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D-Index
51
Citations
10187
World Ranking
1329
National Ranking
42

Manfred Zeller 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 Manfred Zeller sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 256 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Manfred Zeller 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 Manfred Zeller sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 51 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Manfred Zeller is affiliated with the University of Hohenheim in Germany. Their research spans several subfields within agricultural and biological sciences, focusing particularly on general agricultural and biological sciences, nutrition and dietetics, soil science, management science and operations research, and aquatic science.

Their scholarly contributions address a range of topics connected to agriculture, nutrition, and resource management. Key research themes include child nutrition and water access, agricultural innovations and practices, agricultural risk and resilience, efficiency analysis using data envelopment analysis (DEA), fish biology and ecology studies, poverty, education, and child welfare, as well as food security and health in diverse populations.

Recent publications by Manfred Zeller cover diverse applied research areas with a notable emphasis on the relationship between agricultural activities, household welfare, and nutritional outcomes. Some of these studies are:

  • "Impact of Ethiopia's productive safety net program on household food security and child nutrition: A marginal structural modeling approach" (2020, SSM - Population Health)
  • "Women in household decision-making and implications for dietary quality in Bhutan" (2020, Agricultural and Food Economics)
  • "Technical efficiency of small-scale aquaculture in Myanmar: Does women's participation in decision-making matter?" (2021, Aquaculture Reports)
  • "The impact of sustainable aquaculture technologies on the welfare of small-scale fish farming households in Myanmar" (2021, Aquaculture Economics & Management)
  • "Technology and managerial performance of farm operators by age in Ghana" (2023, Journal of Productivity Analysis)

Manfred Zeller frequently collaborates with a consistent group of co-authors, including Yee Aung, Ling Khor, Nhuong Van Tran, Bezawit Bahru, and Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku. This collaboration network reflects a multidisciplinary approach drawing on expertise from various areas relevant to agricultural economics, aquaculture, and nutritional studies.

Their research has been published across multiple venues, with a significant number of works deposited in the Harvard Dataverse. Other publication outlets featuring their work include SSM - Population Health, Agricultural and Food Economics, Aquaculture Reports, and Aquaculture Economics & Management.

Best Publications

  • Tradeoffs between income, biodiversity, and ecosystem functioning during tropical rainforest conversion and agroforestry intensification

    Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Michael Kessler;Jan Barkmann;Merijn M. Bos

  • Repayment performance in group-based credit programs in Bangladesh: An empirical analysis

    Manohar P. Sharma;Manfred Zeller

  • Market access by smallholder farmers in Malawi: implications for technology adoption, agricultural productivity and crop income

    Manfred Zeller;Aliou Diagne;Charles Mataya

  • Do farmers benefit from participating in specialty markets and cooperatives? The case of coffee marketing in Costa Rica1

    Meike Wollni;Manfred Zeller

  • Determinants of credit rationing: A study of informal lenders and formal credit groups in Madagascar

    Manfred Zeller

  • Land use dynamics in the central highlands of Vietnam: a spatial model combining village survey data with satellite imagery interpretation

    Daniel Muller;Manfred Zeller

  • THE TRIANGLE OF MICROFINANCE: FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY, OUTREACH AND IMPACT

    Manfred Zeller;Richard L. Meyer

  • Access to credit and its impact on welfare in Malawi

    Aliou Diagne;Manfred Zeller

  • Determinants of Repayment Performance in Credit Groups: The Role of Program Design, Intragroup Risk Pooling, and Social Cohesion

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  • Empirical measurements of households' access to credit and credit constraints in developing countries: methodological issues and evidence.

    Aliou Diagne;Manfred Zeller;Manohar P. Sharma

  • Profits and poverty: Certification's troubled link for Nicaragua's organic and fairtrade coffee producers

    Tina D. Beuchelt;Manfred Zeller

  • Using panel data to estimate the effect of rainfall shocks on smallholders food security and vulnerability in rural Ethiopia

    Abera Birhanu Demeke;Manfred Zeller

  • Many borrow, more save, and all insure: implications for food and micro-finance policy

    Manfred Zeller;Manohar Sharma

  • What determines farmers’ resilience towards ENSO-related drought? An empirical assessment in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

    Alwin Keil;Manfred Zeller;Anastasia Wida;Bunasor Sanim

  • Household energy economics in rural Ethiopia: a cost-benefit analysis of biogas energy.

    S.G. Gwavuya;S. Abele;I. Barfuss;M. Zeller

  • Rural finance for food security for the poor : implication for research and policy

    Manfred Zeller;Gertrud Schrieder;Joachim von Braum;Franz Heidhues

  • An operational method for assessing the poverty outreach performance of development policies and projects: Results of case studies in Africa, Asia, and Latin America

    Manfred Zeller;Manohar Sharma;Carla Henry;Cécile Lapenu

  • Income diversification of rural households in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

    Stefan Schwarze;Manfred Zeller;Georg August

  • Rural finance and poverty alleviation

    Manfred Zeller;Manohar Sharma

  • The Impact of Access to Credit on the Adoption of hybrid maize in Malawi: An Empirical test of an Agricultural Household Model under credit market failure

    Franklin Simtowe;Manfred Zeller

  • Rural finance for food security for the poor

    Manfred Zeller;Buchenrieder, neé Schrieder, Gertrud;Joachim von Braun;Franz Heidhues

  • Empirical measurements of households' access to credit and credit constraints in developing countries

    Aliou Diagne;Manfred Zeller;Manohar Sharma

Frequent Co-Authors

Bart Minten
Bart Minten International Food Policy Research Institute
Miet Maertens
Miet Maertens KU Leuven
Teja Tscharntke
Teja Tscharntke University of Göttingen
Christoph Leuschner
Christoph Leuschner University of Göttingen
Lawrence Haddad
Lawrence Haddad Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Joachim von Braun
Joachim von Braun University of Bonn
José-Víctor Ríos-Rull
José-Víctor Ríos-Rull University of Pennsylvania
Elisabeth Sadoulet
Elisabeth Sadoulet University of California, Berkeley
Orazio Attanasio
Orazio Attanasio Yale University
Georg Cadisch
Georg Cadisch University of Hohenheim

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