Kent Mathewson

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Kent Mathewson is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Sociology and Political Science and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Kent Mathewson has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Geography, Planning and Development, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 7 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Kent Mathewson's work include Historical Geography and Geographical Thought (8 papers), Geographies of human-animal interactions (7 papers) and Alexander von Humboldt Studies (4 papers). Kent Mathewson is often cited by papers focused on Historical Geography and Geographical Thought (8 papers), Geographies of human-animal interactions (7 papers) and Alexander von Humboldt Studies (4 papers). Kent Mathewson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Kent Mathewson's co-authors include David Harvey, J. M. Blaut, Gene C. Wilken, Stephen G. Bunker, Peter J. Hugill, Kenneth E. Foote, Thomas T. Veblen, David Stea, Andrew Sluyter and Jonathan M. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Public Administration Review and Progress in Human Geography.

In The Last Decade

Kent Mathewson

44 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kent Mathewson United States	12	1.6k	686	608	602	377	49	3.7k
Sallie A. Marston United States	27	2.0k 1.2×	918 1.3×	832 1.4×	859 1.4×	386 1.0×	71	4.2k
Nicholas Blomley Canada	38	1.6k 1.0×	795 1.2×	775 1.3×	1.2k 2.0×	257 0.7×	96	4.1k
Clive Barnett United Kingdom	34	1.6k 1.0×	622 0.9×	702 1.2×	718 1.2×	210 0.6×	109	3.9k
Robert David Sack United States	19	1.6k 1.0×	814 1.2×	465 0.8×	584 1.0×	227 0.6×	53	3.3k
Laura Pulido United States	26	3.1k 1.9×	571 0.8×	895 1.5×	485 0.8×	308 0.8×	67	4.4k
Paul Routledge United Kingdom	27	1.7k 1.0×	757 1.1×	414 0.7×	501 0.8×	265 0.7×	62	3.0k
Richard Howitt Australia	33	1.3k 0.8×	394 0.6×	584 1.0×	195 0.3×	571 1.5×	119	3.4k
Cole Harris Canada	11	2.7k 1.7×	922 1.3×	539 0.9×	1.0k 1.7×	149 0.4×	47	5.9k
Nik Heynen United States	27	1.4k 0.8×	877 1.3×	673 1.1×	593 1.0×	1.1k 3.0×	57	3.9k
Denis Cosgrove United Kingdom	29	1.3k 0.8×	332 0.5×	1.5k 2.4×	517 0.9×	379 1.0×	71	4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Kent Mathewson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kent Mathewson

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All Works

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Mathewson, Kent, Dorothy Sack, Brian W. Blouet, et al.. (2016). American Geography and Geographers: Toward Geographical Science. The AAG Review of Books. 4(1). 44–57. 2 indexed citations

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Mathewson, Kent, et al.. (2014). The Louisiana Field Guide: Understanding Life in the Pelican State. 1 indexed citations

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Mathewson, Kent, et al.. (2013). Latin America’s Los Turcos: Geographic aspects of Levantine and Maghreb diasporas. Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades. 22(43-2). 290–310. 2 indexed citations

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Mathewson, Kent. (2010). BETWEEN “IN CAMP” AND “OUT OF BOUNDS”: NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF FIELDWORK IN AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY. Geographical Review. 91(1-2). 215–224. 11 indexed citations

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Mathewson, Kent. (2010). Geographers and the theory and practice of return fieldwork. Journal of Cultural Geography. 27(3). 353–365. 3 indexed citations

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Mathewson, Kent. (2006). Alexander Von Humboldt's Image and Influence in North American Geography, 1804–2004. Geographical Review. 96(3). 416–438. 2 indexed citations

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Mathewson, Kent. (2005). A century and counting: Geographical research on Guatemala in historical perspective. Geoforum. 37(1). 15–30. 1 indexed citations

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Mathewson, Kent. (2000). Book Review: The social life of trees: anthropological perspectives on tree symbolism. Ecumene. 7(2). 247–248. 1 indexed citations

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Mathewson, Kent. (2000). Cultural landscapes and ecology III: foraging/farming, food, festivities. Progress in Human Geography. 24(3). 457–474. 5 indexed citations

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Mathewson, Kent, et al.. (1999). Sauer’s Descent?: Or Berkeley Roots Forever?. Yearbook - Association of Pacific Coast Geographers. 61(1). 137–157. 7 indexed citations

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Mathewson, Kent. (1998). Cltural landscapes and ecology, 1995–96: of oecumenics and nature(s). Progress in Human Geography. 22(1). 115–128. 9 indexed citations

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Mathewson, Kent & J. M. Blaut. (1996). The Colonizer's Model of the World. Geographical Diffusionism and Eurocentric History. Economic Geography. 72(4). 463–463. 319 indexed citations

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Mathewson, Kent. (1993). Culture, form, and place : essays in cultural and historical geography. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 19 indexed citations

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Mathewson, Kent. (1992). The Potatoes of South America: Bolivia. Latin American Anthropology Review. 4(1). 41–42. 62 indexed citations

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Mathewson, Kent & Gene C. Wilken. (1988). Good Farmers: Traditional Agricultural Resource Management in Mexico and Central America. Economic Geography. 64(3). 292–292. 109 indexed citations

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Denevan, William M., Kent Mathewson, & Gregory Knapp. (1987). Pre-Hispanic agricultural fields in the Andean Region : proceedings, 45 Congreso Internacional de Americanistas, International Congress of Americanists, Bogotá, Colombia, 1985. 2 indexed citations

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Mathewson, Kent & Stephen G. Bunker. (1986). Underdeveloping the Amazon; Extraction, Unequal Exchange, and the Failure of the Modern State. Economic Geography. 62(3). 278–278. 40 indexed citations

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Mathewson, Kent. (1986). Alexander von Humboldt and the Origins of Landscape Archaeology. Journal of Geography. 85(2). 50–56. 7 indexed citations

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Veblen, Thomas T. & Kent Mathewson. (1984). Irrigation Horticulture in Highland Guatemala: The Tablon System of Panajachel. Geographical Review. 74(4). 484–484. 15 indexed citations

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Mathewson, Kent. (1959). Democracy in Council-Manager Government. Public Administration Review. 19(3). 183–183. 1 indexed citations

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