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D-Index
78
Citations
20757
World Ranking
311
National Ranking
227

Thomas S. Jayne 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 Thomas S. Jayne sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 390 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas S. Jayne 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 Thomas S. Jayne sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 78 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Thomas S. Jayne is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant number of publications in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Soil Science, and Economics and Econometrics. They also have contributions in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, as well as Sociology and Political Science.

The main research topics covered by Thomas S. Jayne include:

  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Land Rights and Reforms
  • Agricultural risk and resilience
  • Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
  • Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
  • Agriculture and Rural Development Research
  • Urban and Rural Development Challenges

Frequent co-authors with whom Jayne has collaborated extensively are:

  • Ayala Wineman
  • Milu Muyanga
  • Adesoji O. Adelaja
  • Titus O. Awokuse
  • Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie

Jayne's research has been published in multiple venues with a concentration in:

  • Journal of Agricultural Economics
  • Food Policy
  • Science
  • Development Policy Review
  • Global Food Security

Recent selected papers authored or co-authored by Thomas S. Jayne include:

  • "Agricultural productivity must improve in sub-Saharan Africa" (2021), published in Science
  • "The changing face of agriculture in Tanzania: Indicators of transformation" (2020), published in Development Policy Review
  • "Rising land commodification in sub-Saharan Africa: Reconciling the diverse narratives" (2021), published in Global Food Security
  • "Understanding Adoption and Impacts of Conservation Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa: A Review" (2021), published in Frontiers in Agronomy
  • "Changing Farm Size Distributions and Agricultural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa" (2022), published in Annual Review of Resource Economics

In addition to journal publications, Thomas S. Jayne has contributed to book publications. One known book is "Revising Public Agricultural Support to Mitigate Climate Change," published by Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Land pressures, the evolution of farming systems, and development strategies in Africa: A synthesis

    T.S. Jayne;Jordan Chamberlin;Derek D. Headey

  • Smallholder Income and Land Distribution in Africa: Implications for Poverty Reduction Strategies

    Thomas S. Jayne;Takashi Yamano;Michael T. Weber;David Tschirley

  • Principal Challenges Confronting Smallholder Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

    T.S. Jayne;David Mather;Elliot Mghenyi

  • Subsidies and Crowding Out: A Double-Hurdle Model of Fertilizer Demand in Malawi

    Jacob Ricker-Gilbert;Thomas S. Jayne;Ephraim Chirwa

  • Input subsidy programs in sub-Saharan Africa: a synthesis of recent evidence

    T.S. Jayne;Shahidur Rashid

  • Maize Revolutions in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Melinda Smale;Derek R. Byerlee;Thomas S. Jayne

  • Africa's changing farm size distribution patterns: the rise of medium-scale farms

    Thomas Jayne;Jordan Chamberlin;Lulama Traub;Nicholas Sitko

  • Measuring the Impacts of Working-Age Adult Mortality on Small-Scale Farm Households in Kenya

    Takashi Yamano;T.S Jayne

  • False Promise or False Premise? The Experience of Food and Input Market Reform in Eastern and Southern Africa

    T.S Jayne;J Govereh;A Mwanaumo;J.K Nyoro

  • Cash cropping and food crop productivity: synergies or trade-offs?

    Jones Govereh;T.S. Jayne

  • Food Marketing and Pricing Policy in Eastern and Southern Africa: A Survey

    T.S. Jayne;Stephen Jones

  • Urbanization and farm size in Asia and Africa: Implications for food security and agricultural research

    William A. Masters;Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt;Cornelis De Haan;Peter Hazell

  • Scarcity amidst abundance? Reassessing the potential for cropland expansion in Africa

    Jordan Chamberlin;T.S. Jayne;D. Headey

  • Adaptation to land constraints: Is Africa different?

    Derek D. Headey;T.S. Jayne

  • Review: Taking stock of Africa’s second-generation agricultural input subsidy programs

    Thomas S. Jayne;Nicole M. Mason;William J. Burke;Joshua Ariga

  • Maize in Eastern and Southern Africa: Seeds of Success in Retrospect

    Melinda Smale;Thomas S. Jayne

  • Land Rental Markets in Kenya: Implications for Efficiency, Equity, Household Income, and Poverty

    Songqing Jin;T. S. Jayne

  • Managing food price risks and instability in a liberalizing market environment: Overview and policy options

    Derek Byerlee;T.S. Jayne;Robert J. Myers

  • Structural transformation or elite land capture? The growth of “emergent” farmers in Zambia

    Nicholas J. Sitko;T.S. Jayne

  • Fertilizer market development: a comparative analysis of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Zambia

    Thomas S. Jayne;J. Govereh;M. Wanzala;M. Demeke

  • Do input subsidy programs “crowd in” or “crowd out” commercial market development? Modeling fertilizer demand in a two‐channel marketing system

    Zhiying Xu;William J. Burke;Thomas S. Jayne;Jones Govereh

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacob Ricker-Gilbert
Jacob Ricker-Gilbert Purdue University West Lafayette
David L. Tschirley
David L. Tschirley Michigan State University
Gerald Shively
Gerald Shively Purdue University West Lafayette
Songqing Jin
Songqing Jin Michigan State University
Melinda Smale
Melinda Smale Michigan State University
Thomas Reardon
Thomas Reardon Michigan State University
Derek Headey
Derek Headey International Food Policy Research Institute
Andrew Dorward
Andrew Dorward School of Oriental and African Studies
Sieglinde S. Snapp
Sieglinde S. Snapp International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

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