Susan Parnell

9.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
110 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Susan Parnell is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Susan Parnell has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Urban Studies, 32 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 32 papers in Law. Recurrent topics in Susan Parnell's work include Urban and Rural Development Challenges (53 papers), Legal Issues in South Africa (32 papers) and South African History and Culture (24 papers). Susan Parnell is often cited by papers focused on Urban and Rural Development Challenges (53 papers), Legal Issues in South Africa (32 papers) and South African History and Culture (24 papers). Susan Parnell collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States. Susan Parnell's co-authors include Sophie Oldfield, Edgar Pieterse, Jennifer Robinson, Karen C. Seto, Michele Acuto, Jo Beall, Burak Güneralp, Owen Crankshaw, Clive Barnett and Alan Mabin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Susan Parnell

104 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

The Routledge Handbook on Cities of the Global South

2014 545 citations Susan Parnell et al. profile →
(Re)theorizing Cities from the Global South: Looking Beyond Neoliberalism

2012 426 citations Susan Parnell et al. profile →
Building a global urban science

2018 288 citations Susan Parnell, Karen C. Seto et al. profile →
Urbanization in Africa: challenges and opportunities for conservation

2017 278 citations Susan Parnell, Karen C. Seto et al. profile →
Defining a Global Urban Development Agenda

2015 265 citations Susan Parnell profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Potential of urban health systems in climate response is being overlooked 2024 ·BMJ ·Carlos Dora, René Loewenson, (unknown), Susan Parnell	0
2	RISK AND RETURNS: Large‐scale Funding for Urban Research 2023 ·International Journal of Urban and Regional Research ·Michael Keith, Susan Parnell	3
3	The transformative potential of a Global Urban Agenda and its lessons in a time of crisis 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Jessica Espey, Susan Parnell, Aromar Revi	11
4	Urban Family Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa: an Illustration of the Cross-sectoral Challenges of Urban Health 2022 ·Journal of Urban Health ·Trudy Harpham, Moses Tetui, R. E. F. Smith, (unknown), Adriana A. E. Biney, Judith F. Helzner, James Duminy, Susan Parnell, John Kuumuori Ganle	2
5	Democratising Local Government: The South African Experiment 2022 ·Susan Parnell, Edgar Pieterse, Mark Swilling, (unknown), (unknown)	4
6	Consolidating Developmental Local Government: Lessons from the South African Experience 2022 ·(unknown), Mark Swilling, Edgar Pieterse, Susan Parnell	4
7	Urbanization in and for the Anthropocene 2021 ·npj Urban Sustainability ·Thomas Elmqvist, Erik Andersson, Timon McPhearson, Xuemei Bai, Luís M. A. Bettencourt, Eduardo S. Brondízio, Johan Colding, Gretchen C. Daily, Carl Folke, Nancy B. Grimm, Dagmar Haase, Daniel Ospina, Susan Parnell, Stephen Polasky, Karen C. Seto, Sander van der Leeuw	138
8	Urban Family Planning in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Critical Scoping Review 2021 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·James Duminy, John G.F. Cleland, Trudy Harpham, Mark R. Montgomery, Susan Parnell, Ilene S. Speizer	13
9	The Urban Planet: Knowledge toward sustainable cities 2018 ·ANU Open Research (Australian National University) ·Thomas Elmqvist, Xuemei Bai, Niki Frantzeskaki, Corrie Griffith, David Maddox, Timon McPhearson, Susan Parnell, Patricia Romero‐Lankao, Dávid Simon, (unknown)	1
10	How to address non-communicable diseases in urban Africa 2017 ·The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Susan Parnell, Jo Ivey Boufford, Edgar Pieterse, Tolu Oni	17
11	Disaster risk and its reduction: an agenda for urban Africa 2015 ·International Development Planning Review ·Ibidun Adelekan, Cassidy Johnson, (unknown), David Matyas, Blessing Mberu, Susan Parnell, Mark Pelling, David Satterthwaite, Janani Vivekananda	74
12	Building developmental local government to fight poverty: Institutional change in the city of Johannesburg 2004 ·International Development Planning Review ·Susan Parnell	14
13	Socioeconomic deprivation and asthma prevalence and severity in young adolescents 2002 ·European Respiratory Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), Rodney Ehrlich, Eric D. Bateman, Susan Parnell, (unknown), E G Weinberg	57
14	Developmental local government: the second wave of post-apartheid urban reconstruction 1999 ·Africanus Journal of Development Studies ·Susan Parnell, Edgar Pieterse	22
15	Intervention for medical students: Effective infection control 1998 ·American Journal of Infection Control ·Karen S. Calabro, (unknown), Susan Parnell, Kamiar Kouzekanani, Elda Ramírez	36
16	Urban land restitution in post-apartheid South Africa: Questions from the Johannesburg inner-city 1996 ·GeoJournal ·Susan Parnell, Keith Beavon	11
17	The privatisation of secondary schooling and the desegregation of central Johannesburg 1990 ·GeoJournal ·Susan Parnell, Heather E. Webber	3
18	The privatisation of secondary schooling and the desegregation of central Johannesburg 1990 ·GeoJournal ·Susan Parnell, Heather E. Webber	1
19	CHURCH, STATE AND THE SHELTER OF WHITE WORKING-CLASS WOMEN IN JOHANNESBURG PRIOR TO WORLD WAR TWO 1989 ·South African Geographical Journal ·(unknown), Susan Parnell	3
20	From Mafeking to Mafikeng: the transformation of a South African town 1986 ·GeoJournal ·Susan Parnell	9

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