Ivan Turok

7.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
179 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Ivan Turok is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Economics and Econometrics and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Ivan Turok has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Urban Studies, 63 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 60 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Ivan Turok's work include Urban and Rural Development Challenges (45 papers), Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (35 papers) and Regional Development and Policy (28 papers). Ivan Turok is often cited by papers focused on Urban and Rural Development Challenges (45 papers), Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (35 papers) and Regional Development and Policy (28 papers). Ivan Turok collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Africa and United States. Ivan Turok's co-authors include Vlad Mykhnenko, Gordon McGranahan, Jacqueline Borel-Saladin, Nick Bailey, Justin Visagie, David Webster, Andreas Scheba, Alison Todes, W.F. Lever and Nick Buck and has published in prestigious journals such as Sustainability, Urban Studies and Environment and Planning A Economy and Space.

In The Last Decade

Ivan Turok

173 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The trajectories of European cities, 1960–2005

2007 491 citations Ivan Turok et al. profile →
Urbanization and economic growth: the arguments and evidence for Africa and Asia

2013 320 citations Ivan Turok et al. Environment and Urbanization profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ivan Turok	2.3k	1.7k	1.2k	1.1k	545	179	5.2k
Andrew E. G. Jonas	1.8k 0.8×	666 0.4×	1.4k 1.1×	1.5k 1.4×	743 1.4×	94	4.5k
Andy Pike	1.2k 0.5×	2.4k 1.4×	1.3k 1.1×	1.8k 1.7×	266 0.5×	120	5.5k
Simin Davoudi	1.0k 0.4×	949 0.5×	1.4k 1.1×	722 0.7×	1.0k 1.9×	93	4.2k
Danny MacKinnon	864 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	1.6k 1.3×	1.3k 1.2×	481 0.9×	81	4.9k
John Friedmann	3.7k 1.6×	1.9k 1.1×	2.1k 1.7×	1.7k 1.6×	742 1.4×	155	7.8k
John Tomaney	1.0k 0.4×	1.7k 1.0×	961 0.8×	1.7k 1.6×	191 0.4×	137	4.2k
Nicholas A. Phelps	1.7k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	839 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	359 0.7×	153	4.3k
Eric Sheppard	1.1k 0.5×	696 0.4×	1.5k 1.2×	846 0.8×	415 0.8×	93	4.0k
Susan S. Fainstein	2.3k 1.0×	603 0.3×	1.9k 1.5×	737 0.7×	380 0.7×	83	4.6k
Judith E. Innes	1.8k 0.8×	410 0.2×	1.9k 1.6×	1.1k 1.0×	1.5k 2.8×	54	6.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Ivan Turok

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ivan Turok

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Turok, Ivan. (2025). Anatomy of an alliance for affordable urban housing. Environment and Urbanization. 37(1). 21–38. 1 indexed citations

Turok, Ivan, et al.. (2023). The trajectories of urbanisation in Southern Africa: A comparative analysis. Habitat International. 132. 102747–102747. 15 indexed citations

Visagie, Justin & Ivan Turok. (2023). Recognising the role of tradable service exports in the South African economy – An untapped resource?. South African Journal of International Affairs. 30(4). 661–683. 1 indexed citations

Visagie, Justin, Ivan Turok, & Andreas Scheba. (2023). Social Housing and Upward Mobility in South Africa: an Assessment of Household Outcomes. Urban Forum. 35(3). 377–404. 1 indexed citations

Visagie, Justin, et al.. (2022). Developing neighbourhood typologies and understanding urban inequality: a data-driven approach. Regional Studies Regional Science. 9(1). 618–640. 8 indexed citations

Visagie, Justin & Ivan Turok. (2021). Rural–urban inequalities amplified by COVID-19: evidence from South Africa. Area Development and Policy. 6(1). 50–62. 47 indexed citations

Visagie, Justin & Ivan Turok. (2021). Firing on all cylinders: Decomposing regional growth dynamics in South Africa. South African Journal of Economics. 90(1). 57–74. 2 indexed citations

Turok, Ivan & Justin Visagie. (2021). COVID-19 amplifies urban inequalities. South African Journal of Science. 117(3/4). 20 indexed citations

Scholvin, Sören, Ivan Turok, Justin Visagie, & Javier Revilla Diez. (2021). Regional value chains as new pathways to development?. Area Development and Policy. 7(2). 177–186. 9 indexed citations

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Visagie, Justin & Ivan Turok. (2020). Getting urban density to work in informal settlements in Africa. Environment and Urbanization. 32(2). 351–370. 40 indexed citations

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Visagie, Justin & Ivan Turok. (2020). The contribution of services to international trade in Southern Africa. Development Southern Africa. 38(1). 21–38. 7 indexed citations

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Visagie, Justin & Ivan Turok. (2019). The contribution of services to trade and development in Southern Africa. Working Paper Series. 3 indexed citations

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Turok, Ivan. (2015). Upgrade informal settlements : South Africa. 2015(57). 11–15. 2 indexed citations

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Borel-Saladin, Jacqueline & Ivan Turok. (2013). The impact of the green economy on jobs in South Africa : news & views. South African Journal of Science. 109. 1–4. 3 indexed citations

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Turok, Ivan & Brian Robson. (2007). Linking neighbourhood regeneration to city-region growth: Why and how?. Journal of urban regeneration and renewal. 1(1). 44–44. 6 indexed citations

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Brown, Judith, et al.. (2007). Establishing the potential for using routine data on Incapacity Benefit to assess the local impact of policy initiatives. Journal of Public Health. 30(1). 54–59. 8 indexed citations

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Turok, Ivan, Nick Bailey, Rowland Atkinson, et al.. (2003). Twin track cities? Linking prosperity and cohesion in Glasgow and Edinburgh. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 6 indexed citations

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Turok, Ivan, et al.. (2003). Employment and employability. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam).

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Bailey, Nathan W., Ivan Turok, Iain Docherty, et al.. (1999). Edinburgh and Glasgow: Contrasts in Competitiveness and Cohesion: Interim Report of the Central Scotland Integrative Case Study. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 6 indexed citations

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Turok, Ivan, et al.. (1999). The jobs gap in Britain's cities : employment loss and labour market consequences. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 122 indexed citations

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