André Sørensen

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

André Sørensen is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Political Science and International Relations and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, André Sørensen has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Urban Studies, 10 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 10 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in André Sørensen's work include Urban Planning and Governance (16 papers), Urbanization and City Planning (12 papers) and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (9 papers). André Sørensen is often cited by papers focused on Urban Planning and Governance (16 papers), Urbanization and City Planning (12 papers) and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (9 papers). André Sørensen collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Japan and Slovakia. André Sørensen's co-authors include Lake Sagaris, Paul Hess, John Friedmann, Hua Wang, Petar Popovski, Hideki Koizumi, Jimmy Jessen Nielsen, René Sørensen, Ai Miyamoto and Germán Corrales Madueño and has published in prestigious journals such as Sustainability, IEEE Internet of Things Journal and Urban Studies.

In The Last Decade

André Sørensen

41 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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.

Taking path dependence seriously: an historical institutionalist research agenda in planning history

2014 207 citations André Sørensen Planning Perspectives profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
André Sørensen Canada	21	600	268	228	224	204	45	1.3k
Zhu Qian Canada	19	243 0.4×	231 0.9×	266 1.2×	262 1.2×	171 0.8×	48	895
Edwin Buitelaar Netherlands	21	428 0.7×	123 0.5×	258 1.1×	96 0.4×	487 2.4×	54	1.2k
Paavo Monkkonen United States	21	462 0.8×	86 0.3×	164 0.7×	417 1.9×	667 3.3×	79	1.3k
W.K. Korthals Altes Netherlands	18	320 0.5×	101 0.4×	174 0.8×	68 0.3×	224 1.1×	67	847
Ling Hin Li Hong Kong	17	204 0.3×	155 0.6×	109 0.5×	275 1.2×	226 1.1×	43	858
Leonie Janssen-Jansen Netherlands	17	226 0.4×	100 0.4×	263 1.2×	161 0.7×	160 0.8×	56	793
Lucie Laurian United States	17	250 0.4×	132 0.5×	341 1.5×	432 1.9×	171 0.8×	44	1.3k
Chris Couch United Kingdom	17	1.0k 1.7×	111 0.4×	461 2.0×	356 1.6×	362 1.8×	34	1.6k
John Henneberry United Kingdom	24	395 0.7×	110 0.4×	270 1.2×	242 1.1×	731 3.6×	56	1.5k
Lennon H.T. Choy Hong Kong	17	209 0.3×	117 0.4×	133 0.6×	83 0.4×	461 2.3×	40	794

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of André Sørensen

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Sørensen, André. (2025). Patsy Healey, New Institutionalism, and Her Reconceptualization of Planning Theory and Practice. Planning Theory & Practice. 26(2). 241–249.

Sørensen, André & Nico Adams. (2024). Regulating capital investment in urban property: towards comparative-historical research in planning history. Planning Perspectives. 40(2). 201–221. 2 indexed citations

Sørensen, André. (2023). Urban intensification and land value capture in Toronto: Conjunctural analysis, critical junctures, and developmental pathways in urban planning. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space. 56(6). 1803–1819. 5 indexed citations

Sørensen, André. (2020). Public Norms and Aspirations: the Turn to Institutions in Action. Planning Theory & Practice. 21(5). 808–811. 3 indexed citations

Friedmann, John & André Sørensen. (2019). City unbound: emerging mega-conurbations in Asia. International Planning Studies. 24(1). 1–12. 26 indexed citations

Sørensen, André, et al.. (2018). An Approach to Detect and Prevent Cybercrime in Large Complex Networks. VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet). 1–8.

Sørensen, André. (2018). Multiscalar governance and institutional change: critical junctures in European spatial planning. Planning Perspectives. 33(4). 615–632. 21 indexed citations

Sørensen, André & Paul Hess. (2015). Choices for Scarborough: Transit, Walking, and Intensification in Toronto's Inner Suburbs. TSpace (University of Toronto). 3 indexed citations

Sørensen, André. (2015). Periurbanization as the institutionalization of place: The case of Japan. Cities. 52. 1–1. 4 indexed citations

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Sørensen, André. (2014). Taking path dependence seriously: an historical institutionalist research agenda in planning history. Planning Perspectives. 30(1). 17–38. 207 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hess, Paul & André Sørensen. (2014). Compact, concurrent, and contiguous: smart growth and 50 years of residential planning in the Toronto region. Urban Geography. 36(1). 127–151. 26 indexed citations

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Sørensen, André, et al.. (2010). Megacities : urban form, governance, and sustainability. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 70 indexed citations

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Sørensen, André. (2010). Land, property rights, and planning in Japan: institutional design and institutional change in land management. Planning Perspectives. 25(3). 279–302. 20 indexed citations

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Sørensen, André. (2010). Uneven Processes of Institutional Change: Path Dependence, Scale and the Contested Regulation of Urban Development in Japan. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 35(4). 712–734. 24 indexed citations

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Sørensen, André. (2008). Towards Livable Communities in Japan? Population Decline and the Changing Context of Place-making. Japan focus. 6(1). 1 indexed citations

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Sørensen, André & Carolin Funck. (2007). Conclusions: A diversity of machizukuri processes and outcomes. 287–297. 1 indexed citations

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Sørensen, André, et al.. (2007). Inner-city redevelopment in Tokyo: Conflicts over urban places, planning governance, and neighborhoods. 265–284. 12 indexed citations

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Sørensen, André. (2006). Liveable Cities in Japan: Population Ageing and Decline as Vectors of Change. International Planning Studies. 11(3-4). 225–242. 13 indexed citations

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Sørensen, André. (2005). The Developmental State and the Extreme Narrowness of the Public Realm: The Twentieth Century Evolution of Japanese Planning Culture. 247–282. 5 indexed citations

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Sørensen, André. (2002). The Making of Urban Japan: Cities and Planning from Edo to the Twenty First Century. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 86 indexed citations

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