Kersty Hobson

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Kersty Hobson is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Kersty Hobson has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Kersty Hobson's work include Environmental Education and Sustainability (10 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (10 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (8 papers). Kersty Hobson is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Education and Sustainability (10 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (10 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (8 papers). Kersty Hobson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Netherlands. Kersty Hobson's co-authors include Nicholas Lynch, Simon Niemeyer, Judith Petts, Ruth Mayne, Jo Hamilton, Kathryn Wheeler, Harald Wieser, Daniel Welch, Helen Holmes and Melanie Jaeger‐Erben and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Global Environmental Change and Climatic Change.

In The Last Decade

Kersty Hobson

49 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Diversifying and de-growi... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 100 200 300
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.

  1. Diversifying and de-growing the circular economy: Radical social transformation in a resource-scarce world
    2016 332 citations Kersty Hobson et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Kersty Hobson 734 697 656 570 353 50 2.4k
Gert Spaargaren 460 0.6× 1.2k 1.7× 796 1.2× 861 1.5× 733 2.1× 92 4.1k
Maurie J. Cohen 728 1.0× 578 0.8× 668 1.0× 486 0.9× 366 1.0× 63 2.7k
David Gibbs 1.0k 1.4× 948 1.4× 455 0.7× 514 0.9× 1.0k 2.9× 112 5.1k
Marlyne Sahakian 353 0.5× 371 0.5× 396 0.6× 302 0.5× 204 0.6× 69 1.8k
Chris Cocklin 921 1.3× 469 0.7× 679 1.0× 598 1.0× 716 2.0× 99 3.5k
Shridath Ramphal 726 1.0× 519 0.7× 523 0.8× 689 1.2× 218 0.6× 25 3.2k
Chris Ryan 557 0.8× 707 1.0× 400 0.6× 163 0.3× 178 0.5× 136 2.3k
William D. Ruckelshaus 741 1.0× 601 0.9× 535 0.8× 735 1.3× 250 0.7× 11 3.4k
Helen Kopnina 382 0.5× 946 1.4× 417 0.6× 1.7k 2.9× 653 1.8× 152 3.9k
Inge Røpke 312 0.4× 548 0.8× 452 0.7× 638 1.1× 431 1.2× 74 2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Kersty Hobson

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Kersty Hobson's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Kersty Hobson with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Kersty Hobson more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Kersty Hobson

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kersty Hobson. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Kersty Hobson. The network helps show where Kersty Hobson may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kersty Hobson

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Anantharaman, Manisha, et al.. (2025). Everyday circularities: perspectives from the Global South. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 4(2). 316–324. 2 indexed citations
2.
Greene, Mary & Kersty Hobson. (2025). Everyday circularities: rethinking consumption in circular transformation. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 4(2). 158–169.
3.
Hobson, Kersty, et al.. (2024). What is the University For These Days? Rethinking the Foundations of the ‘Circular Campus’. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 2(1). 1 indexed citations
4.
Hobson, Kersty, et al.. (2024). Sharing and Repairing at University: On Student Practices, and the Future of the Circular Campus. Circular Economy and Sustainability. 4(4). 2579–2598. 1 indexed citations
5.
Hobson, Kersty. (2020). The limits of the loops: critical environmental politics and the Circular Economy. Environmental Politics. 30(1-2). 161–179. 74 indexed citations
6.
Bridgens, Ben, Kersty Hobson, Debra Lilley, et al.. (2017). Closing the Loop on E‐waste: A Multidisciplinary Perspective. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 23(1). 169–181. 49 indexed citations
7.
Hobson, Kersty, Jo Hamilton, & Ruth Mayne. (2014). Monitoring and evaluation in UK low-carbon community groups: benefits, barriers and the politics of the local. Local Environment. 21(1). 124–136. 27 indexed citations
8.
Hobson, Kersty, et al.. (2013). Cultivating citizen-subjects through collective praxis: Organized gardening projects in Australia and the Philippines. 216–230. 7 indexed citations
9.
Hobson, Kersty & Simon Niemeyer. (2012). “What sceptics believe”: The effects of information and deliberation on climate change scepticism. Public Understanding of Science. 22(4). 396–412. 110 indexed citations
10.
Hobson, Kersty. (2010). Beyond the Control Society. Administrative Theory & Praxis. 32(2). 252–261. 3 indexed citations
11.
12.
Hobson, Kersty. (2006). Enacting environmental justice in Singapore: Performative justice and the Green Volunteer Network. Geoforum. 37(5). 671–681. 31 indexed citations
13.
Hobson, Kersty. (2006). Political animals? On animals as subjects in an enlarged political geography. Political Geography. 26(3). 250–267. 138 indexed citations
14.
Niemeyer, Simon, Judith Petts, & Kersty Hobson. (2005). Rapid Climate Change and Society: Assessing Responses and Thresholds. Risk Analysis. 25(6). 1443–1456. 91 indexed citations
15.
Hobson, Kersty. (2004). Environmental Justice: An Anthropocentric Social Justice Critique of How, Where and Why Environmental Goods and Bads Are Distributed. Environmental Politics. 13(2). 474–481. 7 indexed citations
16.
Hobson, Kersty. (2004). ‘Say no to the ATO’: the cultural politics of protest against the Australian Tax Office. Social movement studies. 3(1). 51–71. 33 indexed citations
17.
Hobson, Kersty. (2004). Researching ‘sustainable consumption’ in Asia‐Pacific cities. Asia Pacific Viewpoint. 45(2). 279–288. 8 indexed citations
18.
Hobson, Kersty. (2003). Consumption, Environmental Sustainability and Human Geography in Australia: a Missing Research Agenda?. Australian Geographical Studies. 41(2). 148–155. 23 indexed citations
19.
Hobson, Kersty. (2003). Thinking Habits into Action: the role of knowledge and process in questioning household consumption practices. Local Environment. 8(1). 95–112. 37 indexed citations
20.
Hobson, Kersty. (2002). FINANCING AUSTRALIA: A 'POST-MODERN' APPROACH TO TAX COMPLIANCE AND TAX RESEARCH. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 41 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Gert Spaargaren Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Maurie J. Cohen Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by David Gibbs Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Marlyne Sahakian Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Chris Cocklin Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Shridath Ramphal Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Chris Ryan Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by William D. Ruckelshaus Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Helen Kopnina Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Inge Røpke
Rankless by CCL
2026