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Top Geography, Planning and Development Researchers

Michael Frank Goodchild ranks first, followed by Dorian Q. Fuller and Sue O’Connor, out of 396,415 ranked researchers.

Field rank: how many more of the researcher's articles, reviews and conference papers in this field reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected of anyone's. A paper in the top 10% adds 0.9 and any other takes 0.1 away, however highly cited, so many strong papers in the field outrank one famous paper, a long record of ordinary papers does not climb, and work in other fields does not count. A paper in two subfields counts half in each. A researcher with fewer papers in the Nature Index's selective journals than expected has the count lowered by the square root of that journal factor. Floor: 15 works, an institution the snapshot can resolve, and an article, review or conference paper in this field.

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  1. 1 Michael Frank Goodchild United States · #17,917 worldwide overall 35.6 of 92 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2 Dorian Q. Fuller United Kingdom · #1,163 worldwide overall 25.9 of 38 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3 Sue O’Connor Australia · #36,654 worldwide overall 26.5 of 64 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4 Michael P. Richards Germany · #33,035 worldwide overall 19.5 of 34 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 4 Patrick Vinton Kirch United States · #252,024 worldwide overall 26.3 of 102 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6 Houyuan Lü China · #27,184 worldwide overall 17.8 of 20 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7 Peter S. Bellwood Australia · #33,961 worldwide overall 20.3 of 50 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8 Guanghui Dong China · #23,324 worldwide overall 17.5 of 22 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9 Alexander Zipf Germany · #148,075 worldwide overall 18.7 of 52 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10 Dolores R. Piperno Panama · #5,646 worldwide overall 14.7 of 18 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11 Sarah A. Elwood United States · #23,165 worldwide overall 15.0 of 22 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12 Janet M. Wilmshurst New Zealand · #106,238 worldwide overall 15.0 of 24 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13 Reginald G. Golledge United States · #93,278 worldwide overall 14.8 of 30 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14 Oliver E. Craig United Kingdom · #24,240 worldwide overall 13.6 of 18 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15 Douglas J. Kennett United States · #19,106 worldwide overall 14.3 of 26 papers here in the top 10%
  16. 16 Alan M. MacEachren United States · #103,081 worldwide overall 17.0 of 56 papers here in the top 10%
  17. 17 David Bissell Australia · #30,498 worldwide overall 12.9 of 22 papers here in the top 10%
  18. 18 Xinyi Liu United States · #106,064 worldwide overall 12.4 of 17 papers here in the top 10%
  19. 19 Jianping Zhang China · #297,437 worldwide overall 12.2 of 15 papers here in the top 10%
  20. 20 Krzysztof Janowicz United States · #145,208 worldwide overall 13.5 of 29 papers here in the top 10%
  21. 21 Jamie Lorimer United Kingdom · #17,699 worldwide overall 12.2 of 16 papers here in the top 10%
  22. 22 Fahu Chen China · #16,485 worldwide overall 12.0 of 17 papers here in the top 10%
  23. 23 Patrick Roberts Germany · #13,368 worldwide overall 12.3 of 20 papers here in the top 10%
  24. 24 Fiona Petchey New Zealand · #167,139 worldwide overall 13.8 of 36 papers here in the top 10%
  25. 25 Max J. Egenhofer United States · #163,854 worldwide overall 17.0 of 54 papers here in the top 10%
  26. 26 Gao Cong Singapore · #10,156 worldwide overall 11.7 of 17 papers here in the top 10%
  27. 27 Amy Bogaard United Kingdom · #22,807 worldwide overall 11.4 of 16 papers here in the top 10%
  28. 28 Derek Gregory Canada · #49,772 worldwide overall 11.8 of 21 papers here in the top 10%
  29. 29 Mark Stoneking Germany · #11,362 worldwide overall 11.1 of 14 papers here in the top 10%
  30. 30 Ben Anderson United Kingdom · #13,156 worldwide overall 11.2 of 16 papers here in the top 10%
  31. 31 Mary Hegarty United States · #19,199 worldwide overall 11.7 of 22 papers here in the top 10%
  32. 32 Matthew Spriggs Australia · #184,814 worldwide overall 15.5 of 60 papers here in the top 10%
  33. 33 Tim Edensor United Kingdom · #107,131 worldwide overall 14.0 of 23 papers here in the top 10%
  34. 34 Matthew Gandy United Kingdom · #106,679 worldwide overall 10.9 of 16 papers here in the top 10%
  35. 35 Thomas Higham United Kingdom · #7,964 worldwide overall 11.1 of 19 papers here in the top 10%
  36. 36 Sarah Pink Australia · #59,700 worldwide overall 10.6 of 15 papers here in the top 10%
  37. 37 Song Gao United States · #21,560 worldwide overall 10.7 of 16 papers here in the top 10%
  38. 38 Nora S. Newcombe United States · #49,254 worldwide overall 11.0 of 20 papers here in the top 10%
  39. 39 Richard P. Evershed United Kingdom · #31,520 worldwide overall 10.2 of 13 papers here in the top 10%
  40. 40 Peter Adey United Kingdom · #36,401 worldwide overall 10.5 of 17 papers here in the top 10%
  41. 41 Shimona Kealy Australia · #57,450 worldwide overall 10.5 of 18 papers here in the top 10%
  42. 42 Xing Xie China · #7,371 worldwide overall 10.3 of 16 papers here in the top 10%
  43. 43 Trevor J. Barnes Canada · #249,253 worldwide overall 11.5 of 28 papers here in the top 10%
  44. 44 Arthur H. Robinson United States · #391,070 worldwide overall 13.6 of 49 papers here in the top 10%
  45. 45 Min Chen China · #198,004 worldwide overall 11.0 of 25 papers here in the top 10%
  46. 46 Robert Weibel Switzerland · #246,851 worldwide overall 12.6 of 41 papers here in the top 10%
  47. 47 Yaowu Hu China · #145,078 worldwide overall 10.0 of 17 papers here in the top 10%
  48. 48 Gengchen Mai United States · #23,273 worldwide overall 9.5 of 12 papers here in the top 10%
  49. 48 Simon Graeme Haberle Australia · #81,755 worldwide overall 10.2 of 19 papers here in the top 10%
  50. 50 Richard Hartshorne United States · #621,303 worldwide overall 10.5 of 18 papers here in the top 10%
  51. 51 Hsiao‐chun Hung Australia · #73,136 worldwide overall 10.3 of 21 papers here in the top 10%
  52. 52 Mei‐Po Kwan China · #2,083 worldwide overall 9.9 of 18 papers here in the top 10%
  53. 53 Derek P. McCormack United Kingdom · #73,549 worldwide overall 9.5 of 14 papers here in the top 10%
  54. 54 Nicole L. Boivin Germany · #2,375 worldwide overall 9.5 of 15 papers here in the top 10%
  55. 54 Xiaoyan Yang China · #173,648 worldwide overall 9.6 of 16 papers here in the top 10%
  56. 56 Orlando Woods Singapore · #44,712 worldwide overall 9.2 of 12 papers here in the top 10%
  57. 57 Jeremy W. Crampton United States · #214,564 worldwide overall 11.3 of 33 papers here in the top 10%
  58. 58 Sean Ulm Australia · #195,196 worldwide overall 11.4 of 36 papers here in the top 10%
  59. 59 Olaf Kühne Germany · #111,999 worldwide overall 10.2 of 11 papers here in the top 10%
  60. 60 Charles Franklin Higham New Zealand · #121,160 worldwide overall 10.4 of 26 papers here in the top 10%
  61. 61 Stuart Hawkins Australia · #94,621 worldwide overall 9.0 of 13 papers here in the top 10%
  62. 62 Peter M. Vitousek United States · #4,133 worldwide overall 9.5 of 19 papers here in the top 10%
  63. 63 Xiujia Huan China · #128,317 worldwide overall 8.7 of 11 papers here in the top 10%
  64. 64 Matt Sean McGlone New Zealand · #59,841 worldwide overall 8.7 of 11 papers here in the top 10%
  65. 65 Christian S. Jensen Denmark · #200,534 worldwide overall 16.0 of 41 papers here in the top 10%
  66. 66 Yu Liu China · #83,079 worldwide overall 9.4 of 19 papers here in the top 10%
  67. 67 John Dodson China · #107,996 worldwide overall 8.8 of 14 papers here in the top 10%
  68. 68 Hallie R. Buckley New Zealand · #387,157 worldwide overall 10.8 of 34 papers here in the top 10%
  69. 69 Manfred Kayser Netherlands · #11,686 worldwide overall 8.3 of 10 papers here in the top 10%
  70. 69 Maan Barua United Kingdom · #67,021 worldwide overall 8.4 of 11 papers here in the top 10%
  71. 71 Martin Raubal Switzerland · #142,756 worldwide overall 10.0 of 27 papers here in the top 10%
  72. 72 James A. Serpell United States · #52,295 worldwide overall 8.7 of 14 papers here in the top 10%
  73. 73 Alan Cooper Australia · #84,072 worldwide overall 8.2 of 10 papers here in the top 10%
  74. 73 Haiming Li China · #707,986 worldwide overall 8.6 of 12 papers here in the top 10%
  75. 75 Xiaofang Zhou Australia · #170,562 worldwide overall 10.2 of 27 papers here in the top 10%
  76. 76 Agnieszka Leszczynski Canada · #114,562 worldwide overall 9.8 of 13 papers here in the top 10%
  77. 77 Huayi Wu China · #195,511 worldwide overall 9.1 of 21 papers here in the top 10%
  78. 78 David R. Stoddart United Kingdom · #469,353 worldwide overall 9.7 of 26 papers here in the top 10%
  79. 79 Xiaoqiang Li China · #172,621 worldwide overall 8.3 of 13 papers here in the top 10%
  80. 80 Philip J. Piper Australia · #163,090 worldwide overall 9.2 of 22 papers here in the top 10%
  81. 81 Claudio Minca Netherlands · #161,845 worldwide overall 9.4 of 25 papers here in the top 10%
  82. 81 Tinghua Ai China · #686,069 worldwide overall 10.7 of 38 papers here in the top 10%
  83. 83 J. B. Harley United Kingdom · #367,632 worldwide overall 10.2 of 34 papers here in the top 10%
  84. 84 Mark B. Bush United States · #100,445 worldwide overall 8.0 of 13 papers here in the top 10%
  85. 85 Daniel R. Montello United States · #86,505 worldwide overall 9.0 of 23 papers here in the top 10%
  86. 86 Dennis Edler Germany · #601,727 worldwide overall 10.9 of 31 papers here in the top 10%
  87. 87 Robert E. Roth United States · #642,968 worldwide overall 10.0 of 31 papers here in the top 10%
  88. 88 Greg Brown Australia · #17,099 worldwide overall 7.7 of 9 papers here in the top 10%
  89. 89 Tim P. Denham Australia · #149,771 worldwide overall 12.1 of 56 papers here in the top 10%
  90. 90 Zhijun Zhao China · #443,694 worldwide overall 7.6 of 11 papers here in the top 10%
  91. 91 Chris J. Stevens United Kingdom · #63,585 worldwide overall 7.3 of 8 papers here in the top 10%
  92. 92 Waldo Tobler United States · #102,643 worldwide overall 9.2 of 27 papers here in the top 10%
  93. 93 Crystal N. H. McMichael Netherlands · #29,189 worldwide overall 7.3 of 9 papers here in the top 10%
  94. 93 Peter Veth Australia · #243,378 worldwide overall 8.5 of 20 papers here in the top 10%
  95. 95 Martin K. Jones United Kingdom · #78,539 worldwide overall 7.3 of 9 papers here in the top 10%
  96. 96 Yufei Tao China · #47,947 worldwide overall 7.8 of 14 papers here in the top 10%
  97. 96 Jian‐xin Zhao Australia · #143,591 worldwide overall 8.3 of 19 papers here in the top 10%
  98. 98 Xinying Zhou China · #124,527 worldwide overall 7.7 of 13 papers here in the top 10%
  99. 98 Kelly J. Knudson United States · #115,852 worldwide overall 7.8 of 14 papers here in the top 10%
  100. 100 Yi‐Fu Tuan United States · #67,288 worldwide overall 8.2 of 18 papers here in the top 10%

ranked researchers with an article, review or conference paper in Geography, Planning and Development. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review, but it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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