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Researcher · McGill University · Canada

Richard Shearmur

Richard Shearmur publishes mostly in Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and Urban Studies, on topics such as Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis, French Urban and Social Studies and Regional Development and Policy.

ORCID 0000-0002-2554-6654 OpenAlex
World rank
#17,980
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#377
of 183,316
Works
273
Citations
5.9k
Citations per work
21.8
h-index
41
i10-index 88Top 1.9% in Economics and Econometrics
Richard Shearmur

What does Richard Shearmur research?

Richard Shearmur's work is mostly in Social Sciences (40%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (31%), Business, Management and Accounting (7%).

Social Sciences: 213 works · 77.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 109 works · 39.9% of their workSociology and Political Science: 39 works · 14.4% of their workUrban Studies: 35 works · 12.8% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 26 works · 9.4% of their workTransportation: 9 works · 3.3% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 85 works · 31.0% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 85 works · 31.0% of their workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 19 works · 7.0% of their workStrategy and Management: 19 works · 7.0% of their workEverything else: 60 works · 22.1% of their workTHEIR WORKRichard Shearmur273works
Social Sciences78%

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 Sciences10939.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance8531.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting197.0%
  2. Everything else6022.1%
  1. 1Economics and Econometrics31% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science14% of their works
  3. 3Urban Studies13% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations9% of their works
  5. 5Strategy and Management7% of their works
  6. 6Transportation3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Richard Shearmur's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Regional Growth, Territorial Capital, Agglomeration Economies, Urbanization, Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Regional Employment and Environmental Participation.

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 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Regional Growth1033 topics
  2. Territorial Capital972 topics
  3. Agglomeration Economies961 topic
  4. Urbanization961 topic
  5. Community Engagement952 topics
  6. Territorial Governance952 topics
  7. Regional Employment652 topics
  8. Environmental Participation611 topic
  9. Sustainable Development611 topic
  10. Economic Development552 topics
  11. European Union Cohesion Policy531 topic
  12. Smart Specialization531 topic
  13. Social Capital522 topics
  14. Recessionary Shocks441 topic
  15. Regional Economic Resilience441 topic
  16. Social Innovation341 topic
  17. Solidarity Economy341 topic
  18. Creative Economy291 topic
  19. Urban Development291 topic
  20. Dynamic Capabilities231 topic
  21. Knowledge Transfer231 topic
  22. Spatial Shift-Share Analysis211 topic
  23. Tourism Competitiveness211 topic

Where does Richard Shearmur work?

Richard Shearmur's main affiliation in the publication record is McGill University, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Richard Shearmur have?

OpenAlex counts 273 works and 5,940 citations for Richard Shearmur, an h-index of 41, ranking #17,980 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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