2026 Randall A. Kramer: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	42	4809	4453	2278	2072	135	6397

Overview

Randall A. Kramer is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a strong emphasis on Global and Planetary Change, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Modeling and Simulation.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Child Nutrition and Water Access
COVID-19 epidemiological studies
Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
Complex Network Analysis Techniques

Randall A. Kramer has contributed to multiple publications spanning various aspects of environment and health. Notable recent papers include:

Food insecurity related to agricultural practices and household characteristics in rural communities of northeast Madagascar, 2021, Food Security
Comparing transmission potential networks based on social network surveys, close contacts and environmental overlap in rural Madagascar, 2022, Journal of The Royal Society Interface
Process Evaluation of a Community-Based Microbial Larviciding Intervention for Malaria Control in Rural Tanzania, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Fisher perceptions of Belize's Managed Access program reveal overall support but need for improved enforcement, 2022, Marine Policy
Climate Change Perceptions and Adaptive Behavior Among Smallholder Farmers in Northeast Madagascar, 2025, PLOS Climate

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Randall A. Kramer include:

Charles L. Nunn
Michelle Pender
Voahangy Soarimalala
Tyler M. Barrett
Jean Yves Rabezara

Publications have appeared in several venues, most commonly in:

Food Security
Journal of The Royal Society Interface
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
PLOS Climate
Marine Policy

Best Publications

Valuing ecosystem services from wetlands restoration in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley

W.A. Jenkins;B.C. Murray;R.A. Kramer;S.P. Faulkner

398
Citations
Last stand: protected areas and the defense of tropical biodiversity.

Randall A. Kramer;Carel van Schaik;Julie Johnson

336
Citations
Tropical Forest Protection: An Empirical Analysis of the Costs Borne by Local People

Priya Shyamsundar;Randall A. Kramer

289
Citations
Divers’ willingness to pay to visit marine sanctuaries: an exploratory study ☆

Tijen Arin;Randall A. Kramer

275
Citations
Experience with crop insurance programs in the United States

B. Gardner;R. Kramer

227
Citations
An Empirical Bayes Approach to Combining and Comparing Estimates of the Value of a Statistical Life for Environmental Policy Analysis

Ikuho Kochi;Bryan Hubbell;Randall Kramer

219
Citations
Analysis of Food Stamp Participation Using Qualitative Choice Models

Oral Capps;Randall A. Kramer

209
Citations
An Independent Sample Test of Yea-Saying and Starting Point Bias in Dichotomous-Choice Contingent Valuation

Thomas P. Holmes;Randall A. Kramer

203
Citations
Production Uncertainty and Factor Demands for the Competitive Firm

Rulon D. Pope;Randall A. Kramer

203
Citations
Worth of watersheds: a producer surplus approach for valuing drought mitigation in Eastern Indonesia

Subhrendu K. Pattanayak;Randall A. Kramer

200
Citations
Valuing a Global Environmental Good: U.S. Residents' Willingness to Pay to Protect Tropical Rain Forests

Randall A. Kramer;D. Evan Mercer

178
Citations
Participation in Farm Commodity Programs: A Stochastic Dominance Analysis

Randall A. Kramer;Rulon D. Pope

175
Citations
Valuing Tropical Forests. Methodology and Cade Study of Madagascar

Randall Kramer;N. Sharma;M. Munashinghe

160
Citations
Does Question Format Matter? Valuing an Endangered Species

Dixie Watts Reaves;Randall A. Kramer;Thomas P. Holmes

151
Citations
Ecological and Economic Analysis of Watershed Protection in Eastern Madagascar

Randall A. Kramer;Daniel D. Richter;Subhrendu Pattanayak;Narendra P. Sharma

148
Citations
Disconnects in Evaluating the Relative Effectiveness of Conservation Strategies

Kathryn A. Saterson;Norman L. Christensen;Robert B. Jackson;Randall A. Kramer

127
Citations
Seeing the forest for the fuel

Subhrendu K. Pattanayak;Erin O. Sills;Randall A. Kramer

125
Citations
Valuing Tropical Forests: Methodology and Case Study of Madagascar

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117
Citations
Examining conservation attitudes, perspectives, and challenges in India

Krithi K. Karanth;Randall A. Kramer;Song S. Qian;Norman L. Christensen

109
Citations
A Policy Simulation of the Wetlands Reserve Program

P.J. Parks;R.A. Kramer

108
Citations
Do Migrants Degrade Coastal Environments? Migration, Natural Resource Extraction and Poverty in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Susan Cassels;Sara R. Curran;Randall Kramer

98
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin D. Smith Duke University

Thomas P. Holmes United States Department of Agriculture

Erin O. Sills North Carolina State University

Xiao-Nong Zhou Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention

Joel Huber Duke University

Jeffrey R. Vincent Duke University

James Moody Duke University

Daniel Richter Duke University

Chris Drakeley London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Robert B. Jackson Stanford University

External Links

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