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Derk Loorbach 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 Derk Loorbach sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 110 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Derk Loorbach 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 Derk Loorbach sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Derk Loorbach is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science, business, management, accounting, and social sciences, with a strong emphasis on sustainability-related topics.

The main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Business, Management and Accounting
  • Social Sciences

The subfields of study reflect a multidisciplinary approach, covering areas such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Strategy and Management
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Marketing

The primary topics addressed in the body of work encompass:

  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Sustainable Industrial Ecology
  • Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
  • Environmental Sustainability in Business
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Sharing Economy and Platforms

Frequent collaboration with other researchers is evident. Prominent coauthors include:

  • Timo von Wirth
  • Katharina Hölscher
  • Julia M. Wittmayer
  • Niki Frantzeskaki
  • Gijs Diercks

The research has been published extensively across various venues, with notable appearances in:

  • Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Sustainability Science
  • Energy Research & Social Science
  • Journal of Cleaner Production

Selected recent publications include:

  • Transformative innovation and translocal diffusion (2020), Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
  • An actionable understanding of societal transitions: the X-curve framework (2022), Sustainability Science
  • Beyond technology: A research agenda for social sciences and humanities research on renewable energy in Europe (2022), Energy Research & Social Science
  • The Waste-Resource Paradox: Practical dilemmas and societal implications in the transition to a circular economy (2021), Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Managing entrepreneurial and corporate contributions to sustainability transitions (2022), Business Strategy and the Environment

Best Publications

  • Transition management for sustainable development: A prescriptive, complexity-based governance framework

    Derk Loorbach

  • Sustainability Transitions Research: Transforming Science and Practice for Societal Change

    Derk Loorbach;Niki Frantzeskaki;Flor Avelino

  • Transition management as a model for managing processes of co-evolution towards sustainable development

    René Kemp;Derk Loorbach;Jan Rotmans

  • Transition Management : New Mode of Governance for Sustainable Development

    Derk Loorbach

  • Tipping Toward Sustainability: Emerging Pathways of Transformation

    Frances Westley;Per Olsson;Carl Folke;Carl Folke;Thomas Homer-Dixon;Thomas Homer-Dixon

  • Urban Transition Labs: co-creating transformative action for sustainable cities

    Frank Nevens;Niki Frantzeskaki;Leen Gorissen;Derk Loorbach

  • The practice of transition management: Examples and lessons from four distinct cases

    Derk Loorbach;Jan Rotmans

  • Complexity and Transition Management

    Jan Rotmans;Derk Loorbach

  • MANAGING TRANSITIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

    Derk Loorbach;Jan Rotmans

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

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

  • The transition in Dutch water management

    Rutger van der Brugge;Jan Rotmans;Derk Loorbach

  • Business transition management: exploring a new role for business in sustainability transitions

    Derk Loorbach;Katinka Wijsman

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

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

  • Governing societal transitions to sustainability

    Niki Frantzeskaki;Derk Loorbach;James Meadowcroft

  • Actors working the institutions in sustainability transitions: The case of Melbourne's stormwater management

    Rebekah Ruth Brown;Megan Farrelly;Derk Albert Loorbach

  • Assessing the Dutch Energy Transition Policy: How Does it Deal with Dilemmas of Managing Transitions?

    René Kemp;Derk Loorbach;Jan Rotmans

  • Transformative innovation and translocal diffusion

    Derk Loorbach;Julia Wittmayer;Flor Avelino;Timo von Wirth

  • Governing the energy transition : reality, illusion or necessity?

    Geert Verbong;Derk Loorbach

  • Towards governing infrasystem transitions: Reinforcing lock-in or facilitating change?

    Niki Frantzeskaki;Niki Frantzeskaki;Derk Loorbach

  • The role of partnerships in ‘realising’ urban sustainability in Rotterdam's City Ports Area, The Netherlands

    Niki Frantzeskaki;Julia Wittmayer;Derk Loorbach

  • Urban sustainability transitions

    Niki Frantzeskaki;Vanesa Castán Broto;Lars Coenen;Derk Loorbach

Frequent Co-Authors

Niki Frantzeskaki
Niki Frantzeskaki Utrecht University
René Kemp
René Kemp Maastricht University
Carl Folke
Carl Folke Stockholm University
Arnim Wiek
Arnim Wiek Arizona State University
Dirk Schoenmaker
Dirk Schoenmaker Erasmus University Rotterdam
Per Olsson
Per Olsson Stockholm Resilience Centre
Rob Raven
Rob Raven Monash University
Eric F. Lambin
Eric F. Lambin Stanford University
Victor Galaz
Victor Galaz Stockholm University

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