Michael Leaf

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Michael Leaf is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Leaf has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Urban Studies, 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Michael Leaf's work include Urban and Rural Development Challenges (9 papers), Urban Planning and Governance (8 papers) and Urbanization and City Planning (5 papers). Michael Leaf is often cited by papers focused on Urban and Rural Development Challenges (9 papers), Urban Planning and Governance (8 papers) and Urbanization and City Planning (5 papers). Michael Leaf collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and India. Michael Leaf's co-authors include Chang Yeon Lee, Omar K. Farha, Joseph T. Hupp, Christopher E. Wilmer, Randall Q. Snurr, Brad G. Hauser, David E. Dowall, Nguyễn Quang Vịnh, Nicola Cooper and Jenny Freeman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Chemistry, Urban Studies and Environment and Planning A Economy and Space.

In The Last Decade

Michael Leaf

27 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Large-scale screening of hypothetical metal–organic frameworks

2011 1.2k citations Christopher E. Wilmer, Michael Leaf et al. Nature Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Leaf Canada	15	951	814	339	246	241	28	1.8k
Alan Hooper United Kingdom	24	166 0.2×	831 1.0×	116 0.3×	30 0.1×	163 0.7×	76	2.6k
Jie Lin China	24	131 0.1×	1.7k 2.1×	78 0.2×	64 0.3×	76 0.3×	57	3.5k
John Dwyer United States	31	1.4k 1.4×	1.1k 1.3×	12 0.0×	22 0.1×	384 1.6×	115	3.0k
Yamei Li China	29	135 0.1×	600 0.7×	34 0.1×	34 0.1×	37 0.2×	68	2.1k
James Hughes United States	11	495 0.5×	439 0.5×	10 0.0×	179 0.7×	37 0.2×	19	924
Olli Lehtonen Finland	19	105 0.1×	327 0.4×	44 0.1×	46 0.2×	13 0.1×	66	1.3k
Alexander C. Diener Germany	23	40 0.0×	109 0.1×	58 0.2×	238 1.0×	296 1.2×	74	1.7k
Matthew Anderson United States	15	25 0.0×	264 0.3×	130 0.4×	58 0.2×	267 1.1×	38	1.0k
Yingcheng Li China	26	25 0.0×	156 0.2×	176 0.5×	145 0.6×	152 0.6×	99	1.9k
Jiawei Wu China	13	105 0.1×	159 0.2×	68 0.2×	41 0.2×	22 0.1×	29	752

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Leaf

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Leaf

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Leaf

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Leaf, Michael. (2016). The politics of periurbanization in Asia. Cities. 53. 130–133. 10 indexed citations

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Leaf, Michael. (2015). Exporting Indonesian Urbanism: Ciputra and the Developmental Vision of Market Modernism. South East Asia Research. 23(2). 169–186. 18 indexed citations

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Leaf, Michael. (2013). The practical skill of theory. International Development Planning Review. 35(4).

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Leaf, Michael. (2012). Informality and Urban Land Markets. Berkeley Planning Journal. 7(1). 2 indexed citations

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Wilmer, Christopher E., Michael Leaf, Chang Yeon Lee, et al.. (2011). Large-scale screening of hypothetical metal–organic frameworks. Nature Chemistry. 4(2). 83–89. 1166 indexed citations breakdown →

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Leaf, Michael. (2011). Periurban Asia: A Commentary on “Becoming Urban”. Pacific Affairs. 84(3). 525–534. 22 indexed citations

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Leaf, Michael. (2005). MODERNITY CONFRONTS TRADITION: THE PROFESSIONAL PLANNER AND LOCAL CORPORATISM IN THE REBUILDING OF CHINA’S CITIES. 115–136. 6 indexed citations

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Leaf, Michael, et al.. (2004). Localizing a Global Discipline. Journal of Planning Education and Research. 23(3). 255–268. 13 indexed citations

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Leaf, Michael. (1999). Vietnam's urban edge: the administration of urban development in Hanoi. Third World Planning Review. 21(3). 297–297. 27 indexed citations

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Leaf, Michael. (1998). Urban Planning and Urban Reality Under Chinese Economic Reforms. Journal of Planning Education and Research. 18(2). 145–153. 36 indexed citations

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Milner, P C, Keith Wilson, Michael Leaf, et al.. (1997). A cost effective, community based heart health promotion project in England: prospective comparative study. BMJ. 315(7108). 582–585. 31 indexed citations

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Leaf, Michael. (1997). Urban social impacts of China's economic reforms. Cities. 14(2). v–vii. 5 indexed citations

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Leaf, Michael. (1996). Building the Road for the BMW: Culture, Vision, and the Extended Metropolitan Region of Jakarta. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space. 28(9). 1617–1635. 32 indexed citations

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Vịnh, Nguyễn Quang & Michael Leaf. (1996). City life in the Village of Ghosts. Habitat International. 20(2). 175–190. 19 indexed citations

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Leaf, Michael. (1994). Legal Authority in an Extralegal Setting: The Case of Land Rights in Jakarta, Indonesia. Journal of Planning Education and Research. 14(1). 12–18. 24 indexed citations

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Leaf, Michael. (1994). The Suburbanisation of Jakarta: A Concurrence of Economics and Ideology. Third World Planning Review. 16(4). 341–341. 25 indexed citations

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Leaf, Michael. (1993). Land Rights for Residential Development in Jakarta, Indonesia: the Colonial Roots of Contemporary Urban Dualism. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 17(4). 477–491. 43 indexed citations

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Leaf, Michael. (1991). Land regulation and housing development in Jakarta, Indonesia : from the "big village" to the "modern city". UMI eBooks. 6 indexed citations

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Dowall, David E. & Michael Leaf. (1991). The Price of Land for Housing in Jakarta. Urban Studies. 28(5). 707–722. 70 indexed citations

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Pivo, Gary, et al.. (1990). Physical planning thought. Retrospect and prospect. 7(1). 53–70. 2 indexed citations

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