Peter Oosterveer

6.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
126 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Peter Oosterveer is a scholar working on Plant Science, Strategy and Management and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Oosterveer has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Plant Science, 46 papers in Strategy and Management and 30 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Peter Oosterveer's work include Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (43 papers), Organic Food and Agriculture (42 papers) and Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability (22 papers). Peter Oosterveer is often cited by papers focused on Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (43 papers), Organic Food and Agriculture (42 papers) and Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability (22 papers). Peter Oosterveer collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and China. Peter Oosterveer's co-authors include A.P.J. Mol, Simon R. Bush, Gert Spaargaren, Belay Tizazu Mengistie, Pham Van Hoi, Inge D. Brouwer, Christophe Béné, Léa Lamotte, Steven D. Prager and Colin K. Khoury and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Peter Oosterveer

121 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

When food systems meet sustainability – Current narrative... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2018 2015 100 200 300 400
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. When food systems meet sustainability – Current narratives and implications for actions
    2018 447 citations Christophe Béné, Peter Oosterveer et al. profile →
  2. Pesticide use practices among smallholder vegetable farmers in Ethiopian Central Rift Valley
    2015 185 citations Belay Tizazu Mengistie, A.P.J. Mol et al. Environment Development and Sustainability profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Oosterveer Netherlands 34 1.1k 981 854 731 655 126 4.2k
Gianluca Brunori Italy 35 2.0k 1.7× 697 0.7× 627 0.7× 1.1k 1.5× 1.7k 2.6× 188 4.8k
Hamid El Bilali Italy 32 990 0.9× 335 0.3× 635 0.7× 1.2k 1.6× 635 1.0× 138 4.0k
Damian Maye United Kingdom 34 2.5k 2.2× 629 0.6× 596 0.7× 1.3k 1.8× 1.1k 1.7× 109 4.4k
Erik Mathijs Belgium 42 1.4k 1.2× 434 0.4× 1.2k 1.4× 508 0.7× 1.7k 2.6× 193 6.8k
Stewart Lockie Australia 33 1.5k 1.3× 574 0.6× 380 0.4× 627 0.9× 871 1.3× 137 4.5k
H. Renting Netherlands 20 2.5k 2.2× 549 0.6× 457 0.5× 1.1k 1.5× 1.9k 2.9× 49 4.4k
I. Darnhofer Austria 28 1.6k 1.4× 299 0.3× 806 0.9× 338 0.5× 1.8k 2.8× 95 4.2k
Xavier Gellynck Belgium 48 1.5k 1.4× 1.5k 1.5× 478 0.6× 2.3k 3.1× 326 0.5× 298 7.1k
Matthias Stolze Switzerland 28 1.6k 1.4× 291 0.3× 1.4k 1.6× 485 0.7× 902 1.4× 101 3.9k
Michael Winter United Kingdom 34 1.8k 1.6× 380 0.4× 791 0.9× 743 1.0× 1.4k 2.1× 131 5.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter Oosterveer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Oosterveer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Oosterveer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peter Oosterveer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peter Oosterveer 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 Peter Oosterveer. Peter Oosterveer 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
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Vignola, Raffaele & Peter Oosterveer. (2025). Conceptualizing the governance challenges for food system transformation. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 9. 1 indexed citations
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Oosterveer, Peter, et al.. (2025). Co-Design for Public Service Innovation in China: The Enabling Role of Street-Level Bureaucrats. Public Performance & Management Review. 48(6). 1453–1481. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jiaqi, Yue Li, Andong Cai, et al.. (2023). Greenhouse gas reduction through crop residue-based bioenergy: A meta-analysis of reduction efficiency and abatement costs of various products. Energy. 270. 126900–126900. 6 indexed citations
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Konefal, Jason, E.M. de Olde, Maki Hatanaka, & Peter Oosterveer. (2023). Signs of Agricultural Sustainability: A Global Assessment of Sustainability Governance Initiatives and Their Indicators in Crop Farming. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Oosterveer, Peter, et al.. (2023). Informal ready-to-eat food vending governance in urban Nigeria: Formal and informal lenses guiding the practice. PLoS ONE. 18(7). e0288499–e0288499. 4 indexed citations
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Oosterveer, Peter, et al.. (2022). Global and local sustainable certification systems: Factors influencing RSPO and Thai-GAP adoption by oil palm smallholder farmers in Thailand. Environment Development and Sustainability. 25(7). 6337–6362. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jiaqi, Peter Oosterveer, Yue Li, & Mary Greene. (2022). Bioenergy versus Soil Improvement: Policy Coherence and Implementation Gaps in Crop Residue-Based Bioenergy Development in China. Water. 14(21). 3527–3527. 6 indexed citations
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Oosterveer, Peter, et al.. (2022). Governing sustainability in the Thai palm oil-supply chain: the role of private actors. Sustainability Science Practice and Policy. 18(1). 37–54. 12 indexed citations
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Cohen, Philippa J., Cindy Huchery, Sarah Sutcliffe, et al.. (2021). Nudging fisheries and aquaculture research towards food systems. Fish and Fisheries. 23(1). 34–53. 30 indexed citations
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Béné, Christophe, Jessica Fanzo, Lawrence Haddad, et al.. (2020). Five priorities to operationalize the EAT–Lancet Commission report. Nature Food. 1(8). 457–459. 51 indexed citations
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Oosterveer, Peter, et al.. (2018). Implementing a palm oil‐based biodiesel policy: The case of Thailand. Energy Science & Engineering. 6(6). 643–657. 14 indexed citations
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Bush, Simon R., et al.. (2018). Moving beyond the shrimp farm: Spaces of shared environmental risk?. Geographical Journal. 185(2). 168–179. 20 indexed citations
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Mengistie, Belay Tizazu, A.P.J. Mol, & Peter Oosterveer. (2015). Private Environmental Governance in the Ethiopian Pesticide Supply Chain: Importation, Distribution and Use. NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences. 76(1). 65–73. 33 indexed citations
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Kantamaturapoj, Kanang, Peter Oosterveer, & Gert Spaargaren. (2013). Providing Sustainable Food in Urban Thailand. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 4 indexed citations
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Kantamaturapoj, Kanang, Peter Oosterveer, & Gert Spaargaren. (2012). Emerging market for sustainable food in Bangkok. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8 indexed citations
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Oosterveer, Peter. (2004). Greening small and medium-sized food processing enterprises in Northern Thailand. International Journal of Business and Society. 5(1). 58–77. 1 indexed citations
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Oosterveer, Peter, et al.. (2004). Alle begin is omstreden. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 22(2). 92–95. 1 indexed citations

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