Lily Kong

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
175 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Lily Kong is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Geography, Planning and Development and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lily Kong has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 39 papers in Geography, Planning and Development and 25 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Lily Kong's work include Socioeconomic Development in Asia (76 papers), Religious Tourism and Spaces (32 papers) and Asian Studies and History (22 papers). Lily Kong is often cited by papers focused on Socioeconomic Development in Asia (76 papers), Religious Tourism and Spaces (32 papers) and Asian Studies and History (22 papers). Lily Kong collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, China and United States. Lily Kong's co-authors include Brenda S. A. Yeoh, Orlando Woods, Chris Gibson, Brian Longhurst, Martin Perry, Junxi Qian, Justin O’Connor, Belinda Yuen, Clive Briffett and Choon‐Piew Pow and has published in prestigious journals such as Landscape and Urban Planning, Urology and Urban Studies.

In The Last Decade

Lily Kong

161 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Mapping ‘new’ geographies of religion: politics and poeti... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 100 200 300
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. Mapping ‘new’ geographies of religion: politics and poetics in modernity
    2001 327 citations Lily Kong profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lily Kong Singapore 38 2.7k 1.3k 1.2k 650 549 175 4.8k
Cole Harris Canada 11 2.7k 1.0× 539 0.4× 1.0k 0.8× 441 0.7× 922 1.7× 47 5.9k
Edward W. Soja United States 23 3.2k 1.2× 974 0.7× 2.4k 2.0× 414 0.6× 1.0k 1.8× 49 7.7k
Derek Gregory Canada 33 4.1k 1.6× 1.7k 1.3× 1.4k 1.2× 593 0.9× 1.4k 2.6× 92 8.0k
Tim Edensor United Kingdom 34 2.8k 1.1× 2.0k 1.5× 894 0.7× 350 0.5× 416 0.8× 98 5.4k
James D. Sidaway Singapore 34 2.7k 1.0× 915 0.7× 636 0.5× 764 1.2× 1.8k 3.2× 180 5.2k
Chris Gibson Australia 44 2.9k 1.1× 734 0.5× 2.2k 1.8× 110 0.2× 343 0.6× 210 6.0k
Michel de Certeau 21 1.9k 0.7× 396 0.3× 417 0.3× 559 0.9× 574 1.0× 75 4.4k
Mimí Sheller United States 32 4.2k 1.6× 1.1k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 373 0.6× 774 1.4× 109 7.7k
Tim Cresswell United Kingdom 30 2.1k 0.8× 1.0k 0.8× 673 0.6× 219 0.3× 478 0.9× 61 4.1k
Dean MacCannell United States 19 5.5k 2.1× 1.8k 1.4× 458 0.4× 504 0.8× 238 0.4× 56 7.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Lily Kong

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lily Kong

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lily Kong

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bunnell, Tim, Zachary Spicer, Byron Miller, et al.. (2025). The citizen and the smart city: a global comparison of institutional logics. Urban Geography. 1–26. 1 indexed citations
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Woods, Orlando, et al.. (2025). Seeing beyond the state: Private sector-led smart city governance in BSD City, Indonesia. Environment and Planning C Politics and Space.
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Woods, Orlando, et al.. (2025). How do you fix knowledge in place? Digital nomads and infrastructural stickiness. Tourism Geographies. 28(1). 102–121.
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Woods, Orlando, et al.. (2024). What is Beyond Measurement for Social Cohesion?. Social Indicators Research. 175(1). 109–127. 1 indexed citations
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Yan, Yingwei, Kenneth Dean, Chen‐Chieh Feng, et al.. (2020). Chinese Temple Networks in Southeast Asia: A WebGIS Digital Humanities Platform for the Collaborative Study of the Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia. Religions. 11(7). 334–334. 11 indexed citations
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Kong, Lily, Orlando Woods, & Zhu Hong. (2020). The (de)territorialised appeal of international schools in China: Forging brands, boundaries and inter-belonging in segregated urban space. Urban Studies. 59(1). 242–258. 15 indexed citations
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Kong, Lily, Vineeta Sinha, & Nir Avieli. (2017). Food, Foodways and Foodscapes: Culture, Community and Consumption in Post-Colonial Singapore. Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia. 32(2). 432–436. 21 indexed citations
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Yeoh, Brenda S. A. & Lily Kong. (2012). Singapore s Chinatown: Nation Building and Heritage Tourism in a Multiracial City. Institutional Knowledge (InK) - Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University (Singapore Management University). 2. 117–159. 14 indexed citations
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Kong, Lily & Brenda S. A. Yeoh. (2003). The Politics of Landscapes in Singapore: Constructions of "Nation". Institutional Knowledge (InK) - Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University (Singapore Management University). 94 indexed citations
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Kong, Lily, et al.. (2000). Patriarchy and Pragmatism: Ideological Contradictions in State Policies. Asian Studies Review. 24(4). 501–531. 13 indexed citations
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Kong, Lily. (1999). The Invention Of Heritage: Popular Music In Singapore. Asian Studies Review. 23(1). 1–25. 15 indexed citations
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Kong, Lily, et al.. (1997). Women in a Catholic world: A case study of Singapore. Singapore Management University Institutional Knowledge (InK) (Singapore Management University). 25(6). 473. 1 indexed citations
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Kong, Lily. (1997). A ‘new’ cultural geography? Debates about invention and reinvention. Scottish Geographical Magazine. 113(3). 177–185. 19 indexed citations
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Kong, Lily & Brenda S. A. Yeoh. (1996). Social Constructions of Nature in Urban Singapore. Tōnan Ajia Kenkyū/Tonan ajia kenkyu. 34(2). 402–423. 15 indexed citations
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Kong, Lily. (1996). Popular music and a sense of place in Singapore. Institutional Knowledge (InK) - Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University (Singapore Management University). 10 indexed citations
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Kong, Lily & Elaine Goh. (1995). Folktales and Reality: The Social Construction of Race in Chinese Tales. Area. 27(3). 261. 4 indexed citations
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Savage, Victor R. & Lily Kong. (1994). Hugh Clifford and Frank Swettenham: Environmental cognition and the Malayan colonial process. Institutional Knowledge (InK) - Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University (Singapore Management University). 22(4). 295–309. 2 indexed citations

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