OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions is 13. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Modes of intermediation: How intermediaries engage in advancing local bottom-up experimentation	129
Decarbonising industry supply chains: Incumbent-oriented transition intermediation for industry energy transition	96
Colonial modernity and sustainability transitions: A conceptualisation in six dimensions	95
Modelling the macroeconomics of a ‘closing the green finance gap’ scenario for an energy transition	77
Whose transformation is this? Unpacking the ‘apparatus of capture’ in Sweden's bioeconomy	72
Advancing the understanding of social innovation in sustainability transitions: exploring processes, politics, and policies for accelerating transitions	51
How do incumbent companies’ heterogeneous responses affect sustainability transitions? Insights from China’s major incumbent power generators	51
Functional analysis of technological innovation system with inclusion of sectoral and spatial perspectives: The case of the biogas industry in Russia	49
Market intermediation and its embeddedness – Lessons from the Finnish energy transition	49
Engaging with climate adaptation in transition studies	45
Editorial Board	43
Knowledge and network resources in innovation system: How production contracts support strategic system building	42
Editorial Board	41
Transitions as a coevolutionary process: The urban emergence of electric vehicle inventions	40
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Transformative climate resilience and sport mega-events – The case of the Australian Open	39
What are the key strategies for a successful and fair energy transition for all? Multi-criteria assessment of isolated case studies in São Paulo	38
Editorial Board	38
Assessing regime destabilisation through policy change: An analysis of agricultural policy in the United Kingdom during Brexit	37
Editorial Board	37
Facilitating the transition to sustainable propulsion in the shipping industry: An agent-based modelling analysis of retrofitting	36
A relational approach to the role of the state in societal transitions and transformations towards sustainability	36
The ‘bioeconomics vs bioeconomy’ debate: Beyond criticism, advancing research fronts	35
Solar business model adoption by energy incumbents: the importance of strategic fit	30
EU industrial policy: Between modernization and transformation of the automotive industry	30

Sustainable futures of agro-food? İzmir's sustainable agro-food transitions in the making	30
Utilising law in the transition of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to a low-carbon economy	30
User innovation, niche construction and regime destabilization in heat pump transitions	30
Analysing transitions in-the-making: A case study of aviation in Sweden	29
Understanding the limits to forming policy-driven markets in the electricity sector	28
Conceptualizing market formation for transformative policy	28
Just transitions through agroecological innovations in family farming in Guatemala: Enablers and barriers towards gender equality	27
The urgency of climate action and the aim for justice in energy transitions – dynamics and complexity	27
How does learning drive sustainability transitions? Perspectives, problems and prospects from a systematic literature review	27
Structural tensions limiting success of infrastructure upgrading: A multi-regime perspective	26
Trade unions’ interpretation of a just transition in a fossil fuel economy	26
Power to, over and with: Exploring power dynamics in social innovations in energy transitions across Europe	26
Main topics in EIST during its first decade: A computational-linguistic analysis	26
Justice in transitions: Widening considerations of justice in dietary transition	25
Innovation studies, social innovation, and sustainability transitions research: From mutual ignorance towards an integrative perspective?	25
Replacing meat, an easy feat? The role of strategic categorizing in the rise of meat substitutes	25
A perspective on the future of sustainability transitions research	24
A spatial whole systems justice approach to sustainability transitions	24
Connecting the multi-level-perspective and social practice approach for sustainable transitions	24
Directionality in transformative innovation policy: who is giving directions?	24
Examining the vehicle-to-grid niche in Australia through the lens of a trial project	24
Lessons from European transformative policies	23
Trust gaps in energy transitions: Japan’s National Deliberative Poll after Fukushima	23
Deep experiments for deep transitions – low-income households as sites of participation and socio-technical change in new energy systems	23
Psychology: The missing link in transitions research	23
Behind the scenes: Politics and pragmatism in formulating mission-oriented innovation policies in a national context	23
Policy mixes for just transitions: A holistic evaluation framework	23
On digitalization and sustainability transitions	22
From terminating to transforming: The role of phase-out in sustainability transitions	22
Regional capacity to govern the energy transition: The case of two Dutch energy regions	22
Creating points of opportunity in sustainability transitions: Reflective interventions in inter-organizational collaboration	21
Too risky – The role of finance as a driver of sustainability transitions	21
Steering ‘green’ innovation policy toward sustainability? Lessons from implementing EIP-AGRI in Sweden	21
The battle of the buzzwords: A comparative review of the circular economy and the sharing economy concepts	21
Sustainable business model innovation and scaling through collaboration	20
The role of place in shaping urban transformative capacity. The case of València (Spain)	20
Innovation policy for sustainability transitions in small economies: Energy technology innovation in Hong Kong	19
Social enterprises towards a sustainable business system: A model of institutional dynamics	19
The Role of Global Actors in Sustainability Transitions – Tracing the Emergence of a Novel Infrastructure Paradigm in the Sanitation Sector	19
Understanding resistance to just transition ideas in Australian coal communities	19
Towards a socio-techno-ecological approach to sustainability transitions	19
Introduction to the special issue on just food system transition: Tackling inequalities for sustainability	19
Hibernation of off-grid solar e-waste in Kenya: An unintended response to an emerging waste issue	18
Ideas behind transformative innovation policy: Economists confronting missions and sustainability transition in Finland	18
Scalar orientation of policies and technology legitimacy: The case of decarbonization in Norway	18
Editorial Board	18
Place-based and sectoral patterns in urban experimentation: Implications for deep transitions research	18
Economic alterity and the green spirit of capitalism – on the pitfalls of green entrepreneurship	18
Introducing the lens of markets-in-the-making to transition studies: The case of the Danish wind power market agencement	17
Corrigendum to ‘Digitalization, trust, and sustainability transitions: Insights from two blockchain-based green experiments in China's electricity sector’ [Environmental Innovation and Societal Transi	17

Editorial Board	17
Editorial Board	17
Leaders or networkers? The role of mayors in renewable energy transition	17
Justice aspects of flexible household electricity consumption in future smart energy systems	17
Can grassroots movements in water conflicts drive socio-technical transitions in water management systems?	16
Alteration spaces: Charting the sustainability potential of large organizations	16
Transitions in South Korean public food procurement policy: Landscape context, institutionalization, and local agents	16
Just transition out of coal-fired power: Policy lessons from Australia's automotive sector closure	16
Conceptualizing the democratization of innovation through transitions theory: A case study of biohacking in community science labs	16
Designing low carbon innovation organisations: the Energy Technologies Institute experience	16
The changing landscape of deep transitions: Sociotechnical imprinting and chemical warfare	16
Inclusive innovation in just transitions: The case of smart local energy systems in the UK	15
Applying policy mix thinking to social innovation: from experimentation to socio-technical change	15
Influence of policy discourse networks on local energy transitions	15
The dynamics of sustainability transitions: An archetype for transformation	15
Sustainable market transformation: A refined framework for analyzing causal loops in transitions to sustainability	15
Fueling a net-zero future: The influence of government-funded research on climate change mitigation inventions	14
Beyond the North-South divide: The political economy and multi-level governance of international low-carbon technology transfer in China	14
What matters? Unlocking householders’ flexibility towards cooling automation in India	14
Fostering learning beyond urban experiment boundaries	14
Research frontiers for multi-system dynamics and deep transitions	14
Historical industrial transitions influence local sustainability planning, capability, and performance	14
Niches, narratives, and national policy: How India developed off-grid solar for rural electrification	14
Accelerating the sustainability transition of brown regions: Unlocking the speed factor	14
Coordination and legitimacy in the Australian biofuels innovation system 1979 - 2017	14
Sustainability, justice and equity in food systems: Ideas and proposals in dispute in Brazil	14
Learning for transitions: An experiential learning strategy for urban experiments	13
Mapping mental models in sustainability transitions	13
Discursive struggles over pesticide legitimacy in Switzerland: A news media analysis	13
Policy mixes for sustainability transitions must embrace system dynamics	13
A brake or an accelerator? The role of law in sustainability transitions	13
Transforming innovation policy in the context of global security	13
Analyzing transitions through the lens of discourse networks: Coal phase-out in Germany	13
Blending in, to transform the regime from within: Niche hybridisation strategies of Irish energy communities	13
Food system transitions in Vietnam: The case of pork and vegetable networks	13
Incumbency and political compromises: Opportunity or threat to sustainability transitions?	13