Peter Sunley

13.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
95 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Peter Sunley is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations and Urban Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Sunley has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 22 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 15 papers in Urban Studies. Recurrent topics in Peter Sunley's work include Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (29 papers), Regional resilience and development (22 papers) and Regional Development and Policy (13 papers). Peter Sunley is often cited by papers focused on Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (29 papers), Regional resilience and development (22 papers) and Regional Development and Policy (13 papers). Peter Sunley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Peter Sunley's co-authors include Ron Martin, Ron Martin, Peter Tyler, Ben Gardiner, Steven Pinch, R. Martin, Christian Berndt, Britta Klagge, Andy Pike and Suzanne Reimer and has published in prestigious journals such as Urban Studies, Progress in Human Geography and Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.

In The Last Decade

Peter Sunley

90 papers receiving 7.5k 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.

Path dependence and regional economic evolution

2006 1.6k citations Ron Martin, Peter Sunley Journal of Economic Geography profile →
Deconstructing clusters: chaotic concept or policy panacea?

2002 1.4k citations Peter Sunley et al. Journal of Economic Geography profile →
On the notion of regional economic resilience: conceptualization and explanation

2014 1.0k citations Ron Martin, Peter Sunley Journal of Economic Geography profile →
How Regions React to Recessions: Resilience and the Role of Economic Structure

2016 551 citations Ron Martin, Peter Sunley et al. Regional Studies profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Peter Sunley	5.3k	2.0k	1.7k	1.5k	1.1k	95	8.4k
Ron Martin	6.6k 1.2×	2.6k 1.3×	1.6k 0.9×	1.8k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	131	10.2k
Philip McCann	6.7k 1.3×	3.8k 1.9×	2.2k 1.3×	2.1k 1.4×	1.2k 1.1×	225	11.0k
Michael Storper	5.5k 1.0×	3.3k 1.7×	2.4k 1.4×	2.6k 1.7×	3.1k 2.7×	130	11.4k
Andy Pike	2.4k 0.5×	1.8k 0.9×	653 0.4×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	120	5.5k
Danny MacKinnon	1.5k 0.3×	1.3k 0.7×	994 0.6×	1.6k 1.1×	864 0.8×	81	4.9k
Richard M. Walker	1.6k 0.3×	2.1k 1.1×	2.8k 1.7×	2.1k 1.4×	464 0.4×	206	9.6k
Ann Markusen	3.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	1.9k 1.3×	2.9k 2.5×	110	7.1k
Neil M. Coe	2.1k 0.4×	1.9k 0.9×	5.2k 3.1×	2.5k 1.6×	1.3k 1.2×	121	9.5k
Colin C. Williams	8.5k 1.6×	978 0.5×	656 0.4×	4.3k 2.9×	606 0.5×	698	13.3k
Frank van Oort	4.3k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	745 0.5×	667 0.6×	115	6.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sunley, Peter, et al.. (2023). Multi-system dynamics in regional path upgrading: The intra- and inter-path dynamics of green industrial transitions in the Solent marine and maritime pathway. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1(2). 100005–100005. 4 indexed citations

Martin, Ron & Peter Sunley. (2023). Capitalism divided? London, financialisation and the UK’s spatially unbalanced economy. Contemporary Social Science. 18(3-4). 381–405. 16 indexed citations

Martin, Ron & Peter Sunley. (2022). Making history matter more in evolutionary economic geography. Econstor (Econstor). 66(2). 65–80. 50 indexed citations

Sunley, Peter, et al.. (2021). Renewing industrial regions? Advanced manufacturing and industrial policy in Britain. Regional Studies. 57(6). 1126–1140. 23 indexed citations

Harris, Richard, John Moffat, Emil Evenhuis, et al.. (2019). Does spatial proximity raise firm productivity? Evidence from British manufacturing. Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society. 14 indexed citations

Tyler, Peter, Emil Evenhuis, Ron Martin, Peter Sunley, & Ben Gardiner. (2017). Growing apart? Structural transformation and the uneven development of British cities. Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society. 10(3). 425–454. 21 indexed citations

Sunley, Peter. (2017). Principles of economics, 8th Ed.. Regional Studies. 51(8). 1281–1282. 77 indexed citations

Sunley, Peter. (2013). Innovation, Global Change and Territorial Resilience. Regional Studies. 47(4). 644–645. 5 indexed citations

Sunley, Peter. (2011). Worlds of Production: Conventions and the Microfoundations of Regional Economies. Chapters. 1 indexed citations

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Leyshon, Andrew, et al.. (2011). The SAGE Handbook of Economic Geography. 54 indexed citations

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Sunley, Peter, Steven Pinch, & Suzanne Reimer. (2011). Design capital: practice and situated learning in London design agencies. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 36(3). 377–392. 20 indexed citations

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Sunley, Peter. (2008). Applied evolutionary economics and economic geography. Journal of Economic Geography. 8(6). 326–827. 1 indexed citations

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Martin, Ronald L. & Peter Sunley. (2008). The evolving project of economic geography. Routledge eBooks.

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Sunley, Peter, Steven Pinch, Suzanne Reimer, & James Macmillen. (2008). Innovation in a Creative Production System: The Case of Design. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Berndt, Christian, Britta Klagge, Peter Sunley, & Ron Martin. (2005). Spatial Proximity Effects and Regional Equity Gaps in the Venture Capital Market: Evidence from Germany and the United Kingdom. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Berndt, Christian, et al.. (2003). Regional Venture Capitalism UK and Germany Compared. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 65(3). 308–13. 1 indexed citations

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Martin, Ron, et al.. (2002). Taking risks in regions: the geographical anatomy of Europe`s emerging venture capital market. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations

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Martin, Ron, Peter Sunley, & Jane Wills. (1994). UNIONS AND THE POLITICS OF DEINDUSTRIALIZATION: SOME COMMENTS ON HOW GEOGRAPHY COMPLICATES CLASS ANALYSIS. Antipode. 26(1). 59–76. 16 indexed citations

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Sunley, Peter, et al.. (1994). The Decentralization of Industrial Relations? New Institutional Spaces and the Role of Local Context in British Engineering. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 19(4). 457–457. 7 indexed citations

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Sunley, Peter. (1990). Striking Parallels: A Comparison of the Geographies of the 1926 and 1984–85 Coalmining Disputes. Environment and Planning D Society and Space. 8(1). 35–52. 8 indexed citations

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