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D-Index
79
Citations
51960
World Ranking
286
National Ranking
210

Robert Chambers 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 Robert Chambers sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 470 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert Chambers 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 Robert Chambers sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robert Chambers is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research spans key areas within economics, decision sciences, and agricultural economics, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding productivity, economic valuation, and environmental impact.

Their body of work includes several recent papers published in reputable journals. Notable publications include:

  • The Sources of Measured US Agricultural Productivity Growth: Weather, Technological Change, and Adaptation (2020) in American Journal of Agricultural Economics
  • The Millennium Droughts and Australian Agricultural Productivity Performance: A Nonparametric Analysis (2020) in American Journal of Agricultural Economics
  • Incomplete preferences, willingness to pay, and willingness to accept (2021) in Economic Theory
  • Dual structures for the additive DEA model (2022) in European Journal of Operational Research
  • The Historical Impact of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Global Agricultural Productivity (2020) in RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

Frequent publication venues where Chambers' work appears include:

  • American Journal of Agricultural Economics
  • European Journal of Operational Research
  • Journal of Productivity Analysis
  • Economic Theory
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

Chambers collaborates regularly with other researchers, including:

  • John Quiggin
  • Ariel Ortiz-Bobea
  • Simone Pieralli
  • Toby R. Ault
  • Carlos M. Carrillo

Their research primarily concentrates on the following fields of study:

  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Decision Sciences

Additional specialization can be seen within several subfields:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Engineering
  • General Decision Sciences

The main topics addressed in their publications cover:

  • Efficiency Analysis Using DEA
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Economic Growth and Productivity
  • Agricultural Economics and Policy
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Agricultural risk and resilience

Best Publications

  • Rural development : putting the last first

    Robert Chambers

  • Sustainable rural livelihoods: Practical concepts for the 21st century

    Robert Chambers;Gordon Conway

  • Farmer First: Farmer Innovation and Agricultural Research

    Robert Chambers;Arnold Pacey;Lori Ann Thrupp

  • Poverty and Livelihoods: Whose Reality Counts?

    Robert Chambers

  • Voices of the Poor: Crying Out for Change

    Deepa Narayan;Robert Chambers;Meera K. Shah;Patti Petesch

  • Ecosystems and Human well-being

    Colin Butler;Robert Chambers;Kanchan Chopra;Partha Dasgupta

  • Benefit and Distance Functions

    Robert G. Chambers;Yangho Chung;Rolf Färe

  • Participatory rural appraisal (PRA): challenges, potentials and paradigm

    Robert Chambers

  • Profit, directional distance functions, and Nerlovian efficiency

    R. G. Chambers;Y. Chung;R. Färe

  • Editorial Introduction: Vulnerability, Coping and Policy

    Robert Chambers

  • Managing Canal Irrigation: Practical Analysis from South Asia

    Robert Chambers

  • The Historical Impact of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Global Agricultural Productivity

    Ariel Ortiz-Bobea;Toby R. Ault;Carlos M. Carrillo;Robert G. Chambers

  • Anthropogenic climate change has slowed global agricultural productivity growth

    Ariel Ortiz-Bobea;Toby R. Ault;Carlos M. Carrillo;Robert G. Chambers

  • Agricultural research for resource-poor farmers: The farmer-first-and-last model

    Robert Chambers;B.P. Ghildyal

  • To The Hands Of The Poor: Water And Trees

    Robert Chambers;N.C. Saxena;Tushaar Shah

  • Applied Production Analysis

    Robert Chambers

  • Seasonal Dimensions to Rural Poverty

    Robert Chambers;Richard Longhurst;Arnold Pacey

  • Uncertainty, Production, Choice, and Agency: The State-Contingent Approach

    Robert G. Chambers;John Quiggin

  • Sustainable livelihoods, environment and development: putting poor rural people first

    Robert Chambers

  • PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH IN APEC COUNTRIES

    Robert G. Chambers;Rolf Fāure;Shawna Grosskopf

  • Insurability and Moral Hazard in Agricultural Insurance Markets

    Robert G. Chambers

Frequent Co-Authors

John Quiggin
John Quiggin University of Queensland
Rolf Färe
Rolf Färe Oregon State University
Rulon D. Pope
Rulon D. Pope Brigham Young University
Richard E. Just
Richard E. Just University of Maryland, College Park
Tushaar Shah
Tushaar Shah International Water Management Institute
Shawna Grosskopf
Shawna Grosskopf Oregon State University
Andrew Schmitz
Andrew Schmitz University of Florida
Erik Lichtenberg
Erik Lichtenberg University of Maryland, College Park
Jules Pretty
Jules Pretty University of Essex
David B. Lobell
David B. Lobell Stanford University

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