| An efficient algorithm to generate official statistical reporting areas: the case of the 1984 travel-to-work areas revision in Britain MG Coombes, AE Green, S Openshaw Journal of the operational research society 37 (10), 943-953, 1986 | 347 | 1986 |
| Industry structure, entrepreneurship, and culture: An empirical analysis using historical coalfields M Stuetzer, M Obschonka, DB Audretsch, M Wyrwich, PJ Rentfrow, ... European Economic Review 86, 52-72, 2016 | 280 | 2016 |
| In search of counterurbanisation: some evidence from Devon on the relationship between patterns of migration and motivation J Halliday, M Coombes Journal of Rural Studies 11 (4), 433-446, 1995 | 253 | 1995 |
| Indicators of quality of life: some methodological issues RJ Rogerson, AM Findlay, AS Morris, MG Coombes Environment and Planning A 21 (12), 1655-1666, 1989 | 253 | 1989 |
| Universities as anchor institutions in cities in a turbulent funding environment: vulnerable institutions and vulnerable places in England J Goddard, M Coombes, L Kempton, P Vallance Cambridge Journal of regions, economy and society 7 (2), 307-325, 2014 | 208 | 2014 |
| State of the English cities M Parkinson, T Champion, R Evans, J Simmie, I Turok, M Cookston, ... Newcastle University, 2006 | 197 | 2006 |
| Changing places: Britain's demographic, economic and social complexion AG Champion, AE Green, D Owen, DJ Ellin, MG Coombes Edward Arnold, 1987 | 186 | 1987 |
| Functional regions for the population census of Great Britain. M Coombes Geography and the urban environment, 63-112, 1982 | 174 | 1982 |
| The use and definition of travel-to-work areas in Great Britain: some comments MG Coombes, S Openshaw Taylor & Francis Group 16 (2), 141-149, 1982 | 151 | 1982 |
| Travel-to-Work Areas: the 2007 review MG Coombes, S Bond Newcastle University, 2008 | 138 | 2008 |
| Migration and longer-distance commuting in rural England T Champion, M Coombes, DL Brown Regional studies 43 (10), 1245-1259, 2009 | 134 | 2009 |
| Austerity states, institutional dismantling and the governance of sub-national economic development: the demise of the regional development agencies in England A Pike, M Coombes, P O’Brien, J Tomaney Territory, Politics, Governance 6 (1), 118-144, 2018 | 116 | 2018 |
| Defining locality boundaries with synthetic data M Coombes Environment and planning A 32 (8), 1499-1518, 2000 | 116 | 2000 |
| The delineation of 21st century local labour market areas: a critical review and a research agenda JM Casado-Díaz, M Coombes Boletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos españoles, 2011 | 115* | 2011 |
| Urban Exodus Report T Champion, D Atkins, M Coombes, S Fotheringham Council for the Protection of Rural England, 1998 | 106 | 1998 |
| Substantive Issues in the Definition of “Localities”: Evidence from Sub–Group Local Labour Market Areas in the West Midlands MG Coombes, AE Green, DW Owen Regional Studies 22 (4), 303-318, 1988 | 105 | 1988 |
| Measuring destination attractivity: a migration example AS Fotheringham, T Champion, C Wymer, M Coombes International Journal of Population Geography 6 (6), 391-421, 2000 | 103 | 2000 |
| Methodological steps in the development of multivariate indexes for urban and regional policy analysis M Coombes, C Wong Environment and Planning A 26 (8), 1297-1316, 1994 | 98 | 1994 |
| Uneven growth: tackling city decline A Pike, D MacKinnon, M Coombes, T Champion, D Bradley, A Cumbers, ... York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2016 | 97 | 2016 |
| From city-region concept to boundaries for governance: The English case M Coombes Urban Studies 51 (11), 2426-2443, 2014 | 92 | 2014 |
tony championEmeritus Professor of Population Geography, Newcastle UniversityVerified email at ncl.ac.uk
