Alberto Vanolo

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Alberto Vanolo is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Geography, Planning and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, Alberto Vanolo has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Urban Studies, 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 11 papers in Geography, Planning and Development. Recurrent topics in Alberto Vanolo's work include Urban Planning and Governance (11 papers), Cultural Industries and Urban Development (10 papers) and Geographies of human-animal interactions (9 papers). Alberto Vanolo is often cited by papers focused on Urban Planning and Governance (11 papers), Cultural Industries and Urban Development (10 papers) and Geographies of human-animal interactions (9 papers). Alberto Vanolo collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and United States. Alberto Vanolo's co-authors include Ugo Rossi, Nadine Cattan, Marco Santangelo, Maria Chiara Giorda, Giuseppe Dematteis, Egidio Dansero, Elisa Bignante, Filippo Menga and Filippo Celata and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Urban Studies and Progress in Human Geography.

In The Last Decade

Alberto Vanolo

46 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Smartmentality: The Smart City as Disciplinary Strategy 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Smartmentality: The Smart City as Disciplinary Strategy
    2013 860 citations Alberto Vanolo Urban Studies profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alberto Vanolo Italy 16 897 523 405 394 255 49 1.7k
Ola Söderström Switzerland 20 763 0.9× 513 1.0× 315 0.8× 465 1.2× 446 1.7× 59 1.9k
Francisco Klauser Switzerland 18 595 0.7× 379 0.7× 257 0.6× 641 1.6× 110 0.4× 61 1.6k
Jennifer Evans-Cowley United States 18 302 0.3× 238 0.5× 145 0.4× 272 0.7× 156 0.6× 49 1.2k
Ari‐Veikko Anttiroiko Finland 18 367 0.4× 138 0.3× 207 0.5× 248 0.6× 98 0.4× 63 1.1k
Sophia Maalsen Australia 24 251 0.3× 225 0.4× 113 0.3× 370 0.9× 219 0.9× 75 1.3k
Sarah Barns Australia 9 422 0.5× 248 0.5× 127 0.3× 241 0.6× 55 0.2× 18 862
Willem van Winden Netherlands 18 262 0.3× 111 0.2× 256 0.6× 122 0.3× 199 0.8× 55 1000
Janaína Macke Brazil 13 228 0.3× 210 0.4× 249 0.6× 195 0.5× 31 0.1× 70 1.2k
James B. Pick United States 19 425 0.5× 101 0.2× 67 0.2× 273 0.7× 40 0.2× 114 1.2k
Ignasi Capdevila France 14 175 0.2× 91 0.2× 220 0.5× 143 0.4× 186 0.7× 33 829

Countries citing papers authored by Alberto Vanolo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alberto Vanolo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alberto Vanolo

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vanolo, Alberto, et al.. (2024). What is nocturnal about night studies? Insights from Turin, Italy. City Culture and Society. 40. 100617–100617. 1 indexed citations
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Menga, Filippo & Alberto Vanolo. (2024). Sustainability and impossible worlds. Environment and Planning E Nature and Space. 7(3). 1034–1053.
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Vanolo, Alberto, et al.. (2021). Repetition, movement and the visual ontographies of urban rephotography: learning from Smoke (1995). Mobilities. 17(3). 446–465. 1 indexed citations
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Vanolo, Alberto, et al.. (2021). The work of foodification: an analysis of food gentrification in Turin, Italy. Urban Geography. 43(9). 1328–1349. 23 indexed citations
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Vanolo, Alberto. (2021). Shops, food, regeneration and a controversial signature building in Turin, Italy. European Planning Studies. 30(1). 178–194. 2 indexed citations
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Vanolo, Alberto. (2020). Book review: About Star Architecture. Reflecting on Cities in Europe. Urban Studies. 57(13). 2796–2799. 1 indexed citations
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Giorda, Maria Chiara & Alberto Vanolo. (2019). Religious diversity and inter-faith competition: the politics of camouflage in Italian cities. Territory Politics Governance. 9(2). 222–240. 2 indexed citations
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Vanolo, Alberto. (2017). Politica e cittadinanza nella smart city: alcune riflessioni sugli immaginari della città intelligente. RIVISTA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA. 124(1). 1–16. 3 indexed citations
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Vanolo, Alberto. (2017). Cities and the politics of gamification. Cities. 74. 320–326. 32 indexed citations
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Vanolo, Alberto. (2016). Is there anybody out there? The place and role of citizens in tomorrow’s smart cities. Futures. 82. 26–36. 211 indexed citations
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Vanolo, Alberto & Nadine Cattan. (2016). Selling cruises: Gender and mobility in promotional brochures. Tourist Studies. 17(4). 406–425. 7 indexed citations
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Vanolo, Alberto. (2015). Smart city e sviluppo urbano: alcune note per un’agenda critica. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 111–118. 5 indexed citations
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Vanolo, Alberto. (2015). The Fordist city and the creative city: Evolution and resilience in Turin, Italy. City Culture and Society. 6(3). 69–74. 41 indexed citations
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Vanolo, Alberto, et al.. (2014). Christiania e il conflitto con le istituzioni danesi: alcune note sulla convergenza fra spazi dell’autonomia e spazi del neoliberismo. RIVISTA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA. 121(3). 241–258. 1 indexed citations
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Vanolo, Alberto, et al.. (2014). Normalising autonomous spaces: Ongoing transformations in Christiania, Copenhagen. Urban Studies. 52(6). 1152–1168. 17 indexed citations
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Vanolo, Alberto. (2013). Smartmentality: The Smart City as Disciplinary Strategy. Urban Studies. 51(5). 883–898. 860 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vanolo, Alberto. (2012). Alternative Capitalism and Creative Economy: The Case of Christiania. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Cattan, Nadine & Alberto Vanolo. (2011). Homosexuality and the city: emotional geographies of clubbing in Paris and Turin. 2 indexed citations
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Dematteis, Giuseppe, et al.. (2010). Geografia dell'economia mondiale. PORTO Publications Open Repository TOrino (Politecnico di Torino). 3 indexed citations
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Vanolo, Alberto. (2010). European Spatial Planning Between Competitiveness and Territorial Cohesion: Shadows of Neo-liberalism. European Planning Studies. 18(8). 1301–1315. 25 indexed citations

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