OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions is 37. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Closing the green finance gap – A systems perspective	158
Mission-oriented innovation systems	158
Transformative innovation and translocal diffusion	150
Capitalism in sustainability transitions research: Time for a critical turn?	132
Understanding the protein transition: The rise of plant-based meat substitutes	124
Moving beyond disruptive innovation: A review of disruption in sustainability transitions	98
Forever stuck in old ways? Pluralising incumbencies in sustainability transitions	98
Geographies of transition—From topical concerns to theoretical engagement: A comment on the transitions research agenda	97
Understanding and governing learning in sustainability transitions: A review	91
The battle of the buzzwords: A comparative review of the circular economy and the sharing economy concepts	80
Conceptualising the systemic activities of intermediaries in sustainability transitions	78
The role of local government greening policies in the transition towards nature-based cities	67
The digital sharing economy: A confluence of technical and social sharing	64
Nature-based innovation systems	64
Risk-benefit perceptions and public acceptance of Carbon Capture and Utilization	61
Barriers to and consequences of a solar-based energy transition in Greece	59
Engaging with multi-system interactions in sustainability transitions: A comment on the transitions research agenda	59
Opening up the black box of learning-by-doing in sustainability transitions	53
Comparing coal phase-out pathways: The United Kingdom’s and Germany’s diverging transitions	53
EU industrial policy: Between modernization and transformation of the automotive industry	52
Pathways for the transition of the Polish power sector and associated risks	48
Making sustainability transitions research policy-relevant: Challenges at the science-policy interface	48
A review of linking models and socio-technical transitions theories for energy and climate solutions	46
The role of inter-sectoral dynamics in sustainability transitions: A comment on the transitions research agenda	46
Shaping sustainable markets—A conceptual framework illustrated by the case of biogas in Sweden	45

Transformative innovation policy: A systematic review	43
Shifting political power in an era of electricity decentralization: Rescaling, reorganization and battles for influence	42
China’s post-COVID-19 stimulus: No Green New Deal in sight	41
Sustainability transitions in the agri-food sector: How ecology affects transition dynamics	41
Digitalization as a driver of transformative environmental innovation	41
Beyond food for thought – Directing sustainability transitions research to address fundamental change in agri-food systems	41
Endogenous regime change: Lessons from transition pathways in Dutch dairy farming	40
The study of institutional entrepreneurship and its implications for transition studies	40
Thinking about individual actor-level perspectives in sociotechnical transitions: A comment on the transitions research agenda	40
On digitalization and sustainability transitions	39
Entrepreneurship and the sustainable bioeconomy transformation	39
Leaders and followers in finance mobilization for renewable energy in Germany and China	38
Heating in Great Britain: An incumbent discourse coalition resists an electrifying future	37
Relating financial systems to sustainability transitions: Challenges, demands and design features	37
Can living labs offer a pathway to support local agri-food sustainability transitions?	37
Governing the second deep transition towards a circular economy: How rules emerge, align and diffuse	37