Richard Ballard

1.1k total citations
39 papers, 561 citations indexed

About

Richard Ballard is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Law and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Ballard has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 561 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Urban Studies, 11 papers in Law and 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Richard Ballard's work include Urban and Rural Development Challenges (12 papers), Legal Issues in South Africa (11 papers) and South African History and Culture (9 papers). Richard Ballard is often cited by papers focused on Urban and Rural Development Challenges (12 papers), Legal Issues in South Africa (11 papers) and South African History and Culture (9 papers). Richard Ballard collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Richard Ballard's co-authors include E. Jeffrey Popke, Gareth A. Jones, Philip Harrison, Alison Todes, Clive Barnett, Paul Armbruster, Andrew G. Chapple, Brij Maharaj, Jennifer Robinson and Adam Habib and has published in prestigious journals such as Progress in Human Geography, Environment and Planning A Economy and Space and Geoforum.

In The Last Decade

Richard Ballard

34 papers receiving 493 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Ballard South Africa 15 241 228 98 82 67 39 561
Marcelo Lopes de Souza Brazil 16 242 1.0× 313 1.4× 122 1.2× 20 0.2× 66 1.0× 66 657
Owen Crankshaw South Africa 17 340 1.4× 372 1.6× 160 1.6× 166 2.0× 102 1.5× 51 901
Anthony Lemon United Kingdom 14 353 1.5× 226 1.0× 149 1.5× 188 2.3× 33 0.5× 53 689
Leslie Bank South Africa 16 375 1.6× 129 0.6× 63 0.6× 89 1.1× 26 0.4× 74 698
Alan Mabin South Africa 13 375 1.6× 410 1.8× 155 1.6× 232 2.8× 57 0.9× 56 751
Robert Home United Kingdom 16 269 1.1× 401 1.8× 130 1.3× 42 0.5× 115 1.7× 67 936
Richard Thompson Ford United States 9 287 1.2× 65 0.3× 185 1.9× 100 1.2× 26 0.4× 31 561
Sarah Blandy United Kingdom 16 305 1.3× 408 1.8× 121 1.2× 59 0.7× 272 4.1× 35 856
Andrew Merrifield United Kingdom 7 279 1.2× 269 1.2× 93 0.9× 11 0.1× 74 1.1× 10 606
Petra L. Doan United States 9 349 1.4× 233 1.0× 63 0.6× 12 0.1× 42 0.6× 17 753

Countries citing papers authored by Richard Ballard

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Ballard

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Ballard

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All Works

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Ballard, Richard. (2023). Post-Fordism and urban inequality: the case of Johannesburg. City. 27(1-2). 267–269.
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Chapple, Andrew G., et al.. (2022). Comparison of AudaxCeph®’s fully automated cephalometric tracing technology to a semi-automated approach by human examiners. International Orthodontics. 20(4). 100691–100691. 18 indexed citations
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Ballard, Richard, Gareth A. Jones, & M. Patrick Ngwenya. (2021). Trickle-out Urbanism: Are Johannesburg’s Gated Estates Good for Their Poor Neighbours?. Urban Forum. 32(2). 165–182. 5 indexed citations
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Ballard, Richard, et al.. (2021). Scale of Belonging: Gauteng 30 Years After the Repeal of the Group Areas Act. Urban Forum. 32(2). 131–139. 1 indexed citations
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Ballard, Richard, et al.. (2019). Comparing the relational work of developers. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space. 52(2). 266–276. 21 indexed citations
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Ballard, Richard. (2017). Prefix as policy: Megaprojects as South Africa's big idea for human settlements. Transformation. 95(1). i–xviii. 6 indexed citations
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Ballard, Richard. (2016). Community and the Balkanization of social membership. Dialogues in Human Geography. 6(1). 78–81. 2 indexed citations
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Ballard, Richard. (2014). Geographies of development III. Progress in Human Geography. 39(2). 214–224. 18 indexed citations
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Ballard, Richard. (2012). Geographies of development. Progress in Human Geography. 36(5). 563–572. 26 indexed citations
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Ballard, Richard. (2010). ‘Slaughter in the suburbs’: livestock slaughter and race in post-apartheid cities. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 33(6). 1069–1087. 20 indexed citations
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Ballard, Richard, et al.. (2007). Development and New Forms of Democracy in eThekwini. Urban Forum. 18(4). 265–287. 7 indexed citations
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Low, Murray, Richard Ballard, & Brij Maharaj. (2007). Dilemmas of Representation in Post-apartheid Durban. Urban Forum. 18(4). 247–264. 4 indexed citations
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Ballard, Richard. (2004). The Ant and the Grasshopper: Rationalising Exclusion and Inequality in the Post-apartheid City. Theoria. 51(105). 6 indexed citations
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Popke, E. Jeffrey & Richard Ballard. (2003). Dislocating modernity: Identity, space and representations of street trade in Durban, South Africa. Geoforum. 35(1). 99–110. 57 indexed citations
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Schultz, Thomas, et al.. (1992). Detection of Bed Continuity Using Crosswell Data: A Gypsy Pilot Site Study. Proceedings of SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 3 indexed citations
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Ballard, Richard, et al.. (1977). Estimating costs and performance of systems for machine processing of remotely sensed data. Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University System). 1 indexed citations
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Ballard, Richard, et al.. (1975). The Plato IV CAI System: Where is it Now? Where Can it Go?. Journal of Educational Technology Systems. 3(4). 267–283. 6 indexed citations
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Ballard, Richard, et al.. (1975). Planning Communication Networks to Deliver Educational Services.. 2 indexed citations

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