Sabine Hoffmann

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Sabine Hoffmann is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Information Systems and Management and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sabine Hoffmann has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 10 papers in Information Systems and Management and 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Sabine Hoffmann's work include Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (14 papers), Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration (10 papers) and Complex Systems and Decision Making (5 papers). Sabine Hoffmann is often cited by papers focused on Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (14 papers), Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration (10 papers) and Complex Systems and Decision Making (5 papers). Sabine Hoffmann collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Australia and United States. Sabine Hoffmann's co-authors include Max Maurer, Christoph Lüthi, Bernhard Truffer, Tove A. Larsen, Christian Pohl, Julie Thompson Klein, Janet G. Hering, Cynthia Mitchell, Dena Fam and Stefan Peiffer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Environmental Science & Technology and Research Policy.

In The Last Decade

Sabine Hoffmann

27 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Emerging solutions to the water challenges of an urbanizing world

2016 593 citations Tove A. Larsen, Sabine Hoffmann et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sabine Hoffmann Switzerland	14	373	294	233	219	193	28	1.4k
Paul Brown United States	18	501 1.3×	249 0.8×	20 0.1×	170 0.8×	103 0.5×	74	1.9k
Gilberto Martins Portugal	18	37 0.1×	235 0.8×	244 1.0×	608 2.8×	120 0.6×	53	1.5k
Dustin Mulvaney United States	17	402 1.1×	102 0.3×	16 0.1×	382 1.7×	206 1.1×	51	2.3k
Néstor Montalván-Burbano Ecuador	20	257 0.7×	128 0.4×	16 0.1×	79 0.4×	46 0.2×	37	1.3k
Ghaffar Ali Pakistan	24	301 0.8×	96 0.3×	17 0.1×	354 1.6×	79 0.4×	64	1.7k
Joanne Catherine Gaskell United States	8	512 1.4×	240 0.8×	9 0.0×	320 1.5×	59 0.3×	13	1.7k
Vinnie Jauhari India	12	46 0.1×	123 0.4×	44 0.2×	69 0.3×	91 0.5×	41	2.3k
Kathleen E. Halvorsen United States	19	425 1.1×	66 0.2×	57 0.2×	59 0.3×	14 0.1×	52	1.5k
Fabienne Gralla Germany	8	665 1.8×	31 0.1×	152 0.7×	133 0.6×	31 0.2×	12	1.2k
Xiaodong Zhu China	31	1.2k 3.3×	304 1.0×	10 0.0×	874 4.0×	135 0.7×	80	3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sabine Hoffmann

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hoffmann, Sabine, et al.. (2026). Muddling through: A typology of interdisciplinary research practices in environmental sciences. Environmental Science & Policy. 177. 104342–104342.

Hoffmann, Sabine & Bianca Vienni Baptista. (2026). Training integration in science, policy and practice: insights from designing and implementing integrative teaching and learning. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 13(1). 244–244. 1 indexed citations

Hoffmann, Sabine, et al.. (2025). Roles of researchers in inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability research: a reflection tool. Sustainability Science. 20(3). 777–792. 5 indexed citations

Bugmann, Harald, Louis A. König, Eva Lieberherr, et al.. (2025). Developing a conceptual framework for interdisciplinary communication, collaboration, and integration: A structured approach. AMBIO. 54(12). 2118–2134. 1 indexed citations

Fischer, Manuel, et al.. (2025). Knowledge Cumulation at Science‐Policy Interfaces: Opportunities for Environmental Governance Research. Environmental Policy and Governance. 35(3). 538–546. 2 indexed citations

Pohl, Christian, et al.. (2025). Creating favorable conditions for inter- and transdisciplinary integration – An analytical framework and empirical insights. Global Environmental Change. 91. 102963–102963. 5 indexed citations

Lieberherr, Eva, Ivana Logar, Harald Bugmann, et al.. (2025). Science integration and a participatory scenario process. An inter- and transdisciplinary study from the Alps. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 34(1). 35–41. 1 indexed citations

Fischer, Andreas, et al.. (2024). Herding cats: integrative leadership strategies in inter- and transdisciplinary research programs. Sustainability Science. 20(1). 95–115. 7 indexed citations

Cvitanovic, Christopher, Denis B. Karcher, James Breen, et al.. (2024). Knowledge brokers at the interface of environmental science and policy: A review of knowledge and research needs. Environmental Science & Policy. 163. 103973–103973. 7 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Sabine, et al.. (2022). Integrate the integrators! A call for establishing academic careers for integration experts. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 9(1). 49 indexed citations

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Ingold, Karin, Christian Stamm, Rik I.L. Eggen, et al.. (2022). Barriers to evidence use for sustainability: Insights from pesticide policy and practice. AMBIO. 52(2). 425–439. 25 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Sabine, Christine Weber, & Cynthia Mitchell. (2022). Principles for Leading, Learning, and Synthesizing in Inter- and Transdisciplinary Research. BioScience. 72(10). 963–977. 12 indexed citations

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Belcher, B., et al.. (2021). Leading inter- and transdisciplinary research: Lessons from applying theories of change to a strategic research program. Environmental Science & Policy. 120. 29–41. 38 indexed citations

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Pohl, Christian, Julie Thompson Klein, Sabine Hoffmann, Cynthia Mitchell, & Dena Fam. (2021). Conceptualising transdisciplinary integration as a multidimensional interactive process. Environmental Science & Policy. 118. 18–26. 142 indexed citations

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Aragrande, Maurizio, John Berezowski, Massimo Canali, et al.. (2019). EVOLvINC: EValuating knOwLedge INtegration Capacity in multistakeholder governance. Ecology and Society. 24(2). 23 indexed citations

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Alexander, Timothy J., et al.. (2018). Indicators for measuring the contributions of individual knowledge brokers. Environmental Science & Policy. 89. 1–9. 37 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Sabine, Christian Pohl, & Janet G. Hering. (2017). Methods and procedures of transdisciplinary knowledge integration: empirical insights from four thematic synthesis processes. Ecology and Society. 22(1). 79 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Sabine. (2016). Transdisciplinary Knowledge Integration within Large Research Programs. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 25(3). 201–203. 11 indexed citations

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Larsen, Tove A., Sabine Hoffmann, Christoph Lüthi, Bernhard Truffer, & Max Maurer. (2016). Emerging solutions to the water challenges of an urbanizing world. Science. 352(6288). 928–933. 593 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hoffmann, Sabine. (2012). Property, possession and natural resource management: towards a conceptual clarification. Journal of Institutional Economics. 9(1). 39–60. 13 indexed citations

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