Eric Sheppard

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Eric Sheppard is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Sheppard has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Eric Sheppard's work include Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (11 papers), Political Economy and Marxism (8 papers) and Geographic Information Systems Studies (6 papers). Eric Sheppard is often cited by papers focused on Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (11 papers), Political Economy and Marxism (8 papers) and Geographic Information Systems Studies (6 papers). Eric Sheppard collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Eric Sheppard's co-authors include Helga Leitner, Jamie Peck, Sophie Webber, Helga Leitner, Trevor J. Barnes, Leslie Curry, Emma Colven, Daniel A. Griffith, Rhys Jenkins and Richa Nagar and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Progress in Human Geography and Environment and Planning A Economy and Space.

In The Last Decade

Eric Sheppard

64 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

The Spaces and Times of Globalization: Place, Scale, Netw... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 100 200 300
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. The Spaces and Times of Globalization: Place, Scale, Networks, and Positionality*
    2002 336 citations Eric Sheppard Economic Geography profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eric Sheppard United States 24 739 617 488 385 260 67 2.3k
Gordon L. Clark United Kingdom 23 974 1.3× 507 0.8× 401 0.8× 325 0.8× 90 0.3× 97 2.6k
Amy Glasmeier United States 30 561 0.8× 1.0k 1.6× 399 0.8× 522 1.4× 161 0.6× 90 2.6k
Michael Pacione United Kingdom 27 962 1.3× 471 0.8× 767 1.6× 223 0.6× 458 1.8× 126 2.8k
Mike Coombes United Kingdom 28 643 0.9× 835 1.4× 495 1.0× 316 0.8× 380 1.5× 106 2.2k
Peter Geoffrey Hall United Kingdom 14 384 0.5× 688 1.1× 896 1.8× 386 1.0× 226 0.9× 29 2.0k
Hugo Priemus Netherlands 27 573 0.8× 854 1.4× 724 1.5× 258 0.7× 322 1.2× 187 2.8k
Susan Christopherson United States 30 773 1.0× 1.3k 2.2× 1.1k 2.2× 539 1.4× 161 0.6× 54 3.1k
Eric Sheppard United States 34 1.5k 2.0× 696 1.1× 1.1k 2.3× 846 2.2× 288 1.1× 93 4.0k
Ernest R. Alexander United States 24 390 0.5× 332 0.5× 691 1.4× 332 0.9× 113 0.4× 70 2.1k
Mark Tewdwr‐Jones United Kingdom 32 766 1.0× 335 0.5× 1.5k 3.1× 886 2.3× 214 0.8× 143 3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Eric Sheppard

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Fields of papers citing papers by Eric Sheppard

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric Sheppard

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

All Works

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Jackman, John, Margret Hjalmarson, Jill Nelson, et al.. (2021). Crafting Competitive Proposals for NSF Programs Related to Engineering and Computing Education. 2021 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE). 1–5. 1 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Eric & James A. Tyner. (2016). Forum on Geography and Militarism: An Introduction. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 106(3). 503–505. 9 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Eric. (2013). The Online Revolution: New Knowledge Geographies?. 1 indexed citations
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Barnes, Trevor J., Jamie Peck, & Eric Sheppard. (2012). The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Economic Geography. Wiley-Blackwell eBooks. 24 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Eric. (2010). Geographical political economy. Journal of Economic Geography. 11(2). 319–331. 118 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Eric. (2009). Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the Twenty‐first Century – By Giovanni Arrighi. Economic Geography. 86(1). 99–101. 2 indexed citations
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Leitner, Helga, Jamie Peck, & Eric Sheppard. (2007). Contesting neoliberalism : urban frontiers. Guilford Press eBooks. 221 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Eric. (2006). Book Review: Inequality, Growth, and Poverty in an Era of Globalization. Progress in Human Geography. 30(4). 543–544. 4 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Eric, et al.. (2001). The Problem of Minority Performance in Organisations. IES Report 375.. 1 indexed citations
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Leitner, Helga, et al.. (2000). Modes of GIS Provision and their Appropriateness for Neighborhood Organizations: Examples from Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. 12. 45–58. 40 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Don, Eric Sheppard, Robert M. Wilson, David Prytherch, & Sallie A. Marston. (1999). Reviews: Cultural Geography, Spatial Formations, Spectacular Nature: Corporate Culture and the Sea World Experience, Cities for Citizens: Planning and the Rise of Civil Society in a Global Age. Environment and Planning D Society and Space. 17(4). 495–504. 2 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Eric. (1991). The emergence of social space: Rimbaud and the Paris Commune. Journal of Historical Geography. 17(1). 100–104. 9 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Eric. (1990). ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE “URBAN UNDERCLASS”: COMMENTARY ON HUGHES, KASARDA, AND O'REGAN AND WISEMAN. Urban Geography. 11(3). 285–297. 8 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Eric & Rhys Jenkins. (1989). Transnational Corporations and Uneven Development: The Internationalization of Capital and the Third World. Economic Geography. 65(1). 81–81. 53 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Eric & Trevor J. Barnes. (1986). Instabilities in the Geography of Capitalist Production: Collective Vs. Individual Profit Maximization. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 76(4). 493–507. 15 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Eric. (1984). Value and Exploitation in a Capitalist Space Economy. International Regional Science Review. 9(2). 97–107. 9 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Eric. (1982). Distance-Decay Parameters: A Comment. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 72(4). 549–550. 6 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Eric. (1980). Location and the Demand for Travel. Geographical Analysis. 12(2). 111–128. 20 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Eric. (1979). NOTES ON SPATIAL INTERACTION. The Professional Geographer. 31(1). 8–15. 14 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Eric. (1978). Theoretical Underpinnings of the Gravity Hypothesis. Geographical Analysis. 10(4). 386–402. 79 indexed citations

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