Rob Kitchin

27.8k total citations · 15 hit papers
276 papers, 16.3k citations indexed

About

Rob Kitchin is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Sociology and Political Science and Transportation. According to data from OpenAlex, Rob Kitchin has authored 276 papers receiving a total of 16.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Geography, Planning and Development, 58 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 49 papers in Transportation. Recurrent topics in Rob Kitchin's work include Geographic Information Systems Studies (56 papers), Smart Cities and Technologies (46 papers) and Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (46 papers). Rob Kitchin is often cited by papers focused on Geographic Information Systems Studies (56 papers), Smart Cities and Technologies (46 papers) and Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (46 papers). Rob Kitchin collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and United States. Rob Kitchin's co-authors include Martin Dodge, Paolo Cardullo, Gavin McArdle, Tracey P. Lauriault, Agnieszka Leszczynski, James Ash, Ruth Sager, Justin Gleeson, Cian O’Callaghan and Noel Castree and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Rob Kitchin

260 papers receiving 14.8k citations

Hit Papers

The real-time city? Big data and smart urbanism 2007 2026 2013 2019 2013 2014 2014 2016 2014 500 1000 1.5k

Peers

Rob Kitchin
Comparison fields: 5 of 220
  • Sociology and Political Science 4.3k
  • Media Technology 3.6k
  • Transportation 3.3k
  • Geography, Planning and Development 2.3k
  • Political Science and International Relations 1.6k
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Countries citing papers authored by Rob Kitchin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rob Kitchin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rob Kitchin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rob Kitchin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rob Kitchin 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 Kitchin. Rob Kitchin 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
# Work Indexed citations
1 4
2 7
3 0
4 8
5 34
6 26
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Being a ‘citizen’ in the smart city: up and down the scaffold of smart citizen participation in Dublin, Ireland breakdown →
434
8 25
9 39
10
What makes Big Data, Big Data? Exploring the ontological characteristics of 26 datasets breakdown →
326
11 30
12
Towards critical data studies: Charting and unpacking data assemblages and their work
130
13
Supporting Evidence-Informed SpatialPlanning in Ireland: A Research Perspective
1
14 4
15
A Diaspora Strategy for Canada?Enriching Debate through Heightening Awareness of International Practice. Project Paper SeriesNo. 11-1
3
16
The NIRSA Diaspora Strategy Wheel and Ten Principles of Good Practice
3
17 76
18
Disability and Federalism: Comparing Different Approaches to Full Participation
1
19 9
20 1

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