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D-Index
63
Citations
22453
World Ranking
1925
National Ranking
702

Arnim Wiek publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arnim Wiek sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 533+

This scientist: 161 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 533 publications or more.

Arnim Wiek D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arnim Wiek sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 122+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 122 D-Index or more.

Overview

Arnim Wiek is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States and contributes extensively to research in environmental science, social sciences, and business, management and accounting. Their work covers several subfields such as education, plant science, ecology, sociology and political science, and management, monitoring, policy and law.

The main topics of Wiek's research include:

  • Sustainability in Higher Education
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Organic Food and Agriculture
  • Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wiek are:

  • Daniel J. Lang
  • David Sipple
  • Matthias Barth
  • Aaron Redman
  • Henrik von Wehrden

Wiek has published in a range of academic venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
  • Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development
  • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • Urban Transformations
  • Frontiers in Education

Recent published papers include:

  • Scaling the impact of sustainability initiatives: a typology of amplification processes, 2020, Urban Transformations
  • Competencies for Advancing Transformations Towards Sustainability, 2021, Frontiers in Education
  • Sustainable agrifood systems for a post-growth world, 2022, Nature Sustainability
  • Current practice of assessing students' sustainability competencies: a review of tools, 2020, Sustainability Science
  • What are the ingredients for food systems change towards sustainability?-Insights from the literature, 2020, Environmental Research Letters

Wiek has also contributed to book publications, including work published by Stadtforschung aktuell. One known book is titled Nachhaltige Gestaltung von lokalen Ernährungssystemen durch Kommunalpolitik und -verwaltung, published in 2024.

Best Publications

  • Transdisciplinary research in sustainability science: practice, principles, and challenges

    Daniel J. Lang;Arnim Wiek;Matthias Bergmann;Michael Stauffacher

  • Key competencies in sustainability: a reference framework for academic program development

    Arnim Wiek;Lauren Withycombe;Charles L. Redman

  • Real‐world learning opportunities in sustainability: from classroom into the real world

    Katja Brundiers;Arnim Wiek;Charles L. Redman

  • The future of sustainability science: a solutions-oriented research agenda

    Thaddeus R. Miller;Arnim Wiek;Daniel Sarewitz;John Robinson

  • Transdisciplinary case studies as a means of sustainability learning: Historical framework and theory

    Roland W. Scholz;Daniel J. Lang;Arnim Wiek;Alexander I. Walter

  • From complex systems analysis to transformational change: a comparative appraisal of sustainability science projects

    Arnim Wiek;Barry Ness;Petra Schweizer-Ries;Fridolin S. Brand

  • Ten essentials for action-oriented and second order energy transitions, transformations and climate change research

    Ioan Fazey;Niko Schäpke;Guido Caniglia;James Patterson

  • Future visioning of local climate change: A framework for community engagement and planning with scenarios and visualisation

    Stephen R.J. Sheppard;Alison Shaw;David Flanders;Sarah Burch

  • Learning through evaluation: A tentative evaluative scheme for sustainability transition experiments

    Christopher Luederitz;Niko Schapke;Arnim Wiek;Arnim Wiek;Daniel J. Lang

  • Making local futures tangible - synthesizing, downscaling, and visualizing climate change scenarios for participatory capacity building.

    Alison Shaw;Stephen Sheppard;Sarah Burch;David Flanders

  • Operationalising Competencies in Higher Education for Sustainable Development

    Arnim Wiek;Michael J. Bernstein;Rider W. Foley;Matthew Cohen

  • Integrating problem- and project-based learning into sustainability programs: A case study on the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University

    Arnim Wiek;Angela Xiong;Katja Brundiers;Sander van der Leeuw

  • Quality criteria for visions and visioning in sustainability science

    Arnim Wiek;David Iwaniec

  • Do We Teach What We Preach? An International Comparison of Problem- and Project-Based Learning Courses in Sustainability

    Katja Brundiers;Arnim Wiek

  • Environmental decision making in multi-stakeholder contexts: applicability of life cycle thinking in development planning and implementation

    Lanka Thabrew;Arnim Wiek;Robert Ries

  • Water, People, and Sustainability—A Systems Framework for Analyzing and Assessing Water Governance Regimes

    Arnim Wiek;Kelli L. Larson

  • Learning to research environmental problems from a functional socio‐cultural constructivism perspective: The transdisciplinary case study approach

    M. Stauffacher;A.I. Walter;D.J. Lang;A. Wiek

  • Functions of scenarios in transition processes

    Arnim Wiek;Claudia Binder;Roland W. Scholz

  • Educating Students in Real-world Sustainability Research: Vision and Implementation

    Katja Brundiers;Arnim Wiek

  • Solution spaces for decision-making—a sustainability assessment tool for city-regions

    Arnim Wiek;Claudia R. Binder

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel J. Lang
Daniel J. Lang Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Henrik von Wehrden
Henrik von Wehrden Leuphana University of Lüneburg
John P. Robinson
John P. Robinson University of Maryland, College Park
Michael J. Bernstein
Michael J. Bernstein Pennsylvania State University
Pim Martens
Pim Martens Maastricht University
Claudia R. Binder
Claudia R. Binder École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Charles L. Redman
Charles L. Redman Arizona State University
Philip Shapira
Philip Shapira University of Manchester
Derk Loorbach
Derk Loorbach Erasmus University Rotterdam

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