Mike Davis

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Mike Davis is a scholar working on Cultural Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mike Davis has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Cultural Studies, 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Mike Davis's work include Latin American and Latino Studies (5 papers), Latin American Urban Studies (2 papers) and World Systems and Global Transformations (2 papers). Mike Davis is often cited by papers focused on Latin American and Latino Studies (5 papers), Latin American Urban Studies (2 papers) and World Systems and Global Transformations (2 papers). Mike Davis collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and China. Mike Davis's co-authors include J.R. Horton, James R. Barrett, Daniel D. Arreola, Michael Sprinker, J. A. Menge, Robert S. Sommer, Ron Eyerman, Courtenay Vaughan, Keith D. Underwood and Ron Brightwell and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Foreign Affairs and Journal of American History.

In The Last Decade

Mike Davis

40 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Planet of Slums

2006 1.4k citations Mike Davis profile →
City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles.

1991 937 citations J.R. Horton, Mike Davis Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mike Davis United States	14	1.4k	1.0k	554	349	331	48	3.0k
Teresa Caldeira Portugal	14	1.4k 1.0×	1.5k 1.5×	645 1.2×	301 0.9×	155 0.5×	29	3.1k
Ronan Paddison United Kingdom	20	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	468 0.8×	123 0.4×	226 0.7×	62	2.4k
Wendy Larner United States	27	1.3k 1.0×	786 0.8×	951 1.7×	296 0.8×	214 0.6×	68	3.2k
Robert A. Beauregard United States	25	1.0k 0.7×	1.6k 1.6×	398 0.7×	172 0.5×	399 1.2×	106	2.8k
Mark Purcell United States	29	1.6k 1.2×	1.9k 1.9×	969 1.7×	352 1.0×	177 0.5×	62	4.7k
Saskia Sassen	3	1.6k 1.2×	1.8k 1.8×	738 1.3×	209 0.6×	940 2.8×	3	3.7k
Oren Yiftachel Israel	31	2.3k 1.6×	1.8k 1.8×	1.1k 1.9×	240 0.7×	125 0.4×	92	3.9k
Allan Cochrane United Kingdom	30	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	1.4k 2.5×	344 1.0×	260 0.8×	95	3.8k
Gillian Hart United States	26	1.5k 1.1×	455 0.4×	819 1.5×	132 0.4×	248 0.7×	59	2.8k
Nicholas Blomley Canada	38	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	795 1.4×	424 1.2×	173 0.5×	96	4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Mike Davis

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mike Davis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Mike Davis. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Mike Davis. The network helps show where Mike Davis may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mike Davis

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Davis, Mike, Robert S. Sommer, & J. A. Menge. (2019). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. 24 indexed citations

2.

Davis, Mike, et al.. (2018). 3D Gamma Source Mapping and Intervention Analysis. Transactions American Geophysical Union. 119(1). 1050–1052. 1 indexed citations

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Davis, Mike, et al.. (2018). Listening through the learning conversation: a thought provoking intervention. MedEdPublish. 7. 199–199. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Ruiqi, Navam Hettiarachchy, Srinivas Rayaprolu, et al.. (2014). Phenolics and Antioxidant Activity of Saskatoon Berry ( Amelanchier alnifolia ) Pomace Extract. Journal of Medicinal Food. 17(3). 384–392. 12 indexed citations

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Davis, Mike. (2011). “Fortress L.A.”: from City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles (1990). 241–247. 1 indexed citations

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Davis, Mike. (2009). Obama en Manassas. New left review. 5–37. 2 indexed citations

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Davis, Mike, et al.. (2006). No one is illegal : fighting violence and state repression on the U.S.-Mexico border. 38 indexed citations

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Davis, Mike. (2006). Miedo y dinero en Dubai. New left review. 43–66. 3 indexed citations

9.

Davis, Mike. (2005). El estéril matrimonio entre los obreros estadounidenses y el Partido Demócrata. New left review. 12(33). 55–108.

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Davis, Mike. (2005). Reading the Text That Isn't There.

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Davis, Mike. (2004). Planeta de ciudades-miseria. New left review. 5–34. 76 indexed citations

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Davis, Mike. (2004). PLANET OF SLUMS. 5–34. 58 indexed citations

13.

Davis, Mike. (2003). Ciudad de cuarzo: arqueología del futuro en Los Ángeles. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 25. 88–93. 5 indexed citations

14.

Davis, Mike, et al.. (2002). The Pig and the Skyscraper: Chicago: A History of Our Future. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

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Davis, Mike. (2000). The Origin of the Third World. Antipode. 32(1). 48–89. 4 indexed citations

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Davis, Mike. (2000). Urbanismo mágico: los latinos reinventan la gran ciudad estadounidense. New left review. 19–64. 2 indexed citations

17.

Davis, Mike. (1999). Magical Urbanism: Latinos Reinvent the US Big City. New left review. 1(234). 3–43. 1 indexed citations

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Horton, J.R. & Mike Davis. (1991). City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 20(6). 910–910. 937 indexed citations breakdown →

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Eyerman, Ron, Mike Davis, & Michael Sprinker. (1989). Reshaping the U.S. Left: Popular Struggles in the 1980s.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 18(4). 531–531. 21 indexed citations

20.

Davis, Mike. (1988). Los Angeles: Civil Liberties between the Hammer and the Rock. New left review. 1(170). 37–60. 3 indexed citations

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