Robin Law

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 965 citations indexed

About

Robin Law is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Robin Law has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 965 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in General Health Professions, 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Robin Law's work include Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (4 papers), Homelessness and Social Issues (4 papers) and Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (3 papers). Robin Law is often cited by papers focused on Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (4 papers), Homelessness and Social Issues (4 papers) and Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (3 papers). Robin Law collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States. Robin Law's co-authors include Christen E. Chalmers, Rob Kitchin, B Jarman, Peter J White, Stephen Gillam, Jennifer Wolch, John R. Dolan, Brendan Gleeson, Hugh Campbell and Pamela Wood and has published in prestigious journals such as Urban Studies, Progress in Human Geography and Health & Place.

In The Last Decade

Robin Law

19 papers receiving 840 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Beyond ‘women and transport’: towards new geographies of gender and daily mobility
    1999 376 citations Robin Law Progress in Human Geography profile →

Peers

Robin Law
Caroline Andrew Canada
Caroline Holland United Kingdom
Stephen M. Golant United States
T. R. Balakrishnan Canada
Nina Glasgow United States
Gloria Fernández‐Mayoralas Spain
Lee Thompson New Zealand
Olle Westerlund Sweden
Daniel Mont United States
Peter Kitchen Canada
Caroline Andrew Canada
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Countries citing papers authored by Robin Law

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robin Law

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robin Law

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robin Law. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robin Law 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 Robin Law. Robin Law 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
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Hauk, Olaf, et al.. (2023). Can we separate semantic representations from computations? A commentary on Calzavarini (2024). Language Cognition and Neuroscience. 39(7). 874–877.
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Crotty, Martin, et al.. (2004). Sites of Gender: Women, Men and Modernity in Southern Dunedin 1890-1939. Labour History. 273–273. 14 indexed citations
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Law, Robin. (2003). Communities, citizens, and the perceived importance of AIDS-related services in West Hollywood, California. Health & Place. 9(1). 7–22. 10 indexed citations
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Law, Robin. (2002). Gender and daily mobility in a New Zealand city, 1920–1960. Social & Cultural Geography. 3(4). 425–445. 16 indexed citations
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Law, Robin. (2001). ‘Not in My City’: Local Governments and Homelessness Policies in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Region. Environment and Planning C Government and Policy. 19(6). 791–815. 19 indexed citations
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Kitchin, Rob & Robin Law. (2001). The Socio-spatial Construction of (In)accessible Public Toilets. Urban Studies. 38(2). 287–298. 85 indexed citations
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Law, Robin & Lois M. Takahashi. (2000). HIV, AIDS and human services: exploring public attitudes in West Hollywood, California. Health & Social Care in the Community. 8(2). 90–108. 9 indexed citations
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Law, Robin, et al.. (2000). Rooms of Their Own: Public toilets and gendered citizens in a New Zealand city, 1860‐1940. Gender Place & Culture. 7(4). 417–433. 31 indexed citations
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Law, Robin, Hugh Campbell, & John R. Dolan. (1999). Masculinities in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 33 indexed citations
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Law, Robin. (1999). Beyond ‘women and transport’: towards new geographies of gender and daily mobility. Progress in Human Geography. 23(4). 567–588. 376 indexed citations breakdown →
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Law, Robin & Brendan Gleeson. (1998). Another Landscape of Despair? Charting the ‘Service‐Dependent Ghetto’ in Dunedin. New Zealand Geographer. 54(1). 27–36. 4 indexed citations
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Law, Robin. (1998). Communicating in Geography and the Environmental Sciences. New Zealand Geographer. 54(1). 64–64. 1 indexed citations
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Law, Robin. (1997). Masculinity, Place, and Beer Advertising in New Zealand: The Southern Man Campaign. New Zealand Geographer. 53(2). 22–28. 36 indexed citations
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Law, Robin, Jennifer Wolch, & Lois M. Takahashi. (1993). Defense-Less Territory: Workers, Communities, and the Decline of Military Production in Los Angeles. Environment and Planning C Government and Policy. 11(3). 291–315. 5 indexed citations
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Law, Robin & Jennifer Wolch. (1991). HOMELESSNESS AND ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING. Urban Geography. 12(2). 105–136. 21 indexed citations
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Gillam, Stephen, B Jarman, Peter J White, & Robin Law. (1989). Ethnic differences in consultation rates in urban general practice.. BMJ. 299(6705). 953–957. 148 indexed citations
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Wolch, Jennifer & Robin Law. (1989). Social Reproduction in a Post-Fordist Era. Environment and Planning D Society and Space. 7(3). 249–252. 8 indexed citations
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Law, Robin. (1985). How Many Times Can History Repeat Itself? Some Problems in the Traditional History of Oyo. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 18(1). 33–33. 3 indexed citations
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Law, Robin & Christen E. Chalmers. (1976). Medicines and elderly people: a general practice survey.. BMJ. 1(6009). 565–568. 118 indexed citations

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