Adrian Smith

23.1k total citations · 9 hit papers
194 papers, 15.1k citations indexed

About

Adrian Smith is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Adrian Smith has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 15.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 44 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 43 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Adrian Smith's work include Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (43 papers), Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (26 papers) and Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (23 papers). Adrian Smith is often cited by papers focused on Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (43 papers), Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (26 papers) and Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (23 papers). Adrian Smith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Adrian Smith's co-authors include Gill Seyfang, Andy Stirling, Rob Raven, John Grin, Jan-Peter Voß, Frans Berkhout, Florian Kern, Sabine Hielscher, Tom Hargreaves and Mariano Fressoli and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Adrian Smith

175 papers receiving 13.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The governance of sustainable socio-technical transitions

2005 1.4k citations Adrian Smith et al. profile →
What is protective space? Reconsidering niches in transitions to sustainability

2012 1.2k citations Adrian Smith, Rob Raven profile →
Grassroots innovations for sustainable development: Towards a new research and policy agenda

2007 1.2k citations Gill Seyfang, Adrian Smith profile →
Innovation studies and sustainability transitions: The allure of the multi-level perspective and its challenges

2010 1.1k citations Adrian Smith et al. profile →
Translating Sustainabilities between Green Niches and Socio-Technical Regimes

2007 585 citations Adrian Smith profile →
The Politics of Social-ecological Resilience and Sustainable Socio-technical Transitions

2010 481 citations Adrian Smith et al. profile →
Grassroots innovations in community energy: The role of intermediaries in niche development

2013 448 citations Sabine Hielscher, Gill Seyfang et al. profile →
A thousand flowers blooming? An examination of community energy in the UK

2013 431 citations Gill Seyfang, Adrian Smith et al. profile →
Transforming Innovation for Sustainability

2012 384 citations Adrian Smith, Adrian Ely et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Adrian Smith	5.2k	4.7k	2.3k	2.3k	1.9k	194	15.1k
Johan Schot	5.1k 1.0×	3.8k 0.8×	2.5k 1.1×	2.5k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	97	14.7k
Bernhard Truffer	4.4k 0.9×	3.0k 0.6×	3.2k 1.4×	2.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	135	13.6k
Rob Raven	5.2k 1.0×	3.3k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	764 0.4×	173	12.9k
René Kemp	3.3k 0.6×	2.4k 0.5×	2.9k 1.2×	2.8k 1.2×	636 0.3×	130	12.6k
Andy Stirling	3.9k 0.8×	3.5k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	1.0k 0.4×	692 0.4×	163	11.3k
Marko P. Hekkert	2.8k 0.5×	2.3k 0.5×	3.3k 1.4×	7.9k 3.4×	677 0.4×	174	17.8k
Jochen Markard	3.0k 0.6×	2.2k 0.5×	2.2k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	585 0.3×	70	8.9k
Frank W. Geels	11.8k 2.3×	8.4k 1.8×	6.1k 2.6×	4.6k 2.0×	2.1k 1.1×	137	32.2k
Derk Loorbach	4.5k 0.9×	2.4k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	664 0.3×	108	9.9k
Lars Coenen	2.4k 0.5×	1.9k 0.4×	3.0k 1.3×	2.2k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	103	9.4k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Smith, Adrian & Adrian Ely. (2025). From Limits to Growth to Post-growth: The International Politics of Technology in Historical Perspective. Science Technology and Society. 30(2). 230–258. 1 indexed citations

Smith, Adrian, Gerardo A. Torres Contreras, Marie Claire Brisbois, Max Lacey‐Barnacle, & Benjamin K. Sovacool. (2023). Inclusive innovation in just transitions: The case of smart local energy systems in the UK. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 47. 100719–100719. 24 indexed citations

Sareen, Siddharth, Adrian Smith, Jessica Balest, et al.. (2023). Social implications of energy infrastructure digitalisation and decarbonisation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 612–628. 2 indexed citations

Hoop, Evelien de, et al.. (2022). Deliberating the knowledge politics of smart urbanism. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 4 indexed citations

Macrorie, Rachel, Simon Marvin, Adrian Smith, & Aidan While. (2022). A Common Management Framework for European Smart Cities? The Case of the European Innovation Partnership for Smart Cities and Communities Six Nations Forum. Journal of Urban Technology. 30(3). 63–80. 7 indexed citations

Smith, Adrian & Mariano Fressoli. (2021). Post-automation. Futures. 132. 102778–102778. 23 indexed citations

Smith, Adrian, et al.. (2020). Going Beyond the Smart City? Implementing Technopolitical Platforms for Urban Democracy in Madrid and Barcelona. Journal of Urban Technology. 28(1-2). 311–330. 51 indexed citations

Smith, Adrian, et al.. (2019). Technology and Human Capabilities in UK Makerspaces. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities. 21(1). 63–83. 13 indexed citations

Smith, Adrian, et al.. (2018). Liberatory Technologies for Whom? Exploring a New Generation of Makerspaces Defined by Institutional Encounters. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations

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Smith, Adrian & Ann Light. (2017). Cultivating sustainable developments with makerspaces. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13(1). e3900–e3900. 20 indexed citations

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Campling, Liam, James Harrison, Ben Richardson, & Adrian Smith. (2016). Disposiciones laborales en acuerdos de libre comercio de la UE: un marco para investigar sus efectos en los países socios. Revista Internacional del Trabajo. 135(3). 385–412.

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Campling, Liam, James Harrison, Ben Richardson, & Adrian Smith. (2016). Un nouveau programme de recherche pour évaluer l'effet des dispositions relatives au travail contenues dans les accords de libre‐échange européens. Revue internationale du Travail. 155(3). 393–420.

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Campling, Liam, James Harrison, Ben Richardson, & Adrian Smith. (2015). Can labour provisions work beyond the border? Evaluating the effects of EU free trade agreements. International Labour Review. 155(3). 357–382. 30 indexed citations

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Campling, Liam, James Harrison, Ben Richardson, & Adrian Smith. (2014). Working Beyond the Border? A New Research Agenda for the Evaluation of Labour Standards in EU Trade Agreements. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations

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Hielscher, Sabine & Adrian Smith. (2014). Community-based digital fabrication workshops: a review of the research literature. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 7 indexed citations

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Seyfang, Gill, Adrian Smith, & Noel Longhurst. (2010). Grassroots innovations for sustainable development: A new research agenda. Econstor (Econstor). 12(1). 68–72. 3 indexed citations

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Smith, Adrian, et al.. (2003). Global trade, European integration and the restructuring of Slovak clothing exports. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 4 indexed citations

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Rainnie, Al, Adrian Smith, & Adam Swain. (2002). Work, employment and transition: restructuring livelihoods in post-communism. Routledge eBooks. 4. 202–12. 51 indexed citations

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Smith, Adrian. (1999). An oval ball and a broken city: coventry, its people and its rugby team, 1995–98. The International Journal of the History of Sport. 16(3). 147–157. 4 indexed citations

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Smith, Adrian. (1991). Political transformation, urban policy and the state in London's Docklands. GeoJournal. 24(3). 3 indexed citations

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