Joe Painter

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Joe Painter is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Urban Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Joe Painter has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in Urban Studies. Recurrent topics in Joe Painter's work include Migration, Refugees, and Integration (7 papers), Urban Planning and Governance (5 papers) and European Union Policy and Governance (5 papers). Joe Painter is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Refugees, and Integration (7 papers), Urban Planning and Governance (5 papers) and European Union Policy and Governance (5 papers). Joe Painter collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Joe Painter's co-authors include Mark Goodwin, Chris Philo, Antonis Vradis, Sara Fuller, Sarah Atkinson, Luiza Białasiewicz, Stuart Elden, Alan Southern, Ian Cook and PJ Cloke and has published in prestigious journals such as Geographical Journal, Environment and Planning A Economy and Space and Regional Studies.

In The Last Decade

Joe Painter

45 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Prosaic geographies of stateness 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 100 200 300
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. Prosaic geographies of stateness
    2006 381 citations Joe Painter Political Geography profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joe Painter United Kingdom 21 927 697 387 213 164 47 1.8k
David Featherstone United Kingdom 22 1.1k 1.2× 527 0.8× 401 1.0× 221 1.0× 227 1.4× 67 1.9k
Jenny Pickerill United Kingdom 22 866 0.9× 397 0.6× 333 0.9× 321 1.5× 135 0.8× 72 1.9k
Helga Leitner United States 18 1.3k 1.4× 385 0.6× 377 1.0× 209 1.0× 124 0.8× 23 1.8k
Katherine Brickell United Kingdom 23 1.2k 1.3× 384 0.6× 331 0.9× 177 0.8× 289 1.8× 77 1.9k
Tim Bunnell Singapore 28 1.1k 1.2× 666 1.0× 885 2.3× 136 0.6× 101 0.6× 83 2.2k
Alison Stenning United Kingdom 21 640 0.7× 417 0.6× 441 1.1× 96 0.5× 224 1.4× 40 1.4k
Nina Laurie United Kingdom 24 797 0.9× 487 0.7× 212 0.5× 133 0.6× 93 0.6× 64 1.6k
Stefan Kipfer Canada 17 708 0.8× 355 0.5× 519 1.3× 113 0.5× 186 1.1× 35 1.5k
Mustafa Dikeç United Kingdom 21 871 0.9× 446 0.6× 622 1.6× 153 0.7× 213 1.3× 30 1.6k
Ronan Paddison United Kingdom 20 1.1k 1.2× 468 0.7× 1.1k 2.9× 193 0.9× 176 1.1× 62 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Joe Painter

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joe Painter

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Joe Painter. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Joe Painter. The network helps show where Joe Painter may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joe Painter

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Joe Painter. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Joe Painter 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 Joe Painter. Joe Painter 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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Painter, Joe, et al.. (2019). Pop-up governance: Transforming the management of migrant populations through humanitarian and security practices in Lesbos, Greece, 2015–2017. Environment and Planning D Society and Space. 38(6). 1028–1045. 23 indexed citations
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Vradis, Antonis, et al.. (2018). New Borders Migration, Hotspots and the European Superstate. Loughborough University Institutional Repository (Loughborough University). 2 indexed citations
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Painter, Joe, et al.. (2018). Revealing a 'Hidden Civil War': A serendipitous methodology. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 13–22. 1 indexed citations
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Painter, Joe, et al.. (2018). The EC hotspot approach in Greece: creating liminal EU territory. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 45(12). 2200–2212. 40 indexed citations
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Sharp, Joanne, et al.. (2014). Deciding whose future? Challenges and opportunities of the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014 for Scotland and Beyond. Political Geography. 41. 32–42. 13 indexed citations
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Painter, Joe. (2012). The Politics of the Neighbour. Environment and Planning D Society and Space. 30(3). 515–533. 37 indexed citations
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Painter, Joe. (2010). Rethinking Territory. Antipode. 42(5). 1090–1118. 255 indexed citations
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Painter, Joe, et al.. (2009). Political Geography: An Introduction to Space and Power. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 189(2). 237–43. 26 indexed citations
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Bickerstaff, Karen, Harriet Bulkeley, & Joe Painter. (2009). Justice, Nature and the City. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 33(3). 591–600. 25 indexed citations
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Painter, Joe. (2007). European Citizenship and the Regions. European Urban and Regional Studies. 15(1). 5–19. 24 indexed citations
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Painter, Joe. (2006). Prosaic geographies of stateness. Political Geography. 25(7). 752–774. 381 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cloke, PJ, et al.. (2004). Practicing Human Geography. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 25 indexed citations
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Cloke, PJ, et al.. (2004). Practising Human Geography. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 23 indexed citations
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Gregson, Nicky, et al.. (2001). Missing Voices/Missing Spaces: Reflections on ‘A New Europe?’. European Urban and Regional Studies. 8(1). 39–47. 1 indexed citations
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Paddison, Ronan & Joe Painter. (1998). Politics, Geography and 'Political Geography': A Critical Perspective. Geographical Journal. 164(2). 221–221. 1 indexed citations
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Sack, Robert David, et al.. (1997). Reviews: Edge of Empire: Postcolonialism and the City, Human Geography: An Essential Anthology, Critical Geopolitics: The Politics of Writing Global Space. Environment and Planning D Society and Space. 15(3). 373–378. 1 indexed citations
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Painter, Joe. (1995). Politics, geography and 'political geography' : a critical perspective.. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 48 indexed citations
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Painter, Joe & Chris Philo. (1995). Spaces of citizenship: an introduction. Political Geography. 14(2). 107–120. 179 indexed citations
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Painter, Joe. (1991). The Geography of Trade Union Responses to Local Government Privatization. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 16(2). 214–214. 16 indexed citations
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Painter, Joe. (1991). COMPULSORY COMPETITIVE TENDERING IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT: THE FIRST ROUND. Public Administration. 69(2). 191–210. 34 indexed citations

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