Frank W. Geels

51.4k citations
137 papers · 32.2k indexed · 24 hit papers · h-index 68
Topics
Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (58 papers)Climate Change Policy and Economics (22 papers)Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (18 papers)

In The Last Decade

Frank W. Geels

134 papers receiving 30.1k citations

Hit Papers

Technological transitions as evolutionary reconfiguration...20022026201020182002200720042011200810002.0k3.0k4.0k

Peers

Frank W. Geels
Comparison fields: 5 of 181
  • Global and Planetary Change 11.8k
  • Sociology and Political Science 8.4k
  • Economics and Econometrics 6.1k
  • Strategy and Management 4.6k
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 4.3k
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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank W. Geels

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank W. Geels

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Frank W. Geels. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Frank W. Geels 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 Frank W. Geels. Frank W. Geels is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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The politics of accelerating low-carbon transitions: Towards a new research agendabreakdown →
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Of emergence, diffusion, and impact: A sociotechnical perspective on researching energy demand
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The Impact of the Financial and Economic Crisis on Sustainability Transitions: Financial Investment, Governance and Public Discourse. WWWforEurope Working Paper No. 39
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Automobility in transition? : a socio-technical analysis of sustainable transport
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Strategic niche management and sustainable innovation journeys: theory, findings, research agenda, and policybreakdown →
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The dynamics of transitions in socio-technical systems: A multi-level analysis of the transition pathway from horse-drawn carriages to automobiles (1860–1930)breakdown →
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Processes, patterns and mechanisms in system innovations: a co-evolutionary and sociotechnical perpective
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About Frank W. Geels

Frank W. Geels is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Management Science and Operations Research and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, having authored 137 papers that have together received 32.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (58 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (22 papers) and Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Business and International Management (1.4k citations), Global and Planetary Change (11.8k citations) and Management of Technology and Innovation (3.7k citations). Frank W. Geels has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Denmark. Frequent co-authors include Johan Schot, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Bruno Turnheim, G.P.J. Verbong, Rob Raven, Tim Schwanen, Steve Sorrell, Andrew McMeekin, Boelie Elzen and René Kemp. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Cleaner Production.

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