Zaheer Allam

8.9k total citations · 8 hit papers
87 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Zaheer Allam is a scholar working on Media Technology, Transportation and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Zaheer Allam has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Media Technology, 17 papers in Transportation and 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Zaheer Allam's work include Smart Cities and Technologies (25 papers), Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (11 papers) and Urban Transport and Accessibility (8 papers). Zaheer Allam is often cited by papers focused on Smart Cities and Technologies (25 papers), Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (11 papers) and Urban Transport and Accessibility (8 papers). Zaheer Allam collaborates with scholars based in Australia, France and Japan. Zaheer Allam's co-authors include David S. Jones, Simon Elias Bibri, Didier Chabaud, Carlos Moreno, Catherine Gall, Ayyoob Sharifi, Florent Pratlong, Peter Newman, John Krogstie and Amir Reza Khavarian-Garmsir and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Energy and Sensors.

In The Last Decade

Zaheer Allam

83 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

Introducing the “15-Minute City”: Sustainability, Resi... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2021 2019 2022 2018 2023 250 500 750
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.

  1. Introducing the “15-Minute City”: Sustainability, Resilience and Place Identity in Future Post-Pandemic Cities
    2021 893 citations Carlos Moreno, Zaheer Allam et al. Smart Cities profile →
  2. On big data, artificial intelligence and smart cities
    2019 637 citations Zaheer Allam et al. Cities profile →
  3. The Metaverse as a Virtual Form of Smart Cities: Opportunities and Challenges for Environmental, Economic, and Social Sustainability in Urban Futures
    2022 331 citations Zaheer Allam, Ayyoob Sharifi et al. Smart Cities profile →
  4. Redefining the Smart City: Culture, Metabolism and Governance
    2018 290 citations Zaheer Allam, Peter Newman Smart Cities profile →
  5. Smart cities and sustainable development goals (SDGs): A systematic literature review of co-benefits and trade-offs
    2023 144 citations Ayyoob Sharifi, Zaheer Allam et al. Cities profile →
  6. The 15-minute city offers a new framework for sustainability, liveability, and health
    2022 138 citations Zaheer Allam, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen et al. The Lancet Planetary Health profile →
  7. The Rising Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Russia–Ukraine War: Energy Transition, Climate Justice, Global Inequality, and Supply Chain Disruption
    2022 120 citations Zaheer Allam, Simon Elias Bibri et al. profile →
  8. Progress and prospects in planning: A bibliometric review of literature in Urban Studies and Regional and Urban Planning, 1956–2022
    2023 91 citations Ayyoob Sharifi, Amir Reza Khavarian-Garmsir et al. profile →

Peers

Zaheer Allam
Simon Elias Bibri Norway
Md. Kamruzzaman Australia
Vito Albino Italy
Kevin C. Desouza United States
Andrea Caragliu Italy
Taewoo Nam South Korea
Theresa A. Pardo United States
Tan Yiğitcanlar Australia
Fábio Duarte United States
Nan Li China
Simon Elias Bibri Norway
Zaheer Allam
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Fields of papers citing papers by Zaheer Allam

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zaheer Allam

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zaheer Allam. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zaheer Allam 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 Zaheer Allam. Zaheer Allam 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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Cheshmehzangi, Ali, Zaheer Allam, Bao‐Jie He, & Zhaohui Su. (2025). Climate change efforts vs. the growing popularity of larger private vehicles: A contradiction in motion. 1(3). 180–187.
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Allam, Zaheer & Didier Chabaud. (2024). Book Review. Cities. 155. 105421–105421. 1 indexed citations
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Allam, Zaheer, et al.. (2024). Mapping the Implementation Practices of the 15-Minute City. Smart Cities. 7(4). 2094–2109. 12 indexed citations
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Allam, Zaheer, et al.. (2024). How the Green New Deal can transform urban landscapes and promote health equity. Cities & Health. 9(3). 410–414. 2 indexed citations
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Allam, Zaheer, et al.. (2024). Paris's parking policy for healthier cities. The Lancet Planetary Health. 8(6). e343–e344. 3 indexed citations
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Allam, Zaheer. (2024). Paris SUV policy and urban sustainability. Nature Cities. 1(5). 328–328. 4 indexed citations
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Cheshmehzangi, Ali, Michael Batty, Zaheer Allam, & David S. Jones. (2024). City Information Modelling. 5 indexed citations
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Rezvani, Mohammad Reza, et al.. (2023). On the post-pandemic travel boom: How capacity building and smart tourism technologies in rural areas can help - evidence from Iran. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 193. 122633–122633. 30 indexed citations
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Allam, Zaheer. (2023). Sustainable Urban Transitions. 3 indexed citations
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Sharifi, Ayyoob, Zaheer Allam, Simon Elias Bibri, & Amir Reza Khavarian-Garmsir. (2023). Smart cities and sustainable development goals (SDGs): A systematic literature review of co-benefits and trade-offs. Cities. 146. 104659–104659. 144 indexed citations breakdown →
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Allam, Zaheer, Ali Cheshmehzangi, & David S. Jones. (2023). Climate and Social Justice. 1 indexed citations
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Allam, Zaheer & Peter Newman. (2023). Revising Smart Cities with Regenerative Design. 4 indexed citations
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Allam, Zaheer, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Didier Chabaud, & Carlos Moreno. (2022). The 15-minute city offers a new framework for sustainability, liveability, and health. The Lancet Planetary Health. 6(3). e181–e183. 138 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bibri, Simon Elias, Zaheer Allam, & John Krogstie. (2022). The Metaverse as a virtual form of data-driven smart urbanism: platformization and its underlying processes, institutional dimensions, and disruptive impacts. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 24–24. 76 indexed citations
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Allam, Zaheer, Gabriele Pieri, Davide Moroni, et al.. (2021). Smart Parking Systems: Reviewing the Literature, Architecture and Ways Forward. Smart Cities. 4(2). 623–642. 59 indexed citations
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Allam, Zaheer, et al.. (2020). Decolonising the architectural education narrative will render more inclusive and culturally appropriate design solutions. Own your potential (DEAKIN). 4(2). 1 indexed citations
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Allam, Zaheer. (2019). Identified priorities for smart urban regeneration: Focus group findings from the city of Port Louis, Mauritius. Journal of urban regeneration and renewal. 12(4). 376–376. 3 indexed citations

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