Topic · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought

Most cited papers in Historical Geography and Geographical Thought

Historical Geography and Geographical Thought

What are the most cited papers in Historical Geography and Geographical Thought?

The most cited paper in Historical Geography and Geographical Thought is "Geographies of responsibility" (Doreen Massey, 2004), with 1,588 citations. Next come "Human geography without scale" (1,569) and "Between Space and Time: Reflections on the Geographical Imagination1" (1,002).

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Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 171 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#	Paper
1	Geographies of responsibility Doreen Massey · Geografiska Annaler Series B Human Geography	Mar 2004	1,588
2	Human geography without scale Sallie A. Marston, John Paul Jones, Keith Woodward · Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers	Dec 2005	1,569
3	Between Space and Time: Reflections on the Geographical Imagination1 David Harvey · Annals of the Association of American Geographers	Sep 1990	1,002
4	Fences and neighbours in the postmodern world: boundary narratives in political geography David P Newman, Anssi Paasi · Progress in Human Geography	Apr 1998	937
5	Fatal Couplings of Power and Difference: Notes on Racism and Geography Rüth Wilson Gilmore · The Professional Geographer	Feb 2002	927
6	Between Geography and Philosophy: What Does It Mean to Be in the Place-World? Edward S. Casey · Annals of the Association of American Geographers	Dec 2001	698
7	On assemblages and geography Ben Anderson, Matthew Kearnes, Colin McFarlane et al. · Dialogues in Human Geography Open access	Jul 2012	664
8	The South Atlantic Quarterly Kwame Dawes · African Affairs	1998	625
9	Phase space: geography, relational thinking, and beyond Martin R. Jones · Progress in Human Geography	13 Mar 2009	603
10	Rethinking maps Rob Kitchin, Martin Dodge · Progress in Human Geography Open access	Jun 2007	582
11	An Introduction to Critical Cartography Jeremy W. Crampton, John B. Krygier Open access	2 Mar 2015	580
12	Gender, Identity and Place ‐ Understanding Feminist Geographies Hilary P.M. Winchester · New Zealand Geographer	Apr 2000	566
13	Producing vertical territory: geology and governmentality in late Victorian Canada Bruce Braun · Cultural Geographies	2000	544
14	Space‐Time, ‘Science’ and the Relationship between Physical Geography and Human Geography Doreen Massey · Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers	Sep 1999	536
15	Mind the gap: bridging feminist and political geography through geopolitics Jennifer Hyndman · Political Geography Open access	28 Feb 2004	483
16	Exceptionalism in Geography: A Methodological Examination Fred K. Schaefer · Annals of the Association of American Geographers	Sep 1953	426
17	Trouble in the heartland: GIS and its critics in the 1990s Nadine Schuurman · Progress in Human Geography Open access	Dec 2000	395
18	Breaking the Waves in Science Studies Sheila Jasanoff · Social Studies of Science	Jun 2003	395
19	Placing the View from Nowhere: Historical and Sociological Problems in the Location of Science Steven Shapin · Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers Open access	Apr 1998	384
20	‘What do you mean?’ The importance of language in developing interdisciplinary research Louise J. Bracken, Elizabeth A. Oughton · Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers Open access	19 Jul 2006	376
21	Geographical work at the boundaries of climate change Mike Hulme · Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers Open access	26 Nov 2007	355
22	Citation matters: mobilizing the politics of citation toward a practice of ‘conscientious engagement’ Carrie Mott, Daniel Cockayne · Gender Place & Culture	13 Jun 2017	352
23	Geography and public policy: the case of the missing agenda Ron Martin · Progress in Human Geography	Jun 2001	348
24	Globalisation, Academic Capitalism, and the Uneven Geographies of International Journal Publishing Spaces Anssi Paasi · Environment and Planning A Economy and Space Open access	May 2005	346
25	Differential geographies: place, indigenous rights and ‘local’ resources Noel Castree · Political Geography Open access	15 Nov 2003	339
26	‘Nothing includes everything’: towards engaged pluralism in Anglophone economic geography Trevor J. Barnes, Eric Sheppard · Progress in Human Geography	28 Sep 2009	332
27	HUMANISTIC GEOGRAPHY Yi‐Fu Tuan · Annals of the Association of American Geographers Open access	Jun 1976	316
28	Who Governs, at What Scale and at What Price? Geography, Environmental Governance, and the Commodification of Nature Diana M. Liverman · Annals of the Association of American Geographers	Dec 2004	313
29	ON THE HISTORY AND PRESENT CONDITION OF GEOGRAPHY: AN HISTORICAL MATERIALIST MANIFESTO David Harvey · The Professional Geographer	Feb 1984	306
30	A continent revealed: The european geotraverse James M. Jackson · Journal of Structural Geology	Jul 1993	305
31	Witnessing Space: ‘Knowledge without Contemplation’ John-David C Dewsbury · Environment and Planning A Economy and Space	Nov 2003	302
32	Imaginative geographies Derek Gregory · Progress in Human Geography	Dec 1995	294
33	Geography and Ethics: Everyday Mediations Through Care and Consumption Jeff Popke · Progress in Human Geography	Aug 2006	293
34	Feminism and Geography: The Limits of Geographical Knowledge. Vera L. Norwood, Gillian Rose · Journal of American History	Sep 1994	285
35	Postcolonialising Geography: Tactics and Pitfalls Jenny Robinson · Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography	17 Oct 2003	283
36	The End of Capitalism (As We Knew It): A Feminist Critique of Political Economy Ruth Liepins · New Zealand Geographer	Apr 1998	282
37	ON NOT EXCLUDING HALF OF THE HUMAN IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Janice J. Monk, Susan Hanson · The Professional Geographer	Feb 1982	282
38	Retheorizing Economic Geography: From the Quantitative Revolution to the “Cultural Turn” Trevor J. Barnes · Annals of the Association of American Geographers	Sep 2001	274
39	The Space That Race Makes David Delaney · The Professional Geographer	Feb 2002	270
40	Spatial Imaginaries Research in Geography: Synergies, Tensions, and New Directions Josh Watkins · Geography Compass	Sep 2015	268
41	THE SUPERORGANIC IN AMERICAN CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY∗ Scott Duncan · Annals of the Association of American Geographers	Jun 1980	267
42	Unnatural discourse. ‘Race’ and gender in geography Audrey Kobayashi, Linda Peake · Gender Place & Culture	Sep 1994	266
43	Emotional geographies ROBIN A. KEARNS · New Zealand Geographer	5 Jul 2007	264
44	Dissecting the Autonomous Self: Hybrid Cartographies for a Relational Ethics Sarah J. Whatmore · Environment and Planning D Society and Space	Feb 1997	263
45	Scale and the limitations of ontological debate: a commentary on Marston, Jones and Woodward Helga Leitner, Byron A. Miller · Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers	2007	262
46	The Social Origins of Environmental Determinism Richard C. Peet · Annals of the Association of American Geographers	Sep 1985	261
47	Pro scale: further reflections on the ‘scale debate’ in human geography Andrew E. G. Jonas · Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers	12 Jun 2006	260
48	Telling small stories: spaces of knowledge and the practice of geography Hayden Lorimer · Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers	Jun 2003	259
49	Geographers and ‘globalization’: (yet) another missed boat? Peter Dicken · Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers	Mar 2004	254
50	THE EDUCATION OF A GEOGRAPHER Carl Ortwin Sauer · Annals of the Association of American Geographers	Sep 1956	251

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