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2023

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D-Index
55
Citations
17882
World Ranking
1976
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15

Stefano Ponte 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 Stefano Ponte sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 167 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Stefano Ponte 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 Stefano Ponte sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 55 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Stefano Ponte is affiliated with Copenhagen Business School in Denmark and focuses their research within the broad field of Business, Management and Accounting. Their work encompasses various subfields such as Strategy and Management, Plant Science, Business and International Management, Global and Planetary Change, and Development.

Their primary research interests revolve around topics including Global trade, sustainability, and social impact, Organic Food and Agriculture, Innovation and Socioeconomic Development, International Development and Aid, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Global trade and economics, and Political Economy and Marxism.

Stefano Ponte has contributed numerous scholarly articles, with recent publications featuring:

  • The hidden costs of environmental upgrading in global value chains (2020) in Review of International Political Economy
  • Environmental Upgrading and Downgrading in Global Value Chains: A Framework for Analysis (2022) in Economic Geography
  • Competition and power in global value chains (2020) in Competition & Change
  • Private and public authority interactions and the functional quality of sustainability governance: Lessons from conservation and development initiatives in Tanzania (2020) in Regulation & Governance
  • Brand Aid and coffee value chain development interventions: Is Starbucks working aid out of business? (2020) in World Development

Their publishing activity spans several academic journals, with highest frequencies in Review of International Political Economy (7 publications), Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (3), Competition & Change (2), Regulation & Governance (2), and Global Networks (2).

Stefano Ponte has also authored books published by major academic presses, including "Value Struggles" (2025) under Bloomsbury Publishing plc and "Contested Sustainability" (2022) with Boydell and Brewer eBooks.

Their research collaborations feature frequent coauthors such as Christine Noe, Dan Brockington, Lasse Folke Henriksen, Asubisye Mwamfupe, and Rasul Ahmed Minja.

Best Publications

  • Quality standards, conventions and the governance of global value chains

    Stefano Ponte;Peter Gibbon

  • Trading Down: Africa, Value Chains And The Global Economy

    Peter Gibbon;Stefano Ponte

  • The 'Latte Revolution'? Regulation, Markets and Consumption in the Global Coffee Chain

    Stefano Ponte

  • The Coffee Paradox: Global Markets, Commodity Trade and the Elusive Promise of Development

    Benoit Daviron;Stefano Ponte

  • Governing global value chains: an introduction

    Peter Gibbon;Jennifer Bair;Stefano Ponte

  • Global Commodity Chain Analysis and the French Filière Approach: Comparison and Critique

    Philip Raikes;Michael Friis Jensen;Stefano Ponte

  • Standards as a new form of social contract? Sustainability initiatives in the coffee industry

    Daniele Giovannucci;Stefano Ponte

  • Explaining governance in global value chains: A modular theory-building effort

    Stefano Ponte;Timothy Sturgeon

  • Integrating Poverty and Environmental Concerns into Value-Chain Analysis: A Conceptual Framework

    Simon Bolwig;Stefano Ponte;Andries Du Toit;Lone Riisgaard

  • Which Way is “Up” in Upgrading? Trajectories of Change in the Value Chain for South African Wine

    Stefano Ponte;Joachim Ewert

  • Brand Aid: Shopping Well to Save the World

    Lisa Ann Richey;Stefano Ponte

  • Greener than Thou: The Political Economy of Fish Ecolabeling and Its Local Manifestations in South Africa

    Stefano Ponte

  • Certify Sustainable Aquaculture

    Simon Bush;Ben Belton;Derek Hall;Peter Vandergeest

  • The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and the Making of a Market for ‘Sustainable Fish’

    Stefano Ponte

  • Power in global value chains

    Mark P. Dallas;Stefano Ponte;Timothy J. Sturgeon

  • Governing through Quality: Conventions and Supply Relations in the Value Chain for South African Wine

    Stefano Ponte

  • ‘Black Economic Empowerment’, Business and the State in South Africa

    Stefano Ponte;Simon Roberts;Lance Van Sittert

  • Handbook on Global Value Chains

    Stefano Ponte;Gary Gereffi;Gale Raj-Reichert

  • Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives on Sustainability: A Cross-Disciplinary Review and Research Agenda for Business Ethics

    Frank G. A. de Bakker;Andreas Rasche;Stefano Ponte

  • Voluntary standards, expert knowledge and the governance of sustainability networks

    Stefano Ponte;Emmanuelle Cheyns

  • Better (Red) (TM) than dead? Celebrities, consumption and international aid

    Lisa Ann Richey;Stefano Ponte

  • Global value chains: from governance to governmentality?

    Peter Gibbon;Stefano Ponte

  • Integrating Poverty and Environmental Concerns into Value-Chain Analysis: A Strategic Framework and Practical Guide

    Lone Riisgaard;Simon Bolwig;Stefano Ponte;Andries Du Toit

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Gibbon
Peter Gibbon Danish Institute for International Studies
Andreas Rasche
Andreas Rasche Copenhagen Business School
Dan Brockington
Dan Brockington University of Sheffield
Eleonora Di Maria
Eleonora Di Maria University of Padua
Gary Gereffi
Gary Gereffi Duke University
Valentina De Marchi
Valentina De Marchi Esade : Escola Superior d'Administració i Direcció d'Empreses
Simon R. Bush
Simon R. Bush Wageningen University & Research
Henry Bernstein
Henry Bernstein School of Oriental and African Studies
Arthur P.J. Mol
Arthur P.J. Mol Wageningen University & Research
Peter Oosterveer
Peter Oosterveer Wageningen University & Research

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