Ruud Smits

4.0k total citations
33 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Ruud Smits is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Management of Technology and Innovation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruud Smits has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Strategy and Management, 13 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation and 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Ruud Smits's work include Innovation and Knowledge Management (15 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (8 papers) and University-Industry-Government Innovation Models (7 papers). Ruud Smits is often cited by papers focused on Innovation and Knowledge Management (15 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (8 papers) and University-Industry-Government Innovation Models (7 papers). Ruud Smits collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Slovenia. Ruud Smits's co-authors include Stefan Kuhlmann, Marko P. Hekkert, Harro van Lente, Simona O. Negro, Wouter Boon, Laurens K. Hessels, Linda M. Kamp, C. D. Andriesse, Ellen H.M. Moors and Roald A.A. Suurs and has published in prestigious journals such as Research Policy, Energy Policy and International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

In The Last Decade

Ruud Smits

32 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ruud Smits Netherlands 23 701 665 622 605 548 33 2.6k
Roald A.A. Suurs Netherlands 12 843 1.2× 667 1.0× 762 1.2× 458 0.8× 504 0.9× 20 2.9k
Annika Rickne Sweden 13 1.0k 1.5× 860 1.3× 535 0.9× 699 1.2× 414 0.8× 32 2.6k
Remco Hoogma Netherlands 8 556 0.8× 581 0.9× 1.1k 1.8× 536 0.9× 715 1.3× 12 2.9k
R.E.H.M. Smits Australia 5 576 0.8× 469 0.7× 461 0.7× 357 0.6× 340 0.6× 12 1.8k
Harald Rohracher Sweden 25 561 0.8× 340 0.5× 1.1k 1.8× 513 0.8× 829 1.5× 79 3.1k
Peter Karnøe Denmark 17 630 0.9× 936 1.4× 391 0.6× 785 1.3× 633 1.2× 42 3.8k
G.P.J. Verbong Netherlands 29 655 0.9× 516 0.8× 1.4k 2.3× 441 0.7× 1.0k 1.8× 76 4.2k
Henny Romijn Netherlands 29 803 1.1× 990 1.5× 316 0.5× 533 0.9× 335 0.6× 69 2.9k
Sven Lindmark Sweden 8 559 0.8× 447 0.7× 422 0.7× 306 0.5× 323 0.6× 38 1.6k
Christian Binz Switzerland 23 954 1.4× 540 0.8× 613 1.0× 364 0.6× 458 0.8× 45 2.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ruud Smits

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruud Smits

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ruud Smits. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ruud Smits 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 Ruud Smits. Ruud Smits 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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Smits, Ruud, et al.. (2014). The role of technology assessment in technology policy. International Journal of Technology Management. 1 indexed citations
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Moors, Ellen H.M., et al.. (2012). User producer interaction in context. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 79(6). 1121–1134. 26 indexed citations
3.
Hessels, Laurens K., John Grin, & Ruud Smits. (2011). The effects of a changing institutional environment on academic research practices: three cases from agricultural science. Science and Public Policy. 38(7). 555–568. 19 indexed citations
4.
Smits, Ruud, Stefan Kuhlmann, & Philip Shapira. (2010). The Theory and Practice of Innovation Policy: An International Research Handbook. Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University). 119 indexed citations
5.
Boon, Wouter, Ellen H.M. Moors, Stefan Kuhlmann, & Ruud Smits. (2010). Demand articulation in emerging technologies: Intermediary user organisations as co-producers?. Research Policy. 40(2). 242–252. 95 indexed citations
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Hessels, Laurens K., Harro van Lente, & Ruud Smits. (2009). In search of relevance: the changing contract between science and society. Science and Public Policy. 36(5). 387–401. 125 indexed citations
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Suurs, Roald A.A., et al.. (2009). Understanding the formative stage of technological innovation system development: The case of natural gas as an automotive fuel. Energy Policy. 38(1). 419–431. 98 indexed citations
8.
Mierlo, Barbara van, Cees Leeuwis, Ruud Smits, & Rosalinde Klein Woolthuis. (2009). Learning towards system innovation: Evaluating a systemic instrument. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 77(2). 318–334. 125 indexed citations
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Smits, Ruud & Wouter Boon. (2008). The role of users in innovation in the pharmaceutical industry. Drug Discovery Today. 13(7-8). 353–359. 32 indexed citations
10.
Negro, Simona O., Marko P. Hekkert, & Ruud Smits. (2008). Stimulating renewable energy technologies by innovation policy. Science and Public Policy. 35(6). 403–416. 32 indexed citations
11.
Smits, Ruud, et al.. (2007). Tailoring CTA for emerging technologies. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 75(3). 312–333. 46 indexed citations
12.
Boon, Wouter, Ellen H.M. Moors, Stefan Kuhlmann, & Ruud Smits. (2007). Demand articulation in intermediary organisations: The case of orphan drugs in the Netherlands. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 75(5). 644–671. 48 indexed citations
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Hekkert, Marko P., et al.. (2006). Perceived uncertainties regarding socio-technological transformations: towards a framework. International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy. 2(2). 214–214. 49 indexed citations
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Negro, Simona O., Marko P. Hekkert, & Ruud Smits. (2006). Explaining the failure of the Dutch innovation system for biomass digestion—A functional analysis. Energy Policy. 35(2). 925–938. 194 indexed citations
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Smits, Ruud & Pim den Hertog. (2006). TA and the management of innovation in economy and society. International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy. 3(1). 28–28. 15 indexed citations
16.
Ortt, J. Roland & Ruud Smits. (2006). Innovation management: different approaches to cope with the same trends. International Journal of Technology Management. 34(3/4). 296–296. 42 indexed citations
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Smits, Ruud & Stefan Kuhlmann. (2004). The rise of systemic instruments in innovation policy. International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy. 1(1/2). 4–4. 404 indexed citations
18.
Kuhlmann, Stefan, et al.. (2003). New governance for innovation : the need for horizontal and systemic policy co-ordination ; report on a workshop.
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Moors, Ellen H.M., et al.. (2003). User–producer interactions in functional genomics innovations. Innovation. 5(2-3). 120–143. 15 indexed citations
20.
Glasbergen, Pieter & Ruud Smits. (2003). The policy laboratory for sustainable development. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 4(1). 57–74. 8 indexed citations

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