Gerald Blake

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Gerald Blake is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerald Blake has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 13 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 6 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Gerald Blake's work include Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (8 papers), Islamic Studies and History (7 papers) and International Maritime Law Issues (5 papers). Gerald Blake is often cited by papers focused on Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (8 papers), Islamic Studies and History (7 papers) and International Maritime Law Issues (5 papers). Gerald Blake collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Gerald Blake's co-authors include M. Evenari, L. Shanan, N. H. Tadmor, John Wagstaff, Peter Beaumont, Yoḥanan Aharoni, Richard D. Katzev, John C. Dewdney, Geoff J.M. Parker and Richard I. Lawless and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Geographical Journal and Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers.

In The Last Decade

Gerald Blake

45 papers receiving 914 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gerald Blake United Kingdom	12	284	203	189	172	155	49	1.1k
I. G. Simmons United Kingdom	23	103 0.4×	199 1.0×	151 0.8×	325 1.9×	38 0.2×	110	2.0k
Stephen J. Leisz United States	22	141 0.5×	119 0.6×	264 1.4×	437 2.5×	329 2.1×	54	2.0k
David Wilson Ireland	25	92 0.3×	406 2.0×	328 1.7×	1.1k 6.3×	144 0.9×	66	2.1k
Tim Bayliss‐Smith United Kingdom	22	75 0.3×	74 0.4×	261 1.4×	447 2.6×	49 0.3×	52	1.3k
Nick Harvey Australia	26	145 0.5×	176 0.9×	349 1.8×	497 2.9×	33 0.2×	102	1.8k
Gérald Domon Canada	22	192 0.7×	247 1.2×	218 1.2×	334 1.9×	118 0.8×	50	1.6k
William L. Thomas United States	9	50 0.2×	49 0.2×	117 0.6×	128 0.7×	65 0.4×	40	814
Lawrence S. Hamilton United States	14	188 0.7×	118 0.6×	88 0.5×	419 2.4×	134 0.9×	51	1.2k
M. F. Schmitz Spain	23	126 0.4×	175 0.9×	229 1.2×	419 2.4×	81 0.5×	62	1.7k
Wei Qi China	20	101 0.4×	66 0.3×	171 0.9×	261 1.5×	46 0.3×	60	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerald Blake

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Blake, Gerald, et al.. (2016). The Middle East. 9 indexed citations

2.

Blake, Gerald & Richard I. Lawless. (2016). The Changing Middle Eastern City. 1 indexed citations

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Blake, Gerald, et al.. (1999). Imperial Boundary Making: The Diary of Captain Kelly and the Sudan-Uganda Boundary Commission of 1913. African Studies Review. 42(3). 144–144.

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Blake, Gerald. (1998). Boundaries and Energy:Problems and Prospects. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 13 indexed citations

5.

Blake, Gerald. (1997). International boundaries and environmental security : frameworks for regional cooperation. Kluwer Law International eBooks. 8 indexed citations

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Blake, Gerald, et al.. (1997). The Middle East: A Geopolitical Study of the Region in the New Global Era. Geographical Journal. 163(1). 94–94. 1 indexed citations

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Blake, Gerald, et al.. (1996). Islamic Urban Studies: Historical Review and Perspectives. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 21(1). 309–309. 1 indexed citations

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Blake, Gerald. (1996). Some Lessons from the 1924-25 Irish Boundary Commission. 1 indexed citations

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Blake, Gerald & Geoff J.M. Parker. (1989). The Geopolitics of Domination. Geographical Journal. 155(2). 273–273. 5 indexed citations

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Allan, J. A., et al.. (1988). The Cambridge Atlas of the Middle East and North Africa. Geographical Journal. 154(3). 423–423. 10 indexed citations

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Blake, Gerald, et al.. (1986). The Middle East and North Africa: A Political Geography. Geographical Review. 76(4). 464–464. 31 indexed citations

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Blake, Gerald. (1984). The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: some implications for Libya. Libyan Studies. 15. 129–135. 1 indexed citations

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Blake, Gerald. (1983). TRADITION AND CHANGE IN A LIBYAN MARKET TOWN: MISRĀTAH 1966–1974. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. 74(3). 175–184. 2 indexed citations

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Blake, Gerald, et al.. (1982). The Changing Middle Eastern City. Geographical Review. 72(4). 484–484. 1 indexed citations

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Blake, Gerald. (1981). The rediscovery of the Holy Land in the nineteenth century. Journal of Historical Geography. 7(2). 220–221. 9 indexed citations

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Blake, Gerald. (1973). THE EMERGENCE OF THE MOSHAV OVDIM IN PALESTINE,1882–1921. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. 64(3). 169–180. 2 indexed citations

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Blake, Gerald, et al.. (1972). Israel: A Regional Geography. Geographical Journal. 138(1). 79–79. 32 indexed citations

18.

Blake, Gerald. (1971). Atlas of Israel. Geographical Journal. 137(2). 261–261. 78 indexed citations

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Blake, Gerald & Yoḥanan Aharoni. (1967). The Land of the Bible: A Historical Geography. Geographical Journal. 133(4). 530–530. 24 indexed citations

20.

Blake, Gerald, et al.. (1965). The Israel Physical Master Plan. Geographical Journal. 131(4). 542–542. 8 indexed citations

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