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D-Index
49
Citations
35158
World Ranking
2838
National Ranking
115

Johan Schot 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 Johan Schot sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 228 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Johan Schot 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 Johan Schot sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Johan Schot is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to Environmental Science, with a focus on sustainability and innovation in energy and climate research. Their publication record spans multiple subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Pollution.

The scientist's research primarily addresses complex topics related to sustainability and climate change governance, social acceptance of renewable energy, and global energy and sustainability research. Other notable areas of work include energy and environment impacts, innovative approaches in technology and social development, as well as innovation policy and research and development.

Frequent collaborators in Johan Schot's work highlight a network of research partnerships. These include Kejia Yang, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Bipashyee Ghosh, Jordi Molas-Gallart, and Alejandra Boni Aristizábal, with multiple coauthored publications showing sustained academic connections.

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Johan Schot are:

  • Sociotechnical agendas: Reviewing future directions for energy and climate research (2020), published in Energy Research & Social Science
  • Transformative outcomes: assessing and reorienting experimentation with transformative innovation policy (2021), published in Science and Public Policy
  • A formative approach to the evaluation of Transformative Innovation Policies (2021), published in Research Evaluation
  • Mobilizing the transformative power of research for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (2022), published in Research Policy
  • User innovation, niche construction and regime destabilization in heat pump transitions (2021), published in Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

Key venues for Johan Schot's publications include:

  • Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Energy Research & Social Science
  • Science and Public Policy
  • Research Evaluation

Johan Schot's work is recognized through their induction into the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009, reflecting a significant milestone in their academic career.

Best Publications

  • Typology of sociotechnical transition pathways

    FW Frank Geels;JW Johan Schot

  • Regime shifts to sustainability through processes of niche formation : the approach of strategic niche management

    René Kemp;Johan Schot;Remco Hoogma

  • Strategic niche management and sustainable innovation journeys: Theory, findings, research agenda and policy

    JW Johan Schot;FW Frank Geels

  • An agenda for sustainability transitions research: State of the art and future directions

    Jonathan Köhler;Frank W. Geels;Florian Kern;Jochen Markard

  • Transitions to Sustainable Development: New Directions in the Study of Long Term Transformative Change

    John Grin;Jan Rotmans;Johan Schot

  • Three frames for innovation policy: R&D, systems of innovation and transformative change

    Johan Schot;W. Edward Steinmueller

  • Introduction: From persistent problems to system innovations and transitions

    John Grin;Jan Rotmans;Johan Schot

  • The past and future of constructive technology assessment

    JW Johan Schot;A Arie Rip

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

    Remco Hoogma;René Kemp;Johan Schot;Bernhard Truffer

  • Managing Technology in Society

    Arie Rip;Thomas J Misa;Johan Schot

  • Constructing Transition Paths Through the Management of Niches

    R Kemp;A Arie Rip;JW Johan Schot

  • Strategies for shifting technological systems : the case of the automobile system

    JW Johan Schot;R Hoogma;BE Boelie Elzen

  • The dynamics of transitions: a socio-technical perspective

    Frank W Geels;Johan Schot

  • Space and scale in socio-technical transitions

    Rpjm Rob Raven;JW Johan Schot;F Berkhout

  • Managing technology in society: the approach of constructive technology assessment

    Arie Rip;Thomas J Misa;Johan Schot

  • Deep transitions: Emergence, acceleration, stabilization and directionality

    Johan Schot;Laur Kanger

  • Environmental Strategies for Industry: International Perspectives on Research Needs and Policy Implications

    Kurt Fischer;Johan Schot

  • Niches in evolutionary theories of technical change: A critical survey of the literature

    JW Johan Schot;FW Frank Geels

  • The roles of users in shaping transitions to new energy systems

    Johan Schot;Laur Kanger;Gpj Geert Verbong

  • Constructive Technology Assessment and Technology Dynamics: The Case of Clean Technologies

    JW Johan Schot

Frequent Co-Authors

Arie Rip
Arie Rip University of Twente
Frank W. Geels
Frank W. Geels University of Manchester
Bernhard Truffer
Bernhard Truffer Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
René Kemp
René Kemp Maastricht University
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Benjamin K. Sovacool University of Sussex
John Grin
John Grin University of Amsterdam
Rob Raven
Rob Raven Monash University
David J. Hess
David J. Hess Vanderbilt University
Paula Kivimaa
Paula Kivimaa University of Sussex
Frans Berkhout
Frans Berkhout King's College London

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