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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 47 Citations 14,981 142 World Ranking 1893 National Ranking 104

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Social science
  • China

His primary areas of study are Gentrification, Gender studies, Politics, Economic geography and Middle class. His Gentrification research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Commodification, Economy and Habitus. His study in Gender studies is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Sense of place, Cultural landscape, Ascription, Parochialism and Global city.

His work in Politics covers topics such as Political economy which are related to areas like Social equality, Cosmopolitanism, Underdevelopment, Universalism and Everyday life. In general Economic geography study, his work on Social geography often relates to the realm of Urban system, thereby connecting several areas of interest. As a part of the same scientific study, David Ley usually deals with the Middle class, concentrating on New class and frequently concerns with Postmodernism and Urban sociology.

His most cited work include:

  • The New Middle Class and the Remaking of the Central City (644 citations)
  • Artists, Aestheticisation and the Field of Gentrification (526 citations)
  • Alternative Explanations for Inner-City Gentrification: A Canadian Assessment (322 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

David Ley mainly investigates Immigration, Social science, Human geography, Anthropology and Gentrification. His studies deal with areas such as Economic growth, Transnationalism, Globalization, Gender studies and Economy as well as Immigration. His Gender studies study incorporates themes from Citizenship and Multiculturalism.

David Ley interconnects Epistemology, Ethnic group, Ideology and Ethnography in the investigation of issues within Social science. David Ley combines subjects such as Politics, Middle class, Economic geography and Public administration with his study of Gentrification. His Economic geography course of study focuses on Metropolitan area and Development economics.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Immigration (19.73%)
  • Social science (15.65%)
  • Human geography (14.29%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2010-2021)?

  • Immigration (19.73%)
  • Gentrification (10.88%)
  • Economic geography (10.20%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

David Ley mainly focuses on Immigration, Gentrification, Economic geography, Aesthetics and Gender studies. His Immigration study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Context, Transnationalism, Heaven and Emigration. His Gentrification research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Transit-oriented development and Geodesy.

He has researched Aesthetics in several fields, including Mythology, Postmodernism, Spectacle and Cultural geography. His Gender studies study deals with Homeland intersecting with China. David Ley has included themes like Political economy and Historical geography in his Politics study.

Between 2010 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Gentrification in Hong Kong? Epistemology vs. Ontology (58 citations)
  • Global China and the making of Vancouver's residential property market (51 citations)
  • Transit-oriented development and gentrification along Metro Vancouver's low-income SkyTrain corridor (42 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Social science
  • China

David Ley focuses on Immigration, Gentrification, Aesthetics, Context and State. The various areas that he examines in his Immigration study include Citizenship, Gender studies, China, Economy and Multiculturalism. His Economy research incorporates elements of Economic growth, Mainland China, Capital and Real estate.

His work deals with themes such as Transit-oriented development, Argument, Ethnology and Ideology, which intersect with Gentrification. His research in Aesthetics intersects with topics in Mythology, Spectacle and Cultural geography. His study looks at the intersection of State and topics like East Asia with Social science, Transnationalism, Ethnography and Economic integration.

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Best Publications

The new middle class and the remaking of the central city

Jason Hackworth;Briavel Holcomb;David Ley.
Economic Geography (1999)

1630 Citations

Artists, Aestheticisation and the Field of Gentrification

David Ley.
Urban Studies (2003)

1187 Citations

Place/Culture/Representation

James S. Duncan;David Ley.
(1993)

1131 Citations

The New Middle Class and the Remaking of the Central City

Christopher Mele;David Ley.
Contemporary Sociology (1998)

970 Citations

Alternative Explanations for Inner-City Gentrification: A Canadian Assessment

David Ley.
Annals of The Association of American Geographers (1986)

755 Citations

LIBERAL IDEOLOGY AND THE POSTINDUSTRIAL CITY

David Ley.
Annals of The Association of American Geographers (1980)

621 Citations

URBAN GRAFFITI AS TERRITORIAL MARKERS

David Ley;Roman Cybriwsky.
Annals of The Association of American Geographers (1974)

533 Citations

Back to Hong Kong: return migration or transnational sojourn?

David Ley;Audrey Kobayashi.
Global Networks-a Journal of Transnational Affairs (2005)

515 Citations

Transnational spaces and everyday lives

David Ley.
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (2004)

511 Citations

A Social Geography of the City

David Ley.
(1982)

492 Citations

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