Ben Derudder

12.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
319 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Ben Derudder is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Economics and Econometrics and Transportation. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Derudder has authored 319 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Urban Studies, 144 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 76 papers in Transportation. Recurrent topics in Ben Derudder's work include Global Urban Networks and Dynamics (144 papers), Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (131 papers) and Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends (46 papers). Ben Derudder is often cited by papers focused on Global Urban Networks and Dynamics (144 papers), Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (131 papers) and Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends (46 papers). Ben Derudder collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and China. Ben Derudder's co-authors include Peter J. Taylor, Frank Witlox, Xingjian Liu, Michael Hoyler, David Bassens, Michiel van Meeteren, Pengfei Ni, James Faulconbridge, Wei Shen and Kang Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ben Derudder

304 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

World City Network: A Global Urban Analysis 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 2004 250 500 750

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ben Derudder Belgium 51 4.1k 4.0k 2.4k 1.6k 1.3k 319 9.3k
Yehua Dennis Wei United States 56 4.6k 1.1× 1.5k 0.4× 1.8k 0.7× 1.9k 1.2× 1.6k 1.2× 240 9.3k
Masahisa Fujita Japan 35 10.3k 2.5× 961 0.2× 1.5k 0.6× 1.9k 1.2× 1.4k 1.1× 99 12.7k
Jan K. Brueckner United States 56 6.7k 1.6× 878 0.2× 2.7k 1.1× 1.8k 1.1× 1.4k 1.1× 227 11.4k
Frank van Oort Netherlands 38 4.3k 1.0× 667 0.2× 493 0.2× 1.6k 1.0× 745 0.6× 115 6.5k
Martijn Burger Netherlands 36 2.1k 0.5× 667 0.2× 846 0.4× 537 0.3× 791 0.6× 111 4.6k
Koen Frenken Netherlands 57 6.6k 1.6× 748 0.2× 425 0.2× 2.3k 1.4× 2.7k 2.1× 191 15.3k
Allen J. Scott United States 63 7.0k 1.7× 8.0k 2.0× 747 0.3× 3.1k 1.9× 4.6k 3.7× 206 16.8k
Eddie C.M. Hui Hong Kong 46 3.7k 0.9× 1.2k 0.3× 1.1k 0.5× 616 0.4× 1.2k 1.0× 342 8.0k
Peter Newman Australia 50 1.9k 0.5× 1.5k 0.4× 4.0k 1.7× 720 0.4× 1.4k 1.1× 382 12.1k
Ron Martin United Kingdom 43 6.6k 1.6× 1.2k 0.3× 406 0.2× 2.6k 1.6× 1.8k 1.5× 131 10.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Ben Derudder

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Derudder

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Derudder

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ben Derudder. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ben Derudder based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ben Derudder. Ben Derudder is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Poorthuis, Ate, et al.. (2024). A spatially-explicit sensitivity analysis of urban definitions: Uncovering implicit assumptions in the Degree of Urbanisation. Computers Environment and Urban Systems. 112. 102149–102149. 2 indexed citations
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Poorthuis, Ate, et al.. (2024). Quantifying the effects of Singapore’s street configurations on people’s activity spaces. Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science.
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Steen, Trui, et al.. (2024). Values, Emotions, and Knowledge in the Motivations Underlying Environmental Activism: The Case of Contested Green Spaces in Brussels. VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 35(5). 891–902.
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Lu, Jiayi, et al.. (2024). Agglomeration externalities or network externalities? Explaining productivity in Chinese urban regions. Spatial Economic Analysis. 20(2). 175–196. 1 indexed citations
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Derudder, Ben, et al.. (2023). An economic geography perspective on city diplomacy. Urban Studies. 60(6). 995–1012. 7 indexed citations
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Caset, Freke, et al.. (2023). Does urban polycentricity contribute to regional economic growth? Empirical evidence from a panel of Chinese urban regions. Regional Studies. 58(5). 1018–1032. 8 indexed citations
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Derudder, Ben, et al.. (2018). Carriers’ entry patterns under EU-US open skies agreement. Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review. 111. 101–112. 10 indexed citations
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Derudder, Ben, et al.. (2014). The determinants of full-service carriers airfares in European hub-to-hub markets. European journal of transport and infrastructure research. 7 indexed citations
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Boulton, Andrew J., et al.. (2011). City networks in cyberspace and time : using Google hyperlinks to measure global economic and environmental crises. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 7 indexed citations
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Brunn, Stanley D., Lomme Devriendt, Andrew J. Boulton, Ben Derudder, & Frank Witlox. (2010). Networks of European Cities in Worlds of Global Economic and Environmental Change. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8 indexed citations
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Devriendt, Lomme, Andrew J. Boulton, Stanley D. Brunn, Ben Derudder, & Frank Witlox. (2009). Major cities in the information world: monitoring cyberspace in real-time. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 5 indexed citations
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Bassens, David, Ben Derudder, & Frank Witlox. (2009). Setting 'other' standards: on the role, power and spatialities of interlocking Shari'a boards in Islamic financial services. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations
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Derudder, Ben, et al.. (2008). De wereldeconomie als netwerkeconomie: een analyse van de voornaamste onderzoeksparadigma's. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations
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Brown, Edward, Ben Derudder, Christof Parnreiter, et al.. (2007). Spatialities of globalization: towards an integration of research on world city networks and global commodity chains. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations
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Taylor, PJ, Ben Derudder, & Frank Witlox. (2006). Comparing airline passenger destinations with global service connectivities: a worldwide empirical study of 214 cities. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations
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Taylor, PJ, et al.. (2006). From North-South to Global South: a geohistorical investigation using airline routes and travel, 1970-2005. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 3 indexed citations
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Derudder, Ben, Frank Witlox, & Peter J. Taylor. (2005). United States cities in the world city network: comparing their positions using global origins and destinations of airline passengers. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 8 indexed citations
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Witlox, Frank, et al.. (2004). Mapping the global network economy on the basis of air passenger transport flows. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 14 indexed citations
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Derudder, Ben, et al.. (2002). Fuzzy classifications in large geographical databases: towards an assessment of the network of world city network. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2 indexed citations

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