| Title |
Why does famine persist in Africa?
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Food Security, January 2009
|
| DOI | 10.1007/s12571-008-0005-8 |
| Authors |
Stephen Devereux |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 292 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 1% |
| United States | 3 | 1% |
| Canada | 3 | 1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 278 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 83 | 28% |
| Student > Bachelor | 47 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 32 | 11% |
| Researcher | 31 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 15 | 5% |
| Other | 42 | 14% |
| Unknown | 42 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 84 | 29% |
| Environmental Science | 36 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 30 | 10% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 26 | 9% |
| Arts and Humanities | 12 | 4% |
| Other | 47 | 16% |
| Unknown | 57 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
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#6
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