Rob Ball

655 total citations
26 papers, 438 citations indexed

About

Rob Ball is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Rob Ball has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 438 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 7 papers in Strategy and Management and 6 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Rob Ball's work include Public-Private Partnership Projects (6 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (5 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (4 papers). Rob Ball is often cited by papers focused on Public-Private Partnership Projects (6 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (5 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (4 papers). Rob Ball collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Malaysia and Canada. Rob Ball's co-authors include David King, Seonaidh McDonald, David King, Jim McGrath, L.M.G. Forsyth, Ross Cullen and Caroline M. Saunders and has published in prestigious journals such as Resources Conservation and Recycling, Regional Studies and Higher Education.

In The Last Decade

Rob Ball

24 papers receiving 384 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rob Ball United Kingdom 12 226 108 78 72 63 26 438
James C. McDavid Canada 12 94 0.4× 128 1.2× 19 0.2× 46 0.6× 120 1.9× 39 438
Beata Mikušová Meričková Slovakia 10 110 0.5× 104 1.0× 15 0.2× 26 0.4× 84 1.3× 53 323
Gerard van Bortel Netherlands 12 92 0.4× 75 0.7× 11 0.1× 9 0.1× 32 0.5× 21 421
Пина Пунтилло Italy 7 285 1.3× 41 0.4× 18 0.2× 35 0.5× 11 0.2× 16 400
Lea Stadtler France 11 291 1.3× 49 0.5× 12 0.2× 7 0.1× 14 0.2× 22 463
Michal Plaček Czechia 11 126 0.6× 118 1.1× 10 0.1× 17 0.2× 83 1.3× 70 355
Anthony Wall United Kingdom 12 177 0.8× 46 0.4× 18 0.2× 2 0.0× 38 0.6× 22 343
Robert Hebdon Canada 11 237 1.0× 225 2.1× 7 0.1× 14 0.2× 226 3.6× 31 595
John Hood United Kingdom 11 181 0.8× 82 0.8× 14 0.2× 2 0.0× 45 0.7× 33 394
Stephen Frost Hong Kong 8 315 1.4× 22 0.2× 9 0.1× 16 0.2× 28 0.4× 20 429

Countries citing papers authored by Rob Ball

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rob Ball

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rob Ball

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rob Ball. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rob Ball 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 Rob Ball. Rob Ball is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Ball, Rob, et al.. (2013). Assessing Relative Spending Needs of Devolved Government: The Case of Healthcare Spending in the UK. Regional Studies. 49(2). 323–336. 6 indexed citations
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Ball, Rob, et al.. (2012). Assessing the Relative Health Care Spending Needs of the UK's Devolved Territories: A Scottish Perspective. Environment and Planning C Government and Policy. 30(2). 322–346. 4 indexed citations
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Ball, Rob, et al.. (2010). Evaluation of Partnership Working within a Community Planning Context. Local Government Studies. 36(1). 109–127. 13 indexed citations
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Ball, Rob, et al.. (2007). The Private Finance Initiative in the UK. Public Management Review. 9(2). 289–310. 46 indexed citations
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King, David, et al.. (2007). Scotland's Social Services Spending Needs: An English View. Environment and Planning C Government and Policy. 25(6). 918–940. 4 indexed citations
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King, David, et al.. (2007). The environmental spending needs of Scotland's local authorities. Local Government Studies. 33(2). 271–309. 2 indexed citations
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Ball, Rob & David King. (2006). THE PRIVATE FINANCE INITIATIVE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Economic Affairs. 26(1). 36–40. 15 indexed citations
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King, David, et al.. (2004). An English Assessment of Scotland's Education Spending Needs. Fiscal Studies. 25(4). 439–466. 7 indexed citations
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Ball, Rob, et al.. (2003). Some Lessons from Using PFI for School Building Projects. Local Government Studies. 29(2). 89–106. 8 indexed citations
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Ball, Rob, et al.. (2002). The Private Finance Initiative and Public Sector Finance. Environment and Planning C Government and Policy. 20(1). 57–74. 11 indexed citations
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Ball, Rob, et al.. (2002). Innovation and Improvement in the Delivery of Public Services: The Use of Quality Management Within Local Government in Canada. Public Organization Review. 2(4). 387–405. 11 indexed citations
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Ball, Rob, et al.. (2001). Early employment outcomes of home and foreign educated graduates – the Malaysian Experience. Higher Education. 42(2). 171–189. 22 indexed citations
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Ball, Rob, et al.. (2001). Private Finance Initiative – a good deal for the public purse or a drain on future generations?. Policy & Politics. 29(1). 95–108. 74 indexed citations
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McDonald, Seonaidh & Rob Ball. (1998). Public participation in plastics recycling schemes. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 22(3-4). 123–141. 109 indexed citations
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Saunders, Caroline M., Ross Cullen, & Rob Ball. (1997). Unit day values: an application to Auckland regional parks. Lincoln University Research Archive (Lincoln University). 1 indexed citations
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Ball, Rob, et al.. (1996). Performance review: The British experience. Local Government Studies. 22(1). 40–58. 5 indexed citations
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Ball, Rob, et al.. (1993). Performance Review: Threats and Opportunities. Public Policy and Administration. 8(3). 33–45. 2 indexed citations
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Ball, Rob, et al.. (1991). Influence of R&D accounting conventions on internal decision-making of companies. R and D Management. 21(4). 261–270. 8 indexed citations
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Ball, Rob. (1980). Allocation of academic staff in universities. Higher Education. 9(4). 419–427. 2 indexed citations

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