Richard Cowell

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Richard Cowell is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Cowell has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 13 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Richard Cowell's work include Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (23 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (19 papers) and Urban Planning and Governance (9 papers). Richard Cowell is often cited by papers focused on Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (23 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (19 papers) and Urban Planning and Governance (9 papers). Richard Cowell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Czechia. Richard Cowell's co-authors include Gillian Bristow, Max Munday, Susan Owens, Peter A. Strachan, Geraint Ellis, David Toke, Fionnguala Sherry‐Brennan, Steve Martin, Mick Lennon and James Downe and has published in prestigious journals such as Biomass and Bioenergy, Urban Studies and Land Use Policy.

In The Last Decade

Richard Cowell

82 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Acceptance, acceptability and environmental justice: the role of community benefits in wind energy development

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard Cowell United Kingdom	27	1.3k	851	397	395	256	84	2.2k
Bob Evans United Kingdom	20	1.2k 0.9×	822 1.0×	378 1.0×	325 0.8×	186 0.7×	54	2.3k
Heather Lovell United Kingdom	29	548 0.4×	722 0.8×	206 0.5×	174 0.4×	276 1.1×	63	2.2k
Simon Guy United Kingdom	27	588 0.5×	709 0.8×	322 0.8×	124 0.3×	258 1.0×	94	2.6k
Kevin Lo Hong Kong	32	919 0.7×	861 1.0×	244 0.6×	393 1.0×	499 1.9×	124	3.5k
David Toke United Kingdom	21	1.1k 0.9×	712 0.8×	170 0.4×	364 0.9×	149 0.6×	62	1.9k
Federico Demaria Spain	19	862 0.7×	460 0.5×	376 0.9×	154 0.4×	418 1.6×	38	2.3k
Ian Bailey United Kingdom	27	699 0.6×	569 0.7×	657 1.7×	193 0.5×	233 0.9×	78	2.3k
Bregje van Veelen United Kingdom	17	703 0.6×	523 0.6×	105 0.3×	385 1.0×	119 0.5×	28	1.3k
Rachel M. Krause United States	26	698 0.6×	560 0.7×	355 0.9×	338 0.9×	457 1.8×	56	2.9k
Lucie Middlemiss United Kingdom	24	848 0.7×	378 0.4×	392 1.0×	996 2.5×	43 0.2×	56	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Richard Cowell

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Cowell

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Cowell

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Cowell, Richard, et al.. (2024). What do we know about the effectiveness of local energy plans? A systematic review of the research. Energy Research & Social Science. 118. 103767–103767. 2 indexed citations

Cowell, Richard & Carla De Laurentis. (2022). Investigating energy infrastructure through the low carbon challenge: technologies, governance and socio-spatial effects. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. 24(4). 367–374. 6 indexed citations

Cowell, Richard, et al.. (2020). Integrating Planning and Environmental Protection: An Analysis of post-Brexit Regulatory Styles and Practitioner Attitudes in the UK. Planning Theory & Practice. 21(4). 570–590.

Cowell, Richard. (2020). The role of place in energy transitions: Siting gas-fired power stations and the reproduction of high-carbon energy systems. Geoforum. 112. 73–84. 28 indexed citations

Chodkowska‐Miszczuk, Justyna, Stanislav Martinát, & Richard Cowell. (2019). Community tensions, participation, and local development: Factors affecting the spatial embeddedness of anaerobic digestion in Poland and the Czech Republic. Energy Research & Social Science. 55. 134–145. 40 indexed citations

Burns, Charlotte, Richard Cowell, Peter Eckersley, et al.. (2018). Environmental policy in a devolved United Kingdom: challenges and opportunities after Brexit. Nottingham Trent University's Institutional Repository (Nottingham Trent Repository). 4 indexed citations

Cowell, Richard, et al.. (2017). Assessing the impact of Brexit on the UK waste resource management sector. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 1 indexed citations

Dühr, Stefanie, et al.. (2015). Europeanizing planning education and the enduring power of national institutions. International Planning Studies. 21(1). 16–33. 6 indexed citations

Cowell, Richard & Mick Lennon. (2014). The Utilisation of Environmental Knowledge in Land-Use Planning: Drawing Lessons for an Ecosystem Services Approach. Environment and Planning C Government and Policy. 32(2). 263–282. 82 indexed citations

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Ellis, Geraint, Richard Cowell, Fionnguala Sherry‐Brennan, Peter A. Strachan, & David Toke. (2013). Planning, energy and devolution in the UK. Town Planning Review. 84(3). 397–410. 15 indexed citations

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Cowell, Richard. (2012). The Greenest Government Ever? Planning and Sustainability in England after the May 2010 Elections. Planning Practice and Research. 28(1). 27–44. 20 indexed citations

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Owens, Susan & Richard Cowell. (2011). Land and Limits. 58 indexed citations

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Feindt, Peter H. & Richard Cowell. (2010). The Recession, Environmental Policy and Ecological Modernization – What's New about the Green New Deal?. International Planning Studies. 15(3). 191–211. 17 indexed citations

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Cowell, Richard. (2009). ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INTEGRATION IN PRACTICE. SHAPING INSTITUTIONS FOR LEARNING Måns Nilsson and Katarina Eckerberg (eds). Public Administration. 87(2). 418–420. 1 indexed citations

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Andrews, Rhys & Richard Cowell. (2005). Civic education and local government: a literature review: Report for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 3 indexed citations

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Abram, Simone & Richard Cowell. (2004). Dilemmas of Implementation: ‘Integration’ and ‘Participation’ in Norwegian and Scottish Local Government. Environment and Planning C Government and Policy. 22(5). 701–719. 31 indexed citations

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Cowell, Richard & Huw Thomas. (2002). Managing Nature and Narratives of Dispossession: Reclaiming Territory in Cardiff Bay. Urban Studies. 39(7). 1241–1260. 32 indexed citations

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Cowell, Richard & Jonathan Murdoch. (1999). Land Use and the Limits to (Regional) Governance: Some Lessons from Planning for Housing and Minerals in England. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 23(4). 654–669. 35 indexed citations

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Owens, Susan & Richard Cowell. (1994). Lost land and limits to growth. Land Use Policy. 11(3). 168–180. 9 indexed citations

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Cowell, Richard, et al.. (1980). Energy costs in food delivery calculated.. PubMed. 54(3). 67–9. 1 indexed citations

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