Subfield · Geography, Planning and Development
Top Geography, Planning and Development Researchers
Pierre Bourdıeu ranks first, out of 3,601 ranked researchers.
Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 15 works, and an institution the snapshot can resolve.
The ranking
- 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France · #2 worldwide 10k citations · 235 works
- 2 Yann LeCun United States · #219 worldwide 5.4k citations · 123 works
- 3 Bryan S. Turner United States · #337 worldwide 1.9k citations · 273 works
- 4 David Harvey United Kingdom · #340 worldwide 2k citations · 112 works
- 5 Hans‐Peter Kriegel Germany · #630 worldwide 5.7k citations · 99 works
- 6 Nigel Thrift United Kingdom · #963 worldwide 1.2k citations · 105 works
- 7 William Boyd Australia · #1,045 worldwide 1.7k citations · 117 works
- 8 John Urry United Kingdom · #1,059 worldwide 2k citations · 95 works
- 9 András Jakab Switzerland · #1,312 worldwide 1.3k citations · 93 works
- 10 Daniel Simberloff United States · #1,360 worldwide 2.9k citations · 130 works
- 11 Trevor Darrell United States · #1,404 worldwide 6.7k citations · 262 works
- 12 George Gömöri United States · #1,514 worldwide 649 citations · 127 works
- 13 John Agnew United States · #1,593 worldwide 1.2k citations · 99 works
- 14 Tom R. Tyler United States · #1,668 worldwide 1.8k citations · 102 works
- 15 Charles Darwin Indonesia · #1,923 worldwide 1.3k citations · 188 works
- 16 Tim Ingold United Kingdom · #1,942 worldwide 944 citations · 115 works
- 17 Yu Zheng China · #2,339 worldwide 2.5k citations · 78 works
- 18 B. L. Turner United States · #2,627 worldwide 2.1k citations · 206 works
- 19 Xing Xie China · #2,863 worldwide 2.5k citations · 188 works
- 20 Alan E. Gelfand United States · #3,043 worldwide 2.3k citations · 110 works
- 21 Luc Anselin United States · #3,683 worldwide 2.7k citations · 66 works
- 22 A. L. Kroeber United States · #3,778 worldwide 689 citations · 116 works
- 23 David A. Bennett United States · #4,339 worldwide 3k citations · 267 works
- 24 Marilyn Strathern United Kingdom · #4,393 worldwide 579 citations · 98 works
- 25 Luc Van Gool Switzerland · #4,439 worldwide 8.5k citations · 527 works
- 26 Giles M. Foody United Kingdom · #4,675 worldwide 1.8k citations · 109 works
- 27 Mark Graham United Kingdom · #4,765 worldwide 899 citations · 80 works
- 28 Octavio Paz Spain · #5,010 worldwide 287 citations · 87 works
- 29 Joseph Needham United States · #5,147 worldwide 380 citations · 80 works
- 30 Neil Smith United States · #5,300 worldwide 766 citations · 64 works
- 31 Michael F. Goodchild United States · #5,349 worldwide 1.4k citations · 98 works
- 32 Dorian Q. Fuller United Kingdom · #5,651 worldwide 644 citations · 77 works
- 33 Yufei Tao Hong Kong · #5,724 worldwide 1.2k citations · 83 works
- 34 William H. McNeill United States · #5,772 worldwide 404 citations · 114 works
- 35 Keith Clarke United States · #6,008 worldwide 705 citations · 85 works
- 36 Rob Kitchin Ireland · #6,436 worldwide 974 citations · 124 works
- 37 Eric R. Wolf United States · #6,473 worldwide 1.1k citations · 56 works
- 38 Mike Sharples United Kingdom · #6,505 worldwide 905 citations · 96 works
- 39 János Kornai Hungary · #6,626 worldwide 480 citations · 101 works
- 40 Muki Haklay United Kingdom · #6,719 worldwide 1.1k citations · 77 works
- 41 Andrew Strathern United States · #6,779 worldwide 450 citations · 75 works
- 42 Alexander S. Szalay United States · #6,814 worldwide 3.8k citations · 242 works
- 43 Brian J. L. Berry United States · #6,885 worldwide 628 citations · 87 works
- 44 Richard Sharpley United Kingdom · #7,541 worldwide 711 citations · 61 works
- 45 Karl W. Butzer United States · #7,777 worldwide 701 citations · 80 works
- 46 James D. Sidaway Singapore · #8,089 worldwide 626 citations · 61 works
- 47 David Crouch United Kingdom · #8,209 worldwide 389 citations · 103 works
- 48 Anthony F. C. Wallace United States · #8,847 worldwide 408 citations · 73 works
- 49 Dimitris Papadias Hong Kong · #9,501 worldwide 1.2k citations · 64 works
- 50 Ben Shneiderman United States · #9,541 worldwide 1.9k citations · 205 works
- 51 Roy Ballantyne Australia · #9,575 worldwide 705 citations · 55 works
- 52 Max J. Egenhofer United States · #10,150 worldwide 1.1k citations · 51 works
- 53 E Swyngedouw Slovakia · #10,188 worldwide 753 citations · 212 works
- 54 Paul Longley United Kingdom · #10,289 worldwide 1.4k citations · 49 works
- 55 Paul Robbins United States · #10,565 worldwide 656 citations · 64 works
- 56 Chris Ryan New Zealand · #11,734 worldwide 943 citations · 100 works
- 57 David Livingstone United Kingdom · #12,138 worldwide 272 citations · 72 works
- 58 Péter Lengyel United States · #12,601 worldwide 588 citations · 70 works
- 59 Brian C. Wilson Canada · #12,719 worldwide 1.6k citations · 211 works
- 60 Bruce G. Trigger Canada · #12,837 worldwide 393 citations · 93 works
- 61 Gillian Rose United Kingdom · #13,712 worldwide 856 citations · 44 works
- 62 Raymond Firth United Kingdom · #13,767 worldwide 307 citations · 86 works
- 63 Erik Cohen Israel · #14,124 worldwide 1.2k citations · 43 works
- 64 Thomas F. Glick United States · #14,194 worldwide 203 citations · 116 works
- 65 Geoffrey Wall Canada · #14,235 worldwide 550 citations · 112 works
- 66 Jason Hong United States · #14,257 worldwide 880 citations · 74 works
- 67 William R. Dickinson United States · #14,298 worldwide 1.1k citations · 76 works
- 68 Hubert Knoblauch Germany · #14,387 worldwide 372 citations · 109 works
- 69 Ouri Wolfson United States · #14,446 worldwide 750 citations · 71 works
- 70 Alan M. MacEachren United States · #14,802 worldwide 606 citations · 61 works
- 71 John Friedmann United States · #14,923 worldwide 452 citations · 60 works
- 72 Geoffrey Blainey Australia · #15,644 worldwide 218 citations · 62 works
- 73 Liqiu Meng Germany · #15,779 worldwide 579 citations · 61 works
- 74 K. J. Gregory United Kingdom · #15,783 worldwide 474 citations · 64 works
- 75 John Connell Australia · #16,170 worldwide 490 citations · 85 works
- 76 John Krumm United States · #16,433 worldwide 840 citations · 55 works
- 77 Wilbur Zelinsky United States · #16,700 worldwide 357 citations · 47 works
- 78 T. O. Beidelman United States · #17,015 worldwide 259 citations · 72 works
- 79 Daniel A. Keim Germany · #17,356 worldwide 1.8k citations · 193 works
- 80 Hai Cheng China · #18,099 worldwide 2.9k citations · 250 works
- 81 Derek Gregory Canada · #18,170 worldwide 920 citations · 40 works
- 82 Roger Keil Canada · #18,825 worldwide 280 citations · 68 works
- 83 Paul Sillitoe United Kingdom · #19,280 worldwide 324 citations · 58 works
- 84 Chris Hann Germany · #20,089 worldwide 223 citations · 118 works
- 85 Stewart Clegg Australia · #20,257 worldwide 1.4k citations · 202 works
- 86 Alan R. H. Baker United Kingdom · #20,658 worldwide 259 citations · 71 works
- 87 Stephen Shennan United Kingdom · #21,147 worldwide 464 citations · 52 works
- 88 Martin Davis United States · #21,242 worldwide 442 citations · 89 works
- 89 Peter Bellwood Australia · #21,246 worldwide 285 citations · 55 works
- 90 Mick Healey United Kingdom · #21,412 worldwide 419 citations · 51 works
- 91 David Chandler United Kingdom · #21,494 worldwide 646 citations · 155 works
- 92 Hanan Samet United States · #21,993 worldwide 881 citations · 93 works
- 93 Barbara Tversky United States · #22,279 worldwide 584 citations · 57 works
- 94 D. R. Stoddart United Kingdom · #22,500 worldwide 394 citations · 58 works
- 95 Richard P. Evershed United Kingdom · #22,515 worldwide 1.1k citations · 116 works
- 96 Steve Bruce United Kingdom · #22,563 worldwide 257 citations · 98 works
- 97 Russell G. Congalton United States · #22,708 worldwide 813 citations · 45 works
- 98 James W. Fernández United States · #22,831 worldwide 561 citations · 38 works
- 99 Melville J. Herskovits United States · #23,214 worldwide 202 citations · 73 works
- 100 C. Michael Hall New Zealand · #23,259 worldwide 2.2k citations · 360 works
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