Simon Joss

5.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
49 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Simon Joss is a scholar working on Media Technology, Global and Planetary Change and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Joss has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Media Technology, 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 10 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Simon Joss's work include Smart Cities and Technologies (21 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (9 papers) and Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (9 papers). Simon Joss is often cited by papers focused on Smart Cities and Technologies (21 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (9 papers) and Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (9 papers). Simon Joss collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and China. Simon Joss's co-authors include Daan Schraven, Martin de Jong, Margot Weijnen, Robert Cowley, Changjie Zhan, John Durant, Federico Caprotti, Sergio Bellucci, Arthur P. Molella and Matthew Cook and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Technological Forecasting and Social Change.

In The Last Decade

Simon Joss

49 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Sustainable–smart–resilient–low carbon–eco–knowledge cities; making sense of a multitude of concepts promoting sustainable urbanization

2015 744 citations Martin de Jong, Simon Joss et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →
The Smart City as Global Discourse: Storylines and Critical Junctures across 27 Cities

2019 248 citations Simon Joss, Frans Sengers et al. Journal of Urban Technology profile →
The New Urban Agenda: key opportunities and challenges for policy and practice

2017 208 citations Federico Caprotti, Robert Cowley et al. Urban Research & Practice profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon Joss United Kingdom	24	1.2k	787	746	710	613	49	3.3k
Andrew Karvonen United Kingdom	25	762 0.6×	549 0.7×	396 0.5×	397 0.6×	557 0.9×	61	2.3k
Federico Caprotti United Kingdom	25	721 0.6×	464 0.6×	490 0.7×	430 0.6×	314 0.5×	73	2.2k
Stan Geertman Netherlands	41	810 0.7×	1.4k 1.7×	1.3k 1.7×	802 1.1×	415 0.7×	113	4.7k
Martin de Jong Netherlands	27	527 0.4×	480 0.6×	597 0.8×	404 0.6×	310 0.5×	53	3.0k
Karima Kourtit Netherlands	25	667 0.6×	387 0.5×	729 1.0×	561 0.8×	317 0.5×	194	2.5k
Martin de Jong Netherlands	34	352 0.3×	426 0.5×	519 0.7×	615 0.9×	181 0.3×	136	3.7k
Andrea Caragliu Italy	24	2.0k 1.7×	326 0.4×	1.3k 1.8×	442 0.6×	903 1.5×	74	4.4k
Michele Acuto Australia	29	336 0.3×	729 0.9×	369 0.5×	761 1.1×	222 0.4×	110	3.5k
Ayona Datta United Kingdom	25	713 0.6×	163 0.2×	478 0.6×	728 1.0×	269 0.4×	56	2.2k
Frans Sengers Netherlands	14	339 0.3×	563 0.7×	268 0.4×	388 0.5×	348 0.6×	25	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Joss

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Joss

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Joss

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Caprotti, Federico, et al.. (2024). The 15-minute city as paranoid urbanism: Ten critical reflections. Cities. 155. 105497–105497. 16 indexed citations

Joss, Simon, Daan Schraven, & Martin de Jong. (2022). Bibliometric dataset (1990–2019) concerning 35 city labels dealing with sustainable urbanism. Data in Brief. 41. 107966–107966. 2 indexed citations

Caprotti, Federico, et al.. (2022). Beyond the smart city: a typology of platform urbanism. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 4–4. 56 indexed citations

Schraven, Daan, Simon Joss, & Martin de Jong. (2021). Past, present, future: Engagement with sustainable urban development through 35 city labels in the scientific literature 1990–2019. Journal of Cleaner Production. 292. 125924–125924. 66 indexed citations

Cowley, Robert & Simon Joss. (2020). Urban transformation through national innovation competitions: Lessons from the UK’s Future City Demonstrator initiative. Journal of Urban Affairs. 44(10). 1432–1458. 8 indexed citations

Joss, Simon, et al.. (2019). The Smart City as Global Discourse: Storylines and Critical Junctures across 27 Cities. Journal of Urban Technology. 26(1). 3–34. 248 indexed citations breakdown →

Cowley, Robert, et al.. (2017). The smart city and its publics: insights from across six UK cities. Urban Research & Practice. 11(1). 53–77. 181 indexed citations

Joss, Simon, et al.. (2017). Smart Cities: Towards a New Citizenship Regime? A Discourse Analysis of the British Smart City Standard. Journal of Urban Technology. 24(4). 29–49. 155 indexed citations

Caprotti, Federico, Robert Cowley, Andrew Flynn, Simon Joss, & Li Yu. (2016). Smart-Eco Cities in the UK: Trends and City Profiles 2016. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 17 indexed citations

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Jong, Martin de, Chang Yu, Simon Joss, et al.. (2016). Eco city development in China: addressing the policy implementation challenge. Journal of Cleaner Production. 134. 31–41. 78 indexed citations

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Joss, Simon, Robert Cowley, Bernhard Müller, et al.. (2015). Tomorrow’s City Today: Prospects for Standardising Sustainable Urban Development. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 22 indexed citations

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Jong, Martin de, Simon Joss, Daan Schraven, Changjie Zhan, & Margot Weijnen. (2015). Sustainable–smart–resilient–low carbon–eco–knowledge cities; making sense of a multitude of concepts promoting sustainable urbanization. Journal of Cleaner Production. 109. 25–38. 744 indexed citations breakdown →

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Joss, Simon, et al.. (2013). Towards the ‘ubiquitous eco-city’: An analysis of the internationalisation of eco-city policy and practice. Urban Research & Practice. 6(1). 54–74. 137 indexed citations

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Joss, Simon & Arthur P. Molella. (2013). The Eco-City as Urban Technology: Perspectives on Caofeidian International Eco-City (China). Journal of Urban Technology. 20(1). 115–137. 114 indexed citations

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Joss, Simon, et al.. (2011). Eco-cities - a global survey 2011: eco-city profiles. WestminsterResearch (University of Westminster). 12 indexed citations

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Joss, Simon. (2009). Eco-Cities: a preliminary survey and analysis of recent developments and initiatives. WestminsterResearch (University of Westminster). 1 indexed citations

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Joss, Simon. (2009). Making technology accountable: citizens' conferences in the era of public accountability. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 4 indexed citations

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Joss, Simon & Sergio Bellucci. (2002). Participatory technology assessment: European perspectives. 166 indexed citations

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Joss, Simon. (2000). Participation in parliamentary technology assessment: from theory to practice. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 7 indexed citations

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Joss, Simon. (1999). Introduction: Public participation in science and technology policy- and decision-making - ephemeral phenomenon or lasting change?. Science and Public Policy. 26(5). 290–293. 55 indexed citations

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