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Researcher · Durham University · United Kingdom

Colin McFarlane

Colin McFarlane publishes mostly in Urban Studies, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Urban Planning and Governance, Water Governance and Infrastructure and Urban and Rural Development Challenges.

ORCID 0000-0001-9209-4494 OpenAlex
World rank
#5,493
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#351
of 367,258
Works
162
Citations
12k
Citations per work
74.3
h-index
46
i10-index 79Top 0.2% in Urban Studies
Colin McFarlane

What does Colin McFarlane research?

Colin McFarlane's work is mostly in Social Sciences (67%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (3%), Health Professions (2%).

Social Sciences: 113 works · 69.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 108 works · 66.7% of their workUrban Studies: 55 works · 33.8% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 24 works · 15.0% of their workSociology and Political Science: 17 works · 10.8% of their workGeography, Planning and Development: 12 works · 7.1% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 works · 3.2% of their workFinance: 5 works · 3.2% of their workEverything else: 45 works · 27.7% of their workHealth Sciences: 4 works · 2.4% of their workHealth Professions: 4 works · 2.4% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 4 works · 2.4% of their workTHEIR WORKColin McFarlane162works
Health Sciences2%Social Sciences70%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences10866.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance53.2%
  2. Everything else4527.7%
    1. Health Professions42.4%
  1. 1Urban Studies34% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations15% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science11% of their works
  4. 4Geography, Planning and Development7% of their works
  5. 5Finance3% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Colin McFarlane's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Neoliberalism, Globalization, Gentrification, Urbanism, Sustainable Development, Hydrosocial Cycle, Water Privatization and Slum Upgrading.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Neoliberalism822 topics
  2. Globalization782 topics
  3. Gentrification701 topic
  4. Urbanism701 topic
  5. Sustainable Development462 topics
  6. Hydrosocial Cycle441 topic
  7. Water Privatization441 topic
  8. Slum Upgrading371 topic
  9. Urban Poverty371 topic
  10. Geography222 topics
  11. Affect141 topic
  12. Multispecies Ethnography141 topic
  13. Financialization121 topic
  14. Shareholder Value121 topic
  15. Shrinking Cities121 topic
  16. Urban Decline121 topic
  17. Decentralization91 topic
  18. Kerala91 topic
  19. Academic Discourse81 topic
  20. Public Policy81 topic

Where does Colin McFarlane work?

Colin McFarlane's main affiliation in the publication record is Durham University, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Colin McFarlane have?

OpenAlex counts 162 works and 12,033 citations for Colin McFarlane, an h-index of 46, ranking #5,493 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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