Alan Irwin

9.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
79 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Alan Irwin is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Aerospace Engineering and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Irwin has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 12 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 10 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Alan Irwin's work include Climate Change Communication and Perception (12 papers), Infrared Target Detection Methodologies (12 papers) and Innovation and Knowledge Management (7 papers). Alan Irwin is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Communication and Perception (12 papers), Infrared Target Detection Methodologies (12 papers) and Innovation and Knowledge Management (7 papers). Alan Irwin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and United Kingdom. Alan Irwin's co-authors include Mike Michael, Rob Hagendijk, Brian Wynne, Brian Wynne, Gordon Walker, Peter Simmons, Martín W. Bauer, Maja Horst, Andrew McMeekin and Kevin Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Nature Reviews Drug Discovery.

In The Last Decade

Alan Irwin

74 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Misunderstanding Science?

1996 929 citations Alan Irwin, Brian Wynne et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
The Politics of Talk

2006 477 citations Alan Irwin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan Irwin United States	23	2.2k	763	414	279	278	79	4.3k
David J. Hess United States	44	2.6k 1.2×	1.4k 1.8×	467 1.1×	288 1.0×	228 0.8×	143	6.1k
Brian Wynne United Kingdom	33	3.7k 1.7×	2.0k 2.6×	770 1.9×	218 0.8×	384 1.4×	72	7.2k
Julie Thompson Klein United States	29	1.2k 0.5×	827 1.1×	229 0.6×	202 0.7×	353 1.3×	105	5.2k
Kenneth A. Frank United States	45	1.8k 0.8×	443 0.6×	169 0.4×	394 1.4×	376 1.4×	172	7.8k
Phil Macnaghten United Kingdom	34	2.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.8×	437 1.1×	504 1.8×	207 0.7×	75	5.8k
Andreas Reckwitz Germany	16	2.1k 0.9×	219 0.3×	308 0.7×	350 1.3×	225 0.8×	51	4.8k
Daniel Sarewitz United States	27	1.6k 0.7×	1.8k 2.3×	526 1.3×	211 0.8×	191 0.7×	78	4.5k
Brian Head Australia	35	1.8k 0.8×	843 1.1×	616 1.5×	461 1.7×	937 3.4×	205	6.3k
Bill Cooke United Kingdom	21	2.2k 1.0×	770 1.0×	347 0.8×	296 1.1×	566 2.0×	53	5.2k
Jane Turnbull United Kingdom	11	2.3k 1.0×	244 0.3×	119 0.3×	329 1.2×	327 1.2×	18	5.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Alan Irwin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Irwin

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Irwin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alan Irwin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alan Irwin based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alan Irwin. Alan Irwin is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Vedel, Jane Bjørn, et al.. (2025). Organizing transformative innovation: Advancing an organizational research agenda within Transformative Innovation Policy. Research Policy. 54(9). 105292–105292.

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Kirkegaard, Julia Kirch, Alan Irwin, & Xuan Li. (2025). Making the Global Local: The Case of Chinese Research and Innovation Evaluation Systems. Science Technology & Human Values.

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Irwin, Alan. (2023). STS and Innovation: Borderlands, Regenerations and Critical Engagements. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(2). 12 indexed citations

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Mahr, Dana, Claudia Göbel, Alan Irwin, & Katrin Vohland. (2018). Watching or being watched - Enhancing productive discussion between the citizen sciences, the social sciences and the humanities. CBS Research Portal (Copenhagen Business School). 5 indexed citations

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Irwin, Alan. (2018). Performance prediction from EO system measurements using IRWindows and NV-IPM. 9071. 1–1. 2 indexed citations

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Irwin, Alan & Maja Horst. (2016). Engaging in a Decentred World:Overflows, Ambiguities, and the Governance of Climate Change. CBS Research Portal (Copenhagen Business School). 2 indexed citations

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Nice, David J., Paul Demorest, I. H. Stairs, et al.. (2015). Tempo: Pulsar timing data analysis. Astrophysics Source Code Library. 10 indexed citations

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Irwin, Alan. (2013). Introduction. médecine/sciences. 29. 56–57. 1 indexed citations

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Hagendijk, Rob & Alan Irwin. (2006). Public Deliberation and Governance: Engaging with Science and Technology in Contemporary Europe. Minerva. 44(2). 167–184. 219 indexed citations

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Irwin, Alan, et al.. (2002). <title>MIRAGE: developments in emitter array fabrication and performance</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4717. 91–99. 1 indexed citations

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Irwin, Alan. (2001). Constructing the scientific citizen: Science and democracy in the biosciences. Public Understanding of Science. 10(1). 1–18. 422 indexed citations

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Irwin, Alan. (2001). Sociology and the Environment. 113 indexed citations

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Irwin, Alan, et al.. (1999). <title>MIRAGE dynamic IR scene projector overview and status</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3697. 209–222. 5 indexed citations

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Irwin, Alan, Peter Simmons, & Gordon Walker. (1999). Faulty Environments and Risk Reasoning: The Local Understanding of Industrial Hazards. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space. 31(7). 1311–1326. 137 indexed citations

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Walker, Gordon, Peter Simmons, Alan Irwin, & Brian Wynne. (1998). Public Perception of Risks Associated with Major Accident Hazards. UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia). 37 indexed citations

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Irwin, Alan, Henry Rothstein, Steven Yearley, & Elaine K. McCarthy. (1998). The Politics of Chemical Risk. 15 indexed citations

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Irwin, Alan, et al.. (1996). Misunderstanding Science?. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 929 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dev, Parvati, et al.. (1994). CC-IMED: the California Consortium for Informatics in Medical Education and Development.. PubMed. 986–986. 1 indexed citations

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Irwin, Alan & Philip J. Vergragt. (1989). Re-thinging the relationship between enviromental regulation and industrial innovation: The social negotiation of technical change. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management. 1(1). 57–70. 28 indexed citations

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Irwin, Alan. (1987). Technical expertise and risk conflict: An institutional study of the British compulsory seat belt debate. Policy Sciences. 20(4). 339–364. 8 indexed citations

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