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2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Political Science 51 220 195 7 7 313 10702

Jonathan Crush publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jonathan Crush between 1980 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jonathan Crush published across 46 years, from 1980 to 2025, averaging 7.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 32 publications in 2017. 18 of the 345 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1980 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 32. Peak 32 publications in 2017. 1980: 4 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 2 publications 1983: 3 publications 1984: 2 publications 1985: 3 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 1 publication 1989: 8 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 7 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 3 publications 2000: 9 publications 2001: 17 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 14 publications 2012: 16 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 20 publications 2015: 16 publications 2016: 20 publications 2017: 32 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 9 publications 2023: 11 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 8 publications
1980 2025

345 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jonathan Crush: publications per year, 1980 to 2025
Year Publications
1980 4
1981 1
1982 2
1983 3
1984 2
1985 3
1986 2
1987 1
1988 1
1989 8
1990 4
1991 2
1992 4
1993 7
1994 4
1995 4
1996 2
1997 3
1998 1
1999 3
2000 9
2001 17
2002 7
2003 4
2004 6
2005 4
2006 8
2007 8
2008 3
2009 3
2010 11
2011 14
2012 16
2013 10
2014 20
2015 16
2016 20
2017 32
2018 11
2019 9
2020 6
2021 12
2022 9
2023 11
2024 10
2025 8
Total 345
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Jonathan Crush publications per year - data summary

  • Jonathan Crush, a Political Science scholar from Balsillie School of International Affairs, has 345 publications recorded across 46 years, from 1980 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1980 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2017, with 32 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1981, 1987, 1988 and 1998, with 1 publication each.
  • The rate of publication averages 7.5 papers per year over the whole span, or 7.5 per year counting only the 46 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 50 publications, 14% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1980-1995: 52 publications (3.3 per year); 1996-2011: 103 publications (6.4 per year); 2012-2025: 190 publications (13.6 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Jonathan Crush 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 Jonathan Crush sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
20 40 60 80
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 36–40 to 333+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 97. Most scientists, 97, have 333+ publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 311–315 publications, is where this scientist sits. 36–40 publications: 10 scientists 41–45 publications: 11 scientists 46–50 publications: 25 scientists 51–55 publications: 27 scientists 56–60 publications: 44 scientists 61–65 publications: 52 scientists 66–70 publications: 62 scientists 71–75 publications: 62 scientists 76–80 publications: 79 scientists 81–85 publications: 71 scientists 86–90 publications: 82 scientists 91–95 publications: 65 scientists 96–100 publications: 85 scientists 101–105 publications: 76 scientists 106–110 publications: 66 scientists 111–115 publications: 78 scientists 116–120 publications: 67 scientists 121–125 publications: 73 scientists 126–130 publications: 73 scientists 131–135 publications: 64 scientists 136–140 publications: 45 scientists 141–145 publications: 53 scientists 146–150 publications: 44 scientists 151–155 publications: 45 scientists 156–160 publications: 33 scientists 161–165 publications: 32 scientists 166–170 publications: 28 scientists 171–175 publications: 31 scientists 176–180 publications: 29 scientists 181–185 publications: 27 scientists 186–190 publications: 36 scientists 191–195 publications: 27 scientists 196–200 publications: 24 scientists 201–205 publications: 16 scientists 206–210 publications: 16 scientists 211–215 publications: 19 scientists 216–220 publications: 16 scientists 221–225 publications: 17 scientists 226–230 publications: 18 scientists 231–235 publications: 23 scientists 236–240 publications: 17 scientists 241–245 publications: 13 scientists 246–250 publications: 17 scientists 251–255 publications: 9 scientists 256–260 publications: 13 scientists 261–265 publications: 8 scientists 266–270 publications: 12 scientists 271–275 publications: 8 scientists 276–280 publications: 10 scientists 281–285 publications: 13 scientists 286–290 publications: 13 scientists 291–295 publications: 5 scientists 296–300 publications: 6 scientists 301–305 publications: 11 scientists 306–310 publications: 9 scientists 311–315 publications: 6 scientists 316–320 publications: 4 scientists 321–325 publications: 4 scientists 326–330 publications: 2 scientists 331–332 publications: 5 scientists 333+ publications: 97 scientists
36–40 publications 333+

This scientist: 313 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Political Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 2,033 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
36–40 10
41–45 11
46–50 25
51–55 27
56–60 44
61–65 52
66–70 62
71–75 62
76–80 79
81–85 71
86–90 82
91–95 65
96–100 85
101–105 76
106–110 66
111–115 78
116–120 67
121–125 73
126–130 73
131–135 64
136–140 45
141–145 53
146–150 44
151–155 45
156–160 33
161–165 32
166–170 28
171–175 31
176–180 29
181–185 27
186–190 36
191–195 27
196–200 24
201–205 16
206–210 16
211–215 19
216–220 16
221–225 17
226–230 18
231–235 23
236–240 17
241–245 13
246–250 17
251–255 9
256–260 13
261–265 8
266–270 12
271–275 8
276–280 10
281–285 13
286–290 13
291–295 5
296–300 6
301–305 11
306–310 9
311–315 6 313
316–320 4
321–325 4
326–330 2
331–332 5
333+ 97
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Jonathan Crush publication distribution in Political Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 2,033 Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 61 ranges running from 36–40 to 333+ publications.
  • Jonathan Crush, a Political Science scholar from Balsillie School of International Affairs, records 313 publications - the 94th percentile of the discipline.
  • 94% of ranked Political Science scientists score the same or lower than Jonathan Crush, and about 6% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 121–125 publications range, and Jonathan Crush ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 333+ publications, holding 97 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 44% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 111–115 publications), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 333 publications or more, 97 scientists in all (5% of the field).

Jonathan Crush 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 Jonathan Crush sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 43 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 20 to 62+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 100. Most scientists, 100, have 62+ D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 51 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 51 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Political Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 2,033 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
20 76
21 79
22 84
23 68
24 88
25 82
26 76
27 75
28 99
29 96
30 96
31 81
32 86
33 81
34 84
35 72
36 58
37 53
38 48
39 40
40 40
41 32
42 26
43 25
44 33
45 33
46 17
47 21
48 22
49 18
50 19
51 19 51
52 15
53 14
54 10
55 13
56 9
57 11
58 12
59 10
60 5
61 7
62+ 100
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Jonathan Crush D-index placement in Political Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 2,033 Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 43 ranges running from 20 to 62+ D-Index.
  • Jonathan Crush, a Political Science scholar from Balsillie School of International Affairs, records 51 D-Index - the 90th percentile of the discipline.
  • 90% of ranked Political Science scientists score the same or lower than Jonathan Crush, and about 10% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 32 D-Index range, and Jonathan Crush ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 62+ D-Index, holding 100 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 45% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 30 D-Index), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more, 100 scientists in all (5% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Jonathan Crush is affiliated with the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Canada. Their research spans several interconnected fields including social sciences, agricultural and biological sciences, and economics, econometrics, and finance. This multidisciplinary approach positions them at the intersection of key global issues related to food security, urban sustainability, and economic dynamics.

Their work extensively covers topics such as urban agriculture and sustainability, migration and labor dynamics, impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, food security and health in diverse populations, organic food and agriculture, food waste reduction, and the relationships between migration, ethnicity, and the economy.

Jonathan Crush has published in a variety of academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • AFRICAN HUMAN MOBILITY REVIEW
  • Global Food Security
  • Land
  • Urban Transformations
  • Development Southern Africa

Recent papers by Jonathan Crush or those closely related to their research focus include:

  • "Revisiting the African supermarket revolution: The case of Windhoek, Namibia" (2020) in Development Southern Africa
  • "COVID-19 Containment and Food Security in the Global South" (2020) in Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development
  • "Preparing for COVID-19: Household food insecurity and vulnerability to shocks in Nairobi, Kenya" (2021) in PLoS ONE
  • "Emergency food supplies and food security in Wuhan and Nanjing, China, during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a field survey" (2021) in Development Policy Review
  • "Factors determining household-level food insecurity during COVID-19 epidemic: a case of Wuhan, China" (2021) in Food & Nutrition Research

Jonathan Crush frequently collaborates with a consistent group of co-authors, contributing to the richness of their research outputs. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Taiyang Zhong
  • Zhenzhong Si
  • Godfrey Tawodzera
  • Elizabeth Opiyo Onyango
  • Sujata Ramachandran

Their subfield expertise reflects a broad and interdisciplinary focus, combining:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Plant Science
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • General Health Professions
  • Food Science

Best Publications

  • Power of Development

    Jonathan Crush

  • The Dark Side of Democracy: Migration, Xenophobia and Human Rights in South Africa

    Jonathan Crush

  • The Perfect Storm: The Realities of Xenophobia in Contemporary South Africa

    Jonathan Crush

  • Food security in Southern African cities: The place of urban agriculture

    Jonathan Crush;Alice Hovorka;Daniel Tevera

  • Supermarket Expansion and the Informal Food Economy in Southern African Cities: Implications for Urban Food Security

    Jonathan Crush;Bruce Frayne

  • Xenophobia, International Migration and Development

    Jonathan Crush;Sujata Ramachandran

  • ‘A NEW DEAL IN EMOTIONS’: Theory and practice and the crisis of development

    Jonathan Crush

  • Urban food insecurity and the new international food security agenda

    Jonathan S Crush;G Bruce Frayne

  • Personal Narratives as Interactive Texts: Collecting and Interpreting Migrant Life-Histories∗

    Miranda C. Miles;Jonathan S. Crush

  • Zimbabwe's Exodus: Crisis, Migration, Survival

    Jonathan Crush;Daniel Tevera

  • Medical Xenophobia and Zimbabwean Migrant Access to Public Health Services in South Africa

    Jonathan Crush;Godfrey Tawodzera

  • THE STATE OF URBAN FOOD INSECURITY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

    Bruce Frayne;Wade Pendleton;Jonathan Crush;Ben Acquah

  • No. 01: The Invisible Crisis: Urban Food Security in Southern Africa

    Jonathan Crush;Bruce Frayne

  • The relative deprivation-gratification continuum and the attitudes of South Africans toward immigrants: a test of the V-curve hypothesis.

    Michaël Dambrun;Donald M. Taylor;David A. McDonald;Jonathan Crush

  • The Crisis of Food Insecurity in African Cities

    Jonathan Crush;Bruce Frayne;Wade Pendleton

  • Introduction to Special Issue: Evaluating South African Immigration Policy after Apartheid

    Jonathan Crush;David A. McDonald

  • South-South medical tourism and the quest for health in Southern Africa.

    Jonathan Crush;Jonathan Crush;Abel Chikanda

  • Africa’s Urban Food Deserts

    Jane Battersby;Jonathan Crush;Jonathan Crush

  • Health worker migration from South Africa: Causes, consequences and policy responses

    Ronald Labonté;David Sanders;Thubelihle Mathole;Jonathan Crush;Jonathan Crush

  • Scripting the Compound: Power and Space in the South African Mining Industry

    Jonathan Crush

  • REGIONALIZING XENOPHOBIA? CITIZEN ATTITUDES TO IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE POLICY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

    Jonathan Crush;Wade Pendleton

  • Linking Food Security, Migration and Development

    Jonathan Crush

  • Contra Free Movement: South Africa and the SADC Migration Protocols

    John O. Oucho;Jonathan S. Crush

  • Crossing Boundaries: Mine Migrancy in a Democratic South Africa

    J. S. Crush;Wilmot Godfrey James

  • Revisiting the African supermarket revolution: The case of Windhoek, Namibia

    Ndeyapo Nickanor;Lawrence N. Kazembe;Jonathan Crush;Jonathan Crush;Jeremy Wagner

  • Mean Streets: Migration, Xenophobia and Informality in South Africa

    Jonathan Crush;Abel Chikanda;Caroline Skinner

  • Informal Migrant Entrepreneurship and Inclusive Growth in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique

    Jonathan Crush;Caroline Skinner;Abel Chikanda

  • Undermining Labour: The Rise of Sub-contracting in South African Gold Mines

    Jonathan Crush;Theresa Ulicki;Teke Tseane;Elizabeth Jansen van Veuren

  • No. 24: Spaces of Vulnerability: Migration and HIV/AIDS in South Africa

    Brian Williams;Eleanor Gouws;Mark Lurie;Jonathan Crush

  • Surviving on the Move: Migration, Poverty and Development in Southern Africa

    Jonathan Crush;Bruce Frayne

  • COVID-19 containment and food security in the Global South

    Jonathan Crush;Zhenzhong Si

  • Achieving urban food security through a hybrid public-private food provisioning system: the case of Nanjing, China

    Taiyang Zhong;Zhenzhong Si;Jonathan Crush;Steffanie Scott

  • Handbook on Urban Food Security in the Global South

    Jonathan Crush;Bruce Frayne;Gareth Haysom

  • Urbanization, nutrition and development in Southern African cities

    Bruce Frayne;Jonathan Crush;Milla McLachlan

  • Migrant Windhoek: Rural–Urban Migration and Food Security in Namibia

    Wade Pendleton;Jonathan Crush;Jonathan Crush;Ndeyapo Nickanor

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald M. Taylor
Donald M. Taylor McGill University
Ronald Labonté
Ronald Labonté University of Ottawa
Christian M. Rogerson
Christian M. Rogerson University of Johannesburg
Xianjin Huang
Xianjin Huang Nanjing University
David Sanders
David Sanders University of the Western Cape
Ivy Lynn Bourgeault
Ivy Lynn Bourgeault University of Ottawa
Robert Mattes
Robert Mattes University of Strathclyde
Mark N. Lurie
Mark N. Lurie Brown University
Brian G. Williams
Brian G. Williams Stellenbosch University
Richard Black
Richard Black University of Birmingham

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