Edward Relph

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Edward Relph is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Geography, Planning and Development and Urban Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Edward Relph has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Geography, Planning and Development and 4 papers in Urban Studies. Recurrent topics in Edward Relph's work include Historical Geography and Geographical Thought (3 papers), Canadian Identity and History (2 papers) and Digital Games and Media (2 papers). Edward Relph is often cited by papers focused on Historical Geography and Geographical Thought (3 papers), Canadian Identity and History (2 papers) and Digital Games and Media (2 papers). Edward Relph collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Edward Relph's co-authors include Christopher J. Smith, Caroline A. Mills, Douglas Pocock, Yi‐Fu Tuan, David Löwenthal, Timothy O’Riordan, Michael Pacione, John Rennie Short, Robert A. Murdie and Barry Hindess and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Environmental Psychology, Progress in Human Geography and Environment and Planning A Economy and Space.

In The Last Decade

Edward Relph

21 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Place and Placelessness 1978 2026 1994 2010 1978 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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.

  1. Place and Placelessness
    1978 2.9k citations Christopher J. Smith, Edward Relph Geographical Review profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Edward Relph 1.8k 680 663 390 360 24 3.4k
Setha Low 3.0k 1.7× 1.4k 2.0× 564 0.9× 665 1.7× 487 1.4× 101 5.8k
Gordon Waitt 2.9k 1.6× 742 1.1× 871 1.3× 215 0.6× 907 2.5× 180 4.9k
Charles E. Grantham 1.2k 0.7× 248 0.4× 402 0.6× 257 0.7× 330 0.9× 21 2.6k
Harvey C. Perkins 1.2k 0.6× 444 0.7× 305 0.5× 203 0.5× 372 1.0× 75 2.7k
Jacquelin Burgess 1.9k 1.1× 297 0.4× 517 0.8× 381 1.0× 183 0.5× 51 4.4k
N. N. Patricios 878 0.5× 276 0.4× 309 0.5× 180 0.5× 271 0.8× 25 2.3k
David Crouch 1.5k 0.8× 387 0.6× 761 1.1× 120 0.3× 315 0.9× 141 3.0k
Amos Rapoport 1.1k 0.6× 508 0.7× 164 0.2× 363 0.9× 234 0.7× 68 3.2k
Harold M. Proshansky 2.9k 1.6× 409 0.6× 246 0.4× 835 2.1× 819 2.3× 35 4.6k
Maria Lewicka 3.3k 1.8× 541 0.8× 237 0.4× 923 2.4× 717 2.0× 39 4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Edward Relph

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Fields of papers citing papers by Edward Relph

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Edward Relph

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Relph, Edward. (2021). Digital disorientation and place. Memory Studies. 14(3). 572–577. 6 indexed citations
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Relph, Edward. (2016). Planning the Segregated City: 1945–75. 138–165.
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Relph, Edward. (2015). Rational Landscapes and Humanistic Geography. 19 indexed citations
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Relph, Edward. (2013). Toronto. University of Pennsylvania Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Relph, Edward. (2007). Spirit of Place and Sense of Place in Virtual Realities. Techné Research in Philosophy and Technology. 10(3). 17–25. 40 indexed citations
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Relph, Edward. (1991). SUBURBAN DOWNTOWNS OF THE GREATER TORONTO AREA. Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes. 35(4). 421–425. 16 indexed citations
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Relph, Edward. (1991). POST‐MODERN GEOGRAPHY. Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes. 35(1). 98–105. 22 indexed citations
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Relph, Edward, et al.. (1989). The Modern Urban Landscape: 1880 to the Present. Technology and Culture. 30(2). 456–456. 13 indexed citations
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Mills, Caroline A. & Edward Relph. (1988). The Modern Urban Landscape. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 13(2). 255–255. 150 indexed citations
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Relph, Edward, Edmund C. Penning‐Rowsell, & David Löwenthal. (1988). Landscape Meanings and Values. Geographical Review. 78(1). 110–110. 1 indexed citations
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Relph, Edward. (1983). Review of The Tourist: A New Theory of the Leisure Class. Places Journal. 1(1). 3 indexed citations
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Relph, Edward. (1983). Review of MacCannell's - The Tourist: A New Theory of the Leisure Class. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1(1). 1 indexed citations
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Pocock, Douglas & Edward Relph. (1983). Rational Landscapes and Humanistic Geography. Geographical Review. 73(3). 366–366. 66 indexed citations
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Relph, Edward. (1983). Edward Relph's response. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 3(2). 201–201. 2 indexed citations
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O’Riordan, Timothy, George Papageorgiou, Gordon Dickinson, et al.. (1981). Reviews: Energy Policy in the United States: Social and Behavioral Dimensions, Coal and Crisis: The Political Dilemmas of Energy Management, Harvard Papers on Geographic Information Systems. First International Advanced Study Symposium on Topological Data Structures for Geographic Information Systems, Economics of Space and Time, the Taxation of Urban Property in Less Developed Countries, Regional Economics, Walking is Transport, Residential Patterns in American Cities: 1960, Western European Cities in Crisis, Transport Mobility and Deprivation in Inter-Urban Areas, the Interpretation of Ordinary Landscapes, Housing Construction and the State;, Not Much Improvement: Urban Renewal Policy in Birmingham. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space. 13(5). 649–662. 1 indexed citations
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Relph, Edward. (1979). AS BASES FENOMENOLÓGICAS DA GEOGRAFIA. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 4(7). 1–25. 18 indexed citations
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Smith, Christopher J. & Edward Relph. (1978). Place and Placelessness. Geographical Review. 68(1). 116–116. 2907 indexed citations breakdown →
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Relph, Edward. (1974). Graduate Education in Geography: A Critique and a Proposal. The Professional Geographer. 26(1). 4–8. 1 indexed citations

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