Alan Wilson

7.1k citations
163 papers · 4.5k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 33

Impact in

    • Urban Transport and Accessibility
    • Transportation Planning and Optimization
    • Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
    • Urban Design and Spatial Analysis
    • Urban and Freight Transport Logistics

Papers in

    • Transportation Planning and Optimization 21
    • Urban Transport and Accessibility 13
    • Urban Design and Spatial Analysis 22
    • Urban and Freight Transport Logistics 11

Alan Wilson

157 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

A statistical theory of spatial distribution models 1967 · 780 citations
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Peers

Alan Wilson
Comparison fields: 5 of 205
  • Transportation 1.7k
  • Building and Construction 939
  • Economics and Econometrics 1.4k
  • Global and Planetary Change 694
  • Marketing 220
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Alan Wilson, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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A statistical theory of spatial distribution models
Hit paper breakdown →
1967780
2 1971418
3 1978203
4 2010107
5 200284
6 197081
7 201874
8 198573
9 201371
10 197071
11 198371
12 201370
13
Use of entropy maximizing models in theory of trip distribution, mode split and route split
196969
14 200769
15 197668
16 197465
17 197065
18 197862
19
Land-use/transport interaction models: Past and future
199859
20 197459

About Alan Wilson

Alan Wilson is a scholar working on Transportation, Building and Construction, Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change and Management Science and Operations Research, having authored 163 papers that have together received 4.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (27 papers), Urban Design and Spatial Analysis (22 papers), Transportation Planning and Optimization (21 papers), Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (20 papers), Urban Transport and Accessibility (13 papers), Urban and Freight Transport Logistics (11 papers), demographic modeling and climate adaptation (8 papers) and Housing Market and Economics (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Transportation (1.7k citations), Building and Construction (939 citations), Economics and Econometrics (1.4k citations), Global and Planetary Change (694 citations) and Marketing (220 citations). Alan Wilson has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and India. Frequent co-authors include B Harris, Michael Clarke, M L Senior, W M Edmondstone, Andrew Bevan, Mark Birkin, Philip Rees, T. Davies, Hannah Fry and M. J. Kirkby. Their work appears in journals such as Environment and Planning A Economy and Space, Papers of the Regional Science Association, Geographical Analysis, Clinical Radiology and Journal of the Operational Research Society.

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