Romain Debref

479 total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 289 citations indexed

About

Romain Debref is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Romain Debref has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 289 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Strategy and Management, 7 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 5 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Romain Debref's work include Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development (7 papers), Sustainable Supply Chain Management (6 papers) and Biotechnology and Related Fields (5 papers). Romain Debref is often cited by papers focused on Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development (7 papers), Sustainable Supply Chain Management (6 papers) and Biotechnology and Related Fields (5 papers). Romain Debref collaborates with scholars based in France, Italy and Germany. Romain Debref's co-authors include Nicolas Béfort, Martino Nieddu, Mario Giampietro, Andreas Pyka, Franck-Dominique Vivien, Ludovic Temple, Delphine Gallaud, David Houben, Isabelle Trinsoutrot‐Gattin and Michel‐Pierre Faucon and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Ecological Economics and Plant and Soil.

In The Last Decade

Romain Debref

17 papers receiving 268 citations

Hit Papers

The Hijacking of the Bioeconomy 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150
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. The Hijacking of the Bioeconomy
    2019 196 citations Martino Nieddu, Nicolas Béfort et al. Ecological Economics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Romain Debref France 8 201 96 74 46 36 17 289
Nicolas Béfort France 7 273 1.4× 116 1.2× 98 1.3× 57 1.2× 31 0.9× 18 362
Swinda F. Pfau Netherlands 5 249 1.2× 120 1.3× 70 0.9× 41 0.9× 23 0.6× 5 322
Martino Nieddu France 10 208 1.0× 106 1.1× 73 1.0× 56 1.2× 151 4.2× 39 418
David B. Sawaya 3 152 0.8× 46 0.5× 81 1.1× 13 0.3× 19 0.5× 4 286
Thomas Vogelpohl Germany 9 153 0.8× 53 0.6× 63 0.9× 23 0.5× 20 0.6× 16 324
Kutay Cingiz Netherlands 5 156 0.8× 104 1.1× 38 0.5× 24 0.5× 4 0.1× 13 243
Bärbel Hüsing Germany 8 29 0.1× 22 0.2× 30 0.4× 5 0.1× 27 0.8× 24 186
Sarah Peter Germany 7 69 0.3× 13 0.1× 3 0.0× 11 0.2× 40 1.1× 14 255
Elen Stokes United Kingdom 9 6 0.0× 55 0.6× 13 0.2× 6 0.1× 52 1.4× 26 218
Jet Yee United States 9 165 0.8× 21 0.2× 8 0.1× 7 0.2× 12 0.3× 20 327

Countries citing papers authored by Romain Debref

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Fields of papers citing papers by Romain Debref

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Romain Debref

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

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Faucon, Michel‐Pierre, Thierry Aussenac, Romain Debref, et al.. (2023). Combining agroecology and bioeconomy to meet the societal challenges of agriculture. Plant and Soil. 492(1-2). 61–78. 8 indexed citations
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Debref, Romain, et al.. (2023). The complex relationships between non-food agriculture and the sustainable bioeconomy: The French case. Ecological Economics. 214. 107974–107974. 9 indexed citations
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Debref, Romain, et al.. (2022). For an Institutionalist Approach to the Bioeconomy: Innovation, Green Growth and the Rise of New Development Models. Journal of Innovation Economics & Management. N° 38(2). 1–9. 11 indexed citations
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Debref, Romain, et al.. (2022). For an Institutionalist Approach to the Bioeconomy: Innovation, Green Growth and the Rise of New Development Models. Journal of Innovation Economics & Management. No 38(2). 1–9. 2 indexed citations
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Debref, Romain, et al.. (2022). For an Institutionalist Approach to the Bioeconomy: Innovation, Green Growth and the Rise of New Development Models. Journal of Innovation Economics & Management. N° 38(2). 1–9. 4 indexed citations
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Debref, Romain, et al.. (2021). 1. Economics and the Environment since the 1950s: An Overview. Cahiers d économie politique. n° 79(1). 7–30. 3 indexed citations
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Debref, Romain & Franck-Dominique Vivien. (2021). Quelle bioéconomie écologique ? Retour sur le débat des années 1970-1980. Économie rurale. 376. 19–35. 4 indexed citations
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Nieddu, Martino, et al.. (2019). The Hijacking of the Bioeconomy. Ecological Economics. 159. 189–197. 196 indexed citations breakdown →
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Debref, Romain, et al.. (2019). Éditorial. L’innovation responsable, dimension stratégique des organisations. Innovations. N° 59(2). 5–13. 8 indexed citations
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Debref, Romain. (2018). Environmental Innovation and Ecodesign. 7 indexed citations
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Debref, Romain. (2017). Revising Boundaries of the Process of Environmental Innovation to Prevent Climate Change. Journal of Innovation Economics & Management. n° 24(3). 9–34. 8 indexed citations
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Debref, Romain. (2016). Pour une approche systémique de l’innovation « environnementale ». Revue d économie industrielle. 155. 71–98. 8 indexed citations
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Debref, Romain, Martino Nieddu, & Franck-Dominique Vivien. (2016). Flux de matières et d'énergie : produire dans les limites de la biosphère. L Economie politique. N° 69(1). 24–24. 2 indexed citations
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Debref, Romain, et al.. (2013). Construire sa légitimité à l’aide des normes environnementales. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 18-19. 1 indexed citations
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Debref, Romain. (2012). The Paradoxes of Environmental Innovations: The Case of Green Chemistry. Journal of Innovation Economics & Management. n°9(1). 83–102. 12 indexed citations

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