Mark Harrower

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Mark Harrower is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Signal Processing. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Harrower has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Geography, Planning and Development, 6 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 6 papers in Signal Processing. Recurrent topics in Mark Harrower's work include Geographic Information Systems Studies (13 papers), Data Visualization and Analytics (6 papers) and Data Management and Algorithms (6 papers). Mark Harrower is often cited by papers focused on Geographic Information Systems Studies (13 papers), Data Visualization and Analytics (6 papers) and Data Management and Algorithms (6 papers). Mark Harrower collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovakia and China. Mark Harrower's co-authors include Cynthia A. Brewer, Alan M. MacEachren, Amy L. Griffin, James E. Burt, Robert E. Roth, A‐Xing Zhu, Qi Feng, Marianne N. Bloch, Mark Gahegan and Mónica Wachowicz and has published in prestigious journals such as Geoderma, Computers & Geosciences and IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications.

In The Last Decade

Mark Harrower

21 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

ColorBrewer.org: An Online Tool for Selecting Colour Sche... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 250 500 750
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. ColorBrewer.org: An Online Tool for Selecting Colour Schemes for Maps
    2003 770 citations Mark Harrower, Cynthia A. Brewer The Cartographic Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark Harrower United States 15 804 478 285 214 112 21 1.5k
Jo Wood United Kingdom 31 1.2k 1.5× 623 1.3× 538 1.9× 260 1.2× 108 1.0× 96 2.4k
Terry A. Slocum United States 13 410 0.5× 646 1.4× 239 0.8× 96 0.4× 203 1.8× 30 1.2k
Aidan Slingsby United Kingdom 19 835 1.0× 352 0.7× 333 1.2× 175 0.8× 34 0.3× 70 1.2k
Cynthia A. Brewer United States 21 940 1.2× 663 1.4× 372 1.3× 288 1.3× 171 1.5× 47 2.8k
Jason Dykes United Kingdom 31 1.7k 2.1× 962 2.0× 761 2.7× 336 1.6× 121 1.1× 120 2.9k
Christian Tominski Germany 22 2.1k 2.6× 382 0.8× 860 3.0× 542 2.5× 35 0.3× 61 2.7k
Matt Duckham Australia 21 240 0.3× 675 1.4× 733 2.6× 392 1.8× 179 1.6× 95 1.9k
Barbara P. Buttenfield United States 19 245 0.3× 571 1.2× 369 1.3× 165 0.8× 76 0.7× 99 1.4k
Bettina Speckmann Netherlands 23 777 1.0× 307 0.6× 610 2.1× 166 0.8× 19 0.2× 139 1.7k
Mikael Jern Sweden 13 611 0.8× 223 0.5× 255 0.9× 185 0.9× 18 0.2× 56 891

Countries citing papers authored by Mark Harrower

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark Harrower

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Harrower

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mark Harrower. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mark Harrower 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 Mark Harrower. Mark Harrower 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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Harris, Leila M. & Mark Harrower. (2017). Critical Interventions and Lingering Concerns : Critical Cartography/GISci, Social Theory, and Alternative Possible Futures. Open Collections. 4(1). 1–10. 1 indexed citations
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Burt, James E., A‐Xing Zhu, & Mark Harrower. (2011). Depicting classification uncertainty using perception-based color models. Annals of GIS. 17(3). 147–153. 8 indexed citations
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Roth, Robert E. & Mark Harrower. (2008). Addressing Map Interface Usability: Learning from the Lakeshore Nature Preserve Interactive Map. Cartographic Perspectives. 46–66. 38 indexed citations
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Harrower, Mark. (2007). The Cognitive Limits of Animated Maps. Cartographica The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization. 42(4). 349–357. 89 indexed citations
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Harrower, Mark, et al.. (2007). The Role of Color Saturation in Maps for Children. Cartographic Perspectives. 28–47. 5 indexed citations
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Harrower, Mark. (2007). Unclassed Animated Choropleth Maps. The Cartographic Journal. 44(4). 313–320. 20 indexed citations
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Roth, Robert E., Mark Harrower, & James E. Burt. (2006). Isoline Engine: A Digital Assistant for Surface Mapping. 2 indexed citations
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Harrower, Mark & Marianne N. Bloch. (2006). MapShaper.org: a map generalization Web service. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. 26(4). 22–27. 33 indexed citations
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Harrower, Mark. (2006). The Gay and Lesbian Atlas. Cartographic Perspectives. 59–61. 1 indexed citations
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Feng, Qi, A‐Xing Zhu, Mark Harrower, & James E. Burt. (2006). Fuzzy soil mapping based on prototype category theory. Geoderma. 136(3-4). 774–787. 70 indexed citations
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Harrower, Mark, et al.. (2005). Designing Better Map Interfaces: A Framework for Panning and Zooming. Transactions in GIS. 9(2). 77–89. 63 indexed citations
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Brewer, Cynthia A., et al.. (2003). ColorBrewer in Print: A Catalog of Color Schemes for Maps. Cartography and Geographic Information Science. 30(1). 5–32. 150 indexed citations
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Harrower, Mark & Cynthia A. Brewer. (2003). ColorBrewer.org: An Online Tool for Selecting Colour Schemes for Maps. The Cartographic Journal. 40(1). 27–37. 770 indexed citations breakdown →
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Harrower, Mark. (2003). Tips for Designing Effective Animated Maps. Cartographic Perspectives. 63–65. 63 indexed citations
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MacEachren, Alan M., Mark Harrower, Bonan Li, et al.. (2002). Supporting statistical, graphic/cartographic, and domain literacy through online learning activities: MapStats for Kids. International Conference on Digital Government Research. 1–5. 2 indexed citations
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Harrower, Mark. (2001). Visualizing Change: Using Cartographic Animation to Explore Remotely-Sensed Data. Cartographic Perspectives. 30–42. 25 indexed citations
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Gahegan, Mark, Mónica Wachowicz, Mark Harrower, & Theresa-Marie Rhyne. (2001). The Integration of Geographic Visualization with Knowledge Discovery in Databases and Geocomputation. Cartography and Geographic Information Science. 28(1). 29–44. 47 indexed citations
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Edsall, Robert M., Mark Harrower, & Jeremy Mennis. (2000). Tools for visualizing properties of spatial and temporal periodicity in geographic data. Computers & Geosciences. 26(1). 109–118. 28 indexed citations
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Harrower, Mark, Alan M. MacEachren, & Amy L. Griffin. (2000). Developing a Geographic Visualization Tool to Support Earth Science Learning. Cartography and Geographic Information Science. 27(4). 279–293. 64 indexed citations
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Harrower, Mark, et al.. (1997). Cartography on the Internet: Thoughts and a Preliminary User Survey. Cartographic Perspectives. 27–37. 18 indexed citations

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