Roberta Comunian

2.7k total citations
79 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Roberta Comunian is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberta Comunian has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Urban Studies, 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 12 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Roberta Comunian's work include Cultural Industries and Urban Development (66 papers), Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (12 papers) and Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (7 papers). Roberta Comunian is often cited by papers focused on Cultural Industries and Urban Development (66 papers), Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (12 papers) and Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (7 papers). Roberta Comunian collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and United States. Roberta Comunian's co-authors include Caroline Chapain, Lauren England, Alessandra Faggian, Sarah Jewell, Nick Clifton, Qian Cher Li, Abigail Gilmore, David Norman Smith, Calvin W. Taylor and Jonathan Gross and has published in prestigious journals such as Urban Studies, Regional Studies and Journal of Rural Studies.

In The Last Decade

Roberta Comunian

74 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roberta Comunian United Kingdom 22 1.0k 505 352 168 160 79 1.5k
Justin O’Connor Australia 24 1.6k 1.5× 740 1.5× 368 1.0× 164 1.0× 163 1.0× 78 2.1k
Mark Banks United Kingdom 19 1.2k 1.2× 690 1.4× 190 0.5× 174 1.0× 97 0.6× 41 1.8k
Kate Oakley United Kingdom 20 770 0.7× 387 0.8× 155 0.4× 102 0.6× 112 0.7× 58 1.1k
Charles Landry 9 989 0.9× 563 1.1× 244 0.7× 100 0.6× 147 0.9× 12 1.4k
Chad R. Miller United States 10 633 0.6× 370 0.7× 231 0.7× 59 0.4× 118 0.7× 28 1.1k
Pierre‐Michel Menger France 16 665 0.6× 574 1.1× 123 0.3× 67 0.4× 35 0.2× 92 1.1k
Ruth Towse United Kingdom 21 590 0.6× 371 0.7× 366 1.0× 97 0.6× 68 0.4× 61 1.3k
John Howkins United Kingdom 7 578 0.6× 280 0.6× 218 0.6× 132 0.8× 119 0.7× 21 1.2k
Oliver Ibert Germany 18 329 0.3× 473 0.9× 234 0.7× 265 1.6× 150 0.9× 47 1.3k
Jim Horner United States 3 400 0.4× 211 0.4× 167 0.5× 67 0.4× 24 0.1× 6 761

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roberta Comunian

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roberta Comunian

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All Works

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Comunian, Roberta, et al.. (2025). Re-Defining Fashion Cities: African Fashion Designers Between Local and Global Networks. Fashion Theory. 29(3). 375–390.
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Comunian, Roberta, et al.. (2023). Creative and cultural work post-Covid-19: Interruptions as space of political re-futuring. International Journal of Cultural Studies. 27(4). 528–545. 3 indexed citations
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Comunian, Roberta, et al.. (2023). Who cares for creative and cultural workers? The role of intermediaries in Europe’s creative economy. Cultural Trends. 33(5). 562–579. 5 indexed citations
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Comunian, Roberta, et al.. (2022). ‘Covid-19 opened the pandora box’ of the creative city: creative and cultural workers against precarity in Milan. Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society. 15(3). 615–634. 9 indexed citations
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Comunian, Roberta, et al.. (2021). Cultural and creative ecosystems: a review of theories and methods, towards a new research agenda. Cultural Trends. 31(4). 332–353. 36 indexed citations
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Gross, Jonathan, Roberta Comunian, Bridget Conor, et al.. (2020). Managing Creative Economies as Cultural Eco-Systems. 4 indexed citations
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Wilson, Nick, et al.. (2019). Re-thinking Inclusive and Sustainable Growth for the Creative Economy: A Literature Review. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 8 indexed citations
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Gross, Jonathan, Roberta Comunian, Bridget Conor, et al.. (2019). DISCE Case Study Framework. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
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Comunian, Roberta. (2015). Knowledge and business engagement networks in academic maritime research: A case study of the University of Southampton. Journal of maritime research. 12(3). 3–12. 1 indexed citations
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Clifton, Nick, Roberta Comunian, & Caroline Chapain. (2015). Creative Regions in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities for Policy. European Planning Studies. 23(12). 2331–2335. 7 indexed citations
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Comunian, Roberta & Alessandra Faggian. (2014). Exploring music careers: music graduates and early career trajectories in UK. 189–212. 2 indexed citations
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Comunian, Roberta. (2011). Networks of knowledge and support. Mapping relations between public, private and not for profit sector in the creative economy. Econstor (Econstor). 1 indexed citations
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Chapain, Caroline & Roberta Comunian. (2011). Dynamics and differences across creative industries in the UK: exploring the case of Birmingham.. Research Portal (King's College London). 2(2). 5 indexed citations
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Comunian, Roberta, Alessandra Faggian, & Qian Cher Li. (2010). Unrewarded careers in the creative class: The strange case of bohemian graduates. Papers of the Regional Science Association. 89(2). 389–411. 93 indexed citations
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Comunian, Roberta. (2010). Rethinking the Creative City. Urban Studies. 48(6). 1157–1179. 168 indexed citations
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Comunian, Roberta. (2009). Questioning creative work as driver of economic development: the case of Newcastle-Gateshead. Creative Industries Journal. 2(1). 57–71. 26 indexed citations
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Comunian, Roberta. (2008). Culture Italian style: business and the arts. Journal of Business Strategy. 29(3). 37–44. 8 indexed citations

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