Heather Nicol

496 total citations
25 papers, 270 citations indexed

About

Heather Nicol is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Nicol has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 270 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in General Health Professions and 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Heather Nicol's work include Arctic and Russian Policy Studies (10 papers), Indigenous Studies and Ecology (9 papers) and Polar Research and Ecology (5 papers). Heather Nicol is often cited by papers focused on Arctic and Russian Policy Studies (10 papers), Indigenous Studies and Ecology (9 papers) and Polar Research and Ecology (5 papers). Heather Nicol collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Finland. Heather Nicol's co-authors include Victor Konrad, Lassi Heininen, Julian V. Minghi, Joshua Barkan, Jeremy Tasch, Philip E. Steinberg and Annika E. Nilsson and has published in prestigious journals such as Political Geography, Geopolitics and Polar Record.

In The Last Decade

Heather Nicol

22 papers receiving 225 citations

Peers

Heather Nicol
Yulian Konstantinov Germany
Jeremy Tasch United States
Fiona McCormack New Zealand
P. Whitney Lackenbauer Canada
Paul D’Arcy Australia
Laura Jeffery United Kingdom
Jaap Timmer Australia
Andrew Forbes United Kingdom
Leszek A. Kosiński Canada
Levi Gahman United Kingdom
Yulian Konstantinov Germany
Heather Nicol
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Countries citing papers authored by Heather Nicol

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heather Nicol

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Nicol

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Heather Nicol. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Heather Nicol 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 Heather Nicol. Heather Nicol 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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Nicol, Heather. (2017). Rescaling Borders of Investment: The Arctic Council and the Economic Development Policies. Journal of Borderlands Studies. 33(2). 225–238. 5 indexed citations
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Nicol, Heather. (2016). From Territory to Rights: New Foundations for Conceptualising Indigenous Sovereignty. Geopolitics. 22(4). 794–814. 15 indexed citations
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Nicol, Heather, et al.. (2016). Contesting the Arctic: Politics and Imaginaries in the Circumpolar North. The AAG Review of Books. 4(3). 170–178. 23 indexed citations
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Nicol, Heather. (2015). The Fence and the Bridge. 4 indexed citations
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Nicol, Heather. (2014). Nunavut, Sovereignty, and the Future for Arctic Peoples’ Involvement in Regional Self-Determination. 1 indexed citations
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Nicol, Heather. (2014). Beyond Walls and Cages: Prisons, Borders and Global Crisis. Journal of Borderlands Studies. 29(4). 527–528. 2 indexed citations
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Nicol, Heather. (2013). Beyond Walls and Cages: Prisons, Borders and Global Crisis. Journal of Borderlands Studies. 28(3). 387–388. 6 indexed citations
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Nicol, Heather & Lassi Heininen. (2013). Human security, the Arctic Council and climate change: competition or co-existence?. Polar Record. 50(1). 80–85. 15 indexed citations
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Nicol, Heather. (2012). The Wall, the Fence, and the Gate: Reflexive Metaphors along the Canada–US Border. Journal of Borderlands Studies. 27(2). 139–165. 7 indexed citations
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Nicol, Heather & Lassi Heininen. (2012). Networking the North: Cross Border Connections and the New International Circumpolar Geopolitics. 2(1). 4 indexed citations
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Nicol, Heather. (2011). Building Borders the Hard Way: Enforcing North American Security Post 9/11. 285–304. 1 indexed citations
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Nicol, Heather. (2010). Reframing sovereignty: Indigenous peoples and Arctic states. Political Geography. 29(2). 78–80. 15 indexed citations
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Konrad, Victor & Heather Nicol. (2008). Passports for All. 1–54. 1 indexed citations
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Nicol, Heather. (2006). Borders and Border Politics in a Globalizing World by Paul Ganster and David E. Lorey (eds.), 2005. Reviewed by. Journal of Borderlands Studies. 21(1). 117–123. 3 indexed citations
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Heininen, Lassi & Heather Nicol. (2006). The Importance of Northern Dimension Foreign Policies in the Geopolitics of the Circumpolar North. Geopolitics. 12(1). 133–165. 32 indexed citations
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Nicol, Heather & Julian V. Minghi. (2005). The Continuing Relevance of Borders in Contemporary Contexts. Geopolitics. 10(4). 680–687. 15 indexed citations
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Nicol, Heather. (2005). Resiliency or Change? The Contemporary Canada—US Border. Geopolitics. 10(4). 767–790. 14 indexed citations
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Nicol, Heather. (2005). Policy Gaps in the Northern Dimension: Raising Questions and Awareness in the Context of Globalization. Polar Geography. 29(2). 79–90. 2 indexed citations
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Konrad, Victor & Heather Nicol. (2004). Boundaries and Corridors: Rethinking the Canada-United States Border-Lands in the Post-9/11. 1–51. 10 indexed citations
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Nicol, Heather, et al.. (1984). Burnt Knaps: a Micmac Site in Newfoundland. 1 indexed citations

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