James Meadowcroft

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
47 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

James Meadowcroft is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, James Meadowcroft has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 11 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in James Meadowcroft's work include Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (22 papers), Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (12 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (11 papers). James Meadowcroft is often cited by papers focused on Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (22 papers), Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (12 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (11 papers). James Meadowcroft collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. James Meadowcroft's co-authors include Daniel Rosenbloom, Niki Frantzeskaki, Derk Loorbach, Andreas Duit, Peter H. Feindt, Benjamin Cashore, James Gaede, Asbjørn Torvanger, Karin Bäckstrand and Michael Oppenheimer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

James Meadowcroft

46 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

What about the politics? Sustainable development, transition management, and long term energy transitions

2009 687 citations James Meadowcroft profile →
Engaging with the politics of sustainability transitions

2011 472 citations James Meadowcroft Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Meadowcroft

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Dead-end pathways: Conceptualizing, assessing, avoiding 2025 ·PLOS Climate ·Daniel Rosenbloom, James Meadowcroft, Jochen Markard, Jean‐Sébastien Landry, (unknown)	0
2	Net zero by 2050: the case for green industrial policy 2024 ·Environmental Politics ·(unknown), James Meadowcroft	4
3	Governing the net-zero transition: Strategy, policy, and politics 2023 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·James Meadowcroft, Daniel Rosenbloom	28
4	Pluralizing Debates on the Anthropocene Requires Engaging with the Diversity of Existing Scholarship 2022 ·Annals of the American Association of Geographers ·Jonathan Pickering, James Patterson, Frank Biermann, Sarah Burch, Lorraine Elliott, Aarti Gupta, Cristina Yumie Aoki Inoue, Atsushi Ishii, Agni Kalfagianni, James Meadowcroft, Chukwumerije Okereke, Åsa Persson	1
5	Transition Experiments: Opening Up Low-Carbon Transition Pathways for Canada through Innovation and Learning 2018 ·Canadian Public Policy ·Daniel Rosenbloom, James Meadowcroft, Stephen R.J. Sheppard, Sarah Burch, Stephen Williams	16
6	Gross solids from combined sewers in dry weather and storms, elucidating production, storage and social factors 2015 ·Urban Water Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), David Balmforth, (unknown), Adrian J. Saul, James Meadowcroft	12
7	A Question of Authenticity: Status Quo Bias and the International Energy Agency's World Energy Outlook 2015 ·Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning ·James Gaede, James Meadowcroft	36
8	Building-Integrated Photovoltaics: Distributed Energy Development for Urban Sustainability 2014 ·Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development ·Owen Temby, Konstantinos Kapsis, (unknown), Daniel Rosenbloom, (unknown), Andreas Athienitis, James Meadowcroft	20
9	Harnessing the Sun: Reviewing the potential of solar photovoltaics in Canada 2014 ·Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews ·Daniel Rosenbloom, James Meadowcroft	34
10	The journey towards decarbonization: Exploring socio-technical transitions in the electricity sector in the province of Ontario (1885–2013) and potential low-carbon pathways 2013 ·Energy Policy ·Daniel Rosenbloom, James Meadowcroft	68
11	Decarbonizing the Welfare State 2011 ·Oxford University Press eBooks ·Ian Gough, James Meadowcroft	37
12	Engaging with the politics of sustainability transitions breakdown → 2011 ·Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions ·James Meadowcroft	472
13	Innovation, Science, Environment 1987-2007 2009 ·McGill-Queen's University Press eBooks ·(unknown), James Meadowcroft	1
14	Climate Change Governance 2009 ·World Bank eBooks ·James Meadowcroft	52
15	Dealing with Contaminated Land in the UK through ‘Development Managerialism’ 2006 ·Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning ·Philip Catney, John Henneberry, James Meadowcroft, J. Richard Eiser	22
16	Environmental political economy, technological transitions and the state 2005 ·New Political Economy ·James Meadowcroft	120
17	Developing a framework for sustainability governance in the European Union 2005 ·International Journal of Sustainable Development ·James Meadowcroft, Katharine N. Farrell, Joachim H. Spangenberg	60
18	Sustainable Development: A New(Ish) Idea for a New Century? 2000 ·Political Studies ·James Meadowcroft	107
19	Taking issue with UNCED's critics 1996 ·New Political Economy ·James Meadowcroft	1
20	Conceptualizing the State 1995 ·Oxford University Press eBooks ·James Meadowcroft	15

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