Helga Leitner

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Helga Leitner is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Helga Leitner has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Urban Studies, 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Helga Leitner's work include Urban Planning and Governance (17 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (13 papers) and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (6 papers). Helga Leitner is often cited by papers focused on Urban Planning and Governance (17 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (13 papers) and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (6 papers). Helga Leitner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Helga Leitner's co-authors include Eric Sheppard, David Delaney, Eric Sheppard, Anant Maringanti, Patricia Ehrkamp, Byron Miller, Jamie Peck, Sophie Webber, Sarah Elwood and Emma Colven and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Urban Studies.

In The Last Decade

Helga Leitner

47 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Provincializing Global Urbanism: A Manifesto 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 50 100 150 200 250
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. Provincializing Global Urbanism: A Manifesto
    2013 267 citations Eric Sheppard, Helga Leitner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Helga Leitner United States 26 1.3k 1.1k 774 379 352 48 3.0k
Mark Purcell United States 29 1.6k 1.3× 1.9k 1.7× 969 1.3× 527 1.4× 305 0.9× 62 4.7k
Martin Jones United Kingdom 28 790 0.6× 855 0.7× 1.1k 1.4× 370 1.0× 228 0.6× 71 2.8k
Robert A. Beauregard United States 25 1.0k 0.8× 1.6k 1.4× 398 0.5× 403 1.1× 189 0.5× 106 2.8k
Gary Bridge United Kingdom 24 1.0k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 388 0.5× 327 0.9× 253 0.7× 48 2.4k
David Wachsmuth Canada 15 810 0.6× 777 0.7× 443 0.6× 253 0.7× 235 0.7× 30 2.3k
Nicholas Blomley Canada 38 1.6k 1.2× 1.2k 1.1× 795 1.0× 540 1.4× 775 2.2× 96 4.1k
Sallie A. Marston United States 27 2.0k 1.5× 859 0.8× 918 1.2× 231 0.6× 832 2.4× 71 4.2k
Roger Keil Canada 39 1.4k 1.1× 2.0k 1.8× 1.2k 1.6× 564 1.5× 419 1.2× 138 4.4k
Oren Yiftachel Israel 31 2.3k 1.7× 1.8k 1.6× 1.1k 1.4× 307 0.8× 224 0.6× 92 3.9k
Eugene McCann Canada 31 1.5k 1.1× 2.2k 1.9× 1.6k 2.1× 514 1.4× 269 0.8× 55 4.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Helga Leitner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Helga Leitner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helga Leitner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Leitner, Helga. (2025). Knowing and doing in dialogue. 1 indexed citations
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Leitner, Helga, et al.. (2023). Practicing urban citizenship: housing justice activism from Jakarta’s margins. City. 27(5-6). 985–1006. 2 indexed citations
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Leitner, Helga & Eric Sheppard. (2023). Unleashing speculative urbanism: Speculation and urban transformations. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space. 55(2). 359–366. 14 indexed citations
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Leitner, Helga, et al.. (2022). Everyday speculation in the remaking of peri-urban livelihoods and landscapes. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space. 55(2). 388–406. 22 indexed citations
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Leitner, Helga, Jamie Peck, & Eric Sheppard. (2020). Urban Studies Inside/Out: Theory, Method, Practice. 19 indexed citations
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Fincher, Ruth, Kurt Iveson, Helga Leitner, & Valerie Preston. (2019). Everyday Equalities. University of Minnesota Press eBooks. 21 indexed citations
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Sheppard, Eric & Helga Leitner. (2017). A tale of two GPEs: Decentering macro-geopolitics. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space. 50(2). 479–483. 5 indexed citations
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Chang, I-Chun Catherine, Helga Leitner, & Eric Sheppard. (2016). A Green Leap Forward? Eco-State Restructuring and the Tianjin–Binhai Eco-City Model. Regional Studies. 50(6). 929–943. 67 indexed citations
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Leitner, Helga & Eric Sheppard. (2015). Provincializing Critical Urban Theory: Extending the Ecosystem of Possibilities. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 40(1). 228–235. 127 indexed citations
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Kushnir, Hadas, Helga Leitner, Dennis Ikanda, & Craig Packer. (2010). Human and Ecological Risk Factors for Unprovoked Lion Attacks on Humans in Southeastern Tanzania. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. 15(5). 315–331. 25 indexed citations
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Bartel-Kratochvil, Ruth, et al.. (2009). Success in local supply chains for organic products - strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and risks for local supply chains for organic cereals and bread.. 87(2). 323–342. 1 indexed citations
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Gaßner, B., Bernhard Freyer, & Helga Leitner. (2008). Labour Quality Model for Organic Farming Food Chains. Organic Eprints (International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems, and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture). 400–403. 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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Leitner, Helga. (2004). Local Lives, Transnational Ties, and the Meaning of Citizenship: Somali Histories and Herstories from Small Town America. HIMALAYA. 4(1). 44. 6 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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Delaney, David & Helga Leitner. (1997). The political construction of scale. Political Geography. 16(2). 93–97. 460 indexed citations
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McMaster, Robert, Helga Leitner, & Eric Sheppard. (1997). GIS-based Environmental Equity and Risk Assessment: Methodological Problems and Prospects. 24(3). 172–189. 89 indexed citations
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Leitner, Helga. (1994). Capital Markets, the Development Industry, and Urban Office Market Dynamics: Rethinking Building Cycles. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space. 26(5). 779–802. 38 indexed citations
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Leitner, Helga. (1989). Urban geography: the urban dimension of economic, political and social restructuring. Progress in Human Geography. 13(4). 551–565. 8 indexed citations

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