Regional Studies

4.4k papers and 149.7k indexed citations i.

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The 4.4k papers published in Regional Studies in the last decades have received a total of 149.7k indexed citations. Papers published in Regional Studies usually cover Economics and Econometrics (2.5k papers), Political Science and International Relations (1.4k papers) and Sociology and Political Science (831 papers) specifically the topics of Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (1.3k papers), Regional Development and Policy (942 papers) and Cultural Industries and Urban Development (403 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Regional Studies are Ron Boschma, Michael Fritsch, Koen Frenken, Andrés Rodríguez‐Pose, Kevin Morgan, Michael E. Porter, André Torre, Gernot Grabher, Ann Markusen and Philip McCann.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published in Regional Studies

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers published in Regional Studies. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers published in Regional Studies.

Countries where authors publish in Regional Studies

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This map shows the geographic impact of research published in Regional Studies. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers published in Regional Studies with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Regional Studies more than expected).

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar’s output or impact.

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