Iris Wanzenböck

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 870 citations indexed

About

Iris Wanzenböck is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Iris Wanzenböck has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 870 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 14 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 11 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Iris Wanzenböck's work include Regional Development and Policy (14 papers), Innovation Policy and R&D (12 papers) and Innovation and Knowledge Management (10 papers). Iris Wanzenböck is often cited by papers focused on Regional Development and Policy (14 papers), Innovation Policy and R&D (12 papers) and Innovation and Knowledge Management (10 papers). Iris Wanzenböck collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Austria and Slovenia. Iris Wanzenböck's co-authors include Koen Frenken, Thomas Scherngell, Joeri Wesseling, Marko P. Hekkert, Matthias Weber, M. J. Janssen, Thomas Brenner, Jonas Torrens, Manfréd M. Fischer and Elvira Uyarra and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Research Policy.

In The Last Decade

Iris Wanzenböck

25 papers receiving 839 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.

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
Iris Wanzenböck Netherlands	14	421	248	239	227	131	28	870
Fred Steward United Kingdom	14	219 0.5×	110 0.4×	232 1.0×	219 1.0×	174 1.3×	32	794
Marco Bellandi Italy	17	471 1.1×	226 0.9×	332 1.4×	191 0.8×	148 1.1×	70	941
Max-Peter Menzel Germany	9	448 1.1×	204 0.8×	352 1.5×	174 0.8×	116 0.9×	23	829
Jürgen Essletzbichler United Kingdom	19	975 2.3×	332 1.3×	268 1.1×	140 0.6×	330 2.5×	39	1.4k
Mercedes Delgado Denmark	10	550 1.3×	147 0.6×	343 1.4×	158 0.7×	87 0.7×	25	921
Martina Fromhold‐Eisebith Germany	12	282 0.7×	121 0.5×	184 0.8×	111 0.5×	122 0.9×	40	722
Henning Kroll Germany	16	594 1.4×	484 2.0×	269 1.1×	489 2.2×	58 0.4×	59	1.1k
Lynn Krieger Mytelka Canada	15	383 0.9×	204 0.8×	345 1.4×	185 0.8×	85 0.6×	52	937
Debin Du China	17	368 0.9×	106 0.4×	208 0.9×	84 0.4×	68 0.5×	81	808
Mario Cimoli Chile	18	861 2.0×	160 0.6×	222 0.9×	121 0.5×	129 1.0×	82	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Iris Wanzenböck

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Iris Wanzenböck

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Coenen, Tom B.J., et al.. (2026). What are transformative missions, really? Three dimensions for one shared understanding. Science and Public Policy.

Wanzenböck, Iris, et al.. (2025). Unpacking lock-ins in transition pathways: Lessons from the Dutch circular plastic packaging mission. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 59. 101075–101075.

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 →

Wanzenböck, Iris. (2025). Mission-oriented innovation: from a new vocabulary to a new grammar for regional innovation policy. Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society. 18(3). 663–670.

Wanzenböck, Iris, et al.. (2025). The politics of directionality in innovation policy through the lens of policy process frameworks. Science and Public Policy. 52(3). 418–432. 7 indexed citations

Flanagan, Kieron, Elvira Uyarra, & Iris Wanzenböck. (2022). Towards a problem-oriented regional industrial policy: possibilities for public intervention in framing, valuation and market formation. Regional Studies. 57(6). 998–1010. 53 indexed citations

Wanzenböck, Iris, et al.. (2021). Small wins for grand challenges. A bottom-up governance approach to regional innovation policy. European Planning Studies. 30(11). 2245–2272. 66 indexed citations

Janssen, M. J., Jonas Torrens, Joeri Wesseling, & Iris Wanzenböck. (2020). The promises and premises of mission-oriented innovation policy—A reflection and ways forward. Science and Public Policy. 94 indexed citations

Frenken, Koen, et al.. (2020). A genealogical approach to academic success. PLoS ONE. 15(12). e0243913–e0243913. 7 indexed citations

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Wanzenböck, Iris, et al.. (2020). Proposal success in Horizon 2020: A study of the influence of consortium characteristics. Quantitative Science Studies. 1(3). 1136–1158. 11 indexed citations

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Wanzenböck, Iris & Koen Frenken. (2020). The subsidiarity principle in innovation policy for societal challenges. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 51–59. 85 indexed citations

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Wanzenböck, Iris, Joeri Wesseling, Koen Frenken, Marko P. Hekkert, & Matthias Weber. (2020). A framework for mission-oriented innovation policy: Alternative pathways through the problem–solution space. Science and Public Policy. 170 indexed citations

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Janssen, M. J., et al.. (2019). Do systemic innovation intermediaries broaden horizons? A proximity perspective on R&D partnership formation. Industry and Innovation. 27(6). 605–629. 27 indexed citations

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Bergé, Laurent, Thomas Scherngell, & Iris Wanzenböck. (2017). Bridging centrality as an indicator to measure the ‘bridging role’ of actors in networks: An application to the European Nanotechnology co-publication network. Journal of Informetrics. 11(4). 1031–1042. 8 indexed citations

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Wanzenböck, Iris. (2017). A concept for measuring network proximity of regions in R&D networks. Social Networks. 54. 314–325. 8 indexed citations

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Bergé, Laurent, Iris Wanzenböck, & Thomas Scherngell. (2017). Centrality of regions in R&D networks: a new measurement approach using the concept of bridging paths. Regional Studies. 51(8). 1165–1178. 25 indexed citations

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Wanzenböck, Iris, et al.. (2016). R&D networks and regional knowledge production in Europe: Evidence from a space‐time model. Papers of the Regional Science Association. 97. S1–S25. 34 indexed citations

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Cagno, Daniela Di, Andrea Fabrizi, Valentina Meliciani, & Iris Wanzenböck. (2016). The impact of relational spillovers from joint research projects on knowledge creation across European regions. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 108. 83–94. 34 indexed citations

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Wanzenböck, Iris, Thomas Scherngell, & Thomas Brenner. (2013). Embeddedness of Regions in European Knowledge Networks: A Comparative Analysis of Inter-Regional R&D Collaborations, Co-Patents and Co-Publications. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Wanzenböck, Iris & Thomas Scherngell. (2013). Embeddedness of European Regions in EU Funded R&D Networks: A Spatial Econometric Perspective. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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