Elvira Uyarra

6.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
85 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Elvira Uyarra is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Elvira Uyarra has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 36 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 29 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Elvira Uyarra's work include Regional Development and Policy (34 papers), Public Procurement and Policy (19 papers) and Innovation Policy and R&D (15 papers). Elvira Uyarra is often cited by papers focused on Regional Development and Policy (34 papers), Public Procurement and Policy (19 papers) and Innovation Policy and R&D (15 papers). Elvira Uyarra collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Norway and Portugal. Elvira Uyarra's co-authors include Kieron Flanagan, Manuel Laranja, Jakob Edler, Luke Georghiou, Jillian Yeow, Edurne Magro, Javier García-Estévez, Jon Mikel Zabala‐Iturriagagoitia, Fumi Kitagawa and Hugo Pinto and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Research Policy.

In The Last Decade

Elvira Uyarra

76 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Reconceptualising the ‘policy mix’ for innovation

2011 725 citations Kieron Flanagan, Elvira Uyarra et al. Research Policy profile →
Conceptualizing the Regional Roles of Universities, Implications and Contradictions

2010 225 citations Elvira Uyarra European Planning Studies profile →
Geographies of mission-oriented innovation policy

2025 13 citations Elvira Uyarra, Markus M. Bugge et al. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elvira Uyarra United Kingdom	26	1.6k	1.6k	1.1k	922	383	85	3.8k
Charles Edquist Sweden	31	2.5k 1.5×	2.5k 1.6×	1.0k 0.9×	1.5k 1.6×	564 1.5×	99	5.6k
Kieron Flanagan United Kingdom	17	1.1k 0.7×	907 0.6×	674 0.6×	467 0.5×	252 0.7×	42	2.4k
Luke Georghiou United Kingdom	28	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	523 0.5×	601 0.7×	322 0.8×	112	3.5k
David Doloreux Canada	34	1.8k 1.1×	1.9k 1.2×	969 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	467 1.2×	123	4.1k
Simona Iammarino United Kingdom	30	3.4k 2.1×	2.3k 1.4×	1.5k 1.3×	945 1.0×	510 1.3×	97	5.4k
Johannes Glückler Germany	24	813 0.5×	964 0.6×	385 0.3×	381 0.4×	706 1.8×	85	2.7k
Luc Soete Netherlands	30	3.0k 1.8×	1.9k 1.2×	689 0.6×	846 0.9×	384 1.0×	107	5.0k
Elisa Giuliani Italy	30	1.7k 1.0×	3.2k 2.0×	537 0.5×	939 1.0×	538 1.4×	95	4.9k
Darko Milošević	4	728 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	386 0.3×	420 0.5×	494 1.3×	5	2.6k
W. Edward Steinmueller United Kingdom	19	992 0.6×	880 0.6×	384 0.3×	656 0.7×	382 1.0×	55	2.7k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Selviaridis, Kostas & Elvira Uyarra. (2025). How intermediaries manage knowledge to support public procurement of innovation: The case of UK defence. Research Policy. 54(10). 105335–105335. 1 indexed citations

Uyarra, Elvira, Markus M. Bugge, Lars Coenen, Kieron Flanagan, & Iris Wanzenböck. (2025). Geographies of mission-oriented innovation policy. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 56. 100970–100970. 13 indexed citations breakdown →

Pinto, Hugo, Manuel Laranja, & Elvira Uyarra. (2024). Smart specialization, public authorities, and innovation intermediaries in developing regions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(4). 100175–100175. 2 indexed citations

Guimón, José, et al.. (2024). Universities as catalysts of change in locked-in and vulnerable resource-based regions of the Global South. Regional Studies. 58(11). 1951–1964. 1 indexed citations

Cappellano, Francesco, Elvira Uyarra, & Kieron Flanagan. (2024). Mind the border! Agents and functions to shape regional challenge-oriented innovation policy. European Planning Studies. 32(8). 1671–1692. 2 indexed citations

Marzocchi, Chiara, Fumi Kitagawa, Federica Rossi, & Elvira Uyarra. (2023). Reconceptualising knowledge exchange and higher education institutions: broadening our understanding of motivations, channels, and stakeholders. Studies in Higher Education. 48(5). 673–682. 8 indexed citations

Kogler, Dieter F., Emil Evenhuis, Elisa Giuliani, et al.. (2023). Re-imagining evolutionary economic geography. Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society. 16(3). 373–390. 33 indexed citations

Kitagawa, Fumi, Chiara Marzocchi, Mabel Sánchez‐Barrioluengo, & Elvira Uyarra. (2021). Anchoring talent to regions: the role of universities in graduate retention through employment and entrepreneurship. Regional Studies. 56(6). 1001–1014. 22 indexed citations

Sánchez‐Barrioluengo, Mabel, Elvira Uyarra, & Fumi Kitagawa. (2019). Understanding the evolution of the entrepreneurial university. The case of English Higher Education institutions. Higher Education Quarterly. 73(4). 469–495. 36 indexed citations

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Pinto, Hugo, Tiago Santos Pereira, & Elvira Uyarra. (2018). Innovation and the economic downturn: Insights from Portuguese firms. Estudo Geral (Universidade de Coimbra). 2 indexed citations

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Uyarra, Elvira, Jakob Edler, Javier García-Estévez, Luke Georghiou, & Jillian Yeow. (2014). Barriers to innovation through public procurement: A supplier perspective. Technovation. 34(10). 631–645. 267 indexed citations

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Uyarra, Elvira, et al.. (2013). Competitive dialogue and contractual design fostering innovation and needs analysis Dialogue. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 1 indexed citations

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Caniëls, Marjolein C.J., et al.. (2010). Regional innovation Policy in Transition: Reflections on the Change Process in the Skåne Region. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 2 indexed citations

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Flanagan, Kieron, Elvira Uyarra, & Manuel Laranja. (2010). The 'policy mix' for innovation: rethinking innovation policy in a multi-level, multi-actor context. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 23 indexed citations

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Uyarra, Elvira & Kieron Flanagan. (2009). 'La relevancia del concepto 'sistema regional de innovación' para la formulación de la política de innovación. Ekonomiaz Revista Vasca de Economía. 70(1). 150–169. 3 indexed citations

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Tsipouri, Lena, Jakob Edler, Max Rolfstam, & Elvira Uyarra. (2009). Risk management in the procurement of innovation. Concepts and empirical evidence in the European Union. Report to the EU Commission. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 1 indexed citations

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Uyarra, Elvira & Kieron Flanagan. (2009). From regional innovation systems to regions as innovation policy spaces. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 150–169. 2 indexed citations

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Uyarra, Elvira & Kieron Flanagan. (2009). Understanding the Innovation Impacts of Public Procurement. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Howells, Jeremy, Bruce Tether, & Elvira Uyarra. (2004). Innovation in Service: issue at stake and trends [Study for DG Enterprise, Commission of the European Communities]. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 13 indexed citations

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Uyarra, Elvira, et al.. (2002). Evaluation, foresight and participation as new elements for regional innovation policy practice: lessons from the regional innovation strategies (RIS). Econstor (Econstor). 1 indexed citations

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