John Childs

874 total citations
19 papers, 562 citations indexed

About

John Childs is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Sociology and Political Science and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, John Childs has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 562 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Building and Construction, 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Recurrent topics in John Childs's work include Mining and Resource Management (15 papers), Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact (6 papers) and Natural Resources and Economic Development (6 papers). John Childs is often cited by papers focused on Mining and Resource Management (15 papers), Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact (6 papers) and Natural Resources and Economic Development (6 papers). John Childs collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Netherlands. John Childs's co-authors include Julie Hearn, Wendy Harcourt, Sian Sullivan, Tor A. Benjaminsen, Connor Joseph Cavanagh, Stasja Koot, Benjamin Neimark, Simon Batterbury, Andrea J. Nightingale and Rachael Squire and has published in prestigious journals such as Biological Conservation, Resources Policy and Geoforum.

In The Last Decade

John Childs

19 papers receiving 529 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Childs United Kingdom 13 271 210 103 92 78 19 562
Matthew Himley United States 11 322 1.2× 268 1.3× 65 0.6× 44 0.5× 236 3.0× 20 581
Kristina Dietz Germany 9 205 0.8× 194 0.9× 71 0.7× 35 0.4× 133 1.7× 34 509
Bárbara Hogenboom Netherlands 11 242 0.9× 241 1.1× 107 1.0× 41 0.4× 253 3.2× 41 676
Gabriela Valdivia United States 15 285 1.1× 256 1.2× 88 0.9× 37 0.4× 290 3.7× 37 739
Leire Urkidi Azkarraga Spain 8 383 1.4× 345 1.6× 63 0.6× 55 0.6× 166 2.1× 18 616
Nicholas Bainton Australia 14 336 1.2× 255 1.2× 74 0.7× 45 0.5× 45 0.6× 29 582
Grettel Navas Spain 9 190 0.7× 278 1.3× 22 0.2× 74 0.8× 102 1.3× 17 589
Maria Tysiachniouk United States 17 210 0.8× 328 1.6× 80 0.8× 73 0.8× 75 1.0× 62 776
Diego Andreucci Spain 10 179 0.7× 252 1.2× 47 0.5× 23 0.3× 190 2.4× 16 611
Stanislav Shmelev Australia 7 156 0.6× 282 1.3× 19 0.2× 89 1.0× 122 1.6× 11 653

Countries citing papers authored by John Childs

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Childs

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Childs

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Childs, John. (2022). Geographies of deep sea mining: A critical review. The Extractive Industries and Society. 9. 101044–101044. 17 indexed citations
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Bowman, Andrew, Tomas Frederiksen, Deborah Fahy Bryceson, et al.. (2021). Mining in Africa after the supercycle: New directions and geographies. Area. 53(4). 647–658. 12 indexed citations
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Childs, John, Philip E. Steinberg, Leslie Mabon, et al.. (2020). A critical social perspective on deep sea mining: Lessons from the emergent industry in Japan. Ocean & Coastal Management. 193. 105242–105242. 29 indexed citations
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Neimark, Benjamin, John Childs, Andrea J. Nightingale, et al.. (2019). Speaking Power to “Post-Truth”: Critical Political Ecology and the New Authoritarianism. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 109(2). 613–623. 58 indexed citations
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Childs, John. (2019). Greening the blue? Corporate strategies for legitimising deep sea mining. Political Geography. 74. 102060–102060. 36 indexed citations
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Childs, John. (2019). Performing ‘blue degrowth’: critiquing seabed mining in Papua New Guinea through creative practice. Sustainability Science. 15(1). 117–129. 26 indexed citations
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Childs, John, et al.. (2018). ‘National resources’? The fragmented citizenship of gas extraction in Tanzania. Journal of Eastern African Studies. 12(4). 696–715. 21 indexed citations
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Childs, John. (2018). Extraction in Four Dimensions: Time, Space and the Emerging Geo(-)politics of Deep-Sea Mining. Geopolitics. 25(1). 189–213. 70 indexed citations
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Childs, John & Julie Hearn. (2016). ‘New’ nations: resource-based development imaginaries in Ghana and Ecuador. Third World Quarterly. 38(4). 844–861. 26 indexed citations
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Childs, John. (2016). Geography and resource nationalism: A critical review and reframing. The Extractive Industries and Society. 3(2). 539–546. 80 indexed citations
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Álvarez‐Romero, Jorge G., Vanessa M. Adams, Robert L. Pressey, et al.. (2015). Integrated cross-realm planning: A decision-makers' perspective. Biological Conservation. 191. 799–808. 37 indexed citations
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Dale, Allan, Vanessa M. Adams, Jorge G. Álvarez‐Romero, et al.. (2014). Catchment-Scale Governance in Northern Australia: A Preliminary Evaluation. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 16(1). 1–27. 10 indexed citations
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Childs, John. (2014). A new means of governing artisanal and small-scale mining? Fairtrade gold and development in Tanzania. Resources Policy. 40. 128–136. 39 indexed citations
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Childs, John. (2013). Review: Environmental Governance: The Challenge of Legitimacy and Effectiveness. Environment and Planning C Government and Policy. 31(6). 1147–1148. 1 indexed citations
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Johnston, Margaret, Jackie Dawson, John Childs, & Patrick Maher. (2013). Exploring post-course outcomes of an undergraduate tourism field trip to the Antarctic Peninsula. Polar Record. 50(2). 147–155. 8 indexed citations
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Childs, John. (2010). 'Fair trade' gold: A key to alleviating mercury pollution in sub-Saharan Africa?. International Journal of Environment and Pollution. 41(3/4). 259–259. 5 indexed citations
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Childs, John. (2008). Reforming small-scale mining in sub-Saharan Africa: Political and ideological challenges to a Fair Trade gold initiative. Resources Policy. 33(4). 203–209. 48 indexed citations

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