING COMMUNITY IN NORTHERN VIETNAM

    Lan Anh Hoang;Jean-Christophe Castella;Jean-Christophe Castella;Paul Novosad

  • Swidden, rubber and carbon: Can REDD+ work for people and the environment in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia?

    Jefferson Fox;Jean-Christophe Castella;Alan D. Ziegler

  • Effects of Landscape Segregation on Livelihood Vulnerability: Moving From Extensive Shifting Cultivation to Rotational Agriculture and Natural Forests in Northern Laos

    Jean-Christophe Castella;Jean-Christophe Castella;Guillaume Lestrelin;Cornelia Hett;Jeremy Bourgoin

  • Science for action at the local landscape scale

    Paul Opdam;Joan Iverson Nassauer;Zhifang Wang;Christian Albert;Christian Albert

  • Comparison of Three Maps at Multiple Resolutions: A Case Study of Land Change Simulation in Cho Don District, Vietnam

    Robert Gilmore Pontius;Smitha Peethambaram;Jean-Christophe Castella

  • Impact of forestland allocation on land use in a mountainous province of Vietnam

    Jean-Christophe Castella;Jean-Christophe Castella;Stanislas Boissau;Nguyen Hai Thanh;Paul Novosad

  • Agrarian transition and lowland-upland interactions in mountain areas in northern Vietnam: application of a multi-agent simulation model

    Jean-Christophe Castella;Jean-Christophe Castella;Stanislas Boissau;Tran Ngoc Trung;Dang Dinh Quang

  • Territorialising Sustainable Development: The Politics of Land-use Planning in Laos

    Guillaume Lestrelin;Jean-Christophe Castella;Jeremy Bourgoin

  • A landscape mosaics approach for characterizing swidden systems from a REDD+ perspective

    Cornelia Hett;Jean-Christophe Castella;Jean-Christophe Castella;Andreas Heinimann;Peter Messerli

  • Analysis of village accessibility and its impact on land use dynamics in a mountainous province of northern Vietnam

    Jean-Christophe Castella;Jean-Christophe Castella;Pham Hung Manh;Suan Pheng Kam;Lorena Villano

  • The forgotten D: challenges of addressing forest degradation in complex mosaic landscapes under REDD+

    O. Mertz;D. Muller;T. Sikor;C. Hett

  • Toward a land zoning negotiation support platform: “Tips and tricks” for participatory land use planning in Laos

    Jeremy Bourgoin;Jeremy Bourgoin;Jeremy Bourgoin;Jean-Christophe Castella;Jean-Christophe Castella;David Pullar;Guillaume Lestrelin;Guillaume Lestrelin

  • Rubber Plantations Expand in Mountainous Southeast Asia: What Are the Consequences for the Environment?

    Jefferson M. Fox;Jean-Christophe Castella;Alan D. Ziegler;Sidney B. Westley

Frequent Co-Authors

Ole Mertz
Ole Mertz University of Copenhagen
Peter H. Verburg
Peter H. Verburg Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jefferson Fox
Jefferson Fox East-West Center
Rasmus Fensholt
Rasmus Fensholt University of Copenhagen
Alan D. Ziegler
Alan D. Ziegler National University of Singapore
Dirk Pflugmacher
Dirk Pflugmacher Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Daniel Müller
Daniel Müller Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Thomas Sikor
Thomas Sikor University of East Anglia
Kasper Kok
Kasper Kok Wageningen University & Research
Bryan C. Pijanowski
Bryan C. Pijanowski Purdue University West Lafayette

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