Matthew Carmona

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Matthew Carmona is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Building and Construction and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew Carmona has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Urban Studies, 20 papers in Building and Construction and 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Matthew Carmona's work include Urban Planning and Governance (21 papers), Urban Design and Spatial Analysis (17 papers) and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (10 papers). Matthew Carmona is often cited by papers focused on Urban Planning and Governance (21 papers), Urban Design and Spatial Analysis (17 papers) and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (10 papers). Matthew Carmona collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Portugal and United States. Matthew Carmona's co-authors include Claudio De Magalhães, Steve Tiesdell, John Punter, Michael Edwards, Tim Heath, Filipa Matos Wunderlich, Helen Woolley, Nick Gallent, Quentin Stevens and Stephen Marshall and has published in prestigious journals such as Bioinformatics, Urban Studies and Environment and Planning B Planning and Design.

In The Last Decade

Matthew Carmona

100 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Principles for public space design, planning to do better

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Kim Dovey Australia

Nicola Dempsey United Kingdom

Ali Madanipour United Kingdom

Anastasia Loukaitou‐Sideris United States

Yvonne Rydin United Kingdom

Stephen M. Wheeler United States

Sinéad Power United Kingdom

Jan Gehl Denmark

Michael Pacione United Kingdom

Simon Guy United Kingdom

Kim Dovey Australia

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812 ×0.8

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759 ×0.8

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367 ×0.5

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613 ×1.0

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matthew Carmona

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew Carmona

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Fumis, Luca, Juan María Roldán‐Romero, Poonam Uniyal, et al.. (2025). Associations on the Fly, a new feature aiming to facilitate exploration of the Open Targets Platform evidence. Bioinformatics. 41(4).

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Vaughan, Laura, et al.. (2025). Gated vs. Non-Gated Estates: Spatial Factors Shaping Stationary and Social Activities in Chinese Housing Estates. Land. 14(12). 2340–2340.

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Carmona, Matthew, et al.. (2025). Equity in quality: delivering high quality design in disadvantaged areas. Journal of Urban Design. 31(1). 1–33. 1 indexed citations

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Carmona, Matthew & J. Bento. (2025). Correction: Urban design leadership: Part 2, the case of public architects. URBAN DESIGN International. 30(4). 284–284. 1 indexed citations

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Carmona, Matthew & Filipa Matos Wunderlich. (2012). Capital Spaces: The Multiple Complex Public Spaces of a Global City. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 22 indexed citations

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Carmona, Matthew. (2010). Public Places Urban Spaces, The Dimensions of Urban Design (Second Edition). UCL Discovery (University College London). 5 indexed citations

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Carmona, Matthew. (2010). Contemporary Public Space: Part One, Critique. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations

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Carmona, Matthew & Claudio De Magalhães. (2009). Local environmental quality: establishing acceptable standards in England. Town Planning Review. 80(4-5). 517–548. 11 indexed citations

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Carmona, Matthew, et al.. (2006). Preparing Design Codes, A Practice Manual. UCL Discovery (University College London). 5 indexed citations

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Magalhães, Claudio De & Matthew Carmona. (2006). Innovations in the Management of Public Space: Reshaping and Refocusing Governance. Planning Theory & Practice. 7(3). 289–303. 26 indexed citations

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Carmona, Matthew & Nick Gallent. (2004). Planning and house building: A step change from the bottom up?. Town Planning Review. 75(1). 95–122. 5 indexed citations

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Carmona, Matthew, et al.. (2004). Living Places: Caring for Quality. UCL Discovery (University College London). 23 indexed citations

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Carmona, Matthew, et al.. (2004). The Smaller Towns Report: Delivering Retail-led Renaissance in Towns and Smaller Cities. UCL Discovery (University College London). 3 indexed citations

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Carmona, Matthew, et al.. (2004). The Value of Public Space: How High Quality Parks and Public Spaces Create Economic, Social and Environmental Value. UCL Discovery (University College London). 75 indexed citations

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Carmona, Matthew. (2003). Just the Start! What the Planning Bill Means for Quality. 1 indexed citations

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Carmona, Matthew, et al.. (2002). A bibliography of design value. UCL Discovery (University College London). 4 indexed citations

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Carmona, Matthew, et al.. (2002). From Design Policy to Design Quality: The Role of Design Policies in Development Plans. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Carmona, Matthew, et al.. (2001). The Value of Urban Design. UCL Discovery (University College London). 56 indexed citations

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Carmona, Matthew. (2001). Implementing urban renaissance—problems, possibilities and plans in South East England. Progress in Planning. 56(4). 169–250. 5 indexed citations

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Carmona, Matthew. (1999). Places, Streets and Movement. UCL Discovery (University College London). 4 indexed citations

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