Wim Van Opstal

773 total citations
58 papers, 343 citations indexed

About

Wim Van Opstal is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Economics and Econometrics and Business and International Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Wim Van Opstal has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 343 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Strategy and Management, 17 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 13 papers in Business and International Management. Recurrent topics in Wim Van Opstal's work include Sustainable Supply Chain Management (19 papers), Innovation and Socioeconomic Development (13 papers) and Economic Analysis and Policy (9 papers). Wim Van Opstal is often cited by papers focused on Sustainable Supply Chain Management (19 papers), Innovation and Socioeconomic Development (13 papers) and Economic Analysis and Policy (9 papers). Wim Van Opstal collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and Switzerland. Wim Van Opstal's co-authors include Jan Brusselaers, Saskia Manshoven, Steven Van Passel, Trudo Dejonghe, Nancy Bocken, Els Du Bois, Lars Strupeit, Ive Vanderreydt, Jozef Pacolet and Alexej Parchomenko and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Energy Policy and Resources Conservation and Recycling.

In The Last Decade

Wim Van Opstal

47 papers receiving 312 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wim Van Opstal Belgium 11 192 92 89 64 40 58 343
Niklas Karlsson Sweden 11 187 1.0× 152 1.7× 40 0.4× 26 0.4× 40 1.0× 16 365
Jack Barrie United Kingdom 8 103 0.5× 34 0.4× 49 0.6× 42 0.7× 25 0.6× 11 241
Angelina Korsunova Finland 7 291 1.5× 226 2.5× 81 0.9× 46 0.7× 40 1.0× 13 446
Mika Kuisma Finland 6 275 1.4× 185 2.0× 31 0.3× 52 0.8× 28 0.7× 18 464
Nicolas Antheaume France 10 118 0.6× 79 0.9× 29 0.3× 45 0.7× 29 0.7× 28 276
Gemma Durán Romero Spain 7 134 0.7× 97 1.1× 25 0.3× 45 0.7× 78 1.9× 29 314
Sonal Khurana India 9 176 0.9× 87 0.9× 49 0.6× 50 0.8× 57 1.4× 15 338
Pontus Huotari Finland 4 305 1.6× 218 2.4× 63 0.7× 25 0.4× 24 0.6× 7 383
Charlotte Louise Jensen Denmark 7 107 0.6× 76 0.8× 34 0.4× 41 0.6× 12 0.3× 17 291
Adriana Marotti de Mello Brazil 10 253 1.3× 109 1.2× 52 0.6× 24 0.4× 31 0.8× 37 400

Countries citing papers authored by Wim Van Opstal

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wim Van Opstal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wim Van Opstal

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wim Van Opstal. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wim Van Opstal 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 Wim Van Opstal. Wim Van Opstal 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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Opstal, Wim Van, Nancy Bocken, & Jan Brusselaers. (2025). Unlocking the Social Circular Economy: Value Propositions and Organizational Design of Social Circular Hubs. Business Strategy and the Environment. 34(8). 10613–10636.
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Opstal, Wim Van, et al.. (2025). How Can Digital Platforms Resolve Market Failures to Foster a Circular Economy?. Business Strategy and the Environment. 35(1). 737–758. 1 indexed citations
3.
Opstal, Wim Van, Nancy Bocken, & Jan Brusselaers. (2025). Cooperating for circularity? Perspectives of citizen energy cooperative members on circular solar business models. Journal of Cleaner Production. 487. 144653–144653. 3 indexed citations
4.
Opstal, Wim Van, et al.. (2025). Mapping the prevalence and size of the informal circular economy in an industrialised region. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 218. 108268–108268.
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Opstal, Wim Van, Nancy Bocken, & Jan Brusselaers. (2025). Smart, circular and renewable: The role of cooperative governance in accelerating a sustainable energy transition. Energy Research & Social Science. 123. 104049–104049. 3 indexed citations
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Coppens, Marc‐Olivier, et al.. (2025). A Pragmatic Methodology to Prioritize Critical Raw Material Recovery. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Opstal, Wim Van, et al.. (2025). Subsidizing repair: implications for the formal and informal circular economy. Journal of Cleaner Production. 518. 145898–145898.
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Opstal, Wim Van & Saskia Manshoven. (2024). From trust to transition: Residential customer acceptance of circular solar business models. Energy Research & Social Science. 115. 103647–103647. 9 indexed citations
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Strupeit, Lars, Nancy Bocken, & Wim Van Opstal. (2024). Towards a Circular Solar Power Sector: Experience with a Support Framework for Business Model Innovation. Circular Economy and Sustainability. 4(3). 2093–2118. 10 indexed citations
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Opstal, Wim Van, et al.. (2024). Towards sustainable growth paths for work integration social enterprises in the circular economy. Journal of Cleaner Production. 470. 143296–143296. 10 indexed citations
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Opstal, Wim Van, et al.. (2024). Aligning incentives for implementing reversible bonding as a circular economy innovation. Business Strategy and the Environment. 33(8). 8017–8036. 7 indexed citations
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Opstal, Wim Van, et al.. (2024). Introducing reusable food packaging: Customer preferences and design implications for successful market entry. Business Strategy and the Environment. 33(7). 6507–6532. 8 indexed citations
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Parchomenko, Alexej, et al.. (2023). The circular economy potential of reversible bonding in smartphones. Sustainable Production and Consumption. 41. 362–378. 10 indexed citations
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Opstal, Wim Van, et al.. (2023). Work integration ambitions of startups in the circular economy. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics. 95(2). 477–504. 6 indexed citations
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Manshoven, Saskia & Wim Van Opstal. (2022). The Carrot or the Stick? Stakeholder Support for Mandatory Regulations towards a Circular Fashion System. Sustainability. 14(22). 14671–14671. 11 indexed citations
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Opstal, Wim Van. (2010). De coöperatie, organisatievorm uit het verleden voor onze samenleving van morgen?. Lirias (KU Leuven). 155(17). 45–45. 2 indexed citations
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Opstal, Wim Van, et al.. (2010). Naar een monitor voor de sociale economie in Vlaanderen. Lirias (KU Leuven). 20(3). 37–50. 3 indexed citations
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Opstal, Wim Van, et al.. (2010). Juridische kaders in de sociale economie: een rechtseconomische doorlichting. Lirias (KU Leuven). 20(3). 51–65.
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Dejonghe, Trudo & Wim Van Opstal. (2009). The consequences of an open labour market in separated product markets in European professional football. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 54(4). 489–511. 4 indexed citations
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Opstal, Wim Van, et al.. (2008). The co-operative provision of public services in an evolving welfare state. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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