PUBLICATIONS
Polo Martin B., Castillo D.H., Ducruet C. (2025) Transport connectivity and urban development: the case of Africa (1880-2020). Geographical Analysis [forthcoming].
Faure M.A., Ducruet C. (2025) The blue connection: A systematic and critical review of shipping network research. Networks and Spatial Economics [LINK].
Polo Martin B., Faure M.A., Cremaschini F., Ducruet C. (2025). Shipping trade and geopolitical turmoil: The case of the Ukrainian maritime network. Journal of Transport Geography, 128: 104342. [LINK].
Su H., Wang L., Zhang S., Du D., Ducruet C. (2025) From fragmentation to integration: Evolving community structure of the Asia-Pacific shipping network since 1890. Journal of Transport Geography [LINK]
Garcia-Alonso L., Gonzalez-Laxe F., Sanchez R.J. (2025) Sustainability, externalities and ocean grabbing: Pressing challenges for maritime transport. Marine Policy, 174: 106598 [LINK]
Sun L., Zhang J., Ducruet C., Itoh H., Liu X. (2025). The impact of shipping activities on air quality and residents' health in China's port cities. Journal of Transport Geography. [LINK].
Ducruet, C. & Yoon, IJ. (2024). Maritime trade and economic development in North Korea. Journal of Transport Geography. [LINK].
Polo-Martín, B., & Ducruet, C. (2024). Coupled connectivity in the global complex network: the case of United Kingdom (1880–1925). Applied Network Science. [LINK].
Ducruet, C., Juhász, R., Nagy, D. K., & Steinwender, C. (2024). All Aboard: The Effects of Port Development. Journal of International Economics, 151: 103963. [NBER version].
Vincent, B., Frédéric, G., & Yoann, P. (2024). DynamicScore: a Novel Metric for Quantifying Graph Dynamics. In International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications (pp. 435-444). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. [LINK], [ArXiv version].
Ducruet, C., Martin, B. P., Sene, M. A., Prete, M. L., Sun, L., Itoh, H., & Pigné, Y. (2024). Ports and Their Influence on Local Air Pollution and Public Health: a Global Analysis. Science of the Total Environment, 915: 170099. [LINK].
Sun, Ling, Liu, Xiangqi, Hu, Zijiang, Zhang, Jingyi, Ducruet, César, Zhang, Wenjing (2024) Does just transition increase social and environmental risks? Evidence from global port cities development. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 105: 107370.
Mou, Naixia, Xu, Huanqing, Liu, Yong, Li, Guoqing, Zhang, Lingxian, Ducruet, César, Zhang, Xianghao, Wan, Yanci, Yang, Tengfei (2024) Does the Chinese coastal ports disruption affect the reliability of the maritime network Evidence from port importance and typhoon risk. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 129: 103846.
WORKING PAPERS
Faure, M. A., Ducruet C. (2025). Shipping Network Research. A Systematic and Quantitative Review. [EconomiX WP version].
Ducruet, C., Itoh, H., Marnot, B., Polo-Martín, B., Sayd, E., Tsiotas, D. (2025). Structural change in the world maritime network (1880-2020): globalization, optimization, and vulnerability. [EconomiX WP version].
Ducruet C., Polo Martin B. (2025) Port-city evolution in the long-run (1880-2020): Global and regional perspectives. [EconomiX WP Version].
Polo-Martín, B., Faure, M. A., Cremaschini, F., Ducruet, C. (2024). Shipping Trade and Geopolitical Turmoil. The Case of the Ukrainian Maritime Network. (R&R Journal of Transport Geography). [EconomiX WP version].
Ducruet, C., Martin, B. P., Sene, M. A., Prete, M. L., Sun, L., Itoh, H., & Pigné, Y. (2023). Ports and their influence on local air pollution and public health: a global analysis. [EconomiX WP version].
Ducruet, C. Yoon, J. (2022). Maritime trade and economic development in North Korea. [EconomiX WP version].
WORK IN PROGRESS
Faure, M. A. Global Maritime Trade on the Long-Run: Structure, Communities and Hierarchies. (Preliminary slides upon request).
Guinand, F. Maritime Networks Evolution: a Container-Ship Perspective.
Polo-Martín, B., Faure, M. A., Cremaschini, F., Ducruet, C. Navigating Troubled Waters: Conflicts and Network Vulnerability in the Black Sea. (Coming soon).
Faure, M. A., Bottasso, A., Conti, M., & Ducruet, C. Wealth Comes from the Seas: The Impact of Maritime Flows on Local Employment. (Working Paper coming soon).
Ducruet, C., & Faure, M. A. Port Clusters in Maritime Networks.
Ducruet, C., Polo Martin, B., Castillo, D. African cities and global maritime trade since the late 19th century (in progress).
OTHER WORKS
Faure, M. A., & Ducruet, C. (2024) Cluster Detection in Maritime Networks. book chapter (forthcoming).
Polo-Martín, B., & Ducruet, C. (2024). The Global Transport Network in Space and Time. Portus. [LINK].
Ducruet, C., Lo Prete, M., Polo-Martín, B., Sene, M.A. (2024) Environnement et santé dans les villes portuaires : quelles données pour une analyse comparative au niveau mondial ? In: Alix, Y., Cariou, P., Paquin, J. (Eds.), L'Intelligence Portuaire. Opération - Innovation - Projection. Collection Les Océanides, Caen: EMS [LINK].