Wouter Boon

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
95 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Wouter Boon is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Wouter Boon has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 20 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation and 18 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Wouter Boon's work include Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (14 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (11 papers) and Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (10 papers). Wouter Boon is often cited by papers focused on Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (14 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (11 papers) and Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (10 papers). Wouter Boon collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and Finland. Wouter Boon's co-authors include Ellen H.M. Moors, Laurens Klerkx, Paula Kivimaa, Sampsa Hyysalo, Jakob Edler, Koen Frenken, Bert van Wee, Albert Meijer, Karst Geurs and Ruud Smits and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Wouter Boon

94 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Towards a typology of intermediaries in sustainability transitions: A systematic review and a research agenda

2018 506 citations Wouter Boon, Sampsa Hyysalo et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wouter Boon Netherlands	33	583	568	556	489	467	95	3.1k
Andrew McMeekin United Kingdom	20	550 0.9×	436 0.8×	561 1.0×	323 0.7×	213 0.5×	55	2.3k
Philip J. Vergragt Netherlands	27	518 0.9×	610 1.1×	705 1.3×	377 0.8×	421 0.9×	59	2.8k
Masaru Yarime Japan	26	315 0.5×	371 0.7×	428 0.8×	380 0.8×	424 0.9×	94	3.1k
Remco Hoogma Netherlands	8	715 1.2×	581 1.0×	1.1k 2.0×	556 1.1×	536 1.1×	12	2.9k
Martin de Jong Netherlands	27	404 0.7×	445 0.8×	480 0.9×	669 1.4×	310 0.7×	53	3.0k
Gregory Trencher Japan	26	388 0.7×	215 0.4×	429 0.8×	337 0.7×	475 1.0×	54	2.6k
Eva Heiskanen Finland	35	848 1.5×	513 0.9×	711 1.3×	358 0.7×	453 1.0×	108	3.4k
Harro van Lente Netherlands	27	1.3k 2.2×	597 1.1×	1.0k 1.9×	471 1.0×	659 1.4×	83	4.3k
Lorenz M. Hilty Switzerland	38	411 0.7×	544 1.0×	142 0.3×	640 1.3×	339 0.7×	120	4.0k
Paolo Neirotti Italy	22	498 0.9×	701 1.2×	147 0.3×	350 0.7×	660 1.4×	61	3.3k

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Robinson, Douglas K. R., Susana Borrás, & Wouter Boon. (2024). Reimagining diffusion: Eight building blocks for reconceptualising the generalisation of innovation into society. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 213. 123844–123844. 2 indexed citations

Nap, Henk Herman, et al.. (2024). Making Co-Design More Responsible: Case Study on the Development of an AI-Based Decision Support System in Dementia Care. JMIR Human Factors. 11. e55961–e55961. 4 indexed citations

Boon, Wouter, et al.. (2023). Pluralizing urban futures: A multicriteria mapping analysis of online taxis in Indonesia. Futures. 154. 103260–103260. 2 indexed citations

Maliepaard, Marc, et al.. (2022). Impact of the new European Union In Vitro Diagnostics Regulation on the practice of hospital diagnostic laboratories. Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics. 22(5). 583–590. 6 indexed citations

Boon, Wouter, Karin Jongsma, Megan Milota, et al.. (2022). Meaningful public engagement in the context of open science: reflections from early and mid-career academics. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 6 indexed citations

Hoop, Evelien de, et al.. (2022). Deliberating the knowledge politics of smart urbanism. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 4 indexed citations

Boon, Wouter, Thomas Magnusson, & Sampsa Hyysalo. (2022). Introduction to ‘Markets in sustainability transitions’. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 45. 30–35. 7 indexed citations

Boon, Wouter, et al.. (2021). A Research Pathway Model for evaluating the implementation of practice-based research: The case of self-management health innovations. Research Evaluation. 31(1). 24–48. 1 indexed citations

Vaskelainen, Taneli, Karla Münzel, Wouter Boon, & Koen Frenken. (2021). Servitisation on consumer markets: entry and strategy in Dutch private lease markets. Innovation. 24(1). 231–250. 6 indexed citations

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Lente, Harro van, Wouter Boon, & Laurens Klerkx. (2020). Positioning of systemic intermediaries in sustainability transitions: Between storylines and speech acts. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 36. 485–497. 44 indexed citations

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Sengers, Frans, et al.. (2020). A dramaturgy of critical moments in transition: Understanding the dynamics of conflict in socio-political change. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 37. 156–170. 39 indexed citations

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Boon, Wouter, et al.. (2020). Innovation system formation in international development cooperation: The role of intermediaries in urban sanitation. Science and Public Policy. 47(3). 333–347. 19 indexed citations

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Hoop, Evelien de, et al.. (2019). Smart as a Global Vision? Exploring Smart in Local District Development Projects. Architecture and Culture. 7(3). 437–455. 5 indexed citations

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Boon, Wouter, Laurens K. Hessels, & Edwin Horlings. (2019). Knowledge co-production in protective spaces: case studies of two climate adaptation projects. Regional Environmental Change. 19(7). 1935–1947. 17 indexed citations

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Kulve, Haico te, Wouter Boon, Kornelia Konrad, & Tjerk Jan Schuitmaker‐Warnaar. (2018). Influencing the direction of innovation processes: the shadow of authorities in demand articulation. Science and Public Policy. 45(4). 455–467. 9 indexed citations

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Edler, Jakob & Wouter Boon. (2018). ‘The next generation of innovation policy: Directionality and the role of demand-oriented instruments’—Introduction to the special section. Science and Public Policy. 45(4). 433–434. 41 indexed citations

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Boon, Wouter & Jakob Edler. (2018). Demand, challenges, and innovation. Making sense of new trends in innovation policy. Science and Public Policy. 45(4). 435–447. 172 indexed citations

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Münzel, Karla, Wouter Boon, Koen Frenken, & Taneli Vaskelainen. (2017). Carsharing business models in Germany: characteristics, success and future prospects. Information Systems and e-Business Management. 16(2). 271–291. 80 indexed citations

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Boon, Wouter, et al.. (2007). Industry strategies on theranostics: Need for structural alignment. Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University). 1 indexed citations

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Boon, Wouter, et al.. (2006). Interactive learning in functional genomics innovations. Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University). 2 indexed citations

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