Most cited papers in Global Urban Networks and Dynamics
What are the most cited papers in Global Urban Networks and Dynamics?
The most cited paper in Global Urban Networks and Dynamics is "Sticky Places in Slippery Space: A Typology of Industrial Districts" (Ann Markusen, 1996), with 2,447 citations. Next come "New Globalism, New Urbanism: Gentrification as Global Urban Strategy" (2,360) and "Urbanization in developing countries: Current trends, future projections, and key challenges for sustainability" (1,908).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 188 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sticky Places in Slippery Space: A Typology of Industrial Districts Ann Markusen · Economic Geography | Jul 1996 | 2,447 |
| 2 | New Globalism, New Urbanism: Gentrification as Global Urban Strategy Neil Smith · Antipode | Jul 2002 | 2,360 |
| 3 | Urbanization in developing countries: Current trends, future projections, and key challenges for sustainability Barney Cohen · Technology in Society | 22 Dec 2005 | 1,908 |
| 4 | Territory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemblages G. John Ikenberry, Saskia Sassen · Foreign Affairs | 2006 | 1,519 |
| 5 | Global and world cities: a view from off the map Jennifer Robinson · International Journal of Urban and Regional Research | Sep 2002 | 1,247 |
| 6 | The Cultural Economy of Cities Allen John Scott · International Journal of Urban and Regional Research | Jun 1997 | 1,226 |
| 7 | Globalisation as Reterritorialisation: The Re-scaling of Urban Governance in the European Union Neil Brenner · Urban Studies | Mar 1999 | 1,119 |
| 8 | Neo‐Marshallian Nodes in Global Networks* Ash Amin, Nigel J. Thrift · International Journal of Urban and Regional Research | Dec 1992 | 1,023 |
| 9 | Spatialities of Globalisation Ash Amin · Environment and Planning A Economy and Space | Mar 2002 | 957 |
| 10 | The Nature of Cities: The Scope and Limits of Urban Theory Allen John Scott, Michael Storper · International Journal of Urban and Regional Research | 31 Mar 2014 | 869 |
| 11 | Urban Growth in Developing Countries: A Review of Current Trends and a Caution Regarding Existing Forecasts Barney Cohen · World Development | 15 Nov 2003 | 847 |
| 12 | A roster of world cities Jonathan V. Beaverstock, Richard G. Smith, PJ Taylor · Cities | Dec 1999 | 838 |
| 13 | The exaggerated death of geography: learning, proximity and territorial innovation systems Kevin D Morgan · Journal of Economic Geography | 16 Dec 2003 | 811 |
| 14 | Why is central Paris rich and downtown Detroit poor? Jan K. Brueckner, Jacques-François Thisse, Yves Zénou · European Economic Review | 1999 | 781 |
| 15 | The Economic Geography of the Internet Age Edward E. Leamer, Michael Storper · Journal of International Business Studies | Dec 2001 | 754 |
| 16 | Between Fixity and Motion: Accumulation, Territorial Organization and the Historical Geography of Spatial Scales Neil Brenner · Environment and Planning D Society and Space | Aug 1998 | 664 |
| 17 | Specification of the World City Network Peter James Taylor · Geographical Analysis | Apr 2001 | 658 |
| 18 | Thinking cities through elsewhere Jennifer Robinson · Progress in Human Geography | 21 Aug 2015 | 652 |
| 19 | From sectoral to functional urban specialisation Gilles Duranton, Diego Puga · Journal of Urban Economics | 15 Jan 2005 | 624 |
| 20 | Agglomeration in the Global Economy: A Survey of the ‘New Economic Geography’ Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano, Diego Puga · World Economy | Aug 1998 | 613 |
| 21 | The Global City: Introducing a Concept Saskia Sassen · London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) | 2005 | 557 |
| 22 | The Ordinary City Ash Amin, Stephen Graham · Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | Dec 1997 | 520 |
| 23 | The Spaces and Times of Globalization: Place, Scale, Networks, and Positionality* Eric S. Sheppard · Economic Geography | Jul 2002 | 515 |
| 24 | Urban Life in Contemporary China W. E. Willmott · Pacific Affairs | Dec 1986 | 510 |
| 25 | Power and Position in the World City System Arthur S. Alderson, Jason Beckfield · Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) | 2004 | 507 |
| 26 | The Cultural Economy of Cities Eduardo Brito‐Henriques, Joachim Thiel · European Urban and Regional Studies | Jul 2000 | 501 |
| 27 | World-City Network: A New Metageography? Jonathan V. Beaverstock, Richard G. Smith, Peter James Taylor · Annals of the Association of American Geographers | Mar 2000 | 498 |
| 28 | Relationality/territoriality: Toward a conceptualization of cities in the world Eugene McCann, KEVIN G. WARD · Geoforum | 30 Jul 2009 | 459 |
| 29 | Subnational leaders and economic growth: evidence from Chinese cities Yang Yao, Muyang Zhang · Journal of Economic Growth | 8 May 2015 | 453 |
| 30 | An Entrepreneurial City in Action: Hong Kong's Emerging Strategies in and for (Inter)Urban Competition Bob Jessop, Ngai‐Ling Sum · Urban Studies | Nov 2000 | 450 |
| 31 | Comparative Urbanism: New Geographies and Cultures of Theorizing the Urban Jennifer Robinson · International Journal of Urban and Regional Research | 20 Dec 2015 | 429 |
| 32 | Measurement of the World City Network Peter James Taylor, Giuseppe Lorenzo Catalano, D.R.F. Walker · Urban Studies | Dec 2002 | 405 |
| 33 | Provincializing Global Urbanism: A Manifesto Eric Sheppard, Helga Leitner, Anant Maringanti · Urban Geography | 29 Jul 2013 | 396 |
| 34 | Current debates in urban theory: A critical assessment Michael Storper, Allen John Scott · Urban Studies | 3 Mar 2016 | 391 |
| 35 | The Urban Question: Reflections on Henri Lefebvre, Urban Theory and the Politics of scale Neil Brenner · International Journal of Urban and Regional Research | Jun 2000 | 390 |
| 36 | Industrial Agglomeration and Development: A Survey of Spatial Economic Issues in East Asia and a Statistical Analysis of Chinese Regions C. Cindy Fan, Allen John Scott · Economic Geography | Jul 2003 | 383 |
| 37 | Clusters, Connectivity and Catch-up: Bollywood and Bangalore in the Global Economy Mark Lorenzen, Ram Mudambi · Journal of Economic Geography | 24 Jul 2012 | 375 |
| 38 | The Re-Emergence of Regional Economies? The Mythical Geography of Flexible Accumulation Ash Amin, Kevin Robins · Environment and Planning D Society and Space | Mar 1990 | 363 |
| 39 | Place and region: looking through the prism of scale Anssi Paasi · Progress in Human Geography | Aug 2004 | 356 |
| 40 | Globalisation, Academic Capitalism, and the Uneven Geographies of International Journal Publishing Spaces Anssi Paasi · Environment and Planning A Economy and Space | May 2005 | 346 |
| 41 | Policy Boosterism, Policy Mobilities, and the Extrospective City Eugene McCann · Urban Geography | Feb 2013 | 345 |
| 42 | Transnational spaces and everyday lives David Ley · Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | Jun 2004 | 343 |
| 43 | Bridging Urban Digital Divides? Urban Polarisation and Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) Stephen Graham · Urban Studies | 2002 | 339 |
| 44 | Functional Polycentricity: A Formal Definition in Terms of Social Network Analysis Nicholas Green · Urban Studies | Oct 2007 | 339 |
| 45 | The rise of the mega-region Richard L. Florida, Tim Gulden, Charlotta Mellander · Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society | 22 Aug 2008 | 338 |
| 46 | The City and the Bottom Line: Urban Megaprojects and the Privatization of Planning in Southeast Asia Gavin Shatkin · Environment and Planning A Economy and Space | 30 Mar 2007 | 337 |
| 47 | External Urban Relational Process: Introducing Central Flow Theory to Complement Central Place Theory Peter James Taylor, Michael Hoyler, Raf Verbruggen · Urban Studies | Nov 2010 | 317 |
| 48 | Debate on Global Urbanisms and the Nature of Urban Theory Jennifer Robinson, Ananya Roy · International Journal of Urban and Regional Research | 21 Dec 2015 | 313 |
| 49 | Global Cities and Developmental States: New York, Tokyo and Seoul Richard Child Hill, June Woo Kim · Urban Studies | Nov 2000 | 311 |
| 50 | Globalisation, Networking, Urbanisation: Reflections on the Spatial Dynamics of the Information Age Manuel Castells · Urban Studies | Nov 2010 | 302 |
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