M. Wolsink

9.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
50 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

M. Wolsink is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Wolsink has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in M. Wolsink's work include Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (24 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (20 papers) and Smart Grid Energy Management (6 papers). M. Wolsink is often cited by papers focused on Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (24 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (20 papers) and Smart Grid Energy Management (6 papers). M. Wolsink collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and Switzerland. M. Wolsink's co-authors include Rolf Wüstenhagen, Mary Jean Bürer, Sylvia Breukers, David Toke, Jeroen Devilee, Richard Cowell, Peter A. Strachan, Alain Nadaï, Charles W. Warren and Joseph Szarka and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Energy Policy and Renewable Energy.

In The Last Decade

M. Wolsink

47 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

Social acceptance of renewable energy innovation: An intr... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2007 2006 2000 2007 2018 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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.

  1. Social acceptance of renewable energy innovation: An introduction to the concept
    2007 2.0k citations Rolf Wüstenhagen, M. Wolsink et al. Energy Policy profile →
  2. Wind power implementation: The nature of public attitudes: Equity and fairness instead of ‘backyard motives’
    2006 780 citations M. Wolsink Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews profile →
  3. Wind power and the NIMBY-myth: institutional capacity and the limited significance of public support
    2000 719 citations M. Wolsink profile →
  4. Planning of renewables schemes: Deliberative and fair decision-making on landscape issues instead of reproachful accusations of non-cooperation
    2007 483 citations M. Wolsink Energy Policy profile →
  5. Social acceptance revisited: gaps, questionable trends, and an auspicious perspective
    2018 194 citations M. Wolsink Energy Research & Social Science profile →

Peers

M. Wolsink
Rolf Wüstenhagen Switzerland
Paul Upham United Kingdom
Dan van der Horst United Kingdom
Raphael J. Heffron United Kingdom
Darren McCauley United Kingdom
Jennie C. Stephens United States
Ryan Wiser United States
Mary Jean Bürer Switzerland
Sanya Carley United States
Charlie Wilson United Kingdom
Rolf Wüstenhagen Switzerland
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Countries citing papers authored by M. Wolsink

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Fields of papers citing papers by M. Wolsink

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. Wolsink

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

All Works

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Wolsink, M.. (2018). Social acceptance, lost objects, and obsession with the ‘public’—The pressing need for enhanced conceptual and methodological rigor. Energy Research & Social Science. 48. 269–276. 30 indexed citations
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Wolsink, M.. (2015). Environmental education excursions and proximity to urban green space – densification in a ‘compact city’. Environmental Education Research. 22(7). 1049–1071. 29 indexed citations
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Wolsink, M.. (2014). Distributed generation of sustainable energy as a common pool resource: social acceptance in rural setting of smart (micro-)grid configurations. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 36–47. 8 indexed citations
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Wolsink, M.. (2013). The next phase in social acceptance of renewable innovation. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 5(1). 10–13. 13 indexed citations
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Wolsink, M.. (2011). The research agenda on social acceptance of distributed generation in smart grids: Renewable as common pool resources. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 16(1). 822–835. 405 indexed citations
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Wolsink, M. & Sylvia Breukers. (2010). Contrasting the core beliefs regarding the effective implementation of wind power. An international study of stakeholder perspectives. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 53(5). 535–558. 73 indexed citations
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Wolsink, M.. (2009). Near-shore wind power—Protected seascapes, environmentalists’ attitudes, and the technocratic planning perspective. Land Use Policy. 27(2). 195–203. 133 indexed citations
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Wüstenhagen, Rolf, M. Wolsink, & Mary Jean Bürer. (2007). Social acceptance of renewable energy innovation: An introduction to the concept. Energy Policy. 35(5). 2683–2691. 2043 indexed citations breakdown →
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Breukers, Sylvia & M. Wolsink. (2007). Wind energy policies in the Netherlands: Institutional capacity-building for ecological modernisation. Environmental Politics. 16(1). 92–112. 50 indexed citations
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Wolsink, M.. (2003). Utilities as tools for shaping the city: waste management and power supply. 143–161. 1 indexed citations
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Wolsink, M.. (2003). Reshaping the Dutch Planning System: A Learning Process?. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space. 35(4). 705–723. 55 indexed citations
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Wolsink, M., et al.. (2001). Waste Sector Structure: Institutional Capacity for Planning Waste Reduction. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. 92(2). 148–163. 7 indexed citations
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Wolsink, M., et al.. (1998). Vechten tegen windmolens. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 2 indexed citations
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Wolsink, M., et al.. (1997). The Structure of the Dutch Waste Sector and Impediments for Waste Reduction. Waste Management & Research The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy. 15(6). 641–658. 16 indexed citations
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Jong, Pieter de, et al.. (1996). Nutsbedrijven en de beperking van huishoudelijk milieugebruik in Nederland. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 23(1). 218–241. 2 indexed citations
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Wolsink, M.. (1994). Entanglement of Interests and Motives: Assumptions behind the NIMBY-theory on Facility Siting. Urban Studies. 31(6). 851–866. 183 indexed citations
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Wolsink, M.. (1987). Wind power for the electricity supply of houses. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment. 2(3). 195–214. 26 indexed citations

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