Alan Gilbert

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
134 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Alan Gilbert is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Finance and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Gilbert has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Urban Studies, 18 papers in Finance and 12 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Alan Gilbert's work include Urban and Rural Development Challenges (49 papers), Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (17 papers) and Latin American Urban Studies (10 papers). Alan Gilbert is often cited by papers focused on Urban and Rural Development Challenges (49 papers), Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (17 papers) and Latin American Urban Studies (10 papers). Alan Gilbert collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Russia and United States. Alan Gilbert's co-authors include Peter M. Ward, Josef Gugler, Michael P. Todaro, Ann Varley, Owen Crankshaw, T. W. Freeman, Peter Lloyd, Ananya Roy, Robert B. Potter and Asef Bayat and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Political Science Review.

In The Last Decade

Alan Gilbert

125 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Return of the Slum: Does Language Matter?

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan Gilbert United Kingdom	35	2.3k	835	821	658	649	134	3.7k
Diana Mitlin United Kingdom	31	1.6k 0.7×	541 0.6×	1.3k 1.6×	671 1.0×	326 0.5×	137	3.7k
Peter M. Ward United States	26	1.3k 0.6×	427 0.5×	478 0.6×	384 0.6×	374 0.6×	106	2.2k
Franklin Obeng‐Odoom Australia	31	1.1k 0.5×	583 0.7×	715 0.9×	407 0.6×	221 0.3×	176	2.7k
Carole Rakodi United Kingdom	26	1.1k 0.5×	381 0.5×	653 0.8×	300 0.5×	192 0.3×	91	2.1k
Ivan Turok United Kingdom	38	2.3k 1.0×	1.7k 2.1×	1.2k 1.5×	1.1k 1.6×	459 0.7×	179	5.2k
Ananya Roy United States	27	4.2k 1.8×	570 0.7×	2.3k 2.8×	2.1k 3.2×	1.0k 1.5×	69	6.9k
Jennifer Robinson United Kingdom	31	3.4k 1.5×	489 0.6×	1.8k 2.2×	1.5k 2.3×	639 1.0×	86	5.4k
Susan S. Fainstein United States	31	2.3k 1.0×	603 0.7×	1.9k 2.3×	737 1.1×	804 1.2×	83	4.6k
Mike Davis United States	14	1.0k 0.4×	331 0.4×	1.4k 1.7×	554 0.8×	268 0.4×	48	3.0k
Shenjing He Hong Kong	39	2.2k 0.9×	943 1.1×	1.6k 2.0×	1.7k 2.6×	564 0.9×	144	5.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Alan Gilbert

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All Works

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Gilbert, Alan. (2019). Corruption in Urban Latin America: The Case of Bogotá. 14(2). 126–141. 3 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Alan, et al.. (2015). Housing tenure in Latin American cities: The role of household income. Habitat International. 51. 1–10. 12 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Alan. (2008). Viewpoint: Slums, tenants and home-ownership: on blindness to the obvious. International Development Planning Review. 30(2). 41 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Alan. (2007). Inequality and Why It Matters. Geography Compass. 1(3). 422–447. 4 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Alan. (2003). Rental housing: an essential option for the urban poor in developing countries. UCL Discovery (University College London). 107 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Alan. (2003). Poder, Ideología y el Consenso de Washington: Desarrollo y Expansión de la Política Chilena de Vivienda.. Revista INVI. 18(47). 135–158. 5 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Alan. (2002). On the mystery of capital and the myths of Hernando de Soto: What difference does legal title make?. International Development Planning Review. 24(1). 1–19. 238 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Alan. (2001). Una casa es para siempre? - movilidad residencial y propiedad de la vivienda en los asentamientos autoproducidos. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12 indexed citations

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Dávila, Julio D. & Alan Gilbert. (2001). Los alcaldes mayores y la gestión de Bogotá. Territorios. 15–34. 1 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Alan. (1997). On subsidies and home-ownership: Colombian housing policy during the 1990s. Third World Planning Review. 19(1). 51–51. 21 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Alan. (1995). Rental housing in third world cities: the policy void. 1(4). 5–7. 2 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Alan, Sandy Cairncross, Jorgelina Hardoy, & David Satterthwaite. (1992). The Poor Die Young: Housing and Health in Third World Cities. Geographical Journal. 158(2). 234–234. 76 indexed citations

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Jones, Gareth A., Alan Gilbert, & Ann Varley. (1991). Landlord and Tenant: Housing the Poor in Urban Mexico. Bulletin of Latin American Research. 10(3). 361–361. 8 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Alan. (1989). Housing and land in urban Mexico. 12 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Alan & Peter M. Ward. (1987). Asentamientos populares versus poder del estado : tres casos latinoamericanos : ciudad de México, Bogotá y Valencia.

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Gilbert, Alan. (1987). Current Issues in Research on Latin America. Bulletin of Latin American Research. 6(2). 197–197. 1 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Alan, et al.. (1979). PSR volume 73 issue 2 Cover and Front matter. American Political Science Review. 73(2). f1–f10. 1 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Alan. (1978). The State and regional income disparities in Latin America. DIGITAL REPOSITORY Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (United Nations). 1 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Alan & David Goodman. (1976). Desigualdades regionales de ingresos y desarrollo económico: un enfoque crítico. Eure-revista Latinoamericana De Estudios Urbano Regionales. 5(13). 1 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Alan. (1975). A note on the incidence of development in the vicinity of a growth centre. Regional Studies. 9(4). 325–333. 11 indexed citations

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