Daniel J. Lang

13.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
143 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Daniel J. Lang is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel J. Lang has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 34 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 34 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Daniel J. Lang's work include Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (45 papers), Sustainability in Higher Education (30 papers) and Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (30 papers). Daniel J. Lang is often cited by papers focused on Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (45 papers), Sustainability in Higher Education (30 papers) and Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (30 papers). Daniel J. Lang collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Daniel J. Lang's co-authors include Arnim Wiek, Henrik von Wehrden, Michael Stauffacher, Matthias Bergmann, David J. Abson, Pim Martens, Christopher Thomas, Mark Swilling, Peter Moll and Christopher Luederitz and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Daniel J. Lang

136 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Transdisciplinary research in sustainability science: practice, principles, and challenges

2012 1.9k citations Daniel J. Lang, Arnim Wiek et al. profile →
Leverage points for sustainability transformation

2016 1.0k citations Julia Leventon, Henrik von Wehrden et al. profile →
A review of transdisciplinary research in sustainability science

2013 575 citations Fabienne Gralla, Daniel J. Lang et al. profile →
Ecosystem services as a boundary object for sustainability

2014 304 citations Henrik von Wehrden, Daniel J. Lang et al. profile →
A pluralistic and integrated approach to action-oriented knowledge for sustainability

2020 228 citations Guido Caniglia, Timo von Wirth et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Daniel J. Lang	3.5k	1.6k	1.5k	1.2k	1.1k	143	8.5k
Arnim Wiek	3.5k 1.0×	2.3k 1.4×	3.2k 2.2×	4.0k 3.2×	1.3k 1.1×	125	11.9k
Michael Stauffacher	1.9k 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	723 0.5×	631 0.5×	509 0.5×	109	4.9k
John Robinson	2.4k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	651 0.5×	468 0.4×	126	7.1k
Jens Newig	4.1k 1.2×	2.0k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	390 0.3×	529 0.5×	124	8.8k
Derk Loorbach	4.5k 1.3×	2.4k 1.5×	1.3k 0.9×	386 0.3×	1.6k 1.5×	108	9.9k
Henrik von Wehrden	3.7k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	443 0.4×	375 0.3×	179	9.0k
Andy Stirling	3.9k 1.1×	3.5k 2.2×	1.2k 0.8×	203 0.2×	990 0.9×	163	11.3k
Nathan Bennett	3.7k 1.1×	3.8k 2.3×	3.4k 2.3×	599 0.5×	430 0.4×	184	16.5k
Silvio Funtowicz	2.7k 0.8×	2.5k 1.5×	1.6k 1.1×	336 0.3×	339 0.3×	91	7.8k
David H. Guston	2.8k 0.8×	2.2k 1.3×	989 0.7×	238 0.2×	636 0.6×	77	7.0k

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Weiser, Annika, et al.. (2025). Driving change? Exploring the role of socio-technical experiments in shaping autonomous mobility transitions. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 56. 100993–100993.

Lang, Daniel J., et al.. (2024). Analyzing the political impact of Real-world laboratories for urban transformation in eight German ‘Cities of the Future’. Environmental Science & Policy. 162. 103923–103923. 1 indexed citations

Lang, Daniel J.. (2024). Is higher education adequately preparing graduates for the new Data professions?. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 1 indexed citations

Wanner, Matthias, Karoline Augenstein, Timo von Wirth, & Daniel J. Lang. (2024). Impacts of urban real-world labs: Insights from a co-evaluation process informed by structuration theory in Wuppertal-Mirke. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 33(1). 102–109. 1 indexed citations

Weiser, Annika, et al.. (2024). Impacts beyond experimentation ‐ Conceptualising emergent impacts from long-term real-world laboratory processes. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 33(1). 18–25. 3 indexed citations

Lang, Daniel J., et al.. (2024). Sustainable Software Engineering: Concepts, Challenges, and Vision. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology. 34(5). 1–28. 1 indexed citations

Horcea‐Milcu, Andra‐Ioana, Ine Dorresteijn, Julia Leventon, et al.. (2024). Transformative research for sustainability: characteristics, tensions, and moving forward. Global Sustainability. 7. 9 indexed citations

Wahl, Darin, et al.. (2023). Cross-case knowledge transfer in transformative research: enabling learning in and across sustainability-oriented labs through case reporting. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 5 indexed citations

Weiser, Annika, Matthias Wanner, Franziska Stelzer, et al.. (2023). Exploring fruitful links between real-world laboratory and disciplinary research: Introduction of the DKN Future Earth working group LinkLab. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 32(3). 335–337. 2 indexed citations

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Parodi, Oliver, Franziska Stelzer, Regina Rhodius, et al.. (2023). Stellungnahme des Netzwerks Reallabore der Nachhaltigkeit zur Reallabore-Gesetz-Initiative. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 32(4). 399–401. 2 indexed citations

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Horcea‐Milcu, Andra‐Ioana, Berta Martín‐López, David P. M. Lam, & Daniel J. Lang. (2020). Research pathways to foster transformation: linking sustainability science and social-ecological systems research. Ecology and Society. 25(1). 27 indexed citations

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Keeler, Lauren Withycombe, Amy M. Lerner, Beatrice John, et al.. (2018). Transferring Sustainability Solutions across Contexts through City–University Partnerships. Sustainability. 10(9). 2966–2966. 26 indexed citations

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Wehrden, Henrik von, Maria Helena Guimarães, Olívia Bina, et al.. (2017). Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research: Finding the common ground of multi-faceted concepts. ARCA (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia). 65 indexed citations

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Weiser, Annika, Daniel J. Lang, & Klaus Kümmerer. (2017). Putting sustainable chemistry and resource use into context: The role of temporal diversity. Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy. 5. 105–114. 8 indexed citations

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Schäpke, Niko, Franziska Stelzer, Matthias Bergmann, et al.. (2017). Reallabore im Kontext Transformativer Forschung: Ansatzpunkte zur Konzeption und Einbettung in den internationalen Forschungsstand. Publication Server of the Wuppertal Institute (Wuppertal Institute). 18 indexed citations

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Schäpke, Niko, Mandy Singer‐Brodowski, Franziska Stelzer, Matthias Bergmann, & Daniel J. Lang. (2015). Creating Space for Change: Real-world Laboratories for Sustainability Transformations. 24(4). 3 indexed citations

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Wiek, Arnim, Michael J. Bernstein, Manfred D. Laubichler, et al.. (2013). A Global Classroom for International Sustainability Education. Creative Education. 4(4). 19–28. 36 indexed citations

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Wäger, Patrick, Daniel J. Lang, Dominic Wittmer, Raimund Bleischwitz, & Christian Hagelüken. (2012). Towards a More Sustainable Use of Scarce Metals. 21(4). 1 indexed citations

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Wiek, Arnim, Daniel J. Lang, & Michael Siegrist. (2007). Qualitative system analysis as a means for sustainable governance of emerging technologies: the case of nanotechnology. Journal of Cleaner Production. 16(8-9). 988–999. 36 indexed citations

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Lijphart, Arend, et al.. (1995). ROP volume 57 issue 2 Cover and Front matter. The Review of Politics. 57(2). f1–f6. 1 indexed citations

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