Helen Couclelis

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Helen Couclelis is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Global and Planetary Change and Transportation. According to data from OpenAlex, Helen Couclelis has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Geography, Planning and Development, 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 9 papers in Transportation. Recurrent topics in Helen Couclelis's work include Geographic Information Systems Studies (20 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (10 papers) and Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (7 papers). Helen Couclelis is often cited by papers focused on Geographic Information Systems Studies (20 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (10 papers) and Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (7 papers). Helen Couclelis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Helen Couclelis's co-authors include Keith Clarke, Martin Herold, Krzysztof Janowicz, Song Gao, Nathan Gale, Waldo Tobler, R. G. Golledge, Michael Batty, Reginald G. Golledge and Robert McMaster and has published in prestigious journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Environmental Psychology and Environment and Planning A Economy and Space.

In The Last Decade

Helen Couclelis

47 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

  1. Extracting urban functional regions from points of interest and human activities on location‐based social networks
    2017 359 citations Song Gao, Krzysztof Janowicz et al. Transactions in GIS profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Helen Couclelis United States 25 1.7k 816 786 663 356 49 3.3k
Bin Jiang Sweden 32 1.4k 0.8× 1.7k 2.1× 1.6k 2.0× 971 1.5× 188 0.5× 133 4.6k
Paul M. Torrens United States 26 1.1k 0.6× 685 0.8× 686 0.9× 309 0.5× 148 0.4× 62 2.4k
Daniel Z. Sui United States 33 860 0.5× 383 0.5× 1.6k 2.0× 1.4k 2.2× 160 0.4× 110 4.9k
Piotr Jankowski United States 36 1.6k 0.9× 411 0.5× 662 0.8× 1.3k 1.9× 154 0.4× 112 4.7k
Suzana Dragićević Canada 31 1.7k 1.0× 560 0.7× 406 0.5× 457 0.7× 306 0.9× 121 3.3k
Stan Geertman Netherlands 41 1.4k 0.8× 789 1.0× 1.3k 1.6× 625 0.9× 92 0.3× 113 4.7k
Shlomo Angel United States 22 1.6k 1.0× 750 0.9× 651 0.8× 110 0.2× 303 0.9× 68 5.1k
A.K. Bregt Netherlands 37 1.8k 1.1× 361 0.4× 269 0.3× 524 0.8× 324 0.9× 183 4.6k
Ian Masser United Kingdom 25 642 0.4× 336 0.4× 419 0.5× 644 1.0× 155 0.4× 113 2.4k
Andrew Crooks United States 34 838 0.5× 331 0.4× 1.2k 1.5× 766 1.2× 143 0.4× 129 4.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helen Couclelis

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gao, Song, Krzysztof Janowicz, & Helen Couclelis. (2017). Extracting urban functional regions from points of interest and human activities on location‐based social networks. Transactions in GIS. 21(3). 446–467. 359 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hu, Yingjie, Krzysztof Janowicz, & Helen Couclelis. (2016). Prioritizing Disaster Mapping Tasks for Online Volunteers Based on Information Value Theory. Geographical Analysis. 49(2). 175–198. 14 indexed citations
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Nyerges, Timothy, Helen Couclelis, & Robert McMaster. (2011). The SAGE Handbook of GIS and Society. 54 indexed citations
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Couclelis, Helen. (2010). Ontologies of geographic information. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems. 24(12). 1785–1809. 84 indexed citations
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Couclelis, Helen. (2005). “Where has the Future Gone?” Rethinking the Role of Integrated Land-Use Models in Spatial Planning. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space. 37(8). 1353–1371. 144 indexed citations
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Couclelis, Helen. (2004). The Construction of the Digital City. Environment and Planning B Planning and Design. 31(1). 5–19. 49 indexed citations
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Couclelis, Helen. (2004). The Third Domain: The Spread and Use of gis within Social Science. Cartographica The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization. 39(1). 17–24. 7 indexed citations
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Couclelis, Helen. (2003). The Certainty of Uncertainty: GIS and the Limits of Geographic Knowledge. Transactions in GIS. 7(2). 165–175. 118 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Eric, et al.. (1999). Geographies of the information society. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems. 13(8). 797–823. 58 indexed citations
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Couclelis, Helen. (1997). From Cellular Automata to Urban Models: New Principles for Model Development and Implementation. Environment and Planning B Planning and Design. 24(2). 165–174. 269 indexed citations
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Couclelis, Helen, et al.. (1994). Lionel March—Three Sketches. Environment and Planning B Planning and Design. 21(7). S1–S6. 6 indexed citations
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Couclelis, Helen. (1993). The Last Frontier. Environment and Planning B Planning and Design. 20(1). 1–4. 1 indexed citations
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Couclelis, Helen. (1991). Requirements for planning-relevant GIS: A spatial perspective. Papers of the Regional Science Association. 70(1). 9–19. 36 indexed citations
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Couclelis, Helen. (1989). Macrostructure and Microbehavior in a Metropolitan Area. Environment and Planning B Planning and Design. 16(2). 141–154. 62 indexed citations
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Curry, Michael, Reginald G. Golledge, Helen Couclelis, & Peter J. Gould. (1989). A Ground for Common Search. Economic Geography. 65(2). 146–146. 3 indexed citations
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Couclelis, Helen. (1986). A Theoretical Framework for Alternative Models of Spatial Decision and Behavior. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 76(1). 95–113. 24 indexed citations
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Couclelis, Helen & Nathan Gale. (1986). Space and Spaces. Geografiska Annaler Series B Human Geography. 68(1). 1–1. 7 indexed citations
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Couclelis, Helen. (1983). On Some Problems in Defining Sets for Q -Analysis. Environment and Planning B Planning and Design. 10(4). 423–438. 6 indexed citations
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Couclelis, Helen & Reginald G. Golledge. (1983). Analytic Research, Positivism, and Behavioral Geography. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 73(3). 331–339. 36 indexed citations
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Couclelis, Helen. (1983). Some Second Thoughts about Theory in the Social Sciences. Geographical Analysis. 15(1). 28–33. 7 indexed citations

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