Hans Hellsmark

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Hans Hellsmark is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans Hellsmark has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 12 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Hans Hellsmark's work include Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (15 papers), Innovation Policy and R&D (13 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (7 papers). Hans Hellsmark is often cited by papers focused on Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (15 papers), Innovation Policy and R&D (13 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (7 papers). Hans Hellsmark collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Hans Hellsmark's co-authors include Patrik Söderholm, Merle Jacob, Mats Lundqvist, Johan Frishammar, Johanna Mossberg, Staffan Jacobsson, Anna Bergek, Björn A. Sandén, Håkan Ylinenpää and Teis Hansen and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal of Cleaner Production and Research Policy.

In The Last Decade

Hans Hellsmark

32 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Transformative innovation policy: A systematic review

2022 118 citations Anna Bergek, Hans Hellsmark et al. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hans Hellsmark Sweden	17	438	369	310	231	174	34	1.2k
Joeri Wesseling Netherlands	20	240 0.5×	314 0.9×	397 1.3×	293 1.3×	95 0.5×	26	1.6k
Sven Lindmark Sweden	8	306 0.7×	447 1.2×	559 1.8×	422 1.8×	103 0.6×	38	1.6k
Rafał Stankiewicz Poland	3	311 0.7×	455 1.2×	544 1.8×	237 1.0×	59 0.3×	9	1.2k
R.E.H.M. Smits Australia	5	357 0.8×	469 1.3×	576 1.9×	461 2.0×	181 1.0×	12	1.8k
Paul Benneworth Netherlands	8	297 0.7×	167 0.5×	268 0.9×	382 1.7×	56 0.3×	11	1.2k
Markus M. Bugge Norway	15	212 0.5×	368 1.0×	226 0.7×	102 0.4×	436 2.5×	36	1.2k
Magnus Holmén Sweden	12	354 0.8×	508 1.4×	396 1.3×	93 0.4×	45 0.3×	36	1.2k
Wisdom Kanda Sweden	18	235 0.5×	553 1.5×	221 0.7×	239 1.0×	53 0.3×	46	1.2k
Yuliya Voytenko Palgan Sweden	19	711 1.6×	127 0.3×	127 0.4×	434 1.9×	94 0.5×	43	1.9k
Laur Kanger Estonia	14	171 0.4×	130 0.4×	246 0.8×	472 2.0×	50 0.3×	23	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hans Hellsmark

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hellsmark, Hans, et al.. (2025). Electrifying tensions: Stakeholder narratives to electrification of industry and transport in Sweden. Energy Research & Social Science. 126. 104142–104142. 3 indexed citations

Hellsmark, Hans, et al.. (2025). Varieties of disagreement in transformative policy missions: A Q study on the decarbonization of Swedish industry. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 58. 101069–101069.

Hellsmark, Hans, et al.. (2025). Mapping hydrogen-related employment patterns: A multi-sectoral analysis of recruitment data in three Scandinavian countries. 4(10). pstr.0000202.exml–pstr.0000202.exml.

Hansen, Teis, et al.. (2024). How aligned are industry strategy and government policy for the decarbonization of energy-intensive process industries?. Climate Policy. 24(9). 1149–1162. 4 indexed citations

Steén, Markus, et al.. (2024). Perceptions of decarbonisation challenges for the process industry in Sweden and Norway. Chalmers Research (Chalmers University of Technology). 5. 100167–100167. 1 indexed citations

Hellsmark, Hans, et al.. (2024). Directionality in transformative policy missions: The case of reaching net zero emissions in the Swedish process industry. Journal of Cleaner Production. 437. 140664–140664. 10 indexed citations

Bergek, Anna, Hans Hellsmark, & Kersti Karltorp. (2023). Directionality challenges for transformative innovation policy: lessons from implementing climate goals in the process industry. Industry and Innovation. 30(8). 1110–1139. 36 indexed citations

Bergek, Anna, et al.. (2022). Lost in translation: Challenges in creating new transformative innovation policy practices. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1(10). e0000031–e0000031. 10 indexed citations

Bergek, Anna, et al.. (2022). Transformative innovation policy: A systematic review. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 43. 14–40. 118 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hellsmark, Hans, et al.. (2021). Photovoltaics in Sweden – Success or failure?. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 143. 110894–110894. 14 indexed citations

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Mossberg, Johanna, Johan Frishammar, Patrik Söderholm, & Hans Hellsmark. (2020). Managerial and organizational challenges encountered in the development of sustainable technology: Analysis of Swedish biorefinery pilot and demonstration plants. Journal of Cleaner Production. 276. 124150–124150. 15 indexed citations

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Bauer, Fredric, Teis Hansen, & Hans Hellsmark. (2018). Innovation in the bioeconomy – dynamics of biorefinery innovation networks. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management. 30(8). 935–947. 40 indexed citations

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Hellsmark, Hans, et al.. (2018). Shaping factors in the emergence of technological innovations: The case of tidal kite technology. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 132. 191–208. 38 indexed citations

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Frishammar, Johan, Patrik Söderholm, Hans Hellsmark, & Johanna Mossberg. (2018). A knowledge-based perspective on system weaknesses in technological innovation systems. Science and Public Policy. 46(1). 55–70. 13 indexed citations

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Gosens, Jorrit, Hans Hellsmark, Tomas Kåberger, et al.. (2017). The limits of academic entrepreneurship: Conflicting expectations about commercialization and innovation in China’s nascent sector for advanced bio-energy technologies. Energy Research & Social Science. 37. 1–11. 16 indexed citations

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Jacobsson, Staffan, et al.. (2014). The many ways of academic researchers: How is science made useful?. Science and Public Policy. 41(5). 641–657. 22 indexed citations

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Frishammar, Johan, et al.. (2014). The role of pilot and demonstration plants in technological development: synthesis and directions for future research. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management. 27(1). 1–18. 61 indexed citations

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Hellsmark, Hans & Staffan Jacobsson. (2011). Realising the potential of gasified biomass in the European Union—Policy challenges in moving from demonstration plants to a larger scale diffusion. Energy Policy. 41. 507–518. 31 indexed citations

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Hellsmark, Hans & Staffan Jacobsson. (2009). Opportunities for and limits to Academics as System builders—The case of realizing the potential of gasified biomass in Austria. Energy Policy. 37(12). 5597–5611. 51 indexed citations

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Jacob, Merle, Mats Lundqvist, & Hans Hellsmark. (2003). Entrepreneurial transformations in the Swedish University system: the case of Chalmers University of Technology. Research Policy. 32(9). 1555–1568. 287 indexed citations

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