Edgar M. Hoover

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Edgar M. Hoover is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Soil Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Edgar M. Hoover has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in Soil Science and 6 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Edgar M. Hoover's work include Income, Poverty, and Inequality (8 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (6 papers) and Regional Economic and Spatial Analysis (3 papers). Edgar M. Hoover is often cited by papers focused on Income, Poverty, and Inequality (8 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (6 papers) and Regional Economic and Spatial Analysis (3 papers). Edgar M. Hoover collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Hungary. Edgar M. Hoover's co-authors include Ansley J. Coale, Gordon C. Cameron, F. Benham, Raymond Vernon, Donald L. Foley, Paul Streeten, N. J. Demerath, Mark Perlman, Robert J. Wolfson and Peter Stone and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Statistical Association, American Sociological Review and The Economic Journal.

In The Last Decade

Edgar M. Hoover

29 papers receiving 899 citations

Hit Papers

An Introduction to Regional Economics. 1972 2026 1990 2008 1972 100 200 300
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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.

  1. An Introduction to Regional Economics.
    1972 337 citations Gordon C. Cameron, Edgar M. Hoover The Economic Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Edgar M. Hoover United States 11 661 291 164 162 147 30 1.2k
Allen C. Kelley United States 22 966 1.5× 516 1.8× 213 1.3× 205 1.3× 311 2.1× 86 2.0k
Edward M. Crenshaw United States 19 487 0.7× 453 1.6× 126 0.8× 63 0.4× 86 0.6× 35 1.2k
Jonathan Haughton United States 19 492 0.7× 306 1.1× 96 0.6× 154 1.0× 58 0.4× 59 1.2k
Price Fishback United States 22 738 1.1× 397 1.4× 126 0.8× 136 0.8× 308 2.1× 95 1.4k
Janet Rothenberg Pack United States 14 635 1.0× 354 1.2× 28 0.2× 45 0.3× 69 0.5× 34 1.1k
Azizur Rahman Khan United States 18 443 0.7× 754 2.6× 51 0.3× 91 0.6× 76 0.5× 58 1.4k
Truman G. Packard United States 15 339 0.5× 166 0.6× 152 0.9× 55 0.3× 259 1.8× 42 839
François Bourguignon France 14 584 0.9× 584 2.0× 159 1.0× 710 4.4× 71 0.5× 47 1.4k
Rohini Somanathan India 12 570 0.9× 498 1.7× 218 1.3× 89 0.5× 68 0.5× 43 1.2k
Sudarno Sumarto United States 23 612 0.9× 777 2.7× 78 0.5× 148 0.9× 172 1.2× 83 1.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Edgar M. Hoover

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Edgar M. Hoover. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Edgar M. Hoover 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 Edgar M. Hoover. Edgar M. Hoover 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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Metcalf, David, et al.. (1974). Spatial, Regional and Population Economics.. The Economic Journal. 84(333). 234–234. 7 indexed citations
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Cameron, Gordon C. & Edgar M. Hoover. (1972). An Introduction to Regional Economics.. The Economic Journal. 82(328). 1447–1447. 337 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hoover, Edgar M.. (1971). Basic Approaches to the Study of Demographic Aspects of Economic Development: Economic-Demographic Models. PubMed. 37(2). 66–66. 2 indexed citations
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Hoover, Edgar M.. (1970). Transport costs and the spacing of central places. Papers of the Regional Science Association. 25(1). 255–274. 6 indexed citations
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Hoover, Edgar M.. (1970). TRANSPORT COSTS AND THE SPACING OF CENTRAL PLACES. Papers of the Regional Science Association. 25(1). 255–274. 6 indexed citations
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Hoover, Edgar M.. (1967). Some Programmed Models of Industry Location. Land Economics. 43(3). 303–303. 10 indexed citations
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Coale, Ansley J. & Edgar M. Hoover. (1966). População e desenvolvimento econômico. 2 indexed citations
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Hoover, Edgar M. & Mark Perlman. (1966). Measuring the Effects of Population Control on Economic Development: A Case Study of Pakistan. The Pakistan Development Review. 6. 545–566. 6 indexed citations
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Hoover, Edgar M.. (1963). WHENCE REGIONAL SCIENTISTS?. Papers of the Regional Science Association. 11(1). 7–13. 3 indexed citations
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Foley, Donald L., Edgar M. Hoover, & Raymond Vernon. (1960). Anatomy of a Metropolis: The Changing Distribution of People and Jobs within the New York Metropolitan Region. British Journal of Sociology. 11(3). 292–292. 61 indexed citations
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Strassmann, W. Paul, Ansley J. Coale, & Edgar M. Hoover. (1960). Population Growth and Economic Development: A Case Study of India's Prospects.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 55(289). 237–237. 6 indexed citations
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Sopher, David E., Ansley J. Coale, & Edgar M. Hoover. (1960). Population Growth and Economic Development in Low-Income Countries: A Case Study of India's Prospects. Geographical Review. 50(2). 293–293. 1 indexed citations
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Streeten, Paul, Ansley J. Coale, & Edgar M. Hoover. (1960). Population Growth and Economic Development in Low-Income Countries.. Population Studies. 14(1). 76–76. 57 indexed citations
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Hoover, Edgar M. & Raymond Vernon. (1959). Anatomy of a Metropolis. Harvard University Press eBooks. 31 indexed citations
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Benham, F., Ansley J. Coale, & Edgar M. Hoover. (1959). Population Growth and Economic Development in Low-Income Countries.. Pacific Affairs. 32(3). 325–325. 261 indexed citations
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Coale, Ansley J., et al.. (1959). Population Growth and Economic Development in Low-Income Countries: A Case Study of India's Prospects.. American Sociological Review. 24(4). 586–586. 35 indexed citations
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Coale, Ansley J. & Edgar M. Hoover. (1959). Population Growth and Economic Development. Princeton University Press eBooks. 38 indexed citations
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Hagen, Everett E., Ansley J. Coale, & Edgar M. Hoover. (1959). Population Growth and Economic Development in Low-Income Countries: A Case Study of India's Prospects. The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly. 37(2). 202–202. 9 indexed citations
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Coale, Ansley J., et al.. (1958). Population Growth and Economic Development in India, 1956-1986. Population. 13(1). 152–152. 2 indexed citations
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Hoover, Edgar M.. (1955). The Concept of a System of Cities: A Comment on Rutledge Vining's Paper. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 3(2). 196–198. 18 indexed citations

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