Timothy O’Riordan

16.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
267 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Timothy O’Riordan is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Timothy O’Riordan has authored 267 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 49 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 32 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Timothy O’Riordan's work include Risk Perception and Management (23 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (13 papers) and Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (13 papers). Timothy O’Riordan is often cited by papers focused on Risk Perception and Management (23 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (13 papers) and Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (13 papers). Timothy O’Riordan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Portugal. Timothy O’Riordan's co-authors include Alister Mathieson, Geoffrey Wall, Susanne Stoll‐Kleemann, Andrew Jordan, Ronald G. Cummings, David S. Brookshire, Carlo Jaeger, Ian H. Langford, Claire Marris and James Tansey and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Timothy O’Riordan

246 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

Tourism: Economic, Physical and Social Impacts

1983 819 citations Timothy O’Riordan et al. profile →
Valuing Environmental Goods: An Assessment of the Contingent Valuation Method

1987 713 citations Timothy O’Riordan et al. profile →
Transformative social innovation and (dis)empowerment

2017 370 citations Timothy O’Riordan et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Timothy O’Riordan

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The urgency of the Lancet Planetary Health–Earth Commission’s report and IPBES transformations versus the ongoing Z transformation: the need to soften the human sustainability boundaries 2025 ·Sustainability Science ·Filipe Duarte Santos, Timothy O’Riordan, (unknown), Jiesper Strandsbjerg Tristan Pedersen	0
2	The critical role of governance for decarbonisation at pace: learning the lessons from SHAPE research—Introduction 2025 ·Journal of the British Academy ·Sarah Birch, (unknown), Andrew Jordan, Timothy O’Riordan, (unknown)	1
3	Unveiling global sustainability boundaries: exploring inner dimensions of human critical determinants for sustainability 2024 ·Sustainability Science ·Filipe Duarte Santos, Timothy O’Riordan, (unknown), Jiesper Strandsbjerg Tristan Pedersen	2
4	Environmental politics and policy processes 2014 ·Timothy O’Riordan	1
5	Using Surveys in Public Participation Processes for Risk Decision Making: The Case of the 2003 British GM Nation? Public Debate 2005 ·Risk Analysis ·Nick Pidgeon, Wouter Poortinga, Gene Rowe, (unknown), John Walls, Timothy O’Riordan	99
6	Biodiversity, Sustainability and Human Communities 2002 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Timothy O’Riordan, Thomas Ε. Lovejoy, Norman Myers, Jules Pretty, Toddi A. Steelman, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Michael Sturm, Martin Welp, Susanne Stoll‐Kleemann, Walter V. Reid	38
7	Environmental Change, Climate and Health 2002 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·(unknown), Robert T. Watson, Anthony J. McMichael, Ann G. Carmichael, Kirk R. Smith, Tamara E. Awerbuch, Kristie L. Ebi, Sari Kovats, Paul R. Epstein, Pim Martens, Louisa R. Beck, Diarmid Campbell‐Lendrum, Alistair Woodward, Timothy O’Riordan	21
8	Climate change? No, thank you: Perceptions and behaviour of citizens of Norwich, UK 2002 ·UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) ·Irene Lorenzoni, Ian H. Langford, Timothy O’Riordan	2
9	Globalism, localism and identity : fresh perspectives on the transition to sustainability 2001 ·Timothy O’Riordan	53
10	Reinterpreting the precautionary principle 2001 ·Journal of Risk Research ·Timothy O’Riordan, James Cameron, Andrew Jordan	85
11	Sustainable development in Western Europe : coming to terms with Agenda 21 1997 ·Timothy O’Riordan, (unknown)	16
12	Perceiving environmental risks 1995 ·Academic Press eBooks ·Timothy O’Riordan	8
13	Controlling pollution in the round: change and choice in environmental regulation in Britain and West Germany 1991 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Albert Weale, Timothy O’Riordan, (unknown)	8
14	Greening the machinery of government : a framework for governmental administration in the 1990s and beyond 1990 ·OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique) ·Timothy O’Riordan, Albert Weale	1
15	Anticipatory environmental policy impediments and opportunities 1989 ·Environmental Monitoring and Assessment ·Timothy O’Riordan	0
16	Environmental Planning and Management 1983 ·UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) ·Timothy O’Riordan, (unknown)	9
17	The scope of environmental risk management 1979 ·AMBIO ·Timothy O’Riordan	9
18	Culture of Participation in Environmental Decisionmaking, The 1976 ·Natural resources journal ·(unknown), Timothy O’Riordan	17
19	Policy Making and Environmental Management: Some Thoughts on Processes and Research Issues 1976 ·Natural resources journal ·Timothy O’Riordan	5
20	Environmental impact assessment 1976 ·Timothy O’Riordan, Richard D. Hey, Solly Zuckerman	2

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