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Switzerland
2026

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Business and Management

D-Index
59
Citations
23849
World Ranking
572
National Ranking
4

Bernhard Truffer publication distribution in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Business and Management in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bernhard Truffer sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 163 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more.

Bernhard Truffer D-index placement in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bernhard Truffer sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 156 scientists 31 D-Index: 159 scientists 32 D-Index: 171 scientists 33 D-Index: 161 scientists 34 D-Index: 135 scientists 35 D-Index: 124 scientists 36 D-Index: 114 scientists 37 D-Index: 111 scientists 38 D-Index: 103 scientists 39 D-Index: 89 scientists 40 D-Index: 81 scientists 41 D-Index: 97 scientists 42 D-Index: 80 scientists 43 D-Index: 69 scientists 44 D-Index: 68 scientists 45 D-Index: 63 scientists 46 D-Index: 54 scientists 47 D-Index: 69 scientists 48 D-Index: 50 scientists 49 D-Index: 58 scientists 50 D-Index: 54 scientists 51 D-Index: 62 scientists 52 D-Index: 54 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 49 scientists 55 D-Index: 35 scientists 56 D-Index: 40 scientists 57 D-Index: 44 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 29 scientists 60 D-Index: 48 scientists 61 D-Index: 32 scientists 62 D-Index: 30 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 22 scientists 65 D-Index: 19 scientists 66 D-Index: 20 scientists 67 D-Index: 18 scientists 68 D-Index: 17 scientists 69 D-Index: 21 scientists 70 D-Index: 20 scientists 71 D-Index: 19 scientists 72 D-Index: 14 scientists 73 D-Index: 10 scientists 74 D-Index: 16 scientists 75 D-Index: 24 scientists 76 D-Index: 13 scientists 77 D-Index: 19 scientists 78 D-Index: 8 scientists 79 D-Index: 6 scientists 80 D-Index: 4 scientists 81 D-Index: 12 scientists 82 D-Index: 7 scientists 83 D-Index: 7 scientists 84 D-Index: 6 scientists 85 D-Index: 10 scientists 86 D-Index: 4 scientists 87 D-Index: 11 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89+ D-Index: 96 scientists
30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Bernhard Truffer is affiliated with the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology in Switzerland. Their research contributions span key areas within the Social Sciences, with an emphasis on Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management, Urban Studies, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their scholarly output addresses various topics, including:

  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Urban and Rural Development Challenges
  • Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
  • Regional resilience and development
  • Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
  • Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development

Truffer has published extensively, with frequent contributions to journals such as Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Economic Geography, SSRN Electronic Journal, Environmental Science & Technology, and Regional Studies.

Notable recent papers include:

  • A Research Agenda for the Future of Urban Water Management: Exploring the Potential of Nongrid, Small-Grid, and Hybrid Solutions (2020, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • A perspective on the future of sustainability transitions research (2022, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions)
  • Shaping the directionality of sustainability transitions: the diverging development patterns of solar photovoltaics in two Chinese provinces (2021, Regional Studies)
  • Directionality of transitions in space: Diverging trajectories of electric mobility and autonomous driving in urban and rural settlement structures (2020, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions)
  • Contouring 'earth-space sustainability' (2022, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions)

Their collaborative work includes frequent partnerships with researchers such as Christian Binz, Christoph Lüthi, George Kiambuthi Wainaina, Xiao-Shan Yap, and Harald Rohracher.

Best Publications

  • Sustainability transitions: an emerging field of research and its prospects

    Jochen Markard;Rob Raven;Bernhard Truffer

  • Technological innovation systems and the multi-level perspective: Towards an integrated framework

    Jochen Markard;Bernhard Truffer

  • Toward a spatial perspective on sustainability transitions

    Lars Coenen;Paul Stephen Benneworth;B. Truffer;B. Truffer

  • Experimenting for Sustainable Transport: The Approach of Strategic Niche Management

    Remco Hoogma;René Kemp;Johan Schot;Bernhard Truffer

  • The structuration of socio-technical regimes—Conceptual foundations from institutional theory

    Lea Fuenfschilling;Lea Fuenfschilling;Bernhard Truffer

  • Emerging solutions to the water challenges of an urbanizing world

    Tove A. Larsen;Sabine Hoffmann;Christoph Lüthi;Bernhard Truffer;Bernhard Truffer

  • Environmental Innovation and Sustainability Transitions in Regional Studies

    Bernhard Truffer;Lars Coenen

  • Technological innovation systems in contexts: conceptualizing contextual structures and interaction dynamics

    Anna Bergek;Marko Hekkert;Staffan Jacobsson;Jochen Markard

  • Environmental innovation and societal transitions: Introduction and overview

    Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh;Bernhard Truffer;Bernhard Truffer;Giorgos Kallis

  • Global Innovation Systems—A conceptual framework for innovation dynamics in transnational contexts

    Christian Binz;Bernhard Truffer;Bernhard Truffer

  • Towards a theory of regional diversification : Combining insights from Evolutionary Economic Geography and Transition Studies

    Ron Boschma;Lars Coenen;Koen Frenken;Bernhard Truffer

  • Absorptive capacity, learning processes and combinative capabilities as determinants of strategic innovation

    Heiko Gebauer;Hagen Worch;Bernhard Truffer

  • Places and Spaces of Sustainability Transitions: Geographical Contributions to an Emerging Research and Policy Field

    Lars Coenen;Bernhard Truffer

  • Innovation processes in large technical systems: Market liberalization as a driver for radical change?

    Jochen Markard;Bernhard Truffer

  • Why space matters in technological innovation systems—Mapping global knowledge dynamics of membrane bioreactor technology

    Christian Binz;Bernhard Truffer;Lars Coenen

  • The interplay of institutions, actors and technologies in socio-technical systems — An analysis of transformations in the Australian urban water sector

    Lea Fuenfschilling;Bernhard Truffer;Bernhard Truffer

  • Path Creation as a Process of Resource Alignment and Anchoring: Industry Formation for On-Site Water Recycling in Beijing

    Christian Binz;Bernhard Truffer;Lars Coenen

  • The geography of sustainability transitions: Contours of an emerging theme

    Bernhard Truffer;Bernhard Truffer;James T. Murphy;Rob Raven

  • Institutional dynamics and technology legitimacy - A framework and a case study on biogas technology

    Jochen Markard;Steffen Wirth;Bernhard Truffer;Bernhard Truffer

  • The Local Sources of Market Formation: Explaining Regional Growth Differentials in German Photovoltaic Markets

    Ulrich Dewald;Bernhard Truffer

  • Towards a spatial perspective on sustainability transitions

    Lars Coenen;Paul Benneworth;Bernhard Truffer

Frequent Co-Authors

Jochen Markard
Jochen Markard ETH Zurich
Max Maurer
Max Maurer Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Lars Coenen
Lars Coenen University of Melbourne
Heiko Gebauer
Heiko Gebauer Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Johan Schot
Johan Schot Utrecht University
René Kemp
René Kemp Maastricht University
Willi Gujer
Willi Gujer Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Marko P. Hekkert
Marko P. Hekkert Utrecht University
Staffan Jacobsson
Staffan Jacobsson Chalmers University of Technology

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