| World city networks and hierarchies, 1977-1997: an empirical analysis of global air travel links DA Smith, MF Timberlake American Behavioral Scientist 44 (10), 1656-1678, 2001 | 453 | 2001 |
| Dependence, inequality, and the growth of the tertiary: A comparative analysis of less developed countries PB Evans, M Timberlake American Sociological Review, 531-552, 1980 | 400 | 1980 |
| Conceptualising and mapping the structure of the world system's city system DA Smith, M Timberlake Urban Studies 32 (2), 287-302, 1995 | 380 | 1995 |
| Urbanization in the world-economy M Timberlake Orlando Fla./London England Academic Press 1985., 1985 | 301 | 1985 |
| Economic dependence, overurbanization, and economic growth: a study of less developed countries M Timberlake, J Kentor Sociological Quarterly 24 (4), 489-507, 1983 | 217 | 1983 |
| World cities in Asia: cliques, centrality and connectedness KH Shin, M Timberlake Urban studies 37 (12), 2257-2285, 2000 | 210 | 2000 |
| Hierarchies of dominance among world cities: a network approach D Smith, M Timberlake Global networks, linked cities, 117-141, 2016 | 209 | 2016 |
| Cities in global matrices: toward mapping the world-system’s city system DA Smith, M Timberlake World cities in a world-system, 79-97, 1995 | 204 | 1995 |
| Economic globalisation and the structure of the world city system: the case of airline passenger data MC Mahutga, X Ma, DA Smith, M Timberlake Urban Studies 47 (9), 1925-1947, 2010 | 198 | 2010 |
| Dependence, political exclusion, and government repression: Some cross-national evidence M Timberlake, KR Williams American Sociological Review, 141-146, 1984 | 143 | 1984 |
| Global cities with Chinese characteristics M Timberlake, YD Wei, X Ma, J Hao Cities 41, 162-170, 2014 | 117 | 2014 |
| World-system theory and the study of comparative urbanization M Timberlake | 93 | 1987 |
| World city typologies and national city system deterritorialisation: USA, China and Japan X Ma, M Timberlake Urban Studies 50 (2), 255-275, 2013 | 68 | 2013 |
| Identifying China’s leading world city: a network approach X Ma, MF Timberlake GeoJournal 71, 19-35, 2008 | 67 | 2008 |
| The world-system perspective and urbanization M Timberlake Urbanization in the world-economy, 3-22, 1985 | 61 | 1985 |
| World cities: a political economy/global network approach DA Smith, M Timberlake Research in Urban Sociology 3, 181-207, 1993 | 57 | 1993 |
| Chinese urbanization, state policy, and the world economy F Song, M Timberlake Journal of Urban Affairs 18 (3), 285-306, 1996 | 56 | 1996 |
| Structural position in the world-system, inequality, and political violence M Timberlake, KR Williams Journal of Political & Military Sociology, 1-15, 1987 | 53 | 1987 |
| Are world cities also world immigrant cities? An international, cross-city analysis of global centrality and immigration MR Sanderson, B Derudder, M Timberlake, F Witlox International Journal of Comparative Sociology 56 (3-4), 173-197, 2015 | 49 | 2015 |
| Testing a global city hypothesis: An assessment of polarization across US cities M Timberlake, MR Sanderson, X Ma, B Derudder, J Winitzky, F Witlox City & Community 11 (1), 74-93, 2012 | 47 | 2012 |
Kirk R. WilliamsDepartment of Criminology, Law & Society, University of California, IrvineVerified email at uci.edu
