2026 Derk Loorbach: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	52	4361	4175	116	110	110	19264

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

2330
Citations
Sustainability Transitions Research: Transforming Science and Practice for Societal Change

Derk Loorbach;Niki Frantzeskaki;Flor Avelino

1341
Citations
Transition management as a model for managing processes of co-evolution towards sustainable development

René Kemp;Derk Loorbach;Jan Rotmans

1272
Citations
Transition Management : New Mode of Governance for Sustainable Development

Derk Loorbach

1100
Citations
Tipping Toward Sustainability: Emerging Pathways of Transformation

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

1071
Citations
Urban Transition Labs: co-creating transformative action for sustainable cities

Frank Nevens;Niki Frantzeskaki;Leen Gorissen;Derk Loorbach

929
Citations
The practice of transition management: Examples and lessons from four distinct cases

Derk Loorbach;Jan Rotmans

928
Citations
Complexity and Transition Management

Jan Rotmans;Derk Loorbach

873
Citations
MANAGING TRANSITIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Derk Loorbach;Jan Rotmans

655
Citations
The future of sustainability science: a solutions-oriented research agenda

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

648
Citations
The transition in Dutch water management

Rutger van der Brugge;Jan Rotmans;Derk Loorbach

542
Citations
Business transition management: exploring a new role for business in sustainability transitions

Derk Loorbach;Katinka Wijsman

434
Citations
Learning through evaluation: A tentative evaluative scheme for sustainability transition experiments

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

427
Citations
Governing societal transitions to sustainability

Niki Frantzeskaki;Derk Loorbach;James Meadowcroft

420
Citations
Actors working the institutions in sustainability transitions: The case of Melbourne's stormwater management

Rebekah Ruth Brown;Megan Farrelly;Derk Albert Loorbach

354
Citations
Assessing the Dutch Energy Transition Policy: How Does it Deal with Dilemmas of Managing Transitions?

René Kemp;Derk Loorbach;Jan Rotmans

315
Citations
Transformative innovation and translocal diffusion

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

294
Citations
Governing the energy transition : reality, illusion or necessity?

Geert Verbong;Derk Loorbach

288
Citations
Towards governing infrasystem transitions: Reinforcing lock-in or facilitating change?

Niki Frantzeskaki;Niki Frantzeskaki;Derk Loorbach

267
Citations
The role of partnerships in ‘realising’ urban sustainability in Rotterdam's City Ports Area, The Netherlands

Niki Frantzeskaki;Julia Wittmayer;Derk Loorbach

229
Citations
Urban sustainability transitions

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

207
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Niki Frantzeskaki Utrecht University

René Kemp Maastricht University

Timon McPhearson New School

Carl Folke Stockholm University

Arnim Wiek Arizona State University

Dirk Schoenmaker Erasmus University Rotterdam

Per Olsson Stockholm Resilience Centre

Rob Raven Monash University

Eric F. Lambin Stanford University

Victor Galaz Stockholm University

External Links

Personal website of Derk Loorbach Google Scholar page

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