Dávid Simon

8.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
188 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Dávid Simon is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Dávid Simon has authored 188 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Urban Studies, 43 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 32 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Dávid Simon's work include Urban and Rural Development Challenges (37 papers), International Development and Aid (20 papers) and Local Economic Development and Planning (13 papers). Dávid Simon is often cited by papers focused on Urban and Rural Development Challenges (37 papers), International Development and Aid (20 papers) and Local Economic Development and Planning (13 papers). Dávid Simon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Dávid Simon's co-authors include Hayley Leck, D. A. Thompson, Duncan McGregor, D.F.M. McGregor, Darla K. Munroe, Anette Reenberg, Branislav Olah, Dagmar Haase, Michail Fragkias and Karen C. Seto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Dávid Simon

168 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Urban land teleconnections and sustainability

2012 611 citations Dávid Simon et al. profile →
Adapting the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda to the city level: Initial reflections from a comparative research project

2019 206 citations Sandra Valencia, Dávid Simon et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Dávid Simon	1.5k	1.2k	1.1k	677	507	188	4.9k
David Gibbs	1.0k 0.7×	948 0.8×	782 0.7×	623 0.9×	644 1.3×	112	5.1k
Yuheng Li	2.6k 1.8×	889 0.8×	792 0.7×	703 1.0×	1.0k 2.0×	85	5.4k
Yvonne Rydin	819 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	775 0.7×	416 0.6×	332 0.7×	112	3.5k
Vanesa Castán Broto	2.6k 1.8×	2.0k 1.7×	705 0.6×	832 1.2×	911 1.8×	122	6.5k
Nik Heynen	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	593 0.5×	877 1.3×	154 0.3×	57	3.9k
Michael Woods	1.1k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	710 1.0×	331 0.7×	103	4.9k
Simin Davoudi	1.0k 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	1.0k 0.9×	722 1.1×	949 1.9×	93	4.2k
Mark Swilling	1.5k 1.0×	937 0.8×	385 0.4×	308 0.5×	408 0.8×	90	4.4k
Zhigang Li	1.4k 0.9×	1.9k 1.6×	701 0.6×	791 1.2×	717 1.4×	202	5.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Dávid Simon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dávid Simon

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dávid Simon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dávid Simon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dávid Simon 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 Dávid Simon. Dávid Simon is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Simon, Dávid & Bianca Vienni Baptista. (2025). Transformative inter- and transdisciplinary methods for global societal challenges. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 3–8.

Simon, Dávid, et al.. (2024). Analysis of the cryptic biosynthetic gene cluster encoding the RiPP curacozole reveals a phenylalanine-specific peptide hydroxylase. Chemical Science. 15(47). 19858–19869.

Simon, Dávid, et al.. (2022). Transformational climate action at the city scale: comparative South–North perspectives. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 1000–1018. 6 indexed citations

Simon, Dávid, et al.. (2021). Responding to Climate Change in Small and Intermediate Cities: Comparative Policy Perspectives from India and South Africa. Sustainability. 13(4). 2382–2382. 11 indexed citations

Simon, Dávid, et al.. (2021). Cities coping with COVID-19. City. 25(1-2). 129–170. 17 indexed citations

Patel, Ratna, et al.. (2021). Gender differential in low psychological health and low subjective well-being among older adults in India: With special focus on childless older adults. PLoS ONE. 16(3). e0247943–e0247943. 23 indexed citations

Simon, Dávid, et al.. (2020). Novel Application of Polymer Networks Carrying Tertiary Amines as a Catalyst Inside Microflow Reactors Used for Knoevenagel Reactions. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2020(35). 5765–5774. 4 indexed citations

Heissel, Jennifer A., Claudia Persico, & Dávid Simon. (2020). Does Pollution Drive Achievement? The Effect of Traffic Pollution on Academic Performance. The Journal of Human Resources. 57(3). 747–776. 35 indexed citations

Simon, Dávid, et al.. (2019). One-step photostructuring of multiple hydrogel arrays for compartmentalized enzyme reactions in microfluidic devices. Reaction Chemistry & Engineering. 4(12). 2141–2155. 21 indexed citations

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Heissel, Jennifer A., Claudia Persico, & Dávid Simon. (2019). Does Pollution Drive Achievement? The Effect of Traffic Pollution on Academic Performance. NBER Working Paper No. 25489.. National Bureau of Economic Research. 3 indexed citations

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Simon, Dávid, et al.. (2018). The challenges of transdisciplinary knowledge production: from unilocal to comparative research. Environment and Urbanization. 30(2). 481–500. 45 indexed citations

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Elmqvist, Thomas, Xuemei Bai, Niki Frantzeskaki, et al.. (2018). The Urban Planet: Knowledge toward sustainable cities. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 1 indexed citations

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Simon, Dávid. (2017). The Impact of Accumulated and Acute Exposure to Traffic Pollution on Child Academic Outcomes. 1 indexed citations

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Simon, Dávid. (2014). New evidence and thinking on urban environmental change challenges. International Development Planning Review. 36(2). 15 indexed citations

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McGregor, D.F.M., Dávid Simon, & D. A. Thompson. (2006). The peri-urban interface: approaches to sustainable natural and human resource use. 190 indexed citations

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Mohan, Rakesh, et al.. (2005). The 21st Century: Asia Becomes Urban”. Economic and political weekly. 40(3). 19 indexed citations

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Laiou, Angeliki E. & Dávid Simon. (1994). Law and Society in Byzantium: the Ninth-Twelfth centuries.. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 7 indexed citations

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Matsumura, Kiichiro, F.M.S. Tomé, Victor Ionâşescu, et al.. (1993). Deficiency of dystrophin-associated proteins in Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients lacking COOH-terminal domains of dystrophin.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 92(2). 866–871. 60 indexed citations

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Simon, Dávid, Peter Mackie, A D May, & Alan Pearman. (1988). PRIORITY ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES FOR BRITISH LOCAL AUTHORITY HIGHWAY SCHEMES. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board.

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Mackie, Peter & Dávid Simon. (1986). Do Road Projects Benefit Industry?: A Case Study of the Humber Bridge. Journal of transport economics and policy. 20(3). 377–384. 3 indexed citations

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