Kathy Pain

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Kathy Pain is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Economics and Econometrics and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Kathy Pain has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Urban Studies, 21 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 13 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Kathy Pain's work include Global Urban Networks and Dynamics (23 papers), Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (19 papers) and Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration (7 papers). Kathy Pain is often cited by papers focused on Global Urban Networks and Dynamics (23 papers), Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (19 papers) and Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration (7 papers). Kathy Pain collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Belgium and United States. Kathy Pain's co-authors include Peter Geoffrey Hall, Peter J. Taylor, David M. Evans, Colin Lizieri, Jonathan V. Beaverstock, Michael Hoyler, Gary Cook, Naresh R. Pandit, Ben Derudder and Gilles Van Hamme and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters and Urban Studies.

In The Last Decade

Kathy Pain

47 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Polycentric Metropolis: Learning from Mega-City Regions in Europe

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kathy Pain United Kingdom	18	658	575	295	200	143	50	1.2k
David E. Dowall United States	17	531 0.8×	409 0.7×	168 0.6×	87 0.4×	95 0.7×	62	1.1k
Paul Cheshire United Kingdom	19	1.1k 1.7×	396 0.7×	262 0.9×	137 0.7×	220 1.5×	52	1.7k
Alain Thierstein Germany	17	372 0.6×	368 0.6×	200 0.7×	170 0.8×	78 0.5×	148	984
Roger C.K. Chan Hong Kong	19	296 0.4×	278 0.5×	285 1.0×	92 0.5×	130 0.9×	37	900
Paul C. Cheshire United Kingdom	16	746 1.1×	295 0.5×	322 1.1×	105 0.5×	68 0.5×	47	1.2k
Fenghua Pan China	19	654 1.0×	342 0.6×	224 0.8×	78 0.4×	72 0.5×	42	1.1k
Elisabet Viladecans‐Marsal Spain	16	983 1.5×	106 0.2×	212 0.7×	188 0.9×	80 0.6×	40	1.3k
Edwin Buitelaar Netherlands	21	487 0.7×	428 0.7×	123 0.4×	55 0.3×	258 1.8×	54	1.2k
James O. Wheeler United States	20	573 0.9×	416 0.7×	100 0.3×	202 1.0×	66 0.5×	101	1.3k
Alan W. Evans United Kingdom	22	1.1k 1.6×	312 0.5×	120 0.4×	245 1.2×	84 0.6×	71	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Kathy Pain

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kathy Pain

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kathy Pain

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

All Works

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Black, Daniel, et al.. (2024). Short-termism in urban development: The commercial determinants of planetary health. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 22. 100220–100220. 2 indexed citations

Black, Daniel, et al.. (2024). What is “good” co-production in the context of planetary health research, and how is it enabled?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 23. 100229–100229. 2 indexed citations

Pain, Kathy, et al.. (2022). Looking into mobility in the Covid-19 ‘eye of the storm’: Simulating virus spread and urban resilience in the Wuhan city region travel flow network. Cities. 126. 103675–103675. 11 indexed citations

Zhu, Bing, Kathy Pain, Peter J. Taylor, & Ben Derudder. (2021). Exploring external urban relational processes: inter-city financial flows complementing global city-regions. Regional Studies. 56(5). 737–750. 21 indexed citations

Pain, Kathy, Daniel Black, Jon Blower, et al.. (2020). Real estate investment and urban density: exploring the polycentric urban region using a topological lens. Territory Politics Governance. 11(2). 241–260. 15 indexed citations

Wall, Ronald, et al.. (2018). Exploring the significance of domestic investment for foreign direct investment in China: A city-network approach. Urban Studies. 56(12). 2447–2464. 25 indexed citations

Pain, Kathy, et al.. (2015). Global networks, cities and economic performance: Observations from an analysis of cities in Europe and the USA. Urban Studies. 53(6). 1137–1161. 30 indexed citations

Dixon, Tim, et al.. (2015). A smart and sustainable urban future. CentAUR (University of Reading). 1 indexed citations

Lizieri, Colin & Kathy Pain. (2013). International Office Investment in Global Cities: The Production of Financial Space and Systemic Risk. Regional Studies. 48(3). 439–455. 63 indexed citations

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Harrison, John & Kathy Pain. (2012). Global cities, volume IV: planning and governance of cities in globalization. Routledge eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Pain, Kathy, et al.. (2012). The Polycentric Metropolis. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 47 indexed citations

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Halbert, Ludovic & Kathy Pain. (2011). Services globaux, géographies locales : les services aux entreprises dans les métropoles de Londres et Paris. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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Mahroum, Sami, et al.. (2008). Innovation by adoption: measuring and mapping absorptive capacity in UK nations and regions. CentAUR (University of Reading). 10(4). 253–6. 34 indexed citations

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Taylor, Peter J., David M. Evans, & Kathy Pain. (2008). Application of the Interlocking Network Model to Mega-City-Regions: Measuring Polycentricity Within and Beyond City-Regions. Regional Studies. 42(8). 1079–1093. 98 indexed citations

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Pain, Kathy. (2007). City of London global village: understanding the square mile in a post-industrial world economy. 4 indexed citations

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Pain, Kathy. (2007). Gateways And Corridors In Globalisation: Planning Sustainable Infrastructures For Transcontinental 'Spaces Of Flows'. 1 indexed citations

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Cook, Gary, Naresh R. Pandit, Jonathan V. Beaverstock, Peter J. Taylor, & Kathy Pain. (2007). The Role of Location in Knowledge Creation and Diffusion: Evidence of Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces in the City of London Financial Services Agglomeration. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space. 39(6). 1325–1345. 73 indexed citations

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Pain, Kathy, et al.. (2006). Preface. Built Environment. 32(2). 109–109. 1 indexed citations

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Beaverstock, Jonathan V., et al.. (2003). London and Frankfurt: competition or synergy?. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 13(31). 7363–7370. 4 indexed citations

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Pain, Kathy, et al.. (1996). Understanding cities: city themes. 1 indexed citations

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