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Researcher · University of Toronto · Canada

Richard L. Florida

Richard L. Florida publishes mostly in Economics and Econometrics, Urban Studies and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Cultural Industries and Urban Development, Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis and Asian Industrial and Economic Development.

ORCID 0000-0001-5899-7606 OpenAlex
World rank
#4,838
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#71
of 183,316
Works
291
Citations
35k
Citations per work
121.5
h-index
76
i10-index 149Top 0.2% in Economics and Econometrics
Richard L. Florida

What does Richard L. Florida research?

Richard L. Florida's work is mostly in Social Sciences (33%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (22%), Business, Management and Accounting (12%).

Social Sciences: 198 works · 68.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 97 works · 33.3% of their workUrban Studies: 40 works · 13.6% of their workSociology and Political Science: 31 works · 10.8% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 26 works · 8.9% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 65 works · 22.4% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 65 works · 22.4% of their workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 36 works · 12.3% of their workStrategy and Management: 24 works · 8.2% of their workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 12 works · 4.1% of their workEverything else: 93 works · 32.0% of their workTHEIR WORKRichard L.Florida291works
Social Sciences68%

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 Sciences9733.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6522.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting3612.3%
  2. Everything else9332.0%
  1. 1Economics and Econometrics22% of their works
  2. 2Urban Studies14% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science11% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations9% of their works
  5. 5Strategy and Management8% of their works
  6. 6Management of Technology and Innovation4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Richard L. Florida's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Social Capital, Entrepreneurship, Regional Growth, Creative Economy, Urban Development, Agglomeration Economies, Urbanization and Developmental State.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Social Capital1043 topics
  2. Entrepreneurship872 topics
  3. Regional Growth862 topics
  4. Creative Economy681 topic
  5. Urban Development681 topic
  6. Agglomeration Economies621 topic
  7. Urbanization621 topic
  8. Developmental State251 topic
  9. East Asia251 topic
  10. Neighborhood Effects251 topic
  11. Residential Segregation251 topic
  12. Start-Up Firms191 topic
  13. Venture Capital191 topic
  14. Dynamic Capabilities181 topic
  15. Entrepreneurial Orientation181 topic
  16. European Union Cohesion Policy181 topic
  17. Knowledge Transfer181 topic
  18. Opportunity Recognition181 topic
  19. Smart Specialization181 topic

Where does Richard L. Florida work?

Richard L. Florida's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Toronto, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Richard L. Florida have?

OpenAlex counts 291 works and 35,369 citations for Richard L. Florida, an h-index of 76, ranking #4,838 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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