Ben Derudder publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Ben Derudder between 1971 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Ben Derudder published across 55 years, from 1971 to 2025, averaging 10.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 38 publications in 2010. 30 of the 555 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

10 20 30

1971 2025

555 publications in total across all disciplines

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Ben Derudder: publications per year, 1971 to 2025
Year	Publications
1971	1
1972	0
1973	0
1974	0
1975	0
1976	0
1977	0
1978	0
1979	0
1980	0
1981	0
1982	0
1983	0
1984	0
1985	0
1986	0
1987	0
1988	0
1989	0
1990	0
1991	0
1992	0
1993	0
1994	0
1995	0
1996	0
1997	0
1998	0
1999	0
2000	0
2001	0
2002	5
2003	11
2004	27
2005	19
2006	32
2007	29
2008	34
2009	26
2010	38
2011	28
2012	19
2013	28
2014	25
2015	29
2016	31
2017	17
2018	22
2019	21
2020	16
2021	29
2022	19
2023	19
2024	17
2025	13
Total	555

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Ben Derudder publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ben Derudder sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400

44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 506 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
44–53	28
54–63	61
64–73	161
74–83	225
84–93	301
94–103	390
104–113	406
114–123	474
124–133	453
134–143	434
144–153	407
154–163	411
164–173	391
174–183	313
184–193	319
194–203	304
204–213	285
214–223	246
224–233	213
234–243	170
244–253	167
254–263	162
264–273	138
274–283	138
284–293	113
294–303	106
304–313	95
314–323	101
324–333	81
334–343	69
344–353	56
354–363	36
364–373	42
374–383	41
384–393	44
394–403	27
404–413	30
414–423	20
424–433	29
434–443	29
444–453	25
454–463	19
464–473	21
474–483	11
484–493	17
494–503	7
504–513	6	506
514–523	12
524–533	10
534–543	7
544–553	6
554–563	12
564–569	8
570+	100

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Ben Derudder D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ben Derudder sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	177
31	210
32	222
33	188
34	181
35	243
36	261
37	272
38	278
39	300
40	297
41	308
42	313
43	300
44	269
45	260
46	228
47	251
48	203
49	186
50	187
51	166
52	138
53	141
54	131
55	137
56	109
57	129
58	95
59	105
60	106
61	86
62	94
63	77
64	79
65	59	65
66	68
67	51
68	49
69	40
70	43
71	40
72	50
73	46
74	43
75	45
76	45
77	30
78	25
79	31
80	29
81	18
82	21
83	26
84	15
85	15
86	19
87	19
88	12
89	7
90	19
91	20
92	13
93	9
94	13
95	8
96	7
97	6
98	6
99	6
100+	97

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Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Belgium Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Belgium Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Belgium Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Ben Derudder is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has an extensive publication record primarily in the social sciences and economics, econometrics, and finance. With 126 publications in the social sciences and 75 in economics-related fields, their work spans interdisciplinary research focused on urban and regional development.

Their research engages deeply with topics such as:

Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
Global Urban Networks and Dynamics
Urban Planning and Governance
Urban Transport and Accessibility
Transportation Planning and Optimization
Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends

Ben Derudder's subfields of study reflect this diversity, including:

Economics and Econometrics
Urban Studies
Transportation
Political Science and International Relations
Global and Planetary Change

Their recent notable papers include:

"Three Globalizations Shaping the Twenty-first Century: Understanding the New World Geography through Its Cities," 2020, Annals of the American Association of Geographers
"Polycentric urban regions: conceptualization, identification and implications," 2021, Regional Studies
"Regions in a time of pandemic," 2020, Regional Studies
"Modeling the Impact of Urbanization on Land-Use Change in Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia: An Integrated Cellular Automata-Markov Chain Approach," 2020, Land
"'Buzz-and-pipeline' dynamics in Chinese science: the impact of interurban collaboration linkages on cities' innovation capacity," 2021, Regional Studies

The primary publication venues where Ben Derudder's work appears are:

Regional Studies (12 publications)
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (5 publications)
Journal of Transport Geography (4 publications)
Annals of the American Association of Geographers (3 publications)
Urban Geography (3 publications)

Collaborative work features frequent co-authors such as:

Peter J. Taylor
Xingjian Liu
Freke Caset
Frank Witlox
Rui Shao

Ben Derudder has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by the World Bank: A Framework for Enhancing Intra-regional Connectivity in the Horn of Africa (2021).

Best Publications

World City Network: A Global Urban Analysis

Peter J. Taylor;Ben Derudder

3233
Citations
An Appraisal of the Use of Airline Data in Assessing the World City Network: A Research Note on Data

Ben Derudder;Frank Witlox

357
Citations
Pathways of Change: Shifting Connectivities in the World City Network, 2000—08:

Ben Derudder;Peter J. Taylor;Pengfei Ni;Anneleen De Vos

320
Citations
Global Urban Analysis: A Survey of Cities in Globalization

Peter J. Taylor;Pengfei Ni;Ben Derudder;Michael Hoyler

311
Citations
Hierarchical Tendencies and Regional Patterns in the World City Network: A Global Urban Analysis of 234 Cities

Unknown

311
Citations
Measuring Polycentric Urban Development in China: An Intercity Transportation Network Perspective

Xingjian Liu;Ben Derudder;Kang Wu

280
Citations
Reducing car use: changing attitudes or relocating? The influence of residential dissonance on travel behavior

Jonas De Vos;Ben Joseph Romain Derudder;Veronique Van Acker;Frank Witlox

261
Citations
Advanced Producer Service Firms as Strategic Networks, Global Cities as Strategic Places

Peter J. Taylor;Ben Derudder;Ben Derudder;James R. Faulconbridge;Michael Hoyler

237
Citations
On Conceptual Confusion in Empirical Analyses of a Transnational Urban Network

Ben Derudder

237
Citations
Cities in globalization : practices, policies and theories

Peter Taylor;Ben Derudder;Pieter Saey;Frank Witlox

236
Citations
World City Networks and Global Commodity Chains: towards a world‐systems' integration

Ed Brown;Ben Derudder;Christof Parnreiter;Wim Pelupessy

218
Citations
Mapping world city networks through airline flows: context, relevance, and problems

Ben Derudder;Frank Witlox

217
Citations
The cliquishness of world cities

Ben Derudder;Peter Taylor

208
Citations
Corporate Ecologies of Business Travel in Professional Service Firms Working Towards a Research Agenda

James R. Faulconbridge;Jonathan V. Beaverstock;Ben Derudder;Frank Witlox

195
Citations
International Handbook of Globalization and World Cities

Ben Derudder;Michael Hoyler;Peter J. Taylor;Frank Witlox

193
Citations
Regions in a time of pandemic

David Bailey;Jennifer Clark;Alessandra Colombelli;Carlo Corradini

192
Citations
International business travel: some explorations

Jonathan V. Beaverstock;Ben Derudder;James R. Faulconbridge;Frank Witlox

167
Citations
Organic agriculture and sustainable food production system: Main potentials

Hossein Azadi;Sanne Schoonbeek;Hossein Mahmoudi;Ben Derudder

162
Citations
FLYING WHERE YOU DON'T WANT TO GO: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF HUBS IN THE GLOBAL AIRLINE NETWORK

Ben Derudder;Lomme Devriendt;Frank Witlox

159
Citations
Ethnic differences in activity spaces as a characteristic of segregation: : A study based on mobile phone usage in Tallinn, Estonia

Olle Järv;Kerli Müürisepp;Rein Ahas;Ben Derudder

159
Citations
Pathways of change: shifting connectivities in the world city network, 2000-08

Ben Derudder;Peter Taylor;Anneleen De Vos;Michael Hoyler

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Witlox Ghent University

Peter J. Taylor Northumbria University

Michael Hoyler Loughborough University

James Faulconbridge Lancaster University

Jonathan V. Beaverstock University of Bristol

Jan Nyssen Ghent University

David Bailey University of Birmingham

Jonas De Vos University College London

Steven Van Passel University of Antwerp

Yaolin Liu Wuhan University

External Links

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