John Lovering

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

John Lovering is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics and Urban Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, John Lovering has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 16 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 8 papers in Urban Studies. Recurrent topics in John Lovering's work include Defense, Military, and Policy Studies (11 papers), Regional Development and Policy (9 papers) and Political and Economic history of UK and US (8 papers). John Lovering is often cited by papers focused on Defense, Military, and Policy Studies (11 papers), Regional Development and Policy (9 papers) and Political and Economic history of UK and US (8 papers). John Lovering collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and Slovakia. John Lovering's co-authors include J.B.J. McKendry, Martin Boddy, Susan Tallett, Nicholas A. Phelps, Kevin Morgan, Keith Bassett and C. Netley and has published in prestigious journals such as PEDIATRICS, The Journal of Urology and Progress in Human Geography.

In The Last Decade

John Lovering

36 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Theory Led by Policy: The Inadequacies of the ‘New Region... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 100 200 300 400
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. Theory Led by Policy: The Inadequacies of the ‘New Regionalism’ (Illustrated from the Case of Wales)
    1999 489 citations John Lovering International Journal of Urban and Regional Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Lovering United Kingdom 19 602 501 447 303 237 38 1.5k
Costis Hadjimichalis Greece 18 367 0.6× 308 0.6× 283 0.6× 347 1.1× 190 0.8× 42 1.0k
Frank Stilwell Australia 20 237 0.4× 226 0.5× 387 0.9× 323 1.1× 211 0.9× 79 1.1k
H. V. Savitch United States 20 703 1.2× 653 1.3× 371 0.8× 562 1.9× 158 0.7× 49 1.6k
W. Tabb United States 15 224 0.4× 193 0.4× 229 0.5× 452 1.5× 298 1.3× 66 1.1k
Paul Kantor United States 15 560 0.9× 674 1.3× 265 0.6× 419 1.4× 188 0.8× 46 1.3k
John M. Cohen United States 17 387 0.6× 67 0.1× 135 0.3× 351 1.2× 33 0.1× 66 1.2k
John Bachtler United Kingdom 21 1.1k 1.9× 148 0.3× 793 1.8× 174 0.6× 64 0.3× 129 1.5k
Paul C. Cheshire United Kingdom 16 322 0.5× 295 0.6× 746 1.7× 267 0.9× 115 0.5× 47 1.2k
Todd Swanstrom United States 20 444 0.7× 345 0.7× 379 0.8× 582 1.9× 186 0.8× 52 1.3k
Paul Lawless United Kingdom 21 240 0.4× 385 0.8× 196 0.4× 310 1.0× 320 1.4× 76 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by John Lovering

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Lovering

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Lovering

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All Works

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Lovering, John, et al.. (2011). Bulldozer Neo-liberalism in Istanbul: The State-led Construction of Property Markets, and the Displacement of the Urban Poor. International Planning Studies. 16(1). 73–96. 104 indexed citations
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Lovering, John. (2010). Will the Recession Prove to be a Turning Point in Planning and Urban Development Thinking?. International Planning Studies. 15(3). 227–243. 27 indexed citations
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Lovering, John. (2007). The Relationship Between Urban Regeneration and Neoliberalism: Two Presumptuous Theories and a Research Agenda. International Planning Studies. 12(4). 343–366. 61 indexed citations
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Lovering, John. (2005). Opening Pandora’s Box: De Facto Industrial Policy and the British Defence Industry. 164–181. 1 indexed citations
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Lovering, John. (2001). The Coming Regional Crisis (And How To Avoid It). Regional Studies. 35(4). 349–354. 55 indexed citations
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Lovering, John. (1999). Theory Led by Policy: The Inadequacies of the ‘New Regionalism’ (Illustrated from the Case of Wales). International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 23(2). 379–395. 489 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lovering, John. (1998). Globalization, unemployment and ‘social exclusion’ in Europe: Three perspectives on the current policy debate. International Planning Studies. 3(1). 35–56. 13 indexed citations
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Lovering, John. (1998). Rebuilding the European Defence Industry in a Competitive World: Intergovernmentalism and the Leading Role Played by Companies. 4 indexed citations
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Lovering, John. (1991). The Changing Geography of the Military Industry in Britain. Regional Studies. 25(4). 279–293. 29 indexed citations
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Lovering, John. (1991). The British defence industry in the 1990s: a labour market perspective. Industrial Relations Journal. 22(2). 103–116. 3 indexed citations
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Lovering, John. (1991). Theorizing postfordism: why contingency matters (a further response to Scott). International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 15(2). 298–301. 18 indexed citations
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Lovering, John. (1990). A Perfunctory Sort of Post-Fordism: Economic Restructuring and Labour Market Segmentation in Britain in the 1980s. Work Employment and Society. 4(5). 9–28. 26 indexed citations
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Lovering, John. (1989). POSTMODERNISM, MARXISM, AND LOCALITY RESEARCH: THE CONTRIBUTION OF CRITICAL REALISM TO THE DEBATE. Antipode. 21(1). 1–12. 25 indexed citations
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Lovering, John. (1988). The Local Economy and Local Economic Strategies. Policy & Politics. 16(3). 145–157. 31 indexed citations
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Lovering, John. (1987). Militarism, Capitalism, and the Nation-State: Towards a Realist Synthesis. Environment and Planning D Society and Space. 5(3). 283–302. 16 indexed citations
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Boddy, Martin, John Lovering, & Keith Bassett. (1986). Sunbelt city? : a study of economic change in Britain's M4 growth corridor. Oxford University Press eBooks. 46 indexed citations
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Netley, C., et al.. (1985). Effects of Different Methods of Treatment of Primary Enuresis on Psychologic Functioning in Children. The Journal of Urology. 133(3). 550–550. 1 indexed citations
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Lovering, John. (1985). Regional Intervention, Defence Industries, and the Structuring of Space in Britain: The Case of Bristol and South Wales. Environment and Planning D Society and Space. 3(1). 85–107. 21 indexed citations
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Lovering, John, et al.. (1978). The Theory of the "Internal Colony" and the Political Economy of Wales. Review of Radical Political Economics. 10(3). 55–67. 15 indexed citations

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