R.A. Boschma

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 990 citations indexed

About

R.A. Boschma is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations and Urban Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, R.A. Boschma has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 990 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 6 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 3 papers in Urban Studies. Recurrent topics in R.A. Boschma's work include Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (8 papers), Regional Development and Policy (6 papers) and Business Strategy and Innovation (3 papers). R.A. Boschma is often cited by papers focused on Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (8 papers), Regional Development and Policy (6 papers) and Business Strategy and Innovation (3 papers). R.A. Boschma collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Norway and South Africa. R.A. Boschma's co-authors include Koen Frenken, Rik Wenting, G. A. van der Knaap, Thijs Verburg, Sergio Petralia and Deyu Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of Economic Geography and Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society.

In The Last Decade

R.A. Boschma

12 papers receiving 896 citations

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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.

A theoretical framework for evolutionary economic geography: industrial dynamics and urban growth as a branching process

2007 436 citations Koen Frenken, R.A. Boschma Journal of Economic Geography profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R.A. Boschma Netherlands	7	775	276	218	197	108	13	990
Edward J. Feser United States	11	732 0.9×	220 0.8×	254 1.2×	113 0.6×	101 0.9×	22	1.0k
Max-Peter Menzel Germany	9	448 0.6×	204 0.7×	352 1.6×	174 0.9×	116 1.1×	23	829
Mikel Navarro Spain	12	755 1.0×	361 1.3×	173 0.8×	201 1.0×	48 0.4×	58	953
Weiping Wu United States	11	257 0.3×	153 0.6×	180 0.8×	160 0.8×	87 0.8×	15	612
Luis Suarez‐Villa United States	16	431 0.6×	162 0.6×	204 0.9×	64 0.3×	66 0.6×	43	681
Rik Wenting Netherlands	5	403 0.5×	120 0.4×	135 0.6×	104 0.5×	77 0.7×	7	562
Breandán Ó hUallacháin United States	19	646 0.8×	111 0.4×	219 1.0×	38 0.2×	118 1.1×	49	905
Karl-Johan Lundquist Sweden	11	387 0.5×	245 0.9×	94 0.4×	65 0.3×	81 0.8×	34	571
Marco R. Di Tommaso Italy	15	430 0.6×	162 0.6×	159 0.7×	52 0.3×	78 0.7×	49	672
Göran Lindqvist Sweden	7	397 0.5×	194 0.7×	352 1.6×	216 1.1×	67 0.6×	10	743

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Boschma, R.A., et al.. (2025). Regional development traps in Europe: a study of occupational trajectories of regions. Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society. 19(1). 49–67. 1 indexed citations

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Boschma, R.A. & Koen Frenken. (2017). Why is economic geography not an evolutionary science? Towards an evolutionary economic geography. TU/e Research Portal (Eindhoven University of Technology). 127–156. 1 indexed citations

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Boschma, R.A., et al.. (2012). Overview of the European Neighbourhood Policy: Its History, Structure, and Implemented Policy Measures. Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University). 11 indexed citations

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Boschma, R.A., et al.. (2012). Taking Stock of Research Projects on the European Neighbourhood Policy. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1–36. 1 indexed citations

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Boschma, R.A. & Koen Frenken. (2009). Technological relatedness and regional branching. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 47. 64–81. 190 indexed citations

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Boschma, R.A. & Rik Wenting. (2007). The spatial evolution of the British automobile industry: Does location matter?. Industrial and Corporate Change. 16(2). 213–238. 256 indexed citations

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Frenken, Koen & R.A. Boschma. (2007). A theoretical framework for evolutionary economic geography: industrial dynamics and urban growth as a branching process. Journal of Economic Geography. 7(5). 635–649. 436 indexed citations breakdown →

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Boschma, R.A. & Koen Frenken. (2006). Applications of Evolutionary Economic Geography. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 215–243. 5 indexed citations

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Frenken, Koen, et al.. (2004). Variety and regional economic growth in the Netherlands : final report to the Ministery of Economic Affairs. TU/e Research Portal (Eindhoven University of Technology). 20 indexed citations

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Boschma, R.A. & Koen Frenken. (2003). Evolutionary economics and industry location. TU/e Research Portal. 40 indexed citations

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Boschma, R.A. & G. A. van der Knaap. (1999). New high‐tech industries and windows of locational opportunity: the role oflabour markets and knowledge institutions during the industrial era. Geografiska Annaler Series B Human Geography. 81(2). 73–89. 27 indexed citations

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Boschma, R.A.. (1998). Economic Evolution and the Adjustment of the Spatial Matrix of the Regions. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 113–129. 1 indexed citations

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Boschma, R.A.. (1996). New Industries and Windows of locational opportunity: a long-term Analysis of Belgium. University of Twente Research Information. 1 indexed citations

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