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D-Index
46
Citations
15611
World Ranking
3500
National Ranking
592

Gill Seyfang publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gill Seyfang sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 103 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Gill Seyfang D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gill Seyfang sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 55th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gill Seyfang is affiliated with the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Social Sciences, with a focus on several interconnected subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Pollution, Global and Planetary Change, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Building and Construction.

Their work addresses multiple main topics within these disciplines, such as:

  • Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Municipal Solid Waste Management
  • Mining and Resource Management
  • Water Governance and Infrastructure

Recent publications by Seyfang include:

  • "Beyond technology: A research agenda for social sciences and humanities research on renewable energy in Europe," 2022, Energy Research & Social Science
  • "100 Social Sciences and Humanities priority research questions for renewable energy in Horizon Europe," 2020, Homo Politicus (Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz)
  • "Exploring intersectional approaches to waste through grassroots innovations in the U.K.," 2024, Local Environment

The scientist has published in venues such as Energy Research & Social Science, Local Environment, and Homo Politicus (Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz).

Gill Seyfang frequently collaborates with multiple co-authors including:

  • Seweryn Krupnik
  • Aleksandra Wagner
  • Tadeusz Józef Rudek
  • Robert Wade
  • Matúš Mišík

This network of collaboration and the range of topics covered reflect a multidisciplinary approach to understanding environmental and social challenges related to renewable energy, waste management, and governance. Seyfang's contributions provide insights into how social sciences and humanities intersect with technological and environmental research.

Best Publications

  • Grassroots innovations for sustainable development: Towards a new research and policy agenda

    Gill Seyfang;Adrian Smith

  • Growing Grassroots Innovations: Exploring the Role of Community-Based Initiatives in Governing Sustainable Energy Transitions:

    Gill Seyfang;Alex Haxeltine

  • Ecological Citizenship and Sustainable Consumption: Examining Local Organic Food Networks.

    Gill Seyfang

  • Grassroots innovations in community energy: The role of intermediaries in niche development

    Tom Hargreaves;Sabine Hielscher;Gill Seyfang;Adrian Smith

  • A thousand flowers blooming? An examination of community energy in the UK

    Gill Seyfang;Jung Jin Park;Adrian Smith

  • Governance for Sustainability: Towards a ‘Thick’ Analysis of Environmental Decisionmaking

    W Neil Adger;Katrina Brown;Jenny Fairbrass;Andrew Jordan

  • The New Economics of Sustainable Consumption

    Gill Seyfang

  • A grassroots sustainable energy niche?:Reflections on community energy in the UK

    Gill Seyfang;Sabine Hielscher;Tom Hargreaves;Mari Martiskainen

  • Public engagement with carbon and climate change: To what extent is the public ‘carbon capable’?

    Lorraine E. Whitmarsh;Lorraine E. Whitmarsh;Gill Seyfang;Saffron O'Neill;Saffron O'Neill

  • Shopping for Sustainability: Can Sustainable Consumption Promote Ecological Citizenship?

    Gill Seyfang

  • Community action for sustainable housing: Building a low-carbon future

    Gill Seyfang

  • Growing green money? Mapping community currencies for sustainable development

    Gill Seyfang;Noel Longhurst

  • Making the most of community energies: Three perspectives on grassroots innovation:

    Adrian Smith;Tom Hargreaves;Sabine Hielscher;Mari Martiskainen

  • Desperately seeking niches: Grassroots innovations and niche development in the community currency field

    Gill Seyfang;Noel Longhurst

  • Up, Down, round and round: Connecting Regimes and Practices in Innovation for Sustainability:

    Tom Hargreaves;Noel Longhurst;Gill Seyfang

  • Corporate Responsibility and Labour Rights: Codes of Conduct in the Global Economy

    Rhys Owen Jenkins;Ruth Pearson;Gill Seyfang

  • What influences the diffusion of grassroots innovations for sustainability? Investigating community currency niches

    Gill Seyfang;Noel Longhurst

  • Constructing grassroots innovations for sustainability

    Adrian Smith;Gill Seyfang

  • New Hope or False Dawn?: Voluntary Codes of Conduct, Labour Regulation and Social Policy in a Globalizing World

    Ruth Pearson;Gill Seyfang

  • The New Economics of Sustainable Consumption: Seeds of Change

    Gill Seyfang

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith University of Oxford
Jouni Paavola
Jouni Paavola University of Leeds
Irene Lorenzoni
Irene Lorenzoni University of East Anglia
Lorraine Whitmarsh
Lorraine Whitmarsh University of Bath
Andrew Jordan
Andrew Jordan University of East Anglia
Katrina Brown
Katrina Brown University of Exeter
W. Neil Adger
W. Neil Adger University of Exeter
René Kemp
René Kemp Maastricht University
Jochen Markard
Jochen Markard ETH Zurich
Paul M. Weaver
Paul M. Weaver University of Limerick

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