Erik Hitters

832 total citations
28 papers, 408 citations indexed

About

Erik Hitters is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Music and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Erik Hitters has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 408 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Urban Studies, 12 papers in Music and 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Erik Hitters's work include Cultural Industries and Urban Development (19 papers), Music History and Culture (11 papers) and Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (6 papers). Erik Hitters is often cited by papers focused on Cultural Industries and Urban Development (19 papers), Music History and Culture (11 papers) and Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (6 papers). Erik Hitters collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands and Germany. Erik Hitters's co-authors include Pawan V. Bhansing, Arno van der Hoeven, Pauwke Berkers, Greg Richards, Carlos Fernandes and Christian Handke and has published in prestigious journals such as Cities, Geoforum and Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal.

In The Last Decade

Erik Hitters

26 papers receiving 379 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Erik Hitters Netherlands 13 201 171 94 60 40 28 408
Steven J. Tepper United States 12 287 1.4× 253 1.5× 79 0.8× 30 0.5× 32 0.8× 25 560
Pawan V. Bhansing Netherlands 10 107 0.5× 70 0.4× 17 0.2× 75 1.3× 34 0.8× 14 264
Katya Johanson Australia 11 166 0.8× 193 1.1× 44 0.5× 9 0.1× 31 0.8× 50 413
Jennifer Radbourne Australia 9 134 0.7× 167 1.0× 38 0.4× 11 0.2× 23 0.6× 25 367
Hilary Glow Australia 10 155 0.8× 175 1.0× 38 0.4× 8 0.1× 31 0.8× 47 371
Ellen Loots Netherlands 10 154 0.8× 102 0.6× 16 0.2× 113 1.9× 12 0.3× 36 343
Peter L. Higgs Australia 10 362 1.8× 118 0.7× 21 0.2× 71 1.2× 21 0.5× 28 494
Bonita M. Kolb United States 11 86 0.4× 231 1.4× 26 0.3× 13 0.2× 25 0.6× 24 355
Nobuko Kawashima Japan 12 232 1.2× 273 1.6× 18 0.2× 8 0.1× 26 0.7× 35 523
Jon McKenzie United States 7 44 0.2× 154 0.9× 46 0.5× 5 0.1× 37 0.9× 20 517

Countries citing papers authored by Erik Hitters

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Fields of papers citing papers by Erik Hitters

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erik Hitters

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

All Works

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Handke, Christian, et al.. (2025). Digging in or building bridges? A scoping review of thematic analysis. Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics. 10. 1617380–1617380.
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Hitters, Erik, et al.. (2023). Constructing the Live Experience at Pop Music Concerts. Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal. 41(1). 36–58. 4 indexed citations
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Hoeven, Arno van der & Erik Hitters. (2022). Live music and the New Urban Agenda: Social, economic, environmental and spatial sustainability in live music ecologies. City Culture and Society. 32. 100490–100490. 10 indexed citations
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Berkers, Pauwke, et al.. (2022). Milestones in music: Reputations in the career building of musicians in the changing Dutch music industry. Poetics. 92. 101647–101647. 12 indexed citations
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Hoeven, Arno van der, et al.. (2021). Valuing value in urban live music ecologies: negotiating the impact of live music in the Netherlands. Journal of Cultural Economy. 15(2). 216–231. 6 indexed citations
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Hitters, Erik, et al.. (2021). The working life of musicians: mapping the work activities and values of early-career pop musicians in the Dutch music industry. Creative Industries Journal. 15(1). 97–117. 23 indexed citations
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Hitters, Erik, et al.. (2021). Visiting pop concerts and festivals: measuring the value of an integrated live music motivation scale. Cultural Trends. 30(4). 355–375. 18 indexed citations
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Hitters, Erik, et al.. (2020). The impact of festivalization on the Dutch live music action field: a thematic analysis. Creative Industries Journal. 14(3). 245–268. 12 indexed citations
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Hoeven, Arno van der & Erik Hitters. (2020). The spatial value of live music: Performing, (re)developing and narrating urban spaces. Geoforum. 117. 154–164. 14 indexed citations
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Hitters, Erik, et al.. (2020). Cultivating fertile learning grounds: Collegiality, tacit knowledge and innovation in creative co-working spaces. Geoforum. 109. 86–94. 35 indexed citations
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Bhansing, Pawan V., et al.. (2019). Identity work in the context of co-located creative entrepreneurs: How place influences professional identity. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 22(2). 7–23. 3 indexed citations
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Hitters, Erik, et al.. (2019). Digital Media Entrepreneurship: Implications for Strategic Identity Work and Knowledge Sharing of Beginning Entrepreneurs. Aalborg University Library. 1(1). 23–44. 13 indexed citations
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Bhansing, Pawan V., et al.. (2018). Passion Inspires: Motivations of Creative Entrepreneurs in Creative Business Centres in the Netherlands. The Journal of Entrepreneurship. 27(1). 1–24. 54 indexed citations
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Hitters, Erik, et al.. (2016). ‘Innovation is a dirty word’: contesting innovation in the creative industries. International Journal of Cultural Policy. 25(3). 392–405. 31 indexed citations
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Hitters, Erik. (2007). Porto and Rotterdam as European capitals of culture: toward the festivalization of urban cultural policy. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 281–301. 17 indexed citations
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Hitters, Erik. (2006). Porto and Rotterdam as European capitals of culture. RePub (Erasmus University, Rotterdam). 1 indexed citations
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Hitters, Erik & Greg Richards. (2002). The Creation and Management of Cultural Clusters. Creativity and Innovation Management. 11(4). 234–247. 1 indexed citations
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Richards, Greg, Erik Hitters, & Carlos Fernandes. (2002). Rotterdam and Porto, cultural capitals 2001: visitor research. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 10 indexed citations
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Hitters, Erik. (1997). Kwaliteit van de kunst mooi meeegenomen; Cultuur als wapen in stedelijke concurrentie. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 15–25. 1 indexed citations

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