Rob Raven

21.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
173 papers, 12.9k citations indexed

About

Rob Raven is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Rob Raven has authored 173 papers receiving a total of 12.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 53 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 40 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Rob Raven's work include Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (93 papers), Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (37 papers) and Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (33 papers). Rob Raven is often cited by papers focused on Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (93 papers), Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (37 papers) and Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (33 papers). Rob Raven collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Australia and United Kingdom. Rob Raven's co-authors include Jochen Markard, Bernhard Truffer, Adrian Smith, Frank W. Geels, G.P.J. Verbong, Frans Sengers, Anna Wieczorek, Frans Berkhout, Lars Coenen and Florian Kern and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Rob Raven

164 papers receiving 12.2k citations

Hit Papers

Sustainability transitions: An emerging field of research... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2012 2012 2016 2019 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Sustainability transitions: An emerging field of research and its prospects
    2012 2.3k citations Rob Raven et al. Research Policy profile →
  2. What is protective space? Reconsidering niches in transitions to sustainability
    2012 1.2k citations Adrian Smith, Rob Raven Research Policy profile →
  3. Sustainability transitions in the making: A closer look at actors, strategies and resources
    2012 452 citations Jacco Farla, Rob Raven et al. profile →
  4. Experimenting for sustainability transitions: A systematic literature review
    2016 392 citations Frans Sengers, Rob Raven et al. profile →
  5. Urban greening through nature-based solutions – Key characteristics of an emerging concept
    2019 267 citations Hade Dorst, Alexander van der Jagt et al. Sustainable Cities and Society profile →
  6. Scientific evidence on the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals
    2022 247 citations Frank Biermann, Thomas Hickmann et al. Nature 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
Rob Raven Netherlands 54 5.2k 3.3k 2.1k 2.0k 1.8k 173 12.9k
Adrian Smith United Kingdom 55 5.2k 1.0× 4.7k 1.4× 2.3k 1.1× 1.9k 1.0× 2.3k 1.3× 194 15.1k
Johan Schot Netherlands 37 5.1k 1.0× 3.8k 1.2× 2.5k 1.2× 2.5k 1.3× 2.5k 1.4× 97 14.7k
Bernhard Truffer Switzerland 51 4.4k 0.8× 3.0k 0.9× 3.2k 1.5× 1.8k 0.9× 2.6k 1.4× 135 13.6k
René Kemp Netherlands 48 3.3k 0.6× 2.4k 0.7× 2.9k 1.4× 1.7k 0.8× 2.8k 1.6× 130 12.6k
Andy Stirling United Kingdom 49 3.9k 0.7× 3.5k 1.1× 1.6k 0.7× 990 0.5× 1.0k 0.6× 163 11.3k
Jochen Markard Switzerland 42 3.0k 0.6× 2.2k 0.7× 2.2k 1.0× 1.0k 0.5× 1.8k 1.0× 70 8.9k
Derk Loorbach Netherlands 43 4.5k 0.9× 2.4k 0.7× 1.1k 0.5× 1.6k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 108 9.9k
Harriet Bulkeley United Kingdom 62 7.6k 1.4× 5.5k 1.7× 2.6k 1.3× 1.1k 0.5× 826 0.5× 162 15.7k
Marko P. Hekkert Netherlands 58 2.8k 0.5× 2.3k 0.7× 3.3k 1.5× 2.1k 1.0× 7.9k 4.4× 174 17.8k
Frans Berkhout United Kingdom 46 4.1k 0.8× 2.5k 0.8× 1.8k 0.8× 625 0.3× 990 0.5× 131 9.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Rob Raven

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rob Raven

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rob Raven

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rob Raven. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rob Raven 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 Rob Raven. Rob Raven 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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Raven, Rob, Ruth Lane, Jo Lindsay, David Reynolds, & Annica Kronsell. (2025). Household innovation and agency in sustainability transitions. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 56. 100987–100987. 2 indexed citations
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Raven, Rob, et al.. (2024). Actors, agency, and institutional contexts: Transition intermediation for low-carbon mobility transition. Environmental Science & Policy. 154. 103707–103707. 8 indexed citations
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Raven, Rob, Jo Lindsay, Ruth Lane, & David Reynolds. (2024). Household niche experimentation in sustainability transitions and everyday life: A novel framework with evidence from low-waste living in Melbourne. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 52. 100893–100893. 2 indexed citations
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Lane, Ruth, Annica Kronsell, David Reynolds, Rob Raven, & Jo Lindsay. (2024). Role of local governments and households in low-waste city transitions. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 52. 100879–100879. 3 indexed citations
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Kirchherr, Julian, et al.. (2024). Bottom‐up dynamics in circular innovation systems: The perspective of circular start‐ups. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 28(2). 320–338. 11 indexed citations
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Lindsay, Jo, David Reynolds, Dharma Arunachalam, Rob Raven, & Ruth Lane. (2024). Household Sustainability Labour and the Gendering of Responsibility for Low Waste Living. Sociology. 58(5). 1061–1082. 8 indexed citations
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Lane, Ruth, et al.. (2023). Responsibility and innovation for low waste and circular economy transitions: what roles for households?. Critical Policy Studies. 18(4). 579–599. 6 indexed citations
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Fastenrath, Sebastian, et al.. (2023). Mission-Oriented Innovation Districts: Towards challenge-led, place-based urban innovation. Journal of Cleaner Production. 418. 138079–138079. 17 indexed citations
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Zhao, Kun, et al.. (2023). Pro-social concerns characterise landlords’ energy efficiency retrofit behaviour: evidence and implications for energy efficiency policy in Victoria, Australia. International Journal of Housing Policy. 25(2). 211–233. 5 indexed citations
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Boon, Wouter, et al.. (2023). Pluralizing urban futures: A multicriteria mapping analysis of online taxis in Indonesia. Futures. 154. 103260–103260. 2 indexed citations
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Malekpour, Shirin, et al.. (2023). Are the sustainable development goals transforming universities? – An analysis of steering effects and depth of change. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 17. 100186–100186. 14 indexed citations
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Hoop, Evelien de, et al.. (2022). Deliberating the knowledge politics of smart urbanism. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 4 indexed citations
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Biermann, Frank, Thomas Hickmann, Carole‐Anne Sénit, et al.. (2022). Author Correction: Scientific evidence on the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals. Nature Sustainability. 6(3). 344–344. 3 indexed citations
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Biermann, Frank, Thomas Hickmann, Carole‐Anne Sénit, et al.. (2022). Scientific evidence on the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals. Nature Sustainability. 5(9). 795–800. 247 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brömmelstroet, Marco te, Анна Николаева, Samuel Nello‐Deakin, et al.. (2020). Researching cycling innovations: The contested nature of understanding and shaping smart cycling futures. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives. 8. 100247–100247. 12 indexed citations
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Sengers, Frans, et al.. (2020). A dramaturgy of critical moments in transition: Understanding the dynamics of conflict in socio-political change. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 37. 156–170. 39 indexed citations
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Dorst, Hade, Alexander van der Jagt, Rob Raven, & Hens Runhaar. (2019). Urban greening through nature-based solutions – Key characteristics of an emerging concept. Sustainable Cities and Society. 49. 101620–101620. 267 indexed citations breakdown →
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Walrave, Bob, et al.. (2019). Studying transitions: Past, present, and future. Research Policy. 48(9). 103788–103788. 90 indexed citations
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Raven, Rob, et al.. (2010). Strategic Niche Management (SNM) beyond sustainability : an exploration of key findings of SNM through the lens of ICT and privacy. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 7(2). 101–128. 1 indexed citations
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Raven, Rob, et al.. (2004). Ruling out Innovations. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 6(2). 178–198. 2 indexed citations

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