OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions is 33. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Moving beyond disruptive innovation: A review of disruption in sustainability transitions	120
The battle of the buzzwords: A comparative review of the circular economy and the sharing economy concepts	96
Comparing coal phase-out pathways: The United Kingdom’s and Germany’s diverging transitions	78
Transformative innovation policy: A systematic review	78
The digital sharing economy: A confluence of technical and social sharing	77
EU industrial policy: Between modernization and transformation of the automotive industry	65
Digitalization as a driver of transformative environmental innovation	51
Beyond food for thought – Directing sustainability transitions research to address fundamental change in agri-food systems	48
Entrepreneurship and the sustainable bioeconomy transformation	48
On digitalization and sustainability transitions	45
Heating in Great Britain: An incumbent discourse coalition resists an electrifying future	44
Can living labs offer a pathway to support local agri-food sustainability transitions?	43
Just transition principles and criteria for food systems and beyond	43
Justice in transitions: Widening considerations of justice in dietary transition	42
Leaders and followers in finance mobilization for renewable energy in Germany and China	41
Sustainability transitions and strategic action fields: A literature review and discussion	40
From terminating to transforming: The role of phase-out in sustainability transitions	40
Regional lead markets for environmental innovation	40
Mixed feelings: A review and research agenda for emotions in sustainability transitions	39
A discourse analysis of yellow-vest resistance against carbon taxes	39
Decolonising transitions in the Global South: Towards more epistemic diversity in transitions research	39
Governing the second deep transition towards a circular economy: How rules emerge, align and diffuse	38
Analyzing transitions through the lens of discourse networks: Coal phase-out in Germany	38
Behaviour in sustainability transitions: A mixed methods literature review	38
The fragility of regional energy transitions	37

The politics of deliberate destabilisation for sustainability transitions	37
Towards a multi-scalar perspective on transition trajectories	37
Business model innovation in demand response firms: Beyond the niche-regime dichotomy	36
Exploring the role of failure in socio-technical transitions research	36
Evaluating the global impact of low-carbon energy transitions on social equity	36
Justice aspects of flexible household electricity consumption in future smart energy systems	36
A dramaturgy of critical moments in transition: Understanding the dynamics of conflict in socio-political change	35
A perspective on the future of sustainability transitions research	35