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D-Index
47
Citations
14766
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5665
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381

Daniel J. Lang publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Daniel J. Lang sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 123 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Daniel J. Lang D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Daniel J. Lang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Daniel J. Lang is affiliated with Leuphana University of Lüneburg in Germany. Their research primarily spans social sciences and environmental science, with a significant focus on sustainability and climate change governance and innovative approaches in technology and social development.

The main topics covered in Lang's work include:

  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
  • Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
  • Sustainability in Higher Education
  • Innovation, Technology, and Society
  • Complex Systems and Decision Making
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability

Lang's research falls into subfields such as global and planetary change, management of technology and innovation, education, sociology and political science, and information systems and management.

They have contributed extensively to several academic venues, with frequent publications in:

  • GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
  • Sustainability Science
  • Ecology and Society
  • International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
  • Nature Sustainability

Among their recent published papers are:

  • "A pluralistic and integrated approach to action-oriented knowledge for sustainability," 2020, Nature Sustainability
  • "Indigenous and local knowledge in sustainability transformations research: a literature review," 2020, Ecology and Society
  • "Scaling the impact of sustainability initiatives: a typology of amplification processes," 2020, Urban Transformations
  • "Transdisciplinary sustainability research in real-world labs: success factors and methods for change," 2021, Sustainability Science
  • "Leverage points for sustainability transformations: nine guiding questions for sustainability science and practice," 2021, Sustainability Science

Lang has collaborated frequently with several co-authors over their career, including:

  • David P. M. Lam
  • Henrik von Wehrden
  • Annika Weiser
  • Andra-Ioana Horcea-Milcu
  • Berta Martín-López

Their work emphasizes interdisciplinary research methods and sustainability science, with contributions that address both theoretical frameworks and practical applications in sustainability transformations and education.

Best Publications

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

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

  • Leverage points for sustainability transformation

    David James Abson;Jörn Fischer;Julia Leventon;Jens Newig

  • A review of transdisciplinary research in sustainability science

    Patric Brandt;Anna Ernst;Fabienne Gralla;Christopher Luederitz

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

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

  • Ecosystem services as a boundary object for sustainability

    D.J. Abson;H. von Wehrden;S. Baumgärtner;J. Fischer

  • A review of urban ecosystem services: six key challenges for future research

    Christopher Luederitz;Christopher Luederitz;Ebba Brink;Fabienne Gralla;Verena Hermelingmeier

  • A pluralistic and integrated approach to action-oriented knowledge for sustainability

    Guido Caniglia;Guido Caniglia;C. Luederitz;C. Luederitz;T. von Wirth;I. Fazey

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

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

  • Indigenous and local knowledge in sustainability transformations research : a literature review

    David P. M. Lam;Elvira Hinz;Daniel J. Lang;Maria Tengö

  • Prospective Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Nanosilver T-Shirts

    Tobias Walser;Evangelia Demou;Evangelia Demou;Daniel J. Lang;Daniel J. Lang;Stefanie Hellweg

  • 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

  • Jointly Experimenting for Transformation? Shaping Real-World Laboratories by Comparing Them

    Niko Alexander Schäpke;Franziska Stelzer;Guido Caniglia;Matthias Bergmann

  • Collaboration between the natural, social and human sciences in Global Change Research

    Poul Holm;Michael Evan Goodsite;Sierd Cloetingh;Mauro Agnoletti

  • Transforming knowledge systems for life on Earth: visions of future systems and how to get there

    Ioan Fazey;Niko Schäpke;Guido Caniglia;Anthony Hodgson

  • Scaling the impact of sustainability initiatives: a typology of amplification processes

    David P. M. Lam;Berta Martín-López;Arnim Wiek;Arnim Wiek;Elena M. Bennett

  • Classifying railway stations for strategic transport and land use planning: Context matters!

    Stefan Zemp;Michael Stauffacher;Daniel J. Lang;Daniel J. Lang;Roland W. Scholz

  • Transdisciplinary sustainability research in real-world labs: success factors and methods for change

    Matthias Bergmann;Niko Alexander Schäpke;Niko Alexander Schäpke;Oskar Marg;Franziska Stelzer

  • A systematic review of guiding principles for sustainable urban neighborhood development

    Christopher Luederitz;Daniel J. Lang;Henrik Von Wehrden

  • Many pathways toward sustainability: not conflict but co-learning between transition narratives

    Christopher Luederitz;Christopher Luederitz;David James Abson;René Audet;Daniel J. Lang

  • Experiments and evidence in sustainability science: A typology

    Guido Caniglia;Niko Schäpke;Daniel J. Lang;Daniel J. Lang;David J. Abson

  • Transdisciplinary research in sustainability science : practice, principles, and challenges (Special Feature : Sustainability science: bridging the gap between science and society)

    Daniel J. Lang;Arnim Wiek;Matthias Bergmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Arnim Wiek
Arnim Wiek Arizona State University
Henrik von Wehrden
Henrik von Wehrden Leuphana University of Lüneburg
David J. Abson
David J. Abson Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Claudia R. Binder
Claudia R. Binder École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Pim Martens
Pim Martens Maastricht University
Berta Martín-López
Berta Martín-López Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Anders Pape Møller
Anders Pape Møller University of Paris-Saclay
Klaus Kümmerer
Klaus Kümmerer Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Jens Newig
Jens Newig Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Raimund Bleischwitz
Raimund Bleischwitz University College London

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