Laurence J.C.

963 total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 715 citations indexed

About

Laurence J.C. is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Urban Studies and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Laurence J.C. has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 715 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 3 papers in Urban Studies and 2 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Laurence J.C.'s work include China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (4 papers), Urbanization and City Planning (2 papers) and Urban Planning and Governance (2 papers). Laurence J.C. is often cited by papers focused on China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (4 papers), Urbanization and City Planning (2 papers) and Urban Planning and Governance (2 papers). Laurence J.C. collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Laurence J.C.'s co-authors include Fulong Wu, Yehua Dennis Wei, Bao Ji-gang and George C. S. Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as Progress in Human Geography, Habitat International and Political Geography.

In The Last Decade

Laurence J.C.

7 papers receiving 656 citations

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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.

Urban administrative restructuring, changing scale relations and local economic development in China

2004 342 citations Laurence J.C. Political Geography profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laurence J.C. United States	7	425	295	229	195	91	7	715
Piper Gaubatz United States	11	222 0.5×	197 0.7×	194 0.8×	97 0.5×	105 1.2×	19	570
Wing‐Shing Tang Hong Kong	14	251 0.6×	264 0.9×	158 0.7×	69 0.4×	72 0.8×	27	505
Victor F. S. Sit Hong Kong	11	258 0.6×	179 0.6×	139 0.6×	176 0.9×	62 0.7×	39	562
H.S. Geyer South Africa	12	158 0.4×	333 1.1×	199 0.9×	208 1.1×	63 0.7×	62	661
Feng Deng China	11	229 0.5×	228 0.8×	152 0.7×	213 1.1×	166 1.8×	56	657
Ronald K. Vogel United States	11	327 0.8×	192 0.7×	186 0.8×	150 0.8×	36 0.4×	20	607
You‐tien Hsing United States	7	556 1.3×	344 1.2×	320 1.4×	101 0.5×	51 0.6×	8	767
Marloes Hoogerbrugge Netherlands	9	121 0.3×	200 0.7×	167 0.7×	434 2.2×	81 0.9×	10	747
Fox Z.Y. Hu Hong Kong	14	181 0.4×	165 0.6×	106 0.5×	248 1.3×	224 2.5×	25	647
Richard LeGates United States	12	131 0.3×	175 0.6×	139 0.6×	108 0.6×	126 1.4×	28	502

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laurence J.C.

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Ji-gang, Bao & Laurence J.C.. (2010). Tourism geography in China, 1978-2008: Whence, what and whither?. Progress in Human Geography. 35(1). 3–20. 22 indexed citations

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J.C., Laurence & Fulong Wu. (2004). Restructuring the Chinese City. 88 indexed citations

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Wu, Fulong & Laurence J.C.. (2004). Transforming China's globalizing cities. Habitat International. 30(2). 191–198. 37 indexed citations

4.

J.C., Laurence. (2004). Urban administrative restructuring, changing scale relations and local economic development in China. Political Geography. 24(4). 477–497. 342 indexed citations breakdown →

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J.C., Laurence & Fulong Wu. (2004). Restructuring the Chinese City: Changing Society, Economy and Space. 165 indexed citations

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J.C., Laurence & Yehua Dennis Wei. (1997). DETERMINANTS OF STATE INVESTMENT IN CHINA, 1953–1990. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. 88(3). 211–225. 44 indexed citations

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Lin, George C. S. & Laurence J.C.. (1994). The Role of Towns in Chinese Regional Development: The Case of Guangdong Province. International Regional Science Review. 17(1). 75–97. 17 indexed citations

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