Ahmed Kanna

651 total citations
15 papers, 309 citations indexed

About

Ahmed Kanna is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Urban Studies and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Ahmed Kanna has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 309 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Urban Studies and 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Ahmed Kanna's work include Urban Planning and Governance (7 papers), Socioeconomic Development in MENA (5 papers) and Global Urban Networks and Dynamics (4 papers). Ahmed Kanna is often cited by papers focused on Urban Planning and Governance (7 papers), Socioeconomic Development in MENA (5 papers) and Global Urban Networks and Dynamics (4 papers). Ahmed Kanna collaborates with scholars based in United States and Russia. Ahmed Kanna's co-authors include Najib B. Hourani, Neha Vora, Amélie Le Renard, Petra Kuppinger and Xiangming Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Cultural Anthropology, Journal of Urban Affairs and City.

In The Last Decade

Ahmed Kanna

15 papers receiving 264 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ahmed Kanna United States 8 189 96 90 40 32 15 309
Verónica Crossa Ireland 7 156 0.8× 203 2.1× 66 0.7× 17 0.4× 13 0.4× 16 350
Bianca Freire‐Medeiros Brazil 9 220 1.2× 123 1.3× 26 0.3× 24 0.6× 69 2.2× 39 330
Waleed Hazbun United States 9 196 1.0× 19 0.2× 50 0.6× 27 0.7× 23 0.7× 23 243
Joel Stillerman United States 9 129 0.7× 66 0.7× 53 0.6× 6 0.1× 15 0.5× 19 264
Abdul Rahman Embong Malaysia 8 169 0.9× 25 0.3× 71 0.8× 16 0.4× 14 0.4× 22 248
Joshua Barker Canada 10 246 1.3× 21 0.2× 149 1.7× 67 1.7× 11 0.3× 26 345
Joachim K. Rennstich United States 4 100 0.5× 26 0.3× 73 0.8× 16 0.4× 17 0.5× 11 199
Édouard Bustin United States 11 218 1.2× 17 0.2× 96 1.1× 75 1.9× 23 0.7× 26 314
John J. Allen United States 6 57 0.3× 44 0.5× 52 0.6× 11 0.3× 13 0.4× 36 220
Assef Bayat China 5 141 0.7× 75 0.8× 126 1.4× 25 0.6× 6 0.2× 8 258

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ahmed Kanna

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ahmed Kanna

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
1.
Kanna, Ahmed. (2022). 'Bury Class Society Before It Buries Us All'. Monthly Review. 13–25. 1 indexed citations
2.
Kanna, Ahmed, Amélie Le Renard, & Neha Vora. (2020). Beyond Exception. Cornell University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Kanna, Ahmed, Amélie Le Renard, & Neha Vora. (2020). Beyond Exception. Cornell University Press eBooks. 10 indexed citations
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Kanna, Ahmed, Amélie Le Renard, & Neha Vora. (2020). Beyond Exception: New Interpretations of the Arabian Peninsula. 20 indexed citations
5.
Kanna, Ahmed, et al.. (2014). Arab Cities in the Neoliberal Moment. Journal of Urban Affairs. 36(sup2). 600–604. 3 indexed citations
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Hourani, Najib B., Najib B. Hourani, Najib B. Hourani, Najib B. Hourani, & Ahmed Kanna. (2014). Urbanism and Neoliberal Order: The Development and Redevelopment of Amman. Journal of Urban Affairs. 36(sup2). 634–649. 16 indexed citations
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Kanna, Ahmed. (2014). Speaking of the City: Establishing Urban Expertise in the Arab Gulf. International Journal Middle East Studies. 46(1). 169–171. 1 indexed citations
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Hourani, Najib B., Najib B. Hourani, & Ahmed Kanna. (2014). Neoliberal Urbanism and the Arab Uprisings: A View from Amman. Journal of Urban Affairs. 36(sup2). 650–662. 7 indexed citations
9.
Kanna, Ahmed, et al.. (2013). “A Group of like-Minded Lads in Heaven”: Everydayness and the Production of Dubai Space. Journal of Urban Affairs. 36(sup2). 605–620. 5 indexed citations
10.
Kuppinger, Petra, Najib B. Hourani, & Ahmed Kanna. (2013). Crushed? Cairo’s Garbage Collectors and Neoliberal Urban Politics. Journal of Urban Affairs. 36(sup2). 621–633. 8 indexed citations
11.
Kanna, Ahmed. (2012). Urban praxis and the Arab Spring. City. 16(3). 360–368. 12 indexed citations
12.
Chen, Xiangming & Ahmed Kanna. (2012). Secondary Cities and the Global Economy. Trinity College Digital Repository (Trinity College). 3 indexed citations
13.
Kanna, Ahmed. (2011). Dubai, the City as Corporation. University of Minnesota Press eBooks. 147 indexed citations
14.
Kanna, Ahmed. (2010). FLEXIBLE CITIZENSHIP IN DUBAI: Neoliberal Subjectivity in the Emerging “City-Corporation”. Cultural Anthropology. 25(1). 100–129. 69 indexed citations
15.
Kanna, Ahmed. (2009). Making Cadres of the “City—Corporation”: Cultural and Identity Politics in Neoliberal Dubai. Review of Middle East Studies. 43(2). 207–218. 3 indexed citations

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