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.
Technological transitions as evolutionary reconfiguration processes: a multi-level perspective and a case-study
20024.2k citationsFrank W. GeelsResearch Policyprofile →
Typology of sociotechnical transition pathways
20073.2k citationsFrank W. Geels, Johan SchotResearch Policyprofile →
From sectoral systems of innovation to socio-technical systems
20042.5k citationsFrank W. GeelsResearch Policyprofile →
The multi-level perspective on sustainability transitions: Responses to seven criticisms
20111.8k citationsFrank W. GeelsEnvironmental Innovation and Societal Transitionsprofile →
Strategic niche management and sustainable innovation journeys: theory, findings, research agenda, and policy
20081.4k citationsJohan Schot, Frank W. GeelsTechnology Analysis and Strategic Managementprofile →
Ontologies, socio-technical transitions (to sustainability), and the multi-level perspective
20101.1k citationsFrank W. GeelsResearch Policyprofile →
Regime Resistance against Low-Carbon Transitions: Introducing Politics and Power into the Multi-Level Perspective
Sociotechnical transitions for deep decarbonization
2017638 citationsFrank W. Geels, Benjamin K. Sovacool et al.profile →
The dynamics of transitions in socio-technical systems: A multi-level analysis of the transition pathway from horse-drawn carriages to automobiles (1860–1930)
2005614 citationsFrank W. GeelsTechnology Analysis and Strategic Managementprofile →
Processes and patterns in transitions and system innovations: Refining the co-evolutionary multi-level perspective
The enactment of socio-technical transition pathways: A reformulated typology and a comparative multi-level analysis of the German and UK low-carbon electricity transitions (1990–2014)
2016591 citationsFrank W. Geels, Florian Kern et al.Research Policyprofile →
Technological Transitions And System Innovations: A Co-evolutionary And Socio-technical Analysis
The destabilisation of existing regimes: Confronting a multi-dimensional framework with a case study of the British coal industry (1913–1967)
2013267 citationsBruno Turnheim, Frank W. GeelsResearch Policyprofile →
Cultural legitimacy and framing struggles in innovation journeys: A cultural-performative perspective and a case study of Dutch nuclear energy (1945–1986)
Micro-foundations of the multi-level perspective on socio-technical transitions: Developing a multi-dimensional model of agency through crossovers between social constructivism, evolutionary economics and neo-institutional theory
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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Frank W. Geels. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Frank W. Geels. The network helps show where Frank W. Geels may publish in the future.
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.
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Geels, Frank W., et al.. (2018). Of emergence, diffusion, and impact: A sociotechnical perspective on researching energy demand.1 indexed citations
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Roberts, Cameron, Frank W. Geels, Matthew Lockwood, et al.. (2018). The politics of accelerating low-carbon transitions: Towards a new research agenda. Energy Research & Social Science. 44. 304–311.235 indexed citations breakdown →
Geels, Frank W.. (2013). The Impact of the Financial and Economic Crisis on Sustainability Transitions: Financial Investment, Governance and Public Discourse. WWWforEurope Working Paper No. 39. WIFO Studies.2 indexed citations
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Geels, Frank W., René Kemp, Geoffrey Dudley, & Glenn Lyons. (2012). Automobility in transition? : a socio-technical analysis of sustainable transport. UWE Research Repository (UWE Bristol).118 indexed citations
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Geels, Frank W., et al.. (2012). Future electricity systems : visions, scenarios and transition pathways. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 4(2). 203–219.8 indexed citations
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Geels, Frank W., Marko P. Hekkert, & Staffan Jacobsson. (2008). The dynamics of sustainable innovation journeys. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management. 20(5). 521–536.223 indexed citations
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Schot, Johan & Frank W. Geels. (2008). Strategic niche management and sustainable innovation journeys: theory, findings, research agenda, and policy. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management. 20(5). 537–554.1363 indexed citations breakdown →
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Geels, Frank W.. (2005). The dynamics of transitions in socio-technical systems: A multi-level analysis of the transition pathway from horse-drawn carriages to automobiles (1860–1930). Technology Analysis and Strategic Management. 17(4). 445–476.614 indexed citations breakdown →
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Geels, Frank W.. (2003). Processes, patterns and mechanisms in system innovations: a co-evolutionary and sociotechnical perpective. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS).
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Geels, Frank W.. (2002). Technological transitions as evolutionary reconfiguration processes: a multi-level perspective and a case-study. Research Policy. 31(8-9). 1257–1274.4205 indexed citations breakdown →
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