Regional Studies 166.6k citations
4.5k papers · indexed · active since 1950
Impact in Cultural Industries and Urban Development Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Papers in i Cultural Industries and Urban Development 404 Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis 1.3k Economic Growth and Productivity 366 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth 357 Regional resilience and development 355 Firm Innovation and Growth 282 show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Regional Studies
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Urban Studies 23.5k Management of Technology and Innovation 24.8k Economics and Econometrics 84.0k Strategy and Management 33.7k Business and International Management 3.9k American Journal of Sociology United States
Social Forces United States
Environment and Planning A Economy and Space United Kingdom
European Planning Studies United Kingdom
World Development United States
The Economic Journal United Kingdom
Southern Economic Journal United States
Foreign Affairs United States
Urban Studies United Kingdom
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American Journal of Sociology · 1× 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).
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.
About Regional Studies The 4.5k papers published in Regional Studies in the last decades have received a total of 166.6k indexed citations . Papers published in Regional Studies usually cover Urban Studies (714 papers), Economics and Econometrics (2.5k papers), Political Science and International Relations (1.4k papers), Management of Technology and Innovation (364 papers) and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance (414 papers) specifically the topics of Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (1.3k papers), Regional Development and Policy (948 papers), Cultural Industries and Urban Development (404 papers), Economic Growth and Productivity (366 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (357 papers), Regional resilience and development (355 papers), Firm Innovation and Growth (282 papers) and Global trade and economics (265 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Regional Studies are Ron Boschma , Andrés Rodríguez‐Pose , Michael Fritsch , Koen Frenken , Kevin Morgan , Michael E. Porter , Gernot Grabher , Philip McCann , André Torre and Ann Markusen .
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