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2026

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D-Index
45
Citations
9446
World Ranking
352
National Ranking
10

Jennifer Clapp publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jennifer Clapp sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 145 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

Jennifer Clapp D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jennifer Clapp sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 76 scientists 21 D-Index: 79 scientists 22 D-Index: 84 scientists 23 D-Index: 68 scientists 24 D-Index: 88 scientists 25 D-Index: 82 scientists 26 D-Index: 76 scientists 27 D-Index: 75 scientists 28 D-Index: 99 scientists 29 D-Index: 96 scientists 30 D-Index: 96 scientists 31 D-Index: 81 scientists 32 D-Index: 86 scientists 33 D-Index: 81 scientists 34 D-Index: 84 scientists 35 D-Index: 72 scientists 36 D-Index: 58 scientists 37 D-Index: 53 scientists 38 D-Index: 48 scientists 39 D-Index: 40 scientists 40 D-Index: 40 scientists 41 D-Index: 32 scientists 42 D-Index: 26 scientists 43 D-Index: 25 scientists 44 D-Index: 33 scientists 45 D-Index: 33 scientists 46 D-Index: 17 scientists 47 D-Index: 21 scientists 48 D-Index: 22 scientists 49 D-Index: 18 scientists 50 D-Index: 19 scientists 51 D-Index: 19 scientists 52 D-Index: 15 scientists 53 D-Index: 14 scientists 54 D-Index: 10 scientists 55 D-Index: 13 scientists 56 D-Index: 9 scientists 57 D-Index: 11 scientists 58 D-Index: 12 scientists 59 D-Index: 10 scientists 60 D-Index: 5 scientists 61 D-Index: 7 scientists 62+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences

Overview

Jennifer Clapp is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on topics related to agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science. Their work spans several key topics including agriculture, land use, rural development, food waste reduction and sustainability, agriculture sustainability and environmental impact, organic food and agriculture, food security and health in diverse populations, bioeconomy and sustainability development, and genetically modified organisms research.

Their recent papers include:

  • This food crisis is different: COVID-19 and the fragility of the neoliberal food security order (2020, The Journal of Peasant Studies)
  • Viewpoint: The case for a six-dimensional food security framework (2021, Food Policy)
  • The problem with growing corporate concentration and power in the global food system (2021, Nature Food)
  • Precision Technologies for Agriculture: Digital Farming, Gene-Edited Crops, and the Politics of Sustainability (2020, Global Environmental Politics)
  • Concentration and crises: exploring the deep roots of vulnerability in the global industrial food system (2022, The Journal of Peasant Studies)

Jennifer Clapp frequently publishes in several academic venues, with notable contributions in:

  • Food Policy (3 publications)
  • The Journal of Peasant Studies (2 publications)
  • Nature Food (2 publications)
  • Global Environmental Politics (2 publications)
  • Global Environmental Change (1 publication)

Their collaborative work often involves co-authors such as William G. Moseley, Pamela McElwee, Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline, Cindy Isenhour, and Tim Jackson, each having collaborated on multiple works.

In terms of book publications, Jennifer Clapp has authored titles published by The MIT Press, including "Titans of Industrial Agriculture" expected in 2025.

Their fields of study cover:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences with 24 publications
  • Environmental Science with 13 publications

Within these fields, their subfields include:

  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11 publications)
  • Plant Science (7 publications)
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (6 publications)
  • Food Science (5 publications)
  • Ecology (5 publications)

Jennifer Clapp was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2016, awarded by the Academy of Social Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Paths to a Green World: The Political Economy of the Global Environment

    Jennifer Clapp;Peter Dauvergne

  • Navigating the Anthropocene: Improving Earth System Governance

    F. Biermann;F. Biermann;K. Abbott;S. Andresen;Karin Bäckstrand

  • The Privatization of Global Environmental Governance: ISO 14000 and the Developing World

    Jennifer Clapp

  • Financialization, distance and global food politics

    Jennifer Clapp

  • Corporate power in global agrifood governance

    Jennifer Clapp;Doris A. Fuchs

  • Food self-sufficiency: Making sense of it, and when it makes sense

    Jennifer Clapp

  • Doing away with plastic shopping bags: international patterns of norm emergence and policy implementation

    Jennifer Clapp;Linda Swanston

  • This food crisis is different: COVID-19 and the fragility of the neoliberal food security order

    Jennifer Clapp;William G. Moseley

  • Why equity is fundamental in climate change policy research

    Sonja Klinsky;J. Timmons Roberts;Saleemul Huq;Chukwumerije Okereke

  • Troubled futures? The global food crisis and the politics of agricultural derivatives regulation

    Jennifer Clapp;Eric Helleiner

  • Cereal Secrets: The world’s largest grain traders and global agriculture

    Sophia Murphy;David Burch;Jennifer Clapp

  • Transforming governance and institutions for global sustainability: key insights from the Earth System Governance Project

    Frank Biermann;Frank Biermann;Kenneth Abbott;Steinar Andresen;Karin Bäckstrand

  • Global Environmental Governance for Corporate Responsibility and Accountability

    Jennifer Clapp

  • The global political economy of climate change, agriculture and food systems

    Jennifer Clapp;Peter Newell;Zoe W. Brent

  • Food price volatility and vulnerability in the global south: considering the global economic context.

    Jennifer Clapp

  • The case for a six-dimensional food security framework

    Jennifer Clapp;William G. Moseley;Barbara Burlingame;Paola Termine

  • Criteria for effective zero-deforestation commitments

    R.D. Garrett;S. Levy;K.M. Carlson;T.A. Gardner

  • The Global Food Crisis: Governance Challenges and Opportunities

    Jennifer Clapp

  • Big Food, Nutritionism, and Corporate Power

    Jennifer Clapp;Gyorgy Scrinis

  • The problem with growing corporate concentration and power in the global food system

    Jennifer Clapp

  • Precision Technologies for Agriculture: Digital Farming, Gene-Edited Crops, and the Politics of Sustainability

    Jennifer Clapp;Sarah-Louise Ruder

  • Mega-Mergers on the Menu: Corporate Concentration and the Politics of Sustainability in the Global Food System

    Jennifer Clapp

  • Explaining Growing Glyphosate Use: The Political Economy of Herbicide-Dependent Agriculture

    Jennifer Clapp

Frequent Co-Authors

Diana Liverman
Diana Liverman University of Arizona
Peter Dauvergne
Peter Dauvergne University of British Columbia
Frank Biermann
Frank Biermann Utrecht University
Joyeeta Gupta
Joyeeta Gupta University of Amsterdam
Peter Newell
Peter Newell University of Sussex
Carl Folke
Carl Folke Stockholm University
Tim Jackson
Tim Jackson University of Surrey
Eric Helleiner
Eric Helleiner University of Waterloo
Heike Schroeder
Heike Schroeder University of East Anglia
Steven Bernstein
Steven Bernstein University of Toronto

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