B Hillier

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

B Hillier is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Global and Planetary Change and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, B Hillier has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Building and Construction, 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 4 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in B Hillier's work include Urban Design and Spatial Analysis (23 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (6 papers) and Spatial Cognition and Navigation (3 papers). B Hillier is often cited by papers focused on Urban Design and Spatial Analysis (23 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (6 papers) and Spatial Cognition and Navigation (3 papers). B Hillier collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Denmark. B Hillier's co-authors include J Hanson, Alan Penn, Jianwei Xu, Tadeusz Grajewski, D Banister, S. Iida, Laura Vaughan, John Peponis, Alasdair Turner and Tao Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Chemosphere and Environment and Planning B Planning and Design.

In The Last Decade

B Hillier

52 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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Natural movement: or, configuration and attraction in urban pedestrian movement

1993 1.0k citations B Hillier, Alan Penn et al. Environment and Planning B Planning and Design profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Impact of the increased asylum seeker population on a UK mental health crisis service 2025 ·BJPsych International ·(unknown), Mark Toynbee, B Hillier, Derek K. Tracy	1
2	What do we mean by building function? 2025 ·UCL Press eBooks ·B Hillier, Justin Hanson, John Peponis	0
3	Developing a coordinated response to chemsex across health, justice and social care settings: expert consensus statement 2024 ·BJPsych Bulletin ·B Hillier, (unknown), Nicola J. Kalk, (unknown), Mark Pakianathan, Derek K. Tracy, Owen Bowden‐Jones, Ford Hickson, Andrew Forrester	2
4	Challenges of Chemsex in Health, Justice, and Social Care Settings: Developing a Coordinated Response 2023 ·BJPsych Open ·B Hillier, (unknown), Mark Pakianathan, Derek K. Tracy, Ford Hickson, Andrew Forrester	2
5	The city as a socio-technical system a spatial reformulation 2009 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·B Hillier	8
6	Space is the Machine, (Chinese translation) 2008 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·B Hillier	1
7	Metric and topo-geometric properties of urban street networks: some convergences, divergences and new results 2007 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·B Hillier, Alasdair Turner, (unknown), (unknown)	38
8	The fuzzy boundary: the spatial definition of urban areas 2007 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Tao Yang, B Hillier	31
9	Studying Cities to Learn about Minds How Geometric Intuitions Shape Urban Space and Make It Work 2006 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·B Hillier	3
10	New Methods in Space Syntax 2005 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·B Hillier, (unknown)	10
11	Network effects and psychological effects: a theory of urban movement 2005 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·B Hillier, S. Iida	125
12	The architectures of seeing and going:or, are cities shaped by bodies or minds? And is there a syntax ofspatial cognition? 2003 ·Chemosphere ·B Hillier	17
13	Life cycle assessment of forest products - a good story to tell. 2000 ·B Hillier, Richard Murphy	4
14	Space is the Machine 1996 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·B Hillier, (unknown), (unknown)	190
15	Pangea V2.1b CD and Pangea User Manual 1996 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Alan Penn, (unknown), B Hillier, (unknown), Ruth Dalton, Nick Dalton, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
16	Socialising Spatial Types in Traditional Turkish Houses 1996 ·Environment and Planning B Planning and Design ·(unknown), B Hillier, J Hanson	10
17	Spatial Types in Traditional Turkish Houses 1995 ·Environment and Planning B Planning and Design ·(unknown), B Hillier, J Hanson	26
18	Brindleyplace, Birmingham: the UCL study of the potential of the site and the Farrell masterplan 1991 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·B Hillier, Alan Penn, Tadeusz Grajewski, (unknown)	2
19	City of Alice's dreams 1986 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·B Hillier	16
20	Creating life: or, does architecture determine anything ? 1986 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·B Hillier, (unknown), John Peponis, Alan Penn	75

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