Joseph Rand

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
24 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Joseph Rand is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Aerospace Engineering and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph Rand has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 6 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Joseph Rand's work include Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (18 papers), Wind Energy Research and Development (8 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (6 papers). Joseph Rand is often cited by papers focused on Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (18 papers), Wind Energy Research and Development (8 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (6 papers). Joseph Rand collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Norway. Joseph Rand's co-authors include Ben Hoen, Ryan Wiser, Eric Lantz, Jeremy Firestone, Gundula Hübner, Johannes Pohl, Joachim Seel, Philipp Beiter, Patrick Gilman and Erin Baker and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Energy, Energy Policy and The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

In The Last Decade

Joseph Rand

22 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Thirty years of North American wind energy acceptance research: What have we learned?

2017 332 citations Joseph Rand, Ben Hoen Energy Research & Social Science profile →
Expert elicitation survey predicts 37% to 49% declines in wind energy costs by 2050

2021 271 citations Ryan Wiser, Joseph Rand et al. Nature Energy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joseph Rand United States	16	762	323	294	260	236	24	1.2k
Ben Hoen United States	19	934 1.2×	291 0.9×	325 1.1×	175 0.7×	297 1.3×	36	1.3k
Eric Lantz United States	21	551 0.7×	567 1.8×	201 0.7×	573 2.2×	259 1.1×	39	1.8k
M. Kapsali Greece	15	221 0.3×	214 0.7×	70 0.2×	604 2.3×	270 1.1×	18	1.6k
Niels‐Erik Clausen Denmark	11	125 0.2×	330 1.0×	169 0.6×	152 0.6×	91 0.4×	37	665
Jompob Waewsak Thailand	21	127 0.2×	340 1.1×	67 0.2×	335 1.3×	211 0.9×	62	1.2k
P. Gipe Sweden	12	148 0.2×	278 0.9×	85 0.3×	145 0.6×	42 0.2×	20	574
Dimitris Al. Katsaprakakis Greece	22	103 0.1×	130 0.4×	38 0.1×	548 2.1×	176 0.7×	48	1.3k
Kelly Klima United States	17	120 0.2×	61 0.2×	277 0.9×	73 0.3×	34 0.1×	43	825
Neveen Hamza United Kingdom	15	80 0.1×	183 0.6×	58 0.2×	49 0.2×	95 0.4×	60	1.2k
Joachim Seel United States	10	111 0.1×	203 0.6×	53 0.2×	420 1.6×	120 0.5×	17	899

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joseph Rand

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Elmallah, Salma, et al.. (2025). Under-capacitated and over-powered? Rural austerity and asymmetrical negotiating relationships in US wind energy development. Journal of Rural Studies. 119. 103749–103749.

Bessette, Douglas, et al.. (2025). Missing the mark: Avoiding community misengagement in large-scale solar development. Energy Research & Social Science. 127. 104338–104338. 1 indexed citations

Rand, Joseph, et al.. (2025). More power to them: U.S. large-scale solar neighbors' support for additional solar. 4. 1 indexed citations

Nilson, Robi, Joseph Rand, Ben Hoen, & Salma Elmallah. (2024). Halfway up the ladder: Developer practices and perspectives on community engagement for utility-scale renewable energy in the United States. Energy Research & Social Science. 117. 103706–103706. 22 indexed citations

Bogenschutz, Matthew, et al.. (2024). An Equity-Based Research Agenda to Promote Social Inclusion and Belonging for People With IDD. Intellectual and developmental disabilities. 62(3). 186–199.

Gorman, Will, Joseph Rand, Joachim Seel, et al.. (2024). Grid connection barriers to renewable energy deployment in the United States. Joule. 9(2). 101791–101791. 9 indexed citations

Mills, Sarah, et al.. (2024). What to expect when you're expecting engagement: Delivering procedural justice in large-scale solar energy deployment. Energy Research & Social Science. 120. 103893–103893. 7 indexed citations

Bessette, Douglas, et al.. (2023). Good fences make good neighbors: Stakeholder perspectives on the local benefits and burdens of large-scale solar energy development in the United States. Energy Research & Social Science. 108. 103375–103375. 28 indexed citations

Hoen, Ben, et al.. (2023). Effects of land-based wind turbine upsizing on community sound levels and power and energy density. Applied Energy. 338. 120856–120856. 14 indexed citations

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Beiter, Philipp, Joseph Rand, Joachim Seel, et al.. (2022). Expert perspectives on the wind plant of the future. Wind Energy. 25(8). 1363–1378. 25 indexed citations

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Elmallah, Salma & Joseph Rand. (2022). “After the leases are signed, it's a done deal”: Exploring procedural injustices for utility-scale wind energy planning in the United States. Energy Research & Social Science. 89. 102549–102549. 33 indexed citations

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Rand, Joseph, et al.. (2022). In the shadow of wind energy: Predicting community exposure and annoyance to wind turbine shadow flicker in the United States. Energy Research & Social Science. 87. 102471–102471. 17 indexed citations

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Wiser, Ryan, Joseph Rand, Joachim Seel, et al.. (2021). Expert elicitation survey predicts 37% to 49% declines in wind energy costs by 2050. Nature Energy. 6(5). 555–565. 271 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wiser, Ryan, Mark Bolinger, Ben Hoen, et al.. (2020). Wind Energy Technology Data Update: 2020 Edition. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 18 indexed citations

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Rand, Joseph, et al.. (2020). A continuously updated, geospatially rectified database of utility-scale wind turbines in the United States. Scientific Data. 7(1). 15–15. 42 indexed citations

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Hübner, Gundula, et al.. (2019). Monitoring annoyance and stress effects of wind turbines on nearby residents: A comparison of U.S. and European samples. Environment International. 132. 105090–105090. 57 indexed citations

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Landis, Matthew S., Ben Hoen, Joseph Rand, et al.. (2019). Wind turbine audibility and noise annoyance in a national U.S. survey: Individual perception and influencing factors. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 146(2). 1124–1141. 43 indexed citations

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Rand, Joseph. (2018). Overlooked trade‐offs of environmentally protective hydropower operation: Impacts to ancillary services and greenhouse gas emissions. River Research and Applications. 34(9). 1123–1131. 8 indexed citations

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Rand, Joseph & Ben Hoen. (2017). Thirty years of North American wind energy acceptance research: What have we learned?. Energy Research & Social Science. 29. 135–148. 332 indexed citations breakdown →

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Firestone, Jeremy, et al.. (2017). Reconsidering barriers to wind power projects: community engagement, developer transparency and place. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. 20(3). 370–386. 117 indexed citations

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