Joachim Thiel

767 total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 522 citations indexed

About

Joachim Thiel is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Joachim Thiel has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 522 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Urban Studies, 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Recurrent topics in Joachim Thiel's work include Cultural Industries and Urban Development (10 papers), Innovation, Technology, and Society (4 papers) and Management and Organizational Studies (3 papers). Joachim Thiel is often cited by papers focused on Cultural Industries and Urban Development (10 papers), Innovation, Technology, and Society (4 papers) and Management and Organizational Studies (3 papers). Joachim Thiel collaborates with scholars based in Germany and Portugal. Joachim Thiel's co-authors include Eduardo Brito‐Henriques, Gernot Grabher and Oliver Ibert and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Geoforum and International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.

In The Last Decade

Joachim Thiel

18 papers receiving 470 citations

Hit Papers

The Cultural Economy of Cities 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 100 200 300
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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. The Cultural Economy of Cities
    2000 357 citations Eduardo Brito‐Henriques, Joachim Thiel European Urban and Regional Studies profile →

Peers

Joachim Thiel
James Heilbrun United States
Stewart Dunlop United Kingdom
Caroline Chapain United Kingdom
David Grandadam Canada
Peter W. Wolnizer Australia
Andrew Church United Kingdom
Grete Rusten Norway
Martin Piber Austria
Jacques Nussbaumer France
Francesca Golfetto Italy
James Heilbrun United States
Joachim Thiel
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Countries citing papers authored by Joachim Thiel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joachim Thiel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joachim Thiel

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Thiel, Joachim & Gernot Grabher. (2023). Abolish, Accept, Apply: Coping With Ignorance in Project Ecologies. Project Management Journal. 55(2). 139–150. 6 indexed citations
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Thiel, Joachim, et al.. (2022). Selective inclusion: Civil society involvement in the smart city ecology of Amsterdam. European Urban and Regional Studies. 29(3). 369–382. 9 indexed citations
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Thiel, Joachim, et al.. (2021). Star architecture projects and the geographies of innovation across the construction supply chain: the case of the Elbphilharmonie. European Planning Studies. 30(1). 105–120. 4 indexed citations
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Grabher, Gernot & Joachim Thiel. (2015). Projects, people, professions: Trajectories of learning through a mega-event (the London 2012 case). Geoforum. 65. 328–337. 56 indexed citations
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Thiel, Joachim & Gernot Grabher. (2015). Crossing Boundaries: Exploring the London Olympics 2012 as a Field-Configuring Event. Industry and Innovation. 22(3). 229–249. 17 indexed citations
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Thiel, Joachim. (2015). Creative cities and the reflexivity of the urban creative economy. European Urban and Regional Studies. 24(1). 21–34. 21 indexed citations
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Grabher, Gernot & Joachim Thiel. (2014). Coping with a Self-Induced Shock: The Heterarchic Organization of the London Olympic Games 2012. Social Sciences. 3(3). 527–548. 23 indexed citations
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Ibert, Oliver & Joachim Thiel. (2009). Situierte Analyse, dynamische Räumlichkeiten. Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsgeographie. 53(1-2). 209–223. 4 indexed citations
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Thiel, Joachim. (2008). Lokale Dimensionen der Entgrenzung von Arbeit – ein arbeitsgeographischer Blick auf die Kultur- und Medienwirtschaft. Geographische Zeitschrift. 96(1-2). 62–77. 2 indexed citations
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Thiel, Joachim. (2007). Räumlicher Strukturwandel der (west-)deutschen Werbewirtschaft. Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsgeographie. 51(1). 31–45. 1 indexed citations
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Thiel, Joachim. (2005). Creativity and Space: Labour and the Restructuring of the German Advertising Industry. 9 indexed citations
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Thiel, Joachim. (2005). Reading the Territorial Restructuring of Business Services as an Innovation Process: The Case of German Advertising. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 29(3). 564–580. 4 indexed citations
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Thiel, Joachim. (2004). Ambivalences of the Creative Class Space, Reflexivity and the Restructuring of the German Advertising Industry. Econstor (Econstor). 3 indexed citations
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Thiel, Joachim, et al.. (2004). NEUE MEDIEN - NEUE ARBEIT? HAMBURG IM VERGLEICH MIT INTERNATIONALEN METROPOLEN. 1 indexed citations
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Thiel, Joachim, et al.. (2002). Chancen und Risiken in neuen Arbeitsfeldern der Informationsgesellschaft : das Beispiel der Multimedia-Branche ; Zwischenbericht. tub.dok (Hamburg University of Technology). 3 indexed citations
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Brito‐Henriques, Eduardo & Joachim Thiel. (2000). The Cultural Economy of Cities. European Urban and Regional Studies. 7(3). 253–268. 357 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brito‐Henriques, Eduardo & Joachim Thiel. (1997). Culture, innovation and periphery: a theoretical sketch and some evidence from different portuguese contexts. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Thiel, Joachim. (1985). The Philosophy of the Ancient World. 2. 18(1). 7–7. 1 indexed citations

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