Phil Jones

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Phil Jones is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Urban Studies and Geography, Planning and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, Phil Jones has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 22 papers in Urban Studies and 18 papers in Geography, Planning and Development. Recurrent topics in Phil Jones's work include Geographies of human-animal interactions (12 papers), Urban Planning and Governance (10 papers) and Urban Transport and Accessibility (9 papers). Phil Jones is often cited by papers focused on Geographies of human-animal interactions (12 papers), Urban Planning and Governance (10 papers) and Urban Transport and Accessibility (9 papers). Phil Jones collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Slovakia. Phil Jones's co-authors include James Evans, Jane Ricketts Hein, Tess Osborne, Neil Macdonald, M.F.A.M. van Maarseveen, Razieh Zandieh, Javier Martínez, Johannes Flacke, Ben Hamilton-Baillie and Jacob A. Jordaan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Energy and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Phil Jones

92 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

The walking interview: Methodology, mobility and place 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 200 400 600
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. The walking interview: Methodology, mobility and place
    2010 649 citations James Evans, Phil Jones Applied Geography profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Phil Jones United Kingdom 23 807 497 408 403 340 101 2.5k
Robert J. Stimson Australia 28 1.1k 1.4× 1.0k 2.1× 305 0.7× 353 0.9× 236 0.7× 153 3.4k
Harvey C. Perkins New Zealand 25 1.2k 1.4× 210 0.4× 305 0.7× 444 1.1× 203 0.6× 75 2.7k
Bertil Vilhelmson Sweden 26 1.3k 1.6× 1.1k 2.2× 311 0.8× 379 0.9× 113 0.3× 61 3.3k
Matt Watson United Kingdom 24 1.3k 1.6× 466 0.9× 240 0.6× 356 0.9× 97 0.3× 40 4.3k
Alan Latham United Kingdom 27 1.5k 1.8× 301 0.6× 688 1.7× 587 1.5× 159 0.5× 63 2.9k
James Evans United Kingdom 35 1.2k 1.5× 727 1.5× 386 0.9× 479 1.2× 321 0.9× 111 4.9k
Kenneth R. Olwig Sweden 20 675 0.8× 415 0.8× 452 1.1× 347 0.9× 494 1.5× 71 2.4k
Mika Pantzar Finland 18 1.3k 1.7× 287 0.6× 175 0.4× 283 0.7× 96 0.3× 60 4.1k
Edward Relph Canada 12 1.8k 2.3× 233 0.5× 663 1.6× 680 1.7× 390 1.1× 24 3.4k
Bradley S. Jorgensen Australia 18 1.6k 2.0× 241 0.5× 155 0.4× 160 0.4× 585 1.7× 41 3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Phil Jones

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Fields of papers citing papers by Phil Jones

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Phil Jones

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Phil Jones. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Phil Jones 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 Phil Jones. Phil Jones 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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Rzeszewski, Michał, Tess Osborne, Phil Jones, Leighton Evans, & Gerd Weitkamp. (2024). Interviewing in the metaverse: The renewed importance of location and embodiment. Applied Geography. 167. 103295–103295. 2 indexed citations
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Moran, Dominique, Jacob A. Jordaan, & Phil Jones. (2024). Toxic Prisons? Local Environmental Quality and the Wellbeing of Incarcerated Populations. Land. 13(2). 223–223. 4 indexed citations
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Burt, Stephen & Phil Jones. (2023). Dennis Alexander Wheeler (latterly known as Deborah Smith) 1948–2023. Weather. 78(10). 281–282.
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Andres, Lauren, et al.. (2023). Planners, blended (in)formality and a public interest of fragments. Planning Practice and Research. 39(2). 207–222. 3 indexed citations
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Jones, Phil, et al.. (2022). Virtual Reality Methods. Policy Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Jones, Phil, et al.. (2021). Planning out abjection? The role of the planning profession in post-apartheid South Africa. Planning Theory. 21(1). 35–55. 4 indexed citations
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Jones, Phil, et al.. (2020). Public sector as pioneer: shorter working weeks as the new gold standard. Greenwich Academic Literature Archive (University of Greenwich). 1 indexed citations
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Loon, Anne F. Van, et al.. (2020). Creative practice as a tool to build resilience to natural hazards in the Global South. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). 453–474. 13 indexed citations
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Jones, Phil, et al.. (2020). City Typology, for context-sensitive framework and tools development. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations
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Jones, Phil, et al.. (2017). Cultural Policy, Governance and Urban Diversity: Resident Perspectives from Birmingham, UK. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. 109(1). 22–35. 7 indexed citations
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Jones, Phil, Jarkko K. Niemi, & Richard Tranter. (2017). List of stakeholder preferred interventions. Jukuri (Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)). 1 indexed citations
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Jones, Phil, et al.. (2015). Defining and measuring the impact of community severance on local accessibility. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Jones, Phil & James Evans. (2013). Urban Regeneration in the UK. 62 indexed citations
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Kingston, Daniel G., et al.. (2012). Experiences of using mobile technologies and virtual field tours in Physical Geography: implications for hydrology education. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 16(5). 1281–1286. 21 indexed citations
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Jones, Phil, et al.. (2011). Using GPS-Enabled Mobile Computing to Augment Qualitative Interviewing: Two Case Studies. Field Methods. 23(2). 173–187. 25 indexed citations
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Kelly, Colin M., et al.. (2009). Enhancing appraisal methods to support sustainable transport and land use. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations
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Jones, Phil. (2009). Rethinking Childhood: : Attitudes in Contemporary Childhood. Continuum eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Jones, Phil, et al.. (2008). Exploring Space and Place With Walking Interviews. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). 2. 165 indexed citations
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Hein, Jane Ricketts, James Evans, & Phil Jones. (2008). Mobile Methodologies: Theory, Technology and Practice. Geography Compass. 2(5). 1266–1285. 131 indexed citations

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