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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 52 2416 2201 135 128 148 12103

Philippe Le Billon publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Philippe Le Billon between 2000 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Philippe Le Billon published across 26 years, from 2000 to 2025, averaging 7.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 22 publications in 2021. 20 of the 192 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2000 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 22. Peak 22 publications in 2021. 2000: 2 publications 2001: 8 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 12 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 16 publications 2021: 22 publications 2022: 11 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 13 publications
2000 2025

192 publications in total across all disciplines

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Philippe Le Billon: publications per year, 2000 to 2025
Year Publications
2000 2
2001 8
2002 4
2003 5
2004 3
2005 7
2006 3
2007 10
2008 3
2009 5
2010 3
2011 2
2012 8
2013 5
2014 7
2015 7
2016 3
2017 12
2018 7
2019 9
2020 16
2021 22
2022 11
2023 10
2024 7
2025 13
Total 192
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Philippe Le Billon publications per year - data summary

  • Philippe Le Billon, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from University of British Columbia, has 192 publications recorded across 26 years, from 2000 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2000 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2021, with 22 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 2000 and 2011, with 2 publications each.
  • The rate of publication averages 7.4 papers per year over the whole span, or 7.4 per year counting only the 26 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 63 publications, 33% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2000-2008: 45 publications (5.0 per year); 2009-2017: 52 publications (5.8 per year); 2018-2025: 95 publications (11.9 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Philippe Le Billon 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 Philippe Le Billon sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 144–153 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 148 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407 148
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Philippe Le Billon publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 7,777 Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 54 ranges running from 44–53 to 570+ publications.
  • Philippe Le Billon, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from University of British Columbia, records 148 publications - the 40th percentile of the discipline.
  • 40% of ranked Social Sciences and Humanities scientists score the same or lower than Philippe Le Billon, and about 60% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 164–173 publications range, and Philippe Le Billon ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 114–123 publications, holding 474 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 57% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 174–183 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 570 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Philippe Le Billon 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 Philippe Le Billon sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 52 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138 52
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Philippe Le Billon D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 7,777 Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 71 ranges running from 30 to 100+ D-Index.
  • Philippe Le Billon, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from University of British Columbia, records 52 D-Index - the 70th percentile of the discipline.
  • 70% of ranked Social Sciences and Humanities scientists score the same or lower than Philippe Le Billon, and about 30% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 45 D-Index range, and Philippe Le Billon ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 42 D-Index, holding 313 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 47 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more, 97 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Overview

Philippe Le Billon is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research spans the fields of Environmental Science and Social Sciences, with significant focus on Sociology and Political Science, Building and Construction, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work covers diverse topics, including:

  • Mining and Resource Management
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Sex work and related issues

Le Billon has contributed to multiple publication venues, with frequent articles appearing in:

  • The Extractive Industries and Society
  • Marine Policy
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Annals of the American Association of Geographers
  • Energy Research & Social Science

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Le Billon includes:

  • "Environmental and land defenders: Global patterns and determinants of repression," 2020, Global Environmental Change
  • "Movements shaping climate futures: A systematic mapping of protests against fossil fuel and low-carbon energy projects," 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Oil, fisheries and coastal communities: A review of impacts on the environment, livelihoods, space and governance," 2021, Energy Research & Social Science
  • "Climate change and fossil fuel production cuts: assessing global supply-side constraints and policy implications," 2020, Climate Policy
  • "The Future of Environmental Peace and Conflict Research," 2023, Environmental Politics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Le Billon include Raphael Deberdt, Dyhia Belhabib, Nathan Bennett, U. Rashid Sumaila, and Päivi Lujala. The collaboration counts with these researchers range from four to eleven joint publications.

Best Publications

  • The political ecology of war: natural resources and armed conflicts

    Philippe Le Billon

  • Fuelling War: Natural Resources and Armed Conflicts

    Philippe Le Billon

  • Angola's political economy of war: The role of oil and diamonds, 1975–2000

    Philippe le Billon

  • Towards a sustainable and equitable blue economy

    Nathan J. Bennett;Nathan J. Bennett;Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor;Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor;Jessica Blythe;Jennifer J. Silver

  • Wars of Plunder: Conflicts, Profits and the Politics of Resources

    Philippe Le Billon

  • Diamond Wars? Conflict Diamonds and Geographies of Resource Wars

    Philippe Le Billon

  • The Political Ecology of Transition in Cambodia 1989–1999: War, Peace and Forest Exploitation

    Philippe Le Billon

  • Why do some communities resist mining projects while others do not

    Marta Conde;Philippe Le Billon

  • Buying peace or fuelling war: the role of corruption in armed conflicts

    Philippe Le Billon

  • Movements shaping climate futures: A systematic mapping of protests against fossil fuel and low-carbon energy projects

    Leah Temper;Sofia Avila;Daniela Del Bene;Jennifer Gobby

  • The Geopolitical economy of ‘resource wars’

    Philippe Le Billon

  • Extractive industries and poverty: A review of recent findings and linkage mechanisms

    Jonathan Gamu;Philippe Le Billon;Samuel Spiegel

  • Peace in the wake of disaster? Secessionist conflicts and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami

    Philippe Le Billon;Arno Waizenegger

  • Oil, fisheries and coastal communities: A review of impacts on the environment, livelihoods, space and governance

    Nathan Andrews;Nathan J. Bennett;Philippe Le Billon;Stephanie J. Green

  • Conflict in Africa : The Cost of Peaceful Behaviour

    Tony Addison;Philippe Le Billon;S. Mansoob Murshed

  • Logging in Muddy Waters: The Politics of Forest Exploitation in Cambodia

    Philippe Le Billon

  • Corruption, Reconstruction and Oil Governance in Iraq

    Philippe Le Billon

  • Fatal Transactions: Conflict Diamonds and the (Anti)Terrorist Consumer

    Philippe Le Billon

  • Violence and space: An introduction to the geographies of violence

    Simon Springer;Philippe Le Billon

  • From Free Oil to 'Freedom Oil': Terrorism, War and US Geopolitics in the Persian Gulf

    Philippe Le Billon;Fouad El Khatib

  • Corrupting Peace? Peacebuilding and Post-conflict Corruption

    Philippe Le Billon

Frequent Co-Authors

Tony Addison
Tony Addison World Institute for Development Economics Research
U. Rashid Sumaila
U. Rashid Sumaila University of British Columbia
Nathan J. Bennett
Nathan J. Bennett University of British Columbia
Syed Mansoob Murshed
Syed Mansoob Murshed Erasmus University Rotterdam
Daniel Pauly
Daniel Pauly University of British Columbia
John N. Kittinger
John N. Kittinger Arizona State University
Örjan Bodin
Örjan Bodin Stockholm University
Cullen S. Hendrix
Cullen S. Hendrix University of Denver
Dirk Zeller
Dirk Zeller University of Western Australia
Marcello M. Veiga
Marcello M. Veiga University of British Columbia

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