Philip Boland

768 total citations
34 papers, 539 citations indexed

About

Philip Boland is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Philip Boland has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 539 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Urban Studies, 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Philip Boland's work include Urban Planning and Governance (10 papers), Cultural Industries and Urban Development (9 papers) and Regional Development and Policy (6 papers). Philip Boland is often cited by papers focused on Urban Planning and Governance (10 papers), Cultural Industries and Urban Development (9 papers) and Regional Development and Policy (6 papers). Philip Boland collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Serbia and United States. Philip Boland's co-authors include Brendan Murtagh, Jenny Muir, Peter Shirlow, Stephen McKay, Linda Fox‐Rogers, Abigail Durrant, Alexander Wilson, James D. Wallace, J. Mawson and Gillian W. Shorter and has published in prestigious journals such as Urban Studies, Environment and Planning A Economy and Space and Regional Studies.

In The Last Decade

Philip Boland

33 papers receiving 492 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Philip Boland United Kingdom 13 248 230 105 54 45 34 539
Frank Gaffikin United Kingdom 12 241 1.0× 235 1.0× 126 1.2× 47 0.9× 34 0.8× 30 556
Andrew Merrifield United Kingdom 7 269 1.1× 279 1.2× 93 0.9× 74 1.4× 89 2.0× 10 606
John Pløger Denmark 11 307 1.2× 223 1.0× 125 1.2× 86 1.6× 56 1.2× 28 573
Steven Flusty United States 9 234 0.9× 230 1.0× 64 0.6× 47 0.9× 61 1.4× 12 516
Sue Brownill United Kingdom 14 261 1.1× 177 0.8× 96 0.9× 112 2.1× 18 0.4× 29 547
Simone Tulumello Portugal 13 213 0.9× 210 0.9× 108 1.0× 150 2.8× 26 0.6× 66 528
Nezar AlSayyad United States 14 345 1.4× 383 1.7× 213 2.0× 54 1.0× 42 0.9× 32 841
Ibán Dí­az Parra Spain 10 210 0.8× 363 1.6× 44 0.4× 37 0.7× 28 0.6× 59 653
Nina Gribat Germany 4 278 1.1× 135 0.6× 186 1.8× 57 1.1× 22 0.5× 14 492
Sonia Roitman Australia 14 289 1.2× 169 0.7× 82 0.8× 38 0.7× 16 0.4× 31 523

Countries citing papers authored by Philip Boland

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Fields of papers citing papers by Philip Boland

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philip Boland

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All Works

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Boland, Philip, Tristan Sturm, & Gillian W. Shorter. (2025). (Dealing with) Illegal Drugs and “Unwanted Land-Use”: A Socially Inclusive Future Planning Imagination for Drug Consumption Rooms. Journal of Planning Education and Research. 2 indexed citations
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Boland, Philip, et al.. (2024). Professional planners’ preparedness for digital transformation: an empirical analysis of PlanTech. Town Planning Review. 96(2). 201–227. 1 indexed citations
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Boland, Philip, Thomas Hastings, Satish Kumar, & Stephen McKay. (2023). World Heritage Sites and the question of scale in governance and politics: A study of Stonehenge. International Journal of Cultural Property. 30(2). 155–176.
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Boland, Philip, et al.. (2022). The politics of World Heritage Sites: city planning, bird shit architecture and European impunity. Territory Politics Governance. 12(7). 1006–1027. 2 indexed citations
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Boland, Philip & Stephen McKay. (2021). All aboard Belfast’s ‘brandwagon’: from ‘pariah city’ to ‘energised city’. Town Planning Review. 92(6). 723–753. 1 indexed citations
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Boland, Philip, et al.. (2021). A ‘planning revolution’ or an ‘attack on planning’ in England: digitization, digitalization, and democratization. International Planning Studies. 27(2). 155–172. 21 indexed citations
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Boland, Philip & Stephen McKay. (2020). Personality association and celebrity museumification of George Best (with nods to John Lennon). Place Branding and Public Diplomacy. 17(4). 409–419. 2 indexed citations
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Murtagh, Brendan, et al.. (2019). Urban restructuring, social economics and violence after conflict. Third World Thematics A TWQ Journal. 4(2-3). 220–238. 4 indexed citations
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Boland, Philip, Linda Fox‐Rogers, & Stephen McKay. (2019). Planning, platforms, participation: city resilience and illegal drugs in Belfast. International Planning Studies. 25(4). 320–339. 5 indexed citations
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Boland, Philip, Brendan Murtagh, & Peter Shirlow. (2018). Neoliberal place competition and culturephilia: explored through the lens of Derry~Londonderry. Social & Cultural Geography. 21(6). 788–809. 11 indexed citations
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Boland, Philip, et al.. (2016). On the waterfront: Neoliberal urbanism and the politics of public benefit. Cities. 61. 117–127. 64 indexed citations
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Boland, Philip, Brendan Murtagh, & Peter Shirlow. (2016). Fashioning a City of Culture: ‘life and place changing’ or ‘12 month party’?. International Journal of Cultural Policy. 25(2). 246–265. 25 indexed citations
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Boland, Philip. (2014). The Relationship between Spatial Planning and Economic Competitiveness: The ‘Path to Economic Nirvana’ or a ‘Dangerous Obsession’?. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space. 46(4). 770–787. 31 indexed citations
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Boland, Philip. (2004). Wales and objective 1 status: learning the lessons or emulating the errors?. European Planning Studies. 12(2). 249–270. 5 indexed citations
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Boland, Philip. (1999). Contested multi‐level governance: Merseyside and the European structural funds. European Planning Studies. 7(5). 647–664. 25 indexed citations
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Boland, Philip. (1999). “Community” Economic Development in Knowsley, Merseyside. Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit. 14(3). 214–231. 5 indexed citations
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Boland, Philip. (1996). Institutional Mechanisms and Regional Development in Merseyside: Objective 1 Status. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 107–128. 1 indexed citations
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Mawson, J., et al.. (1995). Policy Review Section. Regional Studies. 29(7). 687–705. 3 indexed citations
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Boland, Philip, et al.. (1995). Merseyside - Implications of Objective 1 and the Government Office. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 698–705. 3 indexed citations

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