David Stea

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

David Stea is a scholar working on Automotive Engineering, Geography, Planning and Development and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Stea has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Automotive Engineering, 12 papers in Geography, Planning and Development and 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in David Stea's work include Spatial Cognition and Navigation (13 papers), Geography Education and Pedagogy (8 papers) and Categorization, perception, and language (4 papers). David Stea is often cited by papers focused on Spatial Cognition and Navigation (13 papers), Geography Education and Pedagogy (8 papers) and Categorization, perception, and language (4 papers). David Stea collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and United Kingdom. David Stea's co-authors include Roger M. Downs, Yi‐Fu Tuan, J. M. Blaut, Mark Monmonier, Christopher Spencer, Mark Blades, Douglas Pocock, Ray Hudson, Dennis D. Kerkman and David H. Uttal and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal of Environmental Psychology and Journal of Social Issues.

In The Last Decade

David Stea

55 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Image and Environment: Cognitive Mapping and Spatial Behavior

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Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
David Stea	652	565	481	176	140	62	1.8k
Erik Lindberg	558 0.9×	289 0.5×	139 0.3×	142 0.8×	129 0.9×	116	2.0k
Roger M. Downs	840 1.3×	1.2k 2.1×	1.4k 3.0×	229 1.3×	345 2.5×	46	3.9k
Gary T. Moore	368 0.6×	200 0.4×	404 0.8×	220 1.3×	241 1.7×	57	2.5k
Donald Appleyard	396 0.6×	228 0.4×	404 0.8×	119 0.7×	102 0.7×	24	1.5k
Robert Lloyd	546 0.8×	569 1.0×	117 0.2×	177 1.0×	57 0.4×	64	1.1k
R. G. Golledge	574 0.9×	282 0.5×	94 0.2×	199 1.1×	75 0.5×	44	1.6k
Roger A. Hart	256 0.4×	181 0.3×	683 1.4×	74 0.4×	134 1.0×	38	1.7k
Edward K. Sadalla	638 1.0×	277 0.5×	959 2.0×	1.3k 7.3×	514 3.7×	44	2.6k
Daniel Jacobson	251 0.4×	143 0.3×	371 0.8×	121 0.7×	400 2.9×	67	1.8k
William H. Ittelson	245 0.4×	112 0.2×	521 1.1×	215 1.2×	449 3.2×	35	2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Stea

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Stea

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Stea. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Stea 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 David Stea. David Stea 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

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Stea, David & Alessio D’Alessio. (2025). Caveolae: Metabolic Platforms at the Crossroads of Health and Disease. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(7). 2918–2918. 1 indexed citations

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Krampen, Martin, et al.. (2024). Environmental Perspectives.

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Canter, David, Martin Krampen, & David Stea. (2024). New Directions in Environmental Participation.

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Canter, David, Martin Krampen, & David Stea. (2024). Environmental Policy, Assessment and Communication.

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Stea, David. (2017). The Black Boxes of Jònkòping: Spatial Information and Preference. 259–269.

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Stea, David. (2017). Some References to Orientation. 324–340. 1 indexed citations

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Mark, David, et al.. (2011). Landscape in language. 1–24. 3 indexed citations

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Garcı́a-Mira, Ricardo, et al.. (2007). Psychology, participation, and environmental policymaking: the case of thePrestigedisaster. 2(3). 275–286. 1 indexed citations

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Friedman, Alinda, et al.. (2005). Cross-cultural similarities and differences in North Americans’ geographic location judgments. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 12(6). 1054–1060. 16 indexed citations

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Kerkman, Dennis D., David Stea, Karen A. Norris, & Jennifer L. Rice. (2004). Social Attitudes Predict Biases in Geographic Knowledge. The Professional Geographer. 56(2). 258–269. 14 indexed citations

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Kerkman, Dennis D., et al.. (2003). The development of geographic categories and biases. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 84(4). 265–285. 11 indexed citations

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Stea, David, et al.. (1995). The Home : words, interpretations, meanings and environments. Avebury eBooks. 121 indexed citations

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Stea, David, et al.. (1993). Placemaking : production of built environment in two cultures. Avebury eBooks. 15 indexed citations

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Stea, David. (1987). Clark remembered. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 7(4). 379–388. 1 indexed citations

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Stea, David. (1984). For Kevin Lynch: In appreciation. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 4(3). 197–199. 1 indexed citations

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Downs, Roger M. & David Stea. (1982). Kognitive Karten : die Welt in unseren Köpfen. Harper & Row eBooks. 18 indexed citations

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Stea, David. (1980). Cross-Cultural Environmental Modelling.. 3 indexed citations

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Stea, David, et al.. (1974). Theory and Experiment on the Relation Between Environmental Modelling ('toy Play') and Environmental Cognition. 3 indexed citations

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Blaut, J. M. & David Stea. (1974). Mapping at the Age of Three. Journal of Geography. 73(7). 5–9. 53 indexed citations

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Stea, David & Roger M. Downs. (1970). From the Outside Looking in At the Inside Looking Out. Environment and Behavior. 2(1). 3–12. 29 indexed citations

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