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Citations
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World Ranking
300
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220

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2008 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Luc Anselin is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on the intersection of economics, econometrics, and public health with an emphasis on spatial data analysis and epidemiology. Their research spans multiple disciplines including economics, econometrics, finance, medicine, public health, environmental health, occupational health, epidemiology, transportation, and general health professions.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Spatial and Panel Data Analysis
  • Housing Market and Economics
  • Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
  • Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Health Disparities and Outcomes
  • COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Luc Anselin cover both methodological developments and applied research. These include:

  • "GeoDa, From the Desktop to an Ecosystem for Exploring Spatial Data" (2021), published in Geographical Analysis
  • "Tobler's Law in a Multivariate World" (2020), published in Geographical Analysis

In addition to these, frequently cited collaborative works related to spatial data science and social science include:

  • "The PySAL Ecosystem: Philosophy and Implementation" (2021), Geographical Analysis
  • "An open software environment to make spatial access metrics more accessible" (2021), Journal of Computational Social Science
  • "The effects of different travel modes and travel destinations on COVID-19 transmission in global cities" (2021), Science Bulletin

Luc Anselin frequently collaborates with scholars such as:

  • Sergio J. Rey
  • Daniel Arribas-Bel
  • Levi John Wolf
  • James Gaboardi
  • Julia Koschinsky

Their research outputs are often published in specialized venues including:

  • Geographical Analysis
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geographical Systems
  • Cities
  • Journal of Computational Social Science

Luc Anselin has been recognized through memberships and fellowships, notably as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2011 and as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2008. Their profile is reflective of interdisciplinary research integrating spatial analytical methods with economic and health-related inquiries.

Best Publications

  • Local Indicators of Spatial Association—LISA

    Luc Anselin

  • Spatial Econometrics: Methods and Models

    Luc Anselin

  • Local Geographic Spillovers between University Research and High Technology Innovations

    Luc Anselin;Attila Varga;Zoltan Acs;Zoltan Acs

  • Patents and innovation counts as measures of regional production of new knowledge

    Zoltan J Acs;Luc Anselin;Attila Varga

  • Simple diagnostic tests for spatial dependence

    Luc Anselin;Anil K. Bera;Raymond Florax;Mann J. Yoon

  • GeoDa: An Introduction to Spatial Data Analysis

    Luc Anselin;Ibnu Syabri;Youngihn Kho

  • Under the hood Issues in the specification and interpretation of spatial regression models

    Luc Anselin

  • The Moran scatterplot as an ESDA tool to assess local instability in spatial association

    Luc Anselin

  • Spatial Externalities, Spatial Multipliers, And Spatial Econometrics

    Luc Anselin

  • Lagrange Multiplier Test Diagnostics for Spatial Dependence and Spatial Heterogeneity

    Luc Anselin

  • Properties of Tests for Spatial Dependence in Linear Regression Models

    Luc Anselin;Serge Rey

  • Spatial Panel Econometrics

    Luc Anselin;Julie Le Gallo;Hubert Jayet

  • Assessing Spatial Equity: An Evaluation of Measures of Accessibility to Public Playgrounds:

    E Talen;L Anselin

  • Thirty years of spatial econometrics

    Luc Anselin

  • Measuring the benefits of air quality improvement: a spatial hedonic approach

    Chong Won Kim;Tim T Phipps;Luc Anselin

  • Under the hood Issues in the specification and interpretation of spatial regression models

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  • Interactive Techniques and Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis

    Luc Anselin

  • Advances in Spatial Econometrics: Methodology, Tools and Applications

    R.J.G.M. Florax;L. Anselin;S.J. Rey

  • New Directions in Spatial Econometrics

    Luc Anselin;Raymond J. G. M. Florax

  • Spatial Statistical Analysis and Geographic Information Systems

    Luc Anselin;Arthur Getis

  • Small Sample Properties of Tests for Spatial Dependence in Regression Models: Some Further Results

    Luc Anselin;Raymond J. G. M. Florax

Frequent Co-Authors

Emily Talen
Emily Talen University of Chicago
Steven F. Messner
Steven F. Messner University at Albany, State University of New York
Tony H. Grubesic
Tony H. Grubesic University of California, Riverside
Emilio F. Moran
Emilio F. Moran Michigan State University
Roberta Capello
Roberta Capello Polytechnic University of Milan
Donald Hedeker
Donald Hedeker University of Chicago
Manfred M. Fischer
Manfred M. Fischer Vienna University of Economics and Business
Patricia Gober
Patricia Gober Arizona State University
Patrick Doreian
Patrick Doreian University of Pittsburgh

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