2026 Svein Jentoft: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	63	1175	1034	5	5	163	16524

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Current National Ranking

Publications

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Social Sciences and Humanities

1175

1034

163

16524

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index

Citations

16524

World Ranking

1175

National Ranking

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Norway Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Norway Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Svein Jentoft is affiliated with the University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway. Their research spans multiple fields, including Environmental Science and Social Sciences, with a strong focus on coastal and marine management issues.

Their published work addresses key topics such as:

Coastal and Marine Management
Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
International Maritime Law Issues
Marine and Fisheries Research
Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity

Jentoft's contributions include research in several subfields:

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Sociology and Political Science
Ecology
Global and Planetary Change
Atmospheric Science

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

Ratana Chuenpagdee
Moenieba Isaacs
Alicia Bugeja-Said
Julia Nakamura
Milena Arias Schreiber

Their recent papers encompass the following titles and publication venues:

Blue Justice and the co-production of hermeneutical resources for small-scale fisheries, 2022, Marine Policy
Life above water: small-scale fisheries as a human experience, 2020, MAST. Maritime studies/Maritime studies
Interactive Learning and Governance Transformation for Securing Blue Justice for Small-Scale Fisheries, 2022, Administration & Society
Ecosystem-based governance according to the Malawi principles: a test for the southern Lake Malawi, 2022, MAST. Maritime studies/Maritime studies
From I to we in small-scale fisheries communities, 2020, MAST. Maritime studies/Maritime studies

Publication venues where Jentoft frequently publishes include:

MAST. Maritime studies/Maritime studies
Marine Policy
Administration & Society
Frontiers in Marine Science
Thalassas An International Journal of Marine Sciences

Jentoft has also published books, including one titled Blue Justice released in 2022 by Springer International Publishing.

Best Publications

Fisheries co-management: Delegating government responsibility to fishermen's organizations☆☆☆

Svein Jentoft

992
Citations
Social theory and fisheries co-management

Svein Jentoft;Bonnie J. McCay;Douglas C. Wilson

954
Citations
Fisheries and coastal governance as a wicked problem

Svein Jentoft;Ratana Chuenpagdee

845
Citations
Fish for life - Interactive governance for fisheries

Jan Kooiman;Svein Jentoft;Maarten Bavinck;Roger Pullin

734
Citations
User participation in fisheries management: lessons drawn from international experiences☆

Svein Jentoft;Bonnie McCay

664
Citations
META-GOVERNANCE: VALUES, NORMS AND PRINCIPLES, AND THE MAKING OF HARD CHOICES

Jan Kooiman;Svein Jentoft

600
Citations
Market or Community Failure? Critical Perspectives on Common Property Research

Bonnie J. McCay;Svein Jentoft

537
Citations
The community: a missing link of fisheries management☆

Svein Jentoft

503
Citations
Legitimacy and disappointment in fisheries management

Svein Jentoft

449
Citations
Limits of governability: Institutional implications for fisheries and coastal governance

Svein Jentoft

415
Citations
Securing a Just Space for Small-Scale Fisheries in the Blue Economy

Philippa J Cohen;Philippa J Cohen;Edward H Allison;Edward H Allison;Neil L Andrew;Joshua E Cinner

409
Citations
Fisheries co-management as empowerment

Svein Jentoft

396
Citations
From the bottom up: Participatory issues in fisheries management

Bonnie J. McCay;Svein Jentoft

369
Citations
Step zero for fisheries co-management: What precedes implementation

Ratana Chuenpagdee;Svein Jentoft

332
Citations
Marine Protected Areas: A Governance System Analysis

Svein Jentoft;Thijs C. van Son;Maiken Bjørkan

324
Citations
Institutions in fisheries: what they are, what they do, and how they change

Svein Jentoft

320
Citations
Painting the floor with a hammer: Technical fixes in fisheries management

Poul Degnbol;Henrik Gislason;Susan Hanna;Svein Jentoft

317
Citations
From user-groups to stakeholders? The public interest in fisheries management

Knut H Mikalsen;Svein Jentoft

303
Citations
Marine protected areas: Re-thinking their inception

Ratana Chuenpagdee;Jose J. Pascual-Fernández;Emese Szeliánszky;Juan Luis Alegret

242
Citations
Hard choices in fisheries development

Conner Bailey;Conner Bailey;Svein Jentoft;Svein Jentoft

220
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ratana Chuenpagdee Memorial University of Newfoundland

Edward H. Allison WorldFish

Christina C. Hicks Lancaster University

Alida Bundy Bedford Institute of Oceanography

U. Rashid Sumaila University of British Columbia

Anthony Charles Saint Mary's University

External Links

Personal website of Svein Jentoft Google Scholar page

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