2026 Chris Philo: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	49	2965	2718	509	463	216	9159

Research.com Recognitions

Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Chris Philo is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily lies within the broad domain of Social Sciences, with a concentration on Geography, Planning and Development. Additional subfields of study include Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology, Demography, and General Health Professions.

The scientist's research engages with several thematic topics, including:

Geographies of human-animal interactions
Historical Geography and Geographical Thought
Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
Homelessness and Social Issues
Geographic Information Systems Studies
Data Analysis and Archiving
History of Science and Natural History

Philo has contributed to a range of academic journals, with frequent publications in:

Scottish Geographical Journal
The AAG Review of Books
International Journal of Social Psychiatry
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
Geographische Zeitschrift

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Philo include:

Nothing-much geographies, or towards micrological investigations (2021) published in Geographische Zeitschrift
'In the critical department': refreshing the Scottish Geographical Journal (2022) published in Scottish Geographical Journal

Other recent relevant publications associated with Philo's research environment are:

Lockdown under lockdown? Pandemic, the carceral and COVID-19 in British prisons (2022) published in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
Spatial Histories of Radical Geography: North America and Beyond (2020) published in The AAG Review of Books
"Hanging Around in Their Brokenness": On Mental Ill-Health Geography, Asylums and Camps, Artworks and Salvage (2023) published in Annals of the American Association of Geographers

Philo frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

Martin D. Hurst
Emma Laurie
Rhian Thomas
Cheryl McGeachan
Hester Parr

Philo holds the distinction of being a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom, which indicates recognition within their professional community.

Best Publications

Selling places: the city as cultural capital, past and present.

Chris Philo;Gerard Kearns

651
Citations
Neglected rural geographies: A review

Chris Philo

518
Citations
Animal Spaces, Beastly Places : New Geographies of Human-Animal Relations

Chris Philo;Chris Wilbert

439
Citations
Cold shoulders and napkins handed: gestures of responsibility

Eric Laurier;Chris Philo

297
Citations
Possible geographies: a passing encounter in a cafe

Eric Laurier;Chris Philo

291
Citations
Spaces of citizenship: an introduction

Unknown

288
Citations
Body Cultures Essays on Sport, Space and Identity

Henning Eichberg;John Bale;Chris Philo;Susan Brownell

275
Citations
Foucault's Geography:

C Philo

260
Citations
Social geographies of rural mental health: experiencing inclusions and exclusions

Hester Parr;Chris Philo;Nicola Burns

250
Citations
Institutional geographies: introductory remarks

Chris Philo;Hester Parr

250
Citations
Rural mental health and social geographies of caring

Hester Parr;Chris Philo

203
Citations
To Go Back up the Side Hill': Memories, Imaginations and Reveries of Childhood

Chris Philo

191
Citations
Rural madness: a geographical reading and critique of the rural mental health literature

Chris Philo;Hester Parr;Nicola Burns

187
Citations
From distributions of deviance to definitions of difference: past and future mental health geographies.

Jennifer Wolch;Chris Philo

184
Citations
Guest Editorial: Political geographies of children and young people

Chris Philo;Fiona M. Smith

181
Citations
THE NORMALITY OF DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY: BODIES, SPACES AND DISABILITY GEOGRAPHY

Nancy Hansen;Chris Philo

169
Citations
Playful spaces? a social geography of children's play in Livingston, Scotland

Joanne L. Thomson;Chris Philo

163
Citations
Natural problems of naturalistic video data

Eric Laurier;C. Philo

159
Citations
Security of geography/geography of security

Chris Philo

152
Citations
X-Morphising: Review Essay of Bruno Latour's Aramis, or the Love of Technology:

Eric Laurier;Chris Philo

132
Citations
Geographies of exclusion.

Chris Philo;Hester Parr;Nicola Burns

0
Citations
“Selling places: the city as cultural capital, past and present”: session held by the Historical Geography Research Group and the Social and Cultural Geography Study Group at the Annual Conference of the Institute of British Geographers, Glasgow, 5–6 January 1990

Chris Philo

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Noel Castree University of Technology Sydney

Sally-Ann Cooper University of Glasgow

Sarah Elwood University of Washington

Jennifer Wolch University of California, Berkeley

Rob Kitchin National University of Ireland, Maynooth

Mimi Sheller Drexel University

Zoe K. Shipton University of Strathclyde

Keith Richards University of Cambridge

Kevin J. Edwards University of Aberdeen

Terry Marsden Cardiff University

External Links

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