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D-Index
41
Citations
8978
World Ranking
4963
National Ranking
2350

John Rennie Short 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 John Rennie Short sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 318 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John Rennie Short 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 John Rennie Short sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 41 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

John Rennie Short is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the Social Sciences, with a significant focus on Urban Studies, Sociology and Political Science, Genetics, Economics and Econometrics, and Rheumatology as subfields.

The primary topics of their work cover a diverse range of areas including:

  • Urban and Rural Development Challenges
  • Pelvic floor disorders treatments
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Urban Planning and Governance
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening

Key recent papers authored by John Rennie Short include:

  • "Cities and Climate Change," 2021, published in Earth
  • "The urban effects of the emerging middle class in the global south," 2020, published in Geography Compass
  • "Social Inclusion in Cities," 2021, published in Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

Some of John Rennie Short's frequent co-authors are Lina Martínez, Rasa Ruseckaite, Aruna Kartik, Emmanuel Karantanis, and Elizabeth Gallagher, each collaborating on multiple occasions.

Publication venues where John Rennie Short has often contributed include:

  • Maryland Shared Open Access Repository (USMAI Consortium)
  • Sustainability
  • Frontiers in Sustainable Cities
  • Geographical Review
  • Australian and New Zealand Continence Journal

John Rennie Short has also published books through several academic publishers. Notable works include two editions of "Demography and the Making of the Modern World" released in 2024 by Agenda Publishing eBooks, "The Rise and Fall of the National Atlas in the Twentieth Century" (2022) by Anthem Press eBooks, and "The Urban Now" (2023) by Edward Elgar Publishing.

Best Publications

  • Globalization and the city

    John R. Short;Yeong-Hyun Kim

  • Imagined Country: Society, Culture and Environment

    John Rennie Short

  • Housing and Residential Structure: Alternative Approaches

    Keith Bassett;John R. Short

  • The urban order : an introduction to cities, culture, and power

    John R. Short

  • The Dirty Little Secret of World Cities Research: Data Problems in Comparative Analysis

    J. R. Short;Y. Kim;M. Kuus;H. Wells

  • Imagined Country: Environment, Culture and Society

    John R. Short

  • From world cities to gateway cities: Extending the boundaries of globalization theory

    John Rennie Short;Carrie Breitbach;Steven Buckman;Jamey Essex

  • Reconstructing the Image of an Industrial City

    J. R. Short;L. M. Benton;W. B. Luce;J. Walton

  • Urban Theory: A Critical Assessment

    John R. Short

  • Getting away with it? Exposing the geographies of the super-rich

    Jonathan V Beaverstock;Philip Hubbard;John Rennie Short

  • Cities and Nature

    Lisa Benton-Short;John Rennie Short

  • An introduction to political geography

    John Rennie Short

  • Housing in Britain: The Post-War Experience

    John R. Short

  • Environmental discourse and practice : a reader

    Lisa M. Benton;John R. Short

  • Cultural Globalization, Global English, and Geography Journals

    John Rennie Short;Armando Boniche;Yeong Kim;Patrick Li Li

  • Cities and Suburbs: New Metropolitan Realities in the US

    Bernadette Hanlon;John Rennie Short;Thomas J. Vicino

  • The New Metropolitan Reality in the US: Rethinking the Traditional Model

    Bernadette Hanlon;Thomas Vicino;John Rennie Short

  • Yuppies, Yuffies and the New Urban Order

    John R. Short

  • The Decline of Inner Suburbs: The New Suburban Gothic in the United States

    John Rennie Short;Bernadette Hanlon;Thomas J. Vicino

  • Globalization, cities and the Summer Olympics

    John R. Short

Frequent Co-Authors

Phil Hubbard
Phil Hubbard King's College London
Kevin Ward
Kevin Ward University of Manchester
Jonathan V. Beaverstock
Jonathan V. Beaverstock University of Bristol
Ron Martin
Ron Martin University of Cambridge
Ron Johnston
Ron Johnston University of Bristol

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