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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 55 1965 1777 350 316 337 20703

Simon Marvin publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Simon Marvin between 1990 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Simon Marvin published across 36 years, from 1990 to 2025, averaging 10.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 28 publications in 2010. 15 of the 379 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1990 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 28. Peak 28 publications in 2010. 1990: 1 publication 1991: 1 publication 1992: 3 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 9 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 11 publications 1997: 11 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 12 publications 2000: 20 publications 2001: 23 publications 2002: 16 publications 2003: 15 publications 2004: 14 publications 2005: 16 publications 2006: 17 publications 2007: 19 publications 2008: 21 publications 2009: 19 publications 2010: 28 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 7 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 5 publications
1990 2025

379 publications in total across all disciplines

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Simon Marvin: publications per year, 1990 to 2025
Year Publications
1990 1
1991 1
1992 3
1993 1
1994 9
1995 4
1996 11
1997 11
1998 5
1999 12
2000 20
2001 23
2002 16
2003 15
2004 14
2005 16
2006 17
2007 19
2008 21
2009 19
2010 28
2011 10
2012 10
2013 7
2014 8
2015 5
2016 8
2017 8
2018 11
2019 5
2020 7
2021 6
2022 5
2023 8
2024 10
2025 5
Total 379
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Simon Marvin 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 Simon Marvin sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 334–343 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 337 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69 337
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Simon Marvin 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 Simon Marvin sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 55 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137 55
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Overview

Simon Marvin is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Engineering, with a strong focus on media technology and urban-related topics.

The scientist's work encompasses key subfields including Media Technology, Transportation, Political Science and International Relations, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Global and Planetary Change.

Main topics of Simon Marvin's research include:

  • Smart Cities and Technologies
  • Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Water Governance and Infrastructure
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Geographies of human-animal interactions
  • Transportation and Mobility Innovations

The scientist has published works in several academic venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Urban Geography
  • Urban Studies
  • Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
  • Journal of Urban Technology
  • Dialogues in Human Geography

Simon Marvin has contributed to recent papers such as:

  • "Containing COVID-19 in China: AI and the robotic restructuring of future cities" (2020) in Dialogues in Human Geography
  • "The rise of AI urbanism in post-smart cities: A critical commentary on urban artificial intelligence" (2023) in Urban Studies
  • "Verifying an ENVI-met simulation of the thermal environment of Yanzhong Square Park in Shanghai" (2021) in Urban forestry & urban greening
  • "Urban robotic experimentation: San Francisco, Tokyo and Dubai" (2020) in Urban Studies
  • "Splintering Urbanism at 20 and the "Infrastructural Turn"" (2022) in Journal of Urban Technology

They have frequently collaborated with co-authors including Jonathan Rutherford, Aidan While, Mateja Kovačić, Andy Lockhart, and Pauline Mc̱Guirk, reflecting a network of researchers focused on urban and geographical studies.

In addition to journal articles, Simon Marvin has published books, notably through The MIT Press. One such publication is "Urban Operating Systems" (2020), which has attracted citations in the field.

Best Publications

  • Splintering Urbanism: Networked Infrastructures, Technological Mobilities and the Urban Condition

    Stephen Graham;Simon Marvin

  • Telecommunications and the City: Electronic Spaces, Urban Places

    Stephen Graham;Simon Marvin

  • Can cities shape socio-technical transitions and how would we know if they were?

    Michael Hodson;Simon Marvin

  • Urban ecological security : a new urban paradigm?

    Michael Hodson;Simon Marvin

  • Urban living labs: Governing urban sustainability transitions

    Harriet Bulkeley;Lars Coenen;Niki Frantzeskaki;Christian Hartmann

  • Developing a critical understanding of smart urbanism

    Andrés Luque-Ayala;Simon Marvin

  • Urbanism in the anthropocene: Ecological urbanism or premium ecological enclaves?

    Michael Hodson;Simon Marvin

  • Cities mediating technological transitions : understanding visions, intermediation and consequences

    Michael Hodson;Simon Marvin

  • Air pollution dispersal in high density urban areas: Research on the triadic relation of wind, air pollution, and urban form

    Junyan Yang;Beixiang Shi;Yi Shi;Simon Marvin

  • Smart urbanism : utopian vision or false dawn?

    Simon Marvin;Andrés Luque-Ayala;Colin McFarlane

  • Urban Living Laboratories: Conducting the Experimental City?

    Harriet Bulkeley;Simon Marvin;Yuliya Voytenko Palgan;Kes McCormick

  • Mediating Low-Carbon Urban Transitions? Forms of Organization, Knowledge and Action

    Michael Hodson;Simon Marvin

  • Urban Infrastructure in Transition: Networks, Buildings and Plans

    Simon Guy;Simon Marvin;Timothy Moss

  • The Intermediary Organisation of Low Carbon Cities: A Comparative Analysis of Transitions in Greater London and Greater Manchester

    Michael Hodson;Simon Marvin;Harriet Bulkeley

  • World Cities And Climate Change: Producing Urban Ecological Security

    Mike Hodson;Simon Marvin

  • The maintenance of urban circulation: An operational logic of infrastructural control:

    Andrés Luque-Ayala;Simon Marvin

  • Planning cybercities? Integrating telecommunications into urban planning

    Stephen Graham;Simon Marvin

  • Negotiating contested visions and place-specific expectations of the hydrogen economy

    Malcolm Eames;William Mcdowall;Mike Hodson;Simon Marvin

  • Reshaping urban infrastructure: Material flow analysis and transitions analysis in an urban context

    Michael Hodson;Simon Marvin;Blake Robinson;Mark Swilling

  • Constructing Myths Rather than Sustainability: The Transition Fallacies of the New Localism

    Simon Marvin;Simon Guy

  • Robotics and automation in the city: a research agenda

    Rachel Macrorie;Simon Marvin;Aidan While

  • City-level decoupling: urban resource flows and the governance of infrastructure transitions

    Mark Swilling;Blake Robinson;Simon Marvin;Mike Hodson

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Graham
Stephen Graham Newcastle University
Harriet Bulkeley
Harriet Bulkeley Durham University
Rob Raven
Rob Raven Monash University
Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith University of Oxford
Niki Frantzeskaki
Niki Frantzeskaki Utrecht University
Lars Coenen
Lars Coenen University of Melbourne
Diana Mitlin
Diana Mitlin University of Manchester
David Banister
David Banister University of Oxford
Bert van Wee
Bert van Wee Delft University of Technology
Will McDowall
Will McDowall University College London

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