Robyn Dowling

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
103 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Robyn Dowling is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Transportation. According to data from OpenAlex, Robyn Dowling has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Urban Studies, 26 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 21 papers in Transportation. Recurrent topics in Robyn Dowling's work include Urban Planning and Governance (23 papers), Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (20 papers) and Transportation and Mobility Innovations (15 papers). Robyn Dowling is often cited by papers focused on Urban Planning and Governance (23 papers), Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (20 papers) and Transportation and Mobility Innovations (15 papers). Robyn Dowling collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and New Zealand. Robyn Dowling's co-authors include Alison Blunt, Pauline Mc̱Guirk, Jennifer Kent, Sophia Maalsen, Harriet Bulkeley, Gary Bridge, Kate Lloyd, Sandie Suchet‐Pearson, Kathleen Mee and Emma Power and has published in prestigious journals such as Urban Studies, Land Use Policy and Progress in Human Geography.

In The Last Decade

Robyn Dowling

100 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robyn Dowling Australia 36 1.5k 937 580 537 464 103 3.9k
Robert J. Stimson Australia 28 1.1k 0.8× 353 0.4× 1.0k 1.8× 163 0.3× 222 0.5× 153 3.4k
James Evans United Kingdom 35 1.2k 0.8× 479 0.5× 727 1.3× 128 0.2× 252 0.5× 111 4.9k
Rob Imrie United Kingdom 32 860 0.6× 751 0.8× 415 0.7× 338 0.6× 338 0.7× 86 3.1k
Matt Watson United Kingdom 24 1.3k 0.9× 356 0.4× 466 0.8× 102 0.2× 196 0.4× 40 4.3k
Stephen Graham United Kingdom 40 2.8k 1.9× 2.3k 2.5× 894 1.5× 382 0.7× 294 0.6× 119 7.8k
Pauline Mc̱Guirk Australia 33 727 0.5× 1.1k 1.2× 244 0.4× 518 1.0× 141 0.3× 94 2.7k
Loretta Lees United Kingdom 38 2.3k 1.6× 3.9k 4.2× 404 0.7× 1.3k 2.4× 547 1.2× 94 5.9k
Paul Chatterton United Kingdom 30 1.5k 1.0× 1.5k 1.6× 212 0.4× 378 0.7× 302 0.7× 73 4.0k
Bertil Vilhelmson Sweden 26 1.3k 0.9× 379 0.4× 1.1k 1.9× 55 0.1× 259 0.6× 61 3.3k
Tim Cresswell United Kingdom 30 2.1k 1.4× 673 0.7× 812 1.4× 58 0.1× 314 0.7× 61 4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Robyn Dowling

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robyn Dowling

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robyn Dowling

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robyn Dowling. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robyn Dowling 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 Robyn Dowling. Robyn Dowling 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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Maalsen, Sophia, et al.. (2025). Prototyping as a Means to Innovate Affordable Housing Policies and Provision: An Empirical Illustration. Housing Theory and Society. 42(5). 539–553. 1 indexed citations
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Baker, Tom, Alistair Sisson, Pauline Mc̱Guirk, Robyn Dowling, & Sophia Maalsen. (2025). BLOOMBERG'S GLOBAL MAYORALTY: Philanthropy and the ‘Crisis of Capacity’ in City Government. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 49(2). 267–284. 1 indexed citations
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Maalsen, Sophia, et al.. (2022). Gender in the Australian innovation ecosystem: planning smart cities for men. Gender Place & Culture. 30(2). 299–320. 11 indexed citations
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Dowling, Robyn, Pauline Mc̱Guirk, Sophia Maalsen, & Jathan Sadowski. (2021). How smart cities are made: A priori, ad hoc and post hoc drivers of smart city implementation in Sydney, Australia. Urban Studies. 58(16). 3299–3315. 25 indexed citations
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Jones, Ryan, Jathan Sadowski, Robyn Dowling, et al.. (2021). Beyond the Driverless Car: A Typology of Forms and Functions for Autonomous Mobility. 8(1). 26–46. 11 indexed citations
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Alizadeh, Tooran, et al.. (2021). Multiscalar Smart City Governance in India. Geoforum. 121. 173–180. 31 indexed citations
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Gurran, Nicole, Kath Hulse, Jago Dodson, et al.. (2021). Urban productivity and affordable rental housing supply in Australian cities and regions. RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library). 1 indexed citations
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Dowling, Robyn & Pauline Mc̱Guirk. (2020). Autonomous vehicle experiments and the city. Urban Geography. 43(3). 409–426. 30 indexed citations
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Carr, Chantel, Pauline Mc̱Guirk, & Robyn Dowling. (2019). Geographies of energy transition: the case of high-performing commercial office space in the central business districts of Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. Australian Geographer. 50(1). 29–48. 7 indexed citations
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Bulkeley, Harriet, Ylva Uggla, Robyn Dowling, et al.. (2016). Towards a Cultural Politics of Climate Change. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 33 indexed citations
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Dowling, Robyn, et al.. (2015). Use of personal mobility devices for first-and-last mile travel: the Macquarie-Ryde trial. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 20 indexed citations
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Kent, Jennifer & Robyn Dowling. (2015). When what's mine isn't yours in collaborative consumption: the politics of parking for car sharing cars. Transport Research Forum. 1 indexed citations
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Dowling, Robyn, Pauline Mc̱Guirk, & Harriet Bulkeley. (2014). Retrofitting cities: Local governance in Sydney, Australia. Cities. 38. 18–24. 44 indexed citations
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Dowling, Robyn. (2008). Geographies of identity: labouring in the `neoliberal' university. Progress in Human Geography. 32(6). 812–820. 89 indexed citations
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Dowling, Robyn, et al.. (2002). Implications of household form, gender and parenting cultures for car use and urban transport policy: a Sydney study. Transport Research Forum. 1 indexed citations
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Creese, Gillian & Robyn Dowling. (2001). Gendering immigration: the experience of women. Progress in Planning. 153–162. 1 indexed citations
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Dowling, Robyn. (2000). Changing suburbs: foundation, form and function. 1139–1140. 74 indexed citations
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Dowling, Robyn & Kathleen Mee. (2000). Sydney: The Emergence of a World City. 273–291. 75 indexed citations
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Dowling, Robyn, et al.. (1997). WOMEN AND TRANSPORT: FROM TRANSPORT DISADVANTAGE TO MOBILITY THROUGH THE MOTOR VEHICLE. Transport Research Forum. 4 indexed citations
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Dowling, Robyn & Geraldine Pratt. (1993). HOME TRUTHS: RECENT FEMINIST CONSTRUCTIONS. Urban Geography. 14(5). 464–475. 15 indexed citations

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