Area 45.8k citations
1.8k papers · indexed · active since 1970
Impact in Historical Geography and Geographical Thought Spatial and Cultural Studies Urban Planning and Governance Papers in i Historical Geography and Geographical Thought 221 Spatial and Cultural Studies 66 Geographies of human-animal interactions 37 Urban Planning and Governance 83 show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Area
Comparison fields: 5 of 198 Geography, Planning and Development 5.7k Urban Studies 4k Sociology and Political Science 16k Transportation 1.3k Demography 2.2k Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2.2k General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1.5k Global and Planetary Change 3.4k Cultural Studies 1.8k Development 438 Safety Research 1.3k Political Science and International Relations 3.4k Gender Studies 1.1k Anthropology 1.2k Health 661 Ecology 1.5k General Health Professions 1.4k Nature and Landscape Conservation 669 Public Administration 399 Economics and Econometrics 1.7k Earth-Surface Processes 483 General Energy 90 Communication 521 Information Systems and Management 521 Education 2k Building and Construction 811 Waste Management and Disposal 342 Finance 590 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 61 Museology 262 Social Psychology 1.1k Visual Arts and Performing Arts 524 Soil Science 634 Marketing 437 General Social Sciences 186 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 566 Archeology 477 Pharmacy 143 Strategy and Management 685 Environmental Engineering 465 Architecture 173 Management of Technology and Innovation 304 Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 96 Law 523 Water Science and Technology 570 Geology 222 Business and International Management 39 Media Technology 300 Literature and Literary Theory 596 Linguistics and Language 173 Music 166 Philosophy 511 Conservation 134 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 219 History 510 Space and Planetary Science 27 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 228 Management Science and Operations Research 379 Atmospheric Science 295 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 373 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 287 History and Philosophy of Science 244 Plant Science 788 Environmental Chemistry 162 Human-Computer Interaction 131 General Arts and Humanities 33 Clinical Psychology 375 Pollution 183 Speech and Hearing 74 Life-span and Life-course Studies 19 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 259 Forestry 52 Human Factors and Ergonomics 58 Library and Information Sciences 42 Food Science 252 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 387 Ocean Engineering 156 Paleontology 109 Language and Linguistics 178 Emergency Medical Services 70 Ecological Modeling 27 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 161 Accounting 121 Religious studies 93 Information Systems 238 Physiology 211 Automotive Engineering 77 Occupational Therapy 53 Geochemistry and Petrology 46 General Decision Sciences 21 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 40 Developmental and Educational Psychology 96 Industrial relations 7 Archeology 8 Nutrition and Dietetics 73 Infectious Diseases 103 Management Information Systems 62 Applied Psychology 29 Agronomy and Crop Science 55 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 49 Oceanography 55 Computer Science Applications 27 Epidemiology 151 Small Animals 41 Statistics and Probability 59 Psychiatry and Mental health 62 Research and Theory 12 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 32 Genetics 90 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 34 Civil and Structural Engineering 65 Computer Networks and Communications 61 Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 12 Chemical Health and Safety 2 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 61 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 6 Insect Science 26 Complementary and Manual Therapy 5 Family Practice 6 Developmental Biology 5 Geophysics 31 Modeling and Simulation 11 Artificial Intelligence 76 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 28 Reproductive Medicine 22 Cognitive Neuroscience 43 Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 7 Mechanical Engineering 69 Health Information Management 16 Geriatrics and Gerontology 6 Classics 10 Complementary and alternative medicine 14 General Psychology 3 Oncology 30 Parasitology 9 Aerospace Engineering 34 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 74 Medical Laboratory Technology 1 Aquatic Science 8 Leadership and Management 2 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 18 Energy Engineering and Power Technology 3 Astronomy and Astrophysics 22 Biomedical Engineering 37 Oral Surgery 6 Obstetrics and Gynecology 9 Pharmacology 9 Signal Processing 8 Emergency Medicine 7 Health Informatics 2 Pathology and Forensic Medicine 14 General Materials Science 2 Virology 3 Computational Theory and Mathematics 11 Applied Mathematics 10 Animal Science and Zoology 6 Microbiology 4 Periodontics 4 Rehabilitation 4 Control and Systems Engineering 15 Computational Mechanics 12 Mechanics of Materials 11 Theoretical Computer Science 1 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 15 Endocrinology 2 Pharmacology 7 Issues, ethics and legal aspects 1 Software 2 Geometry and Topology 4 Dermatology 3 Behavioral Neuroscience 1 Neurology 4 Biophysics 2 Analytical Chemistry 3 Physiology 1 Biomaterials 3 Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 Molecular Biology 14 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 2 Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 1 Materials Chemistry 7 Surgery 7 Orthodontics 1 Rheumatology 2 Biotechnology 1 Biochemistry 1 Pharmaceutical Science 1 Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 1 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 Hardware and Architecture 1 Radiation 1 Immunology 2 Nephrology 1 Mathematical Physics 1 Cancer Research 1 Spectroscopy 1 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1
Geography, Planning and Development 5.7k Urban Studies 4k Sociology and Political Science 16k Transportation 1.3k Demography 2.2k Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes Canada
Theory Culture & Society United Kingdom
The Professional Geographer United States
Political Geography United Kingdom
The Sociological Review United Kingdom
Geographical Research Australia
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie Netherlands
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management United States
Tourism Geographies United States
Social & Cultural Geography United Kingdom
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About Area The 1.8k papers published in Area in the last decades have received a total of 45.8k indexed citations . Papers published in Area usually cover Geography, Planning and Development (355 papers), Urban Studies (157 papers), Sociology and Political Science (719 papers), Demography (102 papers) and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences (61 papers) specifically the topics of Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (228 papers), Historical Geography and Geographical Thought (221 papers), Urban Planning and Governance (83 papers), Spatial and Cultural Studies (66 papers), Participatory Visual Research Methods (61 papers), Geography and Education Methods (47 papers), Posthumanist Ethics and Activism (40 papers) and Geographies of human-animal interactions (37 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Area are Rachel Pain , Ben Anderson , Deborah Thien , Jon Anderson , Divya Praful Tolia-Kelly , Peter E Hopkins , Manuel B. Aalbers , Colin McFarlane , Maxwell Boykoff and Stewart W. Barr .
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