Ulla A. Saari

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ulla A. Saari is a scholar working on Marketing, Strategy and Management and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Ulla A. Saari has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Marketing, 10 papers in Strategy and Management and 7 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Ulla A. Saari's work include Environmental Sustainability in Business (12 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (7 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (6 papers). Ulla A. Saari is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Sustainability in Business (12 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (7 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (6 papers). Ulla A. Saari collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Germany and Sweden. Ulla A. Saari's co-authors include Christian M. Ringle, Svenja Damberg, Lena Frömbling, Walter Leal Filho, Marija Klõga, Viktoria Voronova, Saku Mäkinen, Harri Moora, Arvo Iital and Mariia Fedoruk and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production and Trends in Food Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Ulla A. Saari

24 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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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.

Sustainable consumption behavior of Europeans: The influence of environmental knowledge and risk perception on environmental concern and behavioral intention

2021 332 citations Ulla A. Saari, Svenja Damberg et al. Ecological Economics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ulla A. Saari Finland	11	305	289	237	232	216	27	1.1k
Carsten Herbes Germany	19	355 1.2×	248 0.9×	231 1.0×	189 0.8×	177 0.8×	52	1.3k
David Lazarevic Finland	21	203 0.7×	214 0.7×	435 1.8×	357 1.5×	117 0.5×	43	1.6k
Nils Brandt Sweden	21	147 0.5×	215 0.7×	161 0.7×	459 2.0×	306 1.4×	60	1.6k
Gustav Sandin Sweden	15	442 1.4×	161 0.6×	608 2.6×	258 1.1×	140 0.6×	25	1.7k
Ingun Grimstad Klepp Norway	19	478 1.6×	450 1.6×	371 1.6×	394 1.7×	91 0.4×	56	1.6k
Murillo Vetroni Barros Brazil	20	287 0.9×	137 0.5×	658 2.8×	161 0.7×	78 0.4×	45	1.5k
Kirsi Laitala Norway	20	660 2.2×	450 1.6×	576 2.4×	480 2.1×	123 0.6×	44	1.8k
Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu Hong Kong	22	264 0.9×	179 0.6×	339 1.4×	179 0.8×	58 0.3×	92	1.4k
Graça Martinho Portugal	20	296 1.0×	327 1.1×	527 2.2×	1.2k 5.3×	187 0.9×	41	2.0k
Meisam Ranjbari Italy	18	354 1.2×	116 0.4×	501 2.1×	277 1.2×	94 0.4×	31	1.8k

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Tampio, Elina, et al.. (2025). Optimizing the logistical routing of agricultural side-streams to a biogas plant for a circular bioeconomy implementation. Bioresource Technology Reports. 30. 102097–102097. 1 indexed citations

Saari, Ulla A., et al.. (2025). The Role of Patents in Circular Innovation: The Case of Sustainable and Recyclable Materials in the Textile Industry. Business Strategy and the Environment. 35(1). 967–1002.

Saari, Ulla A., Annabeth Aagaard, Leona Achtenhagen, & Saku Mäkinen. (2025). Framing Entrepreneurial Ideas for Sustainability: How Do Purpose‐Driven Startups Include the Sustainable Development Goals in Their Pitches?. Business Strategy and the Environment. 34(3). 3796–3826. 1 indexed citations

Damberg, Svenja, et al.. (2024). Consumers' purchase behavior of Cradle to Cradle Certified® products—The role of trust and supply chain transparency. Business Strategy and the Environment. 33(8). 8280–8299. 6 indexed citations

Saari, Ulla A., et al.. (2024). Implementation and Adoption of Digital Product Passports: A Systematic Literature Review. Trepo - Institutional Repository of Tampere University. 1–9. 1 indexed citations

Saari, Ulla A. & Svenja Damberg. (2023). International Social Survey Program (ISSP) environment dataset modules: Open data and its applicability in PLS-SEM Research. Data in Brief. 48. 109126–109126.

Saari, Ulla A., Svenja Damberg, Leena Aarikka‐Stenroos, et al.. (2023). Capabilities for circular economy innovation: Factors leading to product/service innovations in the construction and manufacturing industries. Journal of Cleaner Production. 434. 140295–140295. 22 indexed citations

Saari, Ulla A., Svenja Damberg, Lena Frömbling, & Christian M. Ringle. (2021). Sustainable consumption behavior of Europeans: The influence of environmental knowledge and risk perception on environmental concern and behavioral intention. Ecological Economics. 189. 107155–107155. 332 indexed citations breakdown →

Filho, Walter Leal, Amanda Lange Sálvia, Alessandra Bònoli, et al.. (2020). An assessment of attitudes towards plastics and bioplastics in Europe. The Science of The Total Environment. 755(Pt 1). 142732–142732. 160 indexed citations

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Aagaard, Annabeth, Ulla A. Saari, & Saku Mäkinen. (2020). Mapping the types of business experimentation in creating sustainable value: A case study of cleantech start-ups. Journal of Cleaner Production. 279. 123182–123182. 20 indexed citations

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Saari, Ulla A., Cornelius Herstatt, Rajnish Tiwari, Ozgur Dedehayir, & Saku Mäkinen. (2020). The vegan trend and the microfoundations of institutional change: A commentary on food producers’ sustainable innovation journeys in Europe. Trends in Food Science & Technology. 107. 161–167. 66 indexed citations

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Saari, Ulla A., Saku Mäkinen, & Christian M. Ringle. (2019). Exploring the Microfoundations of End-User Interests toward Co-Creating Renewable Energy Technology Innovations. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Filho, Walter Leal, Ulla A. Saari, Mariia Fedoruk, et al.. (2019). An overview of the problems posed by plastic products and the role of extended producer responsibility in Europe. Journal of Cleaner Production. 214. 550–558. 294 indexed citations

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Saari, Ulla A. & Saku Mäkinen. (2019). From Replication to Further Scale Development: A Case Study of Incorporating an Eco-Friendliness Dimension in an Existing Consumer Experience Scale. Trepo - Institutional Repository of Tampere University. 1 indexed citations

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Saari, Ulla A., et al.. (2019). Business Model Readiness of Start-up Driven Energy Innovations – an Empirical Review. 1–6.

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Saari, Ulla A., et al.. (2018). Policy Influence on Consumers’ Evolution into Prosumers—Empirical Findings from an Exploratory Survey in Europe. Sustainability. 10(1). 186–186. 27 indexed citations

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Saari, Ulla A., Rupert J. Baumgartner, & Saku Mäkinen. (2017). Eco-Friendly Brands to Drive Sustainable Development: Replication and Extension of the Brand Experience Scale in a Cross-National Context. Sustainability. 9(7). 1286–1286. 13 indexed citations

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Saari, Ulla A.. (2016). Eco-Friendliness in the Brand Experience of High-Tech Products. Trepo - Institutional Repository of Tampere University. 5 indexed citations

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Saari, Ulla A. & Saku Mäkinen. (2016). Exploring how brand experience measurement could be used for integrating marketing and R&D. 1 indexed citations

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Aarikka‐Stenroos, Leena, et al.. (2016). Multiple facets of innovation and business ecosystem research : the foci, methods and future agenda. 4 indexed citations

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