Most cited papers in Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
What are the most cited papers in Sustainability and Climate Change Governance?
The most cited paper in Sustainability and Climate Change Governance is "Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet" (Will Steffen, Katherine Anne Koren Richardson, Johan Rockström et al., 2015), with 12,569 citations. Next come "The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and their energy, land use, and greenhouse gas emissions implications: An overview" (6,791) and "ADAPTIVE GOVERNANCE OF SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS" (5,728).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 1,005 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet Will Steffen, Katherine Anne Koren Richardson, Johan Rockström et al. · Science | 15 Jan 2015 | 12,569 |
| 2 | The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and their energy, land use, and greenhouse gas emissions implications: An overview Keywan Riahi et al. · Global Environmental Change | 13 Sep 2016 | 6,791 |
| 3 | ADAPTIVE GOVERNANCE OF SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS Carl Folke, Thomas P. Hahn, Per G Olsson et al. · Annual Review of Environment and Resources | 25 Jul 2005 | 5,728 |
| 4 | Resilience Thinking: Integrating Resilience, Adaptability and Transformability Carl Folke, Stephen R. Carpenter, Brian Walker et al. · Ecology and Society | 2010 | 4,722 |
| 5 | A framework for vulnerability analysis in sustainability science Billie Lee Turner, Roger E. Kasperson, Pamela A. Matson et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 5 Jun 2003 | 4,379 |
| 6 | Stakeholder participation for environmental management: A literature review Mark S. Reed · Biological Conservation | 7 Sep 2008 | 4,254 |
| 7 | The Struggle to Govern the Commons Thomas M. Dietz, Элинор Остром, Paul C. Stern · Science | 11 Dec 2003 | 4,175 |
| 8 | The science question in feminism Kristin Waters · Women s Studies International Forum | 1987 | 3,830 |
| 9 | Defining consensus: A systematic review recommends methodologic criteria for reporting of Delphi studies Ivan R. Diamond, Robert C. Grant, Brian Michael Feldman et al. · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | 26 Feb 2014 | 3,802 |
| 10 | Sustainability transitions: An emerging field of research and its prospects Jochen Markard, Rob P. J. M. Raven, Bernhard Truffer · Research Policy | 30 Mar 2012 | 3,744 |
| 11 | Knowledge systems for sustainable development David W. Cash, William C. Clark, Frank Alcock et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 30 May 2003 | 3,642 |
| 12 | The roads ahead: Narratives for shared socioeconomic pathways describing world futures in the 21st century Brian C. O’Neill, Elmar Kriegler, Kristie L. Ebi et al. · Global Environmental Change | 12 Feb 2015 | 3,456 |
| 13 | Developing a framework for responsible innovation Jack Stilgoe, Richard Owen, Phil Macnaghten · Research Policy | 13 Jun 2013 | 3,155 |
| 14 | Successful adaptation to climate change across scales William Neil Adger, Nigel W. Arnell, Emma L. Tompkins · Global Environmental Change | 11 Apr 2005 | 3,148 |
| 15 | The multi-level perspective on sustainability transitions: Responses to seven criticisms Frank W. Geels · Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions | 27 Feb 2011 | 3,044 |
| 16 | Social acceptance of renewable energy innovation: An introduction to the concept Rolf Wüstenhagen, Maarten Wolsink, Mary Jean Bürer · Energy Policy | 27 Feb 2007 | 3,027 |
| 17 | Resilience and Sustainable Development: Building Adaptive Capacity in a World of Transformations Carl Folke, Steve R. Carpenter, Thomas Elmqvist et al. · AMBIO | Aug 2002 | 2,936 |
| 18 | Transdisciplinary research in sustainability science: practice, principles, and challenges Daniel J. Lang, Arnim Wiek, Matthias Bergmann et al. · Sustainability Science | Feb 2012 | 2,931 |
| 19 | A new scenario framework for climate change research: the concept of shared socioeconomic pathways Brian C. O’Neill, Elmar Kriegler, Keywan Riahi et al. · Climatic Change | 14 Oct 2013 | 2,814 |
| 20 | An agenda for sustainability transitions research: State of the art and future directions Jonathan Köhler et al. · Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions | 31 Jan 2019 | 2,794 |
| 21 | Who's in and why? A typology of stakeholder analysis methods for natural resource management Mark S. Reed, Anil R. Graves, Norman Dandy et al. · Journal of Environmental Management | 22 Feb 2009 | 2,691 |
| 22 | Are there social limits to adaptation to climate change? William Neil Adger, Suraje Dessai, Marisa C. Goulden et al. · Climatic Change | 19 Nov 2008 | 2,529 |
| 23 | Polycentric systems for coping with collective action and global environmental change Элинор Остром · Global Environmental Change | 4 Aug 2010 | 2,417 |
| 24 | Beyond the ABC: Climate Change Policy and Theories of Social Change Elizabeth Shove · Environment and Planning A Economy and Space | Jun 2010 | 2,411 |
| 25 | Six Transformations to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals Jeffrey David Sachs, Guido Schmidt‐Traub, Mariana Mazzucato et al. · Nature Sustainability | 26 Aug 2019 | 2,331 |
| 26 | Climate tipping points — too risky to bet against Timothy M. Lenton, Johan Rockström, Owen Gaffney et al. · Nature | 27 Nov 2019 | 2,184 |
| 27 | Adaptation to Environmental Change: Contributions of a Resilience Framework Donald Robert Nelson, William Neil Adger, Katrina Brown · Annual Review of Environment and Resources | 31 Jul 2007 | 2,152 |
| 28 | More evolution than revolution: transition management in public policy Joris I. Rotmans, René Kemp, Marjolein van Asselt · foresight | Feb 2001 | 2,101 |
| 29 | Strategic niche management and sustainable innovation journeys: theory, findings, research agenda, and policy Johan Schot, Frank W. Geels · Technology Analysis and Strategic Management | 26 Aug 2008 | 2,030 |
| 30 | Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments: An Evolution of Conceptual Thinking Hans‐Martin Füssel, Richard J. T. Klein · Climatic Change | Apr 2006 | 2,002 |
| 31 | The Regime Complex for Climate Change Robert O. Keohane, David G. Victor · Perspectives on Politics | Mar 2011 | 1,992 |
| 32 | Citizen Participation in Decision Making: Is It Worth the Effort? Renée A. Irvin, John S. Stansbury · Public Administration Review | 7 Jan 2004 | 1,938 |
| 33 | Trust, Emotion, Sex, Politics, and Science: Surveying the Risk‐Assessment Battlefield Paul Slovic · Risk Analysis | Aug 1999 | 1,913 |
| 34 | Perceived Risk, Trust, and Democracy Paul Slovic · Risk Analysis | Dec 1993 | 1,903 |
| 35 | Adaptive Comanagement for Building Resilience in Social?Ecological Systems Per G Olsson, Carl Folke, Fikret Berkes · Environmental Management | 21 Jun 2004 | 1,868 |
| 36 | Overcoming the tragedy of super wicked problems: constraining our future selves to ameliorate global climate change Kelly Levin, Benjamin William Cashore, Steven Bernstein et al. · Policy Sciences | 22 May 2012 | 1,848 |
| 37 | Adaptation to climate change in the developing world William Neil Adger, Saleemul Huq, Katrina Myrvang Brown et al. · Progress in Development Studies | 3 Jun 2003 | 1,822 |
| 38 | Dynamic adaptive policy pathways: A method for crafting robust decisions for a deeply uncertain world Marjolijn Haasnoot, Jan H. Kwakkel, Warren E. Walker et al. · Global Environmental Change | 8 Feb 2013 | 1,776 |
| 39 | Grassroots innovations for sustainable development: Towards a new research and policy agenda Gill Seyfang, Adrian Smith · Environmental Politics | 17 Jul 2007 | 1,767 |
| 40 | Transition Management for Sustainable Development: A Prescriptive, Complexity‐Based Governance Framework Derk A. Loorbach · Governance | 23 Dec 2009 | 1,744 |
| 41 | A framework to diagnose barriers to climate change adaptation Susanne C. Moser, Julia A. Ekstrom · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 6 Dec 2010 | 1,715 |
| 42 | What is protective space? Reconsidering niches in transitions to sustainability Adrian Smith, Rob P. J. M. Raven · Research Policy | 23 Mar 2012 | 1,703 |
| 43 | Innovation studies and sustainability transitions: The allure of the multi-level perspective and its challenges Adrian Smith, Jan-Peter Voß, John Grin · Research Policy | 24 Feb 2010 | 1,686 |
| 44 | Sustainable Development Goals: A need for relevant indicators Tomáš Hák, Svatava Janoušková, Bedřich Moldan · Ecological Indicators | 21 Aug 2015 | 1,673 |
| 45 | Towards Integration at Last? The Sustainable Development Goals as a Network of Targets David Le Blanc · Sustainable Development | 10 Apr 2015 | 1,667 |
| 46 | Principles for knowledge co-production in sustainability research Albert V. Norström et al. · Nature Sustainability | 20 Jan 2020 | 1,642 |
| 47 | Responsible research and innovation: From science in society to science for society, with society Richard Owen, Phil Macnaghten, Jack Stilgoe · Science and Public Policy | Dec 2012 | 1,613 |
| 48 | Regime Resistance against Low-Carbon Transitions: Introducing Politics and Power into the Multi-Level Perspective Frank W. Geels · Theory Culture & Society | 27 Jun 2014 | 1,609 |
| 49 | Leverage points for sustainability transformation David J. Abson, Joern Fischer, Julia Leventon et al. · AMBIO | 25 Jun 2016 | 1,565 |
| 50 | “Opening Up” and “Closing Down” Andy Stirling · Science Technology & Human Values | 12 Nov 2007 | 1,531 |
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