2026 Tor A. Benjaminsen: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	46	3623	3338	28	27	153	9194

Tor A. Benjaminsen 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 Tor A. Benjaminsen sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 153 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Tor A. Benjaminsen 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 Tor A. Benjaminsen sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Tor A. Benjaminsen is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway. The scientist's research spans a diverse range of topics chiefly within environmental science and social sciences, with a particular focus on rangeland management, livestock ecology, and transboundary water resource management.

The main fields of study associated with their work include:

Environmental Science
Social Sciences

Within these broader fields, they have contributed significantly to subfields such as:

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Sociology and Political Science
Global and Planetary Change
General Health Professions
Ecology

Their research engages with key topics including:

Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
Transboundary Water Resource Management
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
Indigenous Studies and Ecology
Health and Conflict Studies

Tor A. Benjaminsen has published in several academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

Political Geography
Pastoralism Research Policy and Practice
Landscape Research
Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift
One Earth

Notable recent papers include:

"Climate change impacts on water security in global drylands" (2021), published in One Earth
"Green economy, degradation narratives, and land-use conflicts in Tanzania" (2020), published in World Development
"Fulani-Dogon Killings in Mali: Farmer-Herder Conflicts as Insurgency and Counterinsurgency" (2021), published in African Security
"Climate-driven risks to peace over the 21st century" (2022), published in Climate Risk Management
"Gentrifying the African Landscape: The Performance and Powers of for-Profit Conservation on Southern Kenya's Conservancy Frontier" (2020), published in Annals of the American Association of Geographers

Frequent co-authors in their body of work include:

Hanne Svarstad
Kevin Grove
Stefano Costalli
Filippo Menga
Caroline Nagel

In addition to journal articles, Tor A. Benjaminsen has contributed to academic books, including a recent publication with Edward Elgar Publishing titled Climate Security and Climate Justice, released in 2024.

Best Publications

ADVANCING A POLITICAL ECOLOGY OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL DISCOURSES

W. Neil Adger;Tor A. Benjaminsen;Katrina Brown;Hanne Svarstad

1266
Citations
Conservation, green/blue grabbing and accumulation by dispossession in Tanzania

Tor A. Benjaminsen;Ian Bryceson

597
Citations
Does climate change drive land-use conflicts in the Sahel?:

Tor A Benjaminsen;Koffi Alinon;Halvard Buhaug;Jill Tove Buseth

363
Citations
THE KILOSA KILLINGS: POLITICAL ECOLOGY OF A FARMER–HERDER CONFLICT IN TANZANIA

Tor A. Benjaminsen;Faustin P. Maganga;Jumanne Moshi Abdallah

304
Citations
Virtual nature, violent accumulation: The ‘spectacular failure’ of carbon offsetting at a Ugandan National Park

Connor Cavanagh;Tor A. Benjaminsen

298
Citations
Formalisation of land rights: Some empirical evidence from Mali, Niger and South Africa

Tor A. Benjaminsen;Stein Holden;Christian Lund;Espen Sjaastad

297
Citations
Does Supply-Induced Scarcity Drive Violent Conflicts in the African Sahel? The Case of the Tuareg Rebellion in Northern Mali

Tor A. Benjaminsen

280
Citations
Farmer–herder conflicts, pastoral marginalisation and corruption: a case study from the inland Niger delta of Mali

Tor A Benjaminsen;Boubacar Ba

262
Citations
Climate change impacts on water security in global drylands

Lindsay Carman Stringer;Alisher Mirzabaev;Tor A. Benjaminsen;Rebecca Mb Harris

244
Citations
Power theories in political ecology

Hanne Svarstad;Tor A Benjaminsen;Ragnhild Overå

214
Citations
Wildlife Management in Tanzania: State Control, Rent Seeking and Community Resistance

Tor A. Benjaminsen;Mara J. Goldman;Maya Y. Minwary;Faustin P. Maganga

202
Citations
Climate variability, food production shocks, and violent conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa

Halvard Buhaug;Halvard Buhaug;Tor A Benjaminsen;Tor A Benjaminsen;Espen Olav Sjaastad;Ole Magnus Theisen;Ole Magnus Theisen

199
Citations
Global land governance: from territory to flow?

Thomas Sikor;Graeme Auld;Anthony J. Bebbington;Tor A. Benjaminsen

194
Citations
Why do pastoralists in Mali join jihadist groups? A political ecological explanation

Tor A. Benjaminsen;Boubacar Ba

180
Citations
Formalisation and Informalisation of Land and Water Rights in Africa: An Introduction

Tor A Benjaminsen;Christian Lund

177
Citations
Elephants over the Cliff: Explaining Wildlife Killings in Tanzania

Sayuni B. Mariki;Hanne Svarstad;Tor A. Benjaminsen

173
Citations
Qu'est-ce que la « political ecology » ?

Tor A. Benjaminsen;Hanne Svarstad

168
Citations
Securing Land Rights in Africa

Tor A. Benjaminsen;Christian Lund

167
Citations
Natural Resource Management, Paradigm Shifts, and the Decentralization Reform in Mali

Tor A. Benjaminsen

152
Citations
The Death of an Elephant: Conservation Discourses Versus Practices in Africa

Tor A. Benjaminsen;Hanne Svarstad

152
Citations
States, Scarcity, and Civil Strife in the Developing World

Tor A. Benjaminsen

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Lund University of Copenhagen

Halvard Buhaug Peace Research Institute

Paul Robbins University of Wisconsin–Madison

Nancy Lee Peluso University of California, Berkeley

Caroline R. Nagel University of South Carolina

Lance Gunderson Emory University

Marco A. Janssen Arizona State University

Anthony Bebbington Clark University

Heike Schroeder University of East Anglia

Thomas Sikor University of East Anglia

External Links

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