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Researcher · University of Toronto · Canada

Richard Florida

Richard Florida publishes mostly in Economics and Econometrics, Urban Studies and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as Economic Growth and Productivity, Cultural Industries and Urban Development and Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis.

World rank
#2,871
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#66
of 38,960
Works
70
Citations
2k
Citations per work
28.3

What does Richard Florida research?

Economics and Econometrics: 27.7%Urban Studies: 12.3%Political Science and International Relations: 12.3%Strategy and Management: 7.7%other fields: 40.0%28%top field
Economics and Econometrics27.7%Urban Studies12.3%Political Science and International Relations12.3%Strategy and Management7.7%other fields40.0%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Economics and Econometrics28% of their works
  2. 2Urban Studies12% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations12% of their works
  4. 4Strategy and Management8% of their works
  5. 5Sociology and Political Science8% of their works
  6. 6Management of Technology and Innovation6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Richard Florida's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Economic Development, Regional Growth, Social Capital, Entrepreneurship, Creative Economy, Institutions, Technology Diffusion and Urban Development.

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.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Economic Development102 topics
  2. Regional Growth92 topics
  3. Social Capital92 topics
  4. Entrepreneurship82 topics
  5. Creative Economy61 topic
  6. Institutions61 topic
  7. Technology Diffusion61 topic
  8. Urban Development61 topic
  9. Agglomeration Economies51 topic
  10. Urbanization51 topic
  11. Developmental State41 topic
  12. East Asia41 topic
  13. Neighborhood Effects41 topic
  14. Residential Segregation41 topic
  15. Entrepreneurial Orientation31 topic
  16. European Union Cohesion Policy31 topic
  17. Opportunity Recognition31 topic
  18. Smart Specialization31 topic
  19. Start-Up Firms21 topic
  20. Venture Capital21 topic

Where does Richard Florida work?

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

How many publications and citations does Richard Florida have?

Science Explorer counts 70 works and 1,978 citations for Richard Florida, ranking #2,871 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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