Zora Kovacic

1.4k total citations
43 papers, 951 citations indexed

About

Zora Kovacic is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Zora Kovacic has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 951 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 7 papers in Environmental Engineering and 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Zora Kovacic's work include Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (8 papers), Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (6 papers) and Urban and Rural Development Challenges (5 papers). Zora Kovacic is often cited by papers focused on Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (8 papers), Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (6 papers) and Urban and Rural Development Challenges (5 papers). Zora Kovacic collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Norway and South Africa. Zora Kovacic's co-authors include Roger Strand, Mario Giampietro, Thomas Völker, Suzanne Smit, Josephine Kaviti Musango, Alan C. Brent, Madara Ogot, Kareem Buyana, Shuaib Lwasa and I.J.M. de Boer and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Energy Policy and Energy.

In The Last Decade

Zora Kovacic

41 papers receiving 910 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zora Kovacic Spain 20 192 175 164 141 130 43 951
Stelios Grafakos Netherlands 15 199 1.0× 94 0.5× 91 0.6× 157 1.1× 139 1.1× 28 861
Jochen Monstadt Netherlands 18 458 2.4× 133 0.8× 103 0.6× 370 2.6× 91 0.7× 66 1.4k
Daniel Adshead United Kingdom 8 161 0.8× 56 0.3× 125 0.8× 104 0.7× 116 0.9× 12 828
Xin Tong China 20 150 0.8× 118 0.7× 406 2.5× 99 0.7× 153 1.2× 51 1.3k
Heather Chappells United Kingdom 15 188 1.0× 85 0.5× 48 0.3× 272 1.9× 118 0.9× 25 1.2k
Rafia Afroz Malaysia 22 133 0.7× 179 1.0× 156 1.0× 154 1.1× 205 1.6× 60 1.8k
Andréanne Doyon Canada 10 331 1.7× 87 0.5× 110 0.7× 210 1.5× 87 0.7× 37 823
Iwona Bisaga United Kingdom 12 165 0.9× 494 2.8× 53 0.3× 144 1.0× 174 1.3× 18 1.2k
Markku Lehtonen United Kingdom 20 231 1.2× 73 0.4× 194 1.2× 448 3.2× 180 1.4× 53 1.5k
Anne‐Sophie Stevance Austria 5 294 1.5× 203 1.2× 65 0.4× 121 0.9× 154 1.2× 9 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Zora Kovacic

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zora Kovacic

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zora Kovacic

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zora Kovacic. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zora Kovacic 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 Zora Kovacic. Zora Kovacic 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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Kovacic, Zora, et al.. (2025). Implementing the twin transitions: A critical perspective from the Spanish energy sector. Environmental Science & Policy. 164. 104012–104012.
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Kovacic, Zora, et al.. (2024). The twin green and digital transition: High-level policy or science fiction?. Environment and Planning E Nature and Space. 7(6). 2251–2278. 26 indexed citations
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Eversberg, Dennis, et al.. (2023). The more things change, the more they stay the same: promises of bioeconomy and the economy of promises. Sustainability Science. 18(2). 557–568. 29 indexed citations
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Kovacic, Zora, et al.. (2023). Institutionalising interdisciplinarity in PhD training: challenging and redefining expertise in problem-oriented research. Environmental Education Research. 29(3). 473–488. 5 indexed citations
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Kovacic, Zora, et al.. (2021). Precise Yet Uncertain: Broadening Understandings of Uncertainty and Policy in the BPA Controversy. Risk Analysis. 42(2). 279–297. 4 indexed citations
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Muscat, Abigail, E.M. de Olde, Zora Kovacic, I.J.M. de Boer, & R. Ripoll‐Bosch. (2021). Food, energy or biomaterials? Policy coherence across agro-food and bioeconomy policy domains in the EU. Environmental Science & Policy. 123. 21–30. 44 indexed citations
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Kovacic, Zora, et al.. (2020). Isolated yet open: A metabolic analysis of Menorca. The Science of The Total Environment. 738. 139221–139221. 8 indexed citations
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Völker, Thomas, Zora Kovacic, & Roger Strand. (2020). Indicator development as a site of collective imagination? The case of European Commission policies on the circular economy. Culture and Organization. 26(2). 103–120. 67 indexed citations
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Matthews, Keith, Kirsty Blackstock, Kerry A. Waylen, et al.. (2019). Delivering more than the "Sum of the Parts": using Quantitative Storytelling to address the challenges of conducting science for policy in the EU land, water and energy nexus. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 3 indexed citations
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Giampietro, Mario & Zora Kovacic. (2019). Facing the tragedy of change in the semiotic process: the role of science. International Journal of Sustainable Development. 22(1/2). 88–88.
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Kovacic, Zora, Roger Strand, & Thomas Völker. (2019). The Circular Economy in Europe: Critical Perspectives on Policies and Imaginaries. Econstor (Econstor). 56 indexed citations
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Kovacic, Zora, Roger Strand, & Thomas Völker. (2019). The Circular Economy in Europe. BiblioBoard Library Catalog (Open Research Library). 55 indexed citations
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Smit, Suzanne, Josephine Kaviti Musango, Zora Kovacic, & Alan C. Brent. (2018). Towards Measuring the Informal City: A Societal Metabolism Approach. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 23(3). 674–685. 20 indexed citations
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Kovacic, Zora, et al.. (2018). From nationalism to global climate change: analysis of the historical evolution of environmental governance in the Brazilian Amazon. The International Forestry Review. 20(4). 420–435. 4 indexed citations
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Kovacic, Zora. (2018). Governing informality through representation: Examples from slum policies in Brazil and South Africa. Cities. 125. 102122–102122. 17 indexed citations
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Kovacic, Zora. (2018). Conceptualizing Numbers at the Science–Policy Interface. Science Technology & Human Values. 43(6). 1039–1065. 17 indexed citations
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Kovacic, Zora. (2017). Investigating science for governance through the lenses of complexity. Futures. 91. 80–83. 8 indexed citations
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Kovacic, Zora. (2015). Complexity theory in quality assessment. Case studies in sustainability science for governan. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 3 indexed citations
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Kovacic, Zora & Mario Giampietro. (2015). Empty promises or promising futures? The case of smart grids. Energy. 93. 67–74. 17 indexed citations
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Giampietro, Mario, Richard Aspinall, Sandra G.F. Bukkens, et al.. (2013). An Innovative Accounting Framework for the Food-Energy-Water Nexus: Application of the MuSIASEM approach to three case studies. 47 indexed citations

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