Most cited papers in Sustainability in Higher Education
What are the most cited papers in Sustainability in Higher Education?
The most cited paper in Sustainability in Higher Education is "Key competencies in sustainability: a reference framework for academic program development" (Arnim Wiek, Lauren Withycombe, Charles L. Redman, 2011), with 2,949 citations. Next come "Transdisciplinary research in sustainability science: practice, principles, and challenges" (2,931) and "Changing Learner Behavior Through Environmental Education" (2,123).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 344 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Key competencies in sustainability: a reference framework for academic program development Arnim Wiek, Lauren Withycombe, Charles L. Redman · Sustainability Science | 18 May 2011 | 2,949 |
| 2 | Transdisciplinary research in sustainability science: practice, principles, and challenges Daniel J. Lang, Arnim Wiek, Matthias Bergmann et al. · Sustainability Science | Feb 2012 | 2,931 |
| 3 | Changing Learner Behavior Through Environmental Education Harold R. Hungerford, Trudi L. Volk · The Journal of Environmental Education | Mar 1990 | 2,123 |
| 4 | Sustainable development: Meaning, history, principles, pillars, and implications for human action: Literature review Justice Mensah · Cogent Social Sciences | 2019 | 1,857 |
| 5 | Leverage points for sustainability transformation David J. Abson, Joern Fischer, Julia Leventon et al. · AMBIO | 25 Jun 2016 | 1,565 |
| 6 | Squaring the circle? Some thoughts on the idea of sustainable development John B. L. Robinson · Ecological Economics | Apr 2004 | 1,433 |
| 7 | Declarations for sustainability in higher education: becoming better leaders, through addressing the university system Rodrigo Lozano, Rebeka Kovačič Lukman, Francisco J. Lozano et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production | 24 Oct 2011 | 1,232 |
| 8 | Developing key competencies for sustainable development in higher education Matthias Barth, Jasmin Godemann, Marco Rieckmann et al. · International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education | 25 Sep 2007 | 1,197 |
| 9 | A review of commitment and implementation of sustainable development in higher education: results from a worldwide survey Rodrigo Lozano, Kim Ceulemans, Mar Alonso-Almeida et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production | 23 Sep 2014 | 1,148 |
| 10 | An integrated approach to achieving campus sustainability: assessment of the current campus environmental management practices Habib M. Alshuwaikhat, Ismaila Rimi Abubakar · Journal of Cleaner Production | 16 Jan 2008 | 1,023 |
| 11 | Greening due to environmental education? Environmental knowledge, attitudes, consumer behavior and everyday pro-environmental activities of Hungarian high school and university students Ágnes Nemcsicsné Zsóka, Zsuzsanna Marjainé Szerényi, Anna Széchy et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production | 12 Dec 2012 | 951 |
| 12 | Achieving transformative sustainability learning: engaging head, hands and heart Yona Sipos, Bryce Thomas Battisti, Kurt A. Grimm · International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education | 11 Jan 2008 | 927 |
| 13 | Key competencies in sustainability in higher education—toward an agreed-upon reference framework Katja Brundiers, Matthias Barth, Gisela Cebrián et al. · Sustainability Science | 28 Jul 2020 | 911 |
| 14 | Connecting Competences and Pedagogical Approaches for Sustainable Development in Higher Education: A Literature Review and Framework Proposal Rodrigo Lozano, Michelle Y. Merrill, Kaisu Sammalisto et al. · Sustainability | 20 Oct 2017 | 889 |
| 15 | Sustainable Development Goals and sustainability teaching at universities: Falling behind or getting ahead of the pack? Walter Leal Filho, Chris Shiel, Arminda Maria Finisterra Do Paço et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production | 28 May 2019 | 887 |
| 16 | Incorporation and institutionalization of SD into universities: breaking through barriers to change Rodrigo Lozano · Journal of Cleaner Production | 2006 | 851 |
| 17 | Sustainable university: what can be the matter? Luis E. Velazquez, Nora Munguía, Alberto Platt et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production | 2006 | 845 |
| 18 | Culture of Disengagement in Engineering Education? Erin A. Cech · Science Technology & Human Values | 13 Sep 2013 | 834 |
| 19 | Sustainability and sustainable development: A review of principles and definitions Carlos Alberto Ruggerio · The Science of The Total Environment | 3 May 2021 | 830 |
| 20 | A review of transdisciplinary research in sustainability science Patric Brandt, Anna Ernst, Fabienne Gralla et al. · Ecological Economics | 18 May 2013 | 826 |
| 21 | A scientometric review of global research on sustainability and sustainable development Timothy Oluwatosin Olawumi, Daniel W.M. Chan · Journal of Cleaner Production | 15 Feb 2018 | 819 |
| 22 | Applying Stakeholder Theory in Sustainability Management Jacob Hörisch, R. Edward Freeman, Stefan Schaltegger · Organization & Environment | 27 May 2014 | 743 |
| 23 | What is societal impact of research and how can it be assessed? a literature survey Lutz Bornmann · Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology | 17 Dec 2012 | 738 |
| 24 | Environmental Education for Sustainability: defining the new focus of environmental education in the 1990s Daniella Tilbury · Environmental Education Research | 1995 | 731 |
| 25 | Globalization and environmental education: looking beyond sustainable development Bob Jickling, Arjen E. J. Wals · Journal of Curriculum Studies | 30 Jan 2008 | 720 |
| 26 | The role of transformation in learning and education for sustainability Walter Leal Filho, Schalk Petrus Raath, Boris Lazzarini et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production | 14 Jul 2018 | 682 |
| 27 | Real‐world learning opportunities in sustainability: from classroom into the real world Katja Brundiers, Arnim Wiek, Charles L. Redman · International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education | 21 Sep 2010 | 673 |
| 28 | The future we want Walter Leal Filho, Evangelos I. Manolas, Paul Pace · International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education | 5 Jan 2015 | 668 |
| 29 | Higher Education For Sustainability: A Global Perspective Inga Žalėnienė, Paulo José de Araújo Pereira · Geography and sustainability | 21 May 2021 | 667 |
| 30 | Education for Sustainable Development: A Systemic Framework for Connecting the SDGs to Educational Outcomes Vasiliki Kioupi, Nikolaos Voulvoulis · Sustainability | 2 Nov 2019 | 658 |
| 31 | Beyond the third mission: Exploring the emerging university function of co-creation for sustainability Gregory Trencher, Masaru Yarime, Kes McCormick et al. · Science and Public Policy | 11 Aug 2013 | 658 |
| 32 | Higher education for sustainability: seeking affective learning outcomes Kerry L. Shephard · International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education | 11 Jan 2008 | 653 |
| 33 | Higher education as a change agent for sustainability in different cultures and contexts Jennie C. Stephens, María Elizabeth Hernández, Mikael Román et al. · International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education | 11 Jul 2008 | 652 |
| 34 | Implications of transdisciplinarity for sustainability research Gertrude Hirsch Hadorn, David J. Bradley, Christian Pohl et al. · Ecological Economics | 8 Feb 2006 | 651 |
| 35 | Higher education and the Sustainable Development Goals Maia Chankseliani, Tristan McCowan · Higher Education | 6 Nov 2020 | 648 |
| 36 | Transformative, transgressive social learning: rethinking higher education pedagogy in times of systemic global dysfunction Heila Lotz‐Sisitka, Arjen E. J. Wals, David O. Kronlid et al. · Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability | 11 Sep 2015 | 640 |
| 37 | Green Human Resource Management for organisational citizenship behaviour towards the environment and environmental performance on a university campus Nosheen Anwar, Nik Hasnaa Nik Mahmood, Mohd Yusoff Yusliza et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production | 7 Feb 2020 | 614 |
| 38 | Education for the future? Critical evaluation of education for sustainable development goals Helen Kopnina · The Journal of Environmental Education | 21 Jan 2020 | 602 |
| 39 | Assessing research trends related to Sustainable Development Goals: local and global issues Amanda Lange Sálvia, Walter Leal Filho, Luciana Brandli et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production | 5 Oct 2018 | 601 |
| 40 | The Effectiveness of Education for Sustainable Development Jelle Boeve‐de Pauw, Niklas Gericke, Daniel Olsson et al. · Sustainability | 24 Nov 2015 | 578 |
| 41 | Interdisciplinarity: Practical approach to advancing education for sustainability and for the Sustainable Development Goals Fatima Annan‐Diab, Carolina Molinari · The International Journal of Management Education | 22 Mar 2017 | 570 |
| 42 | A New Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Development Yosef Rafeq Jabareen · Environment Development and Sustainability | 8 Jul 2006 | 567 |
| 43 | Education for Sustainable Development Bhawani Venkataraman · Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development | Mar 2009 | 567 |
| 44 | Dissonance in students' perceptions of sustainable development and sustainability Fumiyo Kagawa · International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education | 17 Jul 2007 | 564 |
| 45 | Sustainability in higher education in the context of the UN DESD: a review of learning and institutionalization processes Arjen E. J. Wals · Journal of Cleaner Production | 15 Jun 2013 | 561 |
| 46 | “Sustainability” in higher education Arjen E. J. Wals, Bob Jickling · International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education | Sep 2002 | 551 |
| 47 | The action competence approach and the ‘new’ discourses of education for sustainable development, competence and quality criteria Finn Mogensen, Karsten Schnack · Environmental Education Research | Feb 2010 | 549 |
| 48 | Teaching and Learning in Interdisciplinary Higher Education: A Systematic Review E.J.H. Spelt, Harm J. A. Biemans, Hilde Tobi et al. · Educational Psychology Review | 9 Nov 2009 | 541 |
| 49 | Deep learning and education for sustainability Kevin J. Warburton · International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education | 29 Jan 2003 | 534 |
| 50 | Learning apart and together: towards an integrated competence framework for sustainable entrepreneurship in higher education Thomas Lans, Vincent Blok, R. Wesselink · Journal of Cleaner Production | 5 Apr 2013 | 530 |
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