John Robinson

11.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
126 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

John Robinson is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John Robinson has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 27 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 24 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in John Robinson's work include Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (28 papers), Global Energy and Sustainability Research (16 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (13 papers). John Robinson is often cited by papers focused on Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (28 papers), Global Energy and Sustainability Research (16 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (13 papers). John Robinson collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. John Robinson's co-authors include Arnim Wiek, Sarah Burch, Paul Raskin, Rob Swart, Raymond J. Cole, Stewart Cohen, Alison Shaw, Sonia Talwar, Dale S. Rothman and Jeff Carmichael and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Water Research and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

John Robinson

123 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

Squaring the circle? Some thoughts on the idea of sustainable development

2004 813 citations John Robinson profile →
The problem of the future: sustainability science and scenario analysis

2004 505 citations Paul Raskin, John Robinson et al. profile →
The future of sustainability science: a solutions-oriented research agenda

2013 370 citations Thaddeus R. Miller, Arnim Wiek et al. Sustainability Science profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by John Robinson

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Robinson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Robinson

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

All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A framework for evaluating the impact of buildings on inhabitant well-being 2025 ·Building and Environment ·Nastaran Makaremi, (unknown), (unknown), J. Alstan Jakubiec, John Robinson, Marianne F. Touchie	2
2	Global Discontinuity: Time for a Paradigm Shift in Global Scenario Analysis 2023 ·Sustainability ·Dale S. Rothman, Paul Raskin, Kasper Kok, John Robinson, Jill Jäger, Barry B. Hughes, Paul C. Sutton	3
3	Meeting the climate change challenge: local government climate action in British Columbia, Canada 2019 ·Climate Policy ·Ann Dale, John Robinson, Leslie A. King, Sarah Burch, Robert Newell, Alison Shaw, (unknown)	77
4	The imaginary worlds of sustainability: observations from an interactive art installation 2017 ·Ecology and Society ·Roy Bendor, David Maggs, (unknown), John Robinson, Stephen Williams	48
5	Recalibrating the Anthropocene 2016 ·Environmental Philosophy ·David Maggs, John Robinson	21
6	The Future of Sustainability Science: A Solutions-Oriented Agenda 2014 ·Sustainability Science ·Thaddeus R. Miller, Arnim Wiek, Daniel Sarewitz, John Robinson, Lennart Olsson, David L. Kriebel, Derk Loorbach	2
7	Triggering transformative change: a development path approach to climate change response in communities 2014 ·Climate Policy ·Sarah Burch, Alison Shaw, Ann Dale, John Robinson	123
8	Climate change law : emissions trading in the EU and the UK 2007 ·John Robinson	2
9	Linking climate change and sustainable development at the local level 2007 ·Climate Policy ·Lívia Bíziková, John Robinson, Stewart Cohen	55
10	A framework for explaining the links between capacity and action in response to global climate change 2007 ·Climate Policy ·Sarah Burch, John Robinson	71
11	Life in 2030 2007 ·University of British Columbia Press eBooks ·John Robinson, (unknown), George Francis, (unknown), (unknown), D. Scott Slocombe, (unknown), Jon Tinker	2
12	Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Realizing the Opportunity 2006 ·AMBIO ·John Robinson, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	63
13	The Relationship between Technological Development Paths and the Stabilization of Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Concentrations in Global Emissions Scenarios 2000 ·IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis) ·Tsuneyuki Morita, N. Nakićenović, John Robinson	3
14	Social change and education for sustainable living 1998 ·John Robinson, (unknown)	13
15	The increasing prospects for leisure. 1997 ·(unknown), John Robinson	5
16	Tradition, Culture and Ethos: The Impact of the Further and Higher Education Act (1992) on Sixth Form Colleges and Their Futures 1996 ·Evaluation & Research in Education ·John Robinson, Colin Burke	8
17	Analogical transfer and expertise in legal reasoning 1991 ·Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes ·Garry Marchant, John Robinson, Urton Anderson, Michael S. Schadewald	59
18	Temporal relationships among estrus, body temperature, milk yield, progesterone and luteinizing hormone levels, and ovulation in dairy cows 1989 ·Theriogenology ·R. Rajamahendran, John Robinson, (unknown), J.S. Walton	83
19	Loaded questions 1988 ·Energy Policy ·John Robinson	12
20	Reserve Predictions From Production Testing in Geopressured Gas Reservoirs 1987 ·SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition ·(unknown), John Robinson	2

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