Marco Sonnberger

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 542 citations indexed

About

Marco Sonnberger is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Marco Sonnberger has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 542 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 4 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Marco Sonnberger's work include Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (11 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (10 papers) and Climate Change Communication and Perception (4 papers). Marco Sonnberger is often cited by papers focused on Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (11 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (10 papers) and Climate Change Communication and Perception (4 papers). Marco Sonnberger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and France. Marco Sonnberger's co-authors include Michael Ruddat, Marlen Niederberger, Angelika Homberg, Antonia Graf, Matthias Groß, Julia Spranger, Endre Tvinnereim, Claire Mays, Gisela Böhm and Nicholas Frank Pidgeon and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Nature Energy.

In The Last Decade

Marco Sonnberger

33 papers receiving 522 citations

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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.

Reporting guidelines for Delphi techniques in health sciences: A methodological review

2022 104 citations Julia Spranger, Angelika Homberg et al. Zeitschrift für Evidenz Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen profile →

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Marco Sonnberger

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Luc Van Ootegem Belgium

Paolo Cottone Italy

Philip Sinclair United Kingdom

Izzy Yi Jian Hong Kong

Ji‐Bum Chung South Korea

Julia Offermann Germany

Julia Tao Hong Kong

Roser Sala Spain

Dorothee Amelung Germany

Hannah Devine‐Wright United Kingdom

Luc Van Ootegem Belgium

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Countries citing papers authored by Marco Sonnberger

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marco Sonnberger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marco Sonnberger

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Niederberger, Marlen & Marco Sonnberger. (2025). The participation of lifeworld experts in Delphi processes: A reflection on method and practice. MethodsX. 14. 103274–103274. 2 indexed citations

Sonnberger, Marco, et al.. (2025). Rushing for the gold of the energy transition: An empirical exploration of the relevance of landownership for the wind energy expansion in Germany. Energy Research & Social Science. 123. 104030–104030. 3 indexed citations

Kropp, Cordula & Marco Sonnberger. (2024). Environmental Sociology. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG eBooks. 1 indexed citations

Sonnberger, Marco, et al.. (2024). Wake effects and temperature plumes: Coping with non-knowledge in the expansion of wind and geothermal energy. Social Studies of Science. 54(6). 859–882. 1 indexed citations

Niederberger, Marlen, Stefanie Deckert, Julian Hirt, et al.. (2024). Delphi studies in social and health sciences—Recommendations for an interdisciplinary standardized reporting (DELPHISTAR). Results of a Delphi study. PLoS ONE. 19(8). e0304651–e0304651. 24 indexed citations

Sonnberger, Marco, et al.. (2024). Who owns the wind? Understanding wind energy production through a property chains perspective. Environment and Planning E Nature and Space. 7(6). 2466–2480. 2 indexed citations

Böhm, Gisela, Hans‐Rüdiger Pfister, Rouven Doran, et al.. (2023). Emotional reactions to climate change: a comparison across France, Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 1139133–1139133. 18 indexed citations

Spranger, Julia, Angelika Homberg, Marco Sonnberger, & Marlen Niederberger. (2022). Reporting guidelines for Delphi techniques in health sciences: A methodological review. Zeitschrift für Evidenz Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen. 172. 1–11. 104 indexed citations breakdown →

Sonnberger, Marco. (2022). Compartmentalization as the norm: Exploring the bundling of (un-)sustainable practices in Germany. Energy Research & Social Science. 89. 102642–102642. 3 indexed citations

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Sonnberger, Marco & Antonia Graf. (2021). Sociocultural dimensions of mobility transitions to come: introduction to the special issue. Sustainability Science Practice and Policy. 17(1). 173–184. 8 indexed citations

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Graf, Antonia & Marco Sonnberger. (2019). Responsibility, rationality, and acceptance: How future users of autonomous driving are constructed in stakeholders’ sociotechnical imaginaries. Public Understanding of Science. 29(1). 61–75. 39 indexed citations

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Groß, Matthias & Marco Sonnberger. (2019). How the diesel engine became a “dirty” actant: Compression ignitions and actor networks of blame. Energy Research & Social Science. 61. 101359–101359. 15 indexed citations

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Sonnberger, Marco & Michael Ruddat. (2018). Disclosing Citizens’ Perceptual Patterns of the Transition to Renewable Energy in Germany. Nature and Culture. 13(2). 253–280. 4 indexed citations

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Sonnberger, Marco & Matthias Groß. (2018). Rebound Effects in Practice: An Invitation to Consider Rebound From a Practice Theory Perspective. Ecological Economics. 154. 14–21. 31 indexed citations

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Jaeger‐Erben, Melanie, Johanna Kramm, Marco Sonnberger, et al.. (2018). Building Capacities for Transdisciplinary Research: Challenges and Recommendations for Early-Career Researchers. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 27(4). 379–386. 29 indexed citations

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Steentjes, Katharine, Nicholas Frank Pidgeon, Wouter Poortinga, et al.. (2017). European Perceptions of Climate Change (EPCC): Topline findings of a survey conducted in four European countries in 2016. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 66 indexed citations

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Sonnberger, Marco & Michael Ruddat. (2017). Local and socio-political acceptance of wind farms in Germany. Technology in Society. 51. 56–65. 88 indexed citations

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Corner, Adam, Gisela Böhm, Claire Mays, et al.. (2017). European Perceptions of Climate Change (EPCC): six recommendations for public engagement. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 1 indexed citations

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Sonnberger, Marco & Michael Ruddat. (2016). Die gesellschaftliche Wahrnehmung der Energiewende : Ergebnisse einer deutschlandweiten Repräsentativbefragung. OPUS Publication Server of the University of Stuttgart (University of Stuttgart). 7 indexed citations

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Hauser, Wolfgang, et al.. (2015). Energie-Autarkie und Energie-Autonomie in Theorie und Praxis. Zeitschrift für Energiewirtschaft. 39(3). 151–162. 12 indexed citations

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