Vanessa Watson

7.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
94 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Vanessa Watson is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Vanessa Watson has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Urban Studies, 22 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Vanessa Watson's work include Urban and Rural Development Challenges (32 papers), Urban Planning and Governance (21 papers) and Local Economic Development and Planning (15 papers). Vanessa Watson is often cited by papers focused on Urban and Rural Development Challenges (32 papers), Urban Planning and Governance (21 papers) and Local Economic Development and Planning (15 papers). Vanessa Watson collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Australia and United Kingdom. Vanessa Watson's co-authors include Jane Battersby, Sam Winter, Penelope Strauss, Ashleigh Lin, Dani Wright Toussaint, Alison Todes, Angus Cook, Peter Wilkinson, Philip Harrison and Andrew D. Spiegel and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Hydrology and Psychological Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Vanessa Watson

91 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Seeing from the South: Refocusing Urban Planning on the Globe’s Central Urban Issues

2009 536 citations Vanessa Watson profile →
African urban fantasies: dreams or nightmares?

2013 453 citations Vanessa Watson profile →
‘The planned city sweeps the poor away…’: Urban planning and 21st century urbanisation

2009 419 citations Vanessa Watson profile →
Co-production and collaboration in planning – The difference

2014 240 citations Vanessa Watson profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vanessa Watson South Africa	35	2.5k	1.1k	931	476	340	94	4.6k
Mark Purcell United States	29	1.9k 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	969 1.0×	368 0.8×	70 0.2×	62	4.7k
Nicholas Blomley Canada	38	1.2k 0.5×	1.6k 1.4×	795 0.9×	257 0.5×	93 0.3×	96	4.1k
John Forester United States	24	1.2k 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	658 0.7×	510 1.1×	77 0.2×	97	3.8k
Susan S. Fainstein United States	31	2.3k 0.9×	1.9k 1.6×	737 0.8×	380 0.8×	95 0.3×	83	4.6k
Ivan Turok United Kingdom	38	2.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	545 1.1×	65 0.2×	179	5.2k
Setha Low United States	33	1.4k 0.5×	3.0k 2.6×	558 0.6×	297 0.6×	487 1.4×	101	5.8k
Jennifer Robinson United Kingdom	31	3.4k 1.4×	1.8k 1.6×	1.5k 1.6×	309 0.6×	48 0.1×	86	5.4k
Eugene McCann Canada	31	2.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	1.6k 1.7×	496 1.0×	81 0.2×	55	4.8k
Roger Keil Canada	39	2.0k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.3×	492 1.0×	65 0.2×	138	4.4k
Diana Mitlin United Kingdom	31	1.6k 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	671 0.7×	535 1.1×	33 0.1×	137	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Vanessa Watson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vanessa Watson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vanessa Watson

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

All Works

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Lin, Ashleigh, Angus Cook, Sam Winter, et al.. (2024). Contextualising Experiences of Co-Occurring Mental Ill-Health and Substance Use Among Trans, Non-Binary, and Gender Diverse Young People: Implications for Tailored Harm Reduction Approaches. Community Mental Health Journal. 61(1). 181–192. 2 indexed citations

Lin, Ashleigh, Angus Cook, Sam Winter, et al.. (2024). Substance use among trans and gender diverse young people in Australia: Patterns, correlates and motivations. Drug and Alcohol Review. 43(7). 1940–1953. 3 indexed citations

Saunders, Liz, Ashleigh Lin, Angus Cook, et al.. (2023). Experiences of parents of trans young people accessing Australian health services for their child: Findings from Trans Pathways. International Journal of Transgender Health. 25(1). 19–35. 6 indexed citations

Morgan, Helen, Ashleigh Lin, Yael Perry, et al.. (2023). The Positive Aspects of Being the Parent of a Trans Child: Findings from Trans Pathways. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA). 20(2). 93–104. 2 indexed citations

Boamah, Emmanuel Frimpong, et al.. (2021). Planning Corruption or Corrupting Planning?. Journal of the American Planning Association. 88(3). 377–391. 7 indexed citations

Strauss, Penelope, Angus Cook, Vanessa Watson, et al.. (2021). Mental health difficulties among trans and gender diverse young people with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD): Findings from Trans Pathways. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 137. 360–367. 66 indexed citations

Watson, Vanessa. (2020). Digital Visualisation as a New Driver of Urban Change in Africa. Urban Planning. 5(2). 35–43. 20 indexed citations

Strauss, Penelope, Angus Cook, Sam Winter, et al.. (2019). Associations between negative life experiences and the mental health of trans and gender diverse young people in Australia: findings from Trans Pathways. Psychological Medicine. 50(5). 808–817. 132 indexed citations

Morrell, Robert, et al.. (2018). Southern Agency: Navigating Local and Global Imperatives in Climate Research. Global Environmental Politics. 18(3). 47–65. 7 indexed citations

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Smit, Warren, et al.. (2016). Making unhealthy places: The built environment and non-communicable diseases in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Health & Place. 39. 196–203. 65 indexed citations

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Watson, Vanessa. (2013). The ethics of planners and their professional bodies: Response to Flyvbjerg. Cities. 32. 167–168. 4 indexed citations

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Watson, Vanessa. (2012). Planning and the ‘stubborn realities’ of global south-east cities: Some emerging ideas. Planning Theory. 12(1). 81–100. 96 indexed citations

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Porter, Libby, Melanie Lombard, Margo Huxley, et al.. (2011). Contribution to Interface: Self-made cities: ordinary informality?. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 12(1). 115–153. 81 indexed citations

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Watson, Vanessa. (2010). Teaching planning in South Africa’s 'Mother City': University of Cape Town, city and regional planning programme. 17(3). 76–90. 1 indexed citations

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Stiftel, Bruce, Vanessa Watson, Henri Acselrad, et al.. (2005). Dialogues in urban and regional planning. Routledge eBooks. 13 indexed citations

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Watson, Vanessa. (2004). Viewpoint: Of universals and specificities: how different are we?. Town Planning Review. 75(1).

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Spiegel, Andrew D., Vanessa Watson, & Peter Wilkinson. (1996). Women, Difference and Urbanisation Patterns in Cape Town. 11(1). 11–14. 1 indexed citations

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Behrens, Roger & Vanessa Watson. (1996). Making urban places: Principles and guidelines for layout planning. 5 indexed citations

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Watson, Vanessa. (1985). South African urbanisation policy: past and future. 11(8). 77–90. 4 indexed citations

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Dewar, David, Alison Todes, & Vanessa Watson. (1985). The South African State and urbanisation policy: Crisis and response. Habitat International. 9(3-4). 179–189. 4 indexed citations

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