Laı̈la Smith

520 total citations
10 papers, 343 citations indexed

About

Laı̈la Smith is a scholar working on Law, Urban Studies and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Laı̈la Smith has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 343 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Law, 4 papers in Urban Studies and 3 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Laı̈la Smith's work include Legal Issues in South Africa (5 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (4 papers) and Public-Private Partnership Projects (2 papers). Laı̈la Smith is often cited by papers focused on Legal Issues in South Africa (5 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (4 papers) and Public-Private Partnership Projects (2 papers). Laı̈la Smith collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Ivory Coast. Laı̈la Smith's co-authors include Susan Hanson, David A. McDonald, Ian Goldman, Stephen Taylor and Christopher Adams and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Urban Studies and Geoforum.

In The Last Decade

Laı̈la Smith

10 papers receiving 287 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laı̈la Smith South Africa	8	149	107	84	59	45	10	343
O.A. K’Akumu Kenya	12	81 0.5×	146 1.4×	86 1.0×	59 1.0×	6 0.1×	59	396
Naren Prasad United States	9	87 0.6×	33 0.3×	93 1.1×	47 0.8×	11 0.2×	21	274
Susan Spronk Canada	10	243 1.6×	53 0.5×	163 1.9×	55 0.9×	18 0.4×	23	400
Kevin Sansom United Kingdom	10	70 0.5×	54 0.5×	52 0.6×	95 1.6×	3 0.1×	32	274
Sophie Oldfield United Kingdom	3	181 1.2×	346 3.2×	147 1.8×	11 0.2×	9 0.2×	4	551
Geske Dijkstra Netherlands	8	44 0.3×	17 0.2×	121 1.4×	16 0.3×	4 0.1×	16	318
Olga Kaganova United States	9	54 0.4×	64 0.6×	22 0.3×	6 0.1×	15 0.3×	23	290
Joseph Kushner Canada	11	117 0.8×	27 0.3×	39 0.5×	38 0.6×	5 0.1×	31	348
Nataliya Pushak Germany	10	64 0.4×	25 0.2×	50 0.6×	25 0.4×	3 0.1×	25	356
Edmundo Werna United Kingdom	10	48 0.3×	222 2.1×	50 0.6×	2 0.0×	10 0.2×	31	390

Countries citing papers authored by Laı̈la Smith

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laı̈la Smith

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10 of 10 papers shown

1.

Goldman, Ian, et al.. (2019). Evaluation2 – Evaluating the national evaluation system in South Africa: What has been achieved in the first 5 years?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(1). 13 indexed citations

2.

Goldman, Ian, et al.. (2018). The emergence of government evaluation systems in Africa: The case of Benin, Uganda and South Africa. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 29 indexed citations

3.

Smith, Laı̈la. (2011). The Limits to Public Participation in Strengthening Public Accountability: A Reflection on the ‘Citizens’ Voice’ Initiative in South Africa. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 46(5). 504–517. 15 indexed citations

4.

Smith, Laı̈la. (2010). Urban political ecology of water in Cape Town, South Africa. 2 indexed citations

5.

Smith, Laı̈la. (2007). Power and the hierarchy of knowledge: A review of a decade of the World Bank’s relationship with South Africa. Geoforum. 39(1). 236–251. 14 indexed citations

6.

Smith, Laı̈la. (2004). The murky waters of the second wave of neoliberalism: corporatization as a service delivery model in Cape Town. Geoforum. 35(3). 375–393. 115 indexed citations

7.

McDonald, David A. & Laı̈la Smith. (2004). Privatising Cape Town: From Apartheid to Neo-liberalism in the Mother City. Urban Studies. 41(8). 1461–1484. 50 indexed citations

8.

Smith, Laı̈la, et al.. (2003). Citizen vs. customer: Different approaches to public participation in service delivery in Cape Town. Urban Forum. 14(1). 26–52. 6 indexed citations

9.

Smith, Laı̈la & Susan Hanson. (2003). Access to Water for the Urban Poor in Cape Town: Where Equity Meets Cost Recovery. Urban Studies. 40(8). 1517–1548. 76 indexed citations

10.

Smith, Laı̈la. (2001). The urban political ecology of water in Cape Town. Urban Forum. 12(2). 204–224. 23 indexed citations

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