Wytske Versteeg

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

About

Wytske Versteeg is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change and Language and Linguistics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wytske Versteeg has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 4 papers in Language and Linguistics. Recurrent topics in Wytske Versteeg's work include Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (5 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (4 papers) and Digital Communication and Language (2 papers). Wytske Versteeg is often cited by papers focused on Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (5 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (4 papers) and Digital Communication and Language (2 papers). Wytske Versteeg collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Russia. Wytske Versteeg's co-authors include Maarten A. Hajer, Peter Pelzer, Hedwig te Molder, Petra Sneijder, Anne Loeber, Erich Grießler, Lisette van Beek and Jesse Hoffman and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Pragmatics, Sociology of Health & Illness and Futures.

In The Last Decade

Wytske Versteeg

17 papers receiving 990 citations

Hit Papers

A decade of discourse analysis of environmental politics:... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. A decade of discourse analysis of environmental politics: Achievements, challenges, perspectives
    2005 788 citations Maarten A. Hajer, Wytske Versteeg Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wytske Versteeg Netherlands 9 443 419 185 139 95 18 1.1k
Luigi Pellizzoni Italy 15 538 1.2× 314 0.7× 154 0.8× 145 1.0× 78 0.8× 74 1.2k
Angela Oels Germany 9 490 1.1× 462 1.1× 142 0.8× 91 0.7× 55 0.6× 13 978
Gustavo García-López United States 21 289 0.7× 442 1.1× 146 0.8× 103 0.7× 93 1.0× 38 1.1k
Christian Hunold United States 15 423 1.0× 263 0.6× 282 1.5× 112 0.8× 91 1.0× 28 1.0k
Martijn Duineveld Netherlands 17 353 0.8× 425 1.0× 153 0.8× 224 1.6× 69 0.7× 61 1.1k
Basil Bornemann Switzerland 13 234 0.5× 354 0.8× 108 0.6× 171 1.2× 89 0.9× 49 912
Tamara Metze Netherlands 15 462 1.0× 551 1.3× 167 0.9× 155 1.1× 180 1.9× 58 1.6k
Susan Paulson United States 12 294 0.7× 199 0.5× 120 0.6× 129 0.9× 75 0.8× 38 875
Filka Sekulova Spain 15 494 1.1× 514 1.2× 88 0.5× 223 1.6× 80 0.8× 28 1.5k
David A. Sonnenfeld United States 20 364 0.8× 342 0.8× 140 0.8× 204 1.5× 163 1.7× 47 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Wytske Versteeg

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wytske Versteeg

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wytske Versteeg

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Versteeg, Wytske, et al.. (2025). All but naive: Patrolling epistemic territories in radio phone-ins. Discourse Studies. 27(5). 826–845.
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Hoffman, Jesse, Wytske Versteeg, & Maarten A. Hajer. (2024). Utopianism in state–society interaction: reflections on the transdisciplinary intervention ‘Places of Hope’. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. 26(6). 558–574. 1 indexed citations
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Beek, Lisette van & Wytske Versteeg. (2023). Plausibility in models and fiction: What integrated assessment modellers can learn from an interaction with climate fiction. Futures. 151. 103195–103195. 6 indexed citations
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Hajer, Maarten A. & Wytske Versteeg. (2020). Imagining the urban. Territory Politics Governance. 9(1). 158–161. 1 indexed citations
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Versteeg, Wytske & Hedwig te Molder. (2019). Making expertise fit: On the use of certified versus experiential knowledge in becoming an informed patient. Journal of Health Psychology. 26(6). 843–859. 3 indexed citations
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Pelzer, Peter & Wytske Versteeg. (2019). Imagination for change: The Post-Fossil City Contest. Futures. 108. 12–26. 37 indexed citations
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Versteeg, Wytske & Hedwig te Molder. (2018). ‘You must know what you mean when you say that’: the morality of knowledge claims aboutADHDin radio phone‐ins. Sociology of Health & Illness. 40(4). 718–734. 11 indexed citations
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Hajer, Maarten A. & Wytske Versteeg. (2018). Imagining the post-fossil city: why is it so difficult to think of new possible worlds?. Territory Politics Governance. 7(2). 122–134. 68 indexed citations
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Versteeg, Wytske, Hedwig te Molder, & Petra Sneijder. (2017). “Listen to your body”: Participants’ alternative to science in online health discussions. Health An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health Illness and Medicine. 22(5). 432–450. 18 indexed citations
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Versteeg, Wytske & Hedwig te Molder. (2016). What my body tells me about your experience: ‘My side’ empathy formulations in ADHD coaching sessions. Journal of Pragmatics. 105. 74–86. 7 indexed citations
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Versteeg, Wytske. (2011). 'Klimaatdebat 2011': media-analyse. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 1 indexed citations
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Versteeg, Wytske & Anne Loeber. (2011). CIT-PART: report case study Netherlands. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 4 indexed citations
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Hajer, Maarten A. & Wytske Versteeg. (2011). Voices of Vulnerability: The Reconfiguration of Policy Discourses. Oxford University Press eBooks. 15 indexed citations
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Loeber, Anne, Erich Grießler, & Wytske Versteeg. (2011). Stop looking up the ladder: analyzing the impact of participatory technology assessment from a process perspective. Science and Public Policy. 38(8). 599–608. 13 indexed citations
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Versteeg, Wytske & Maarten A. Hajer. (2010). Is This How It Is, or Is This How It Is Here? Making Sense of Politics in Planning. 177–200. 9 indexed citations
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Hajer, Maarten A. & Wytske Versteeg. (2009). Political rhetoric in the Netherlands: reframing crises in the media. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 108–130. 1 indexed citations
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Hajer, Maarten A. & Wytske Versteeg. (2005). performing governance through networks. European Political Science. 4(3). 340–347. 97 indexed citations
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Hajer, Maarten A. & Wytske Versteeg. (2005). A decade of discourse analysis of environmental politics: Achievements, challenges, perspectives. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. 7(3). 175–184. 788 indexed citations breakdown →

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