CITATION ANALYSIS OF URBAN PLANNING SCHOLARS IN THE U.S.

• Main Author: Sanchez Thomas W
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (MGSU) 2015-03-01
• Series: Stroitel’stvo: Nauka i Obrazovanie
• Subjects: bibliometrics; Webometrics; urban planning; h-index; scientometrics; open access; publication activity; Google Scholar; Web of Science; gray literature; citation
• Online Access: http://nso-journal.ru/public/journals/1/issues/2015/01/3_Sanchez_01.pdf

This article provides a complete citation analysis for the field of urban planning in the U.S. Urban planning is multi-disciplinary with a rich tradition of debate about the knowledge domain of both research and practice. Urban planning includes consideration of social, economic, technological, environmental, and political systems that are highly sophisticated, which therefore has an extensive body of scholarship. The article argues that Google Scholar is an appropriate source of citation data for urban planning and includes a brief example of one urban planning scholar to demonstrate GS citation patterns. This is followed by the results of a descriptive analysis showing general patterns of citation activity for urban planning schools. A greater depth of analysis is required to better understand the dynamics of these scholarly activities.