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46
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12519
World Ranking
3531
National Ranking
598

Mike Crang 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 Mike Crang sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 143 publications — 38th percentile

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

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

Mike Crang 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 Mike Crang sits on this spectrum.

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

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Mike Crang is affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields of study including Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Social Sciences. Specific subfields within these broader areas include Plant Science, Food Science, Global and Planetary Change, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Political Science and International Relations.

Their work covers a range of topics primarily focused on the intersection of sustainability and socio-environmental issues. These main topics include:

  • Organic Food and Agriculture
  • Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
  • Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Rural development and sustainability
  • China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability

Mike Crang has co-authored research with several colleagues, including:

  • Shuru Zhong
  • Alex Hughes
  • Guojun Zeng
  • Suzanne Hocknell
  • Simon Coleman

Their recent publications appear in journals such as the Journal of Rural Studies, Sustainability, and the Journal of China Tourism Research. Notable papers include:

  • Fragmentary embeddedness: Challenges for alternative food networks in Guangzhou, China (2022), Journal of Rural Studies
  • Exploring the Benefits of Small Catchments on Rural Spatial Governance in Wuling Mountain Area, China (2021), Sustainability
  • The Connectedness with Nature of Chinese Adolescent Tourists: A Q Method Approach (2024), Journal of China Tourism Research

Best Publications

  • The trouble with tourism and travel theory

    Adrian Franklin;Mike Crang

  • Interrogating the circular economy: the moral economy of resource recovery in the EU

    Nicky Gregson;Mike Crang;Sara Fuller;Helen Holmes

  • Qualitative methods: touchy, feely, look-see?:

    Mike Crang

  • Tourism: Between Place and Performance

    Simon Coleman;Mike Crang

  • Picturing practices: research through the tourist gaze

    Mike Crang

  • SENTIENT CITIES Ambient intelligence and the politics of urban space

    Mike Crang;Stephen Graham

  • Qualitative methods: the new orthodoxy?:

    Mike Crang

  • Analysing qualitative materials

    Mike Crang

  • Virtual Geographies: Bodies, Space and Relations

    Mike Crang;Phil Crang;Jon May

  • Qualitative methods: there is nothing outside the text?

    Mike Crang

  • Following things of rubbish value: end-of-life ships, 'chock-chocky' furniture and the Bangladeshi middle class consumer

    N. Gregson;M. Crang;F. Ahamed;F. Ahamed;N. Akhter

  • The City and Topologies of Memory

    Mike Crang;Penny S Travlou

  • The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Geography

    Dydia DeLyser;Steve Herbert;Stuart Aitken;Mike Crang

  • Materiality and Waste: Inorganic Vitality in a Networked World

    Nicky Gregson;Mike Crang

  • Rethinking governance and value in commodity chains through global recycling networks

    Mike Crang;Alex Hughes;Nicky Gregson;Lucy Norris

  • Nation, Race, and Affect: Senses and Sensibilities at National Heritage Sites

    Mike Crang;Divya P Tolia-Kelly

  • Magic kingdom or a quixotic quest for authenticity

    Mike Crang

  • Grounded Tourists, Travelling Theory

    Simon Coleman;Mike Crang

  • Encyclopedia of urban studies

    R. Hutchinson;M.B. Aalbers;R.A. Beauregard;M. Crang

  • Rhythms of the city : temporalised space and motion.

    Mike Crang

  • Spaces of Identity: Global Media, Electronic Landscapes and Cultural Boundaries

    Mike Crang;D. Morley;K. Robins

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicky Gregson
Nicky Gregson Durham University
Simon Coleman
Simon Coleman University of Toronto
Stephen Graham
Stephen Graham Newcastle University
Linda McDowell
Linda McDowell University of Oxford
Jacquelin Burgess
Jacquelin Burgess University of East Anglia
Michael Winter
Michael Winter University of Exeter
Clive Barnett
Clive Barnett University of Exeter
Harriet Bulkeley
Harriet Bulkeley Durham University
Jules Pretty
Jules Pretty University of Essex

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