2026 Stephen K. Wegren: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	24	1715	1573	858	760	130	2093

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Political Science

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2093

Overview

Stephen K. Wegren is affiliated with Southern Methodist University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Social Sciences and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

Social Sciences
Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Subfields of particular interest are:

Political Science and International Relations
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Demography
Sociology and Political Science
History and Philosophy of Science

Key topics covered in the scientific work of Stephen K. Wegren comprise:

Russia and Soviet political economy
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends
Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
Economic Sanctions and International Relations
Agricultural risk and resilience

The scientist has published several peer-reviewed papers, including:

"Challenges to global food security: A policy approach to the 2021-2022 food crisis" (2023, World Food Policy)
"Is Industrial Agriculture Sustainable During Climate Change and Ecological Threats?" (2020, Journal of Economic Sociology)
"The fragility of Russia's agricultural production and implications for food security" (2021, Eurasian Geography and Economics)
"Prospects for Sustainable Agriculture in Russia" (2021, European Countryside)
"Understanding the decline of smallholders in contemporary Russia" (2020, Outlook on Agriculture)

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

Post-Communist Economies
Russland-Analysen
World Food Policy
Journal of Economic Sociology
Eurasian Geography and Economics

Collaborations have been established with several co-authors, such as:

Ирина Троцук
Alexander Nikulin
Frode Nilssen

Best Publications

Food Security and Russia's 2010 Drought

Stephen K. Wegren

219
Citations
Federalism and Political Recentralization in the Russian Federation: United Russia As the Party of Power

Andrew Konitzer;Stephen K. Wegren

103
Citations
Agriculture and the State in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia

Stephen K. Wegren

93
Citations
Rural reform and political culture in Russia

Stephen K. Wegren

82
Citations
Land Reform in the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

Stephen K. Wegren

61
Citations
Rural reform in post-Soviet Russia

David J. O'Brien;Stephen K. Wegren

60
Citations
Russia’s food self-sufficiency and food security: an assessment

Stephen K. Wegren;Christel Elvestad

60
Citations
The Russian Variant of Food Security

Stephen K. Wegren;Alexander M. Nikulin;Irina Trotsuk

48
Citations
Institutional impact and agricultural change in Russia

Stephen K. Wegren

43
Citations
Land Reform in Russia: Institutional Design and Behavioral Responses

Stephen K. Wegren

34
Citations
Private Farming in Russia: An Emerging Success?

Stephen K. Wegren

33
Citations
The “left behind”: Smallholders in contemporary Russian agriculture

Stephen K. Wegren

33
Citations
The Moral Economy Reconsidered: Russia’s Search For Agrarian Capitalism

Stephen K. Wegren

29
Citations
Observations on Russia's New Agricultural Land Legislation

Stephen K. Wegren

28
Citations
The Political Economy of Private Farming in Russia

Stephen K Wegren;Frank A Durgin

28
Citations
Russian agriculture during Putin’s fourth term: a SWOT analysis

Stephen K. Wegren;Alexander M. Nikulin;Irina Trotsuk

26
Citations
The Quest for Rural Sustainability in Russia

Stephen K. Wegren

26
Citations
The Impact of WTO Accession on Russia's Agriculture

Stephen K. Wegren

26
Citations
Prospects for Managed Democracy in Russia

Stephen K. Wegren;Andrew Konitzer

24
Citations
Socioeconomic Transformation in Russia: Where is the Rural Elite?

Stephen K. Wegren

23
Citations
The Moral Economy Reconsidered

Stephen K. Wegren

23
Citations
Food security in the Russian Federation

Stephen K. Wegren

23
Citations
The politics of private farming in Russia

Stephen K. Wegren

22
Citations
The impact of Russian food security policy on the performance of the food system

Stephen K. Wegren;Frode Nilssen;Christel Elvestad

22
Citations
Putin's Russia : past imperfect, future uncertain

Stephen K. Wegren

8
Citations

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