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Karin Bäckstrand

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Political Science
Sweden
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Political Science 36 671 612 9 9 81 9034

Karin Bäckstrand publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Karin Bäckstrand between 1961 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Karin Bäckstrand published across 65 years, from 1961 to 2025, averaging 1.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 11 publications in 2024. 12 of the 99 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1961 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 11. Peak 11 publications in 2024. 1961: 1 publication 1962: 0 publications 1963: 0 publications 1964: 0 publications 1965: 0 publications 1966: 0 publications 1967: 0 publications 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 4 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 1 publication 2010: 9 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 1 publication 2014: 1 publication 2015: 4 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 3 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 2 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 1 publication
1961 2025

99 publications in total across all disciplines

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Karin Bäckstrand: publications per year, 1961 to 2025
Year Publications
1961 1
1962 0
1963 0
1964 0
1965 0
1966 0
1967 0
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 2
1997 1
1998 0
1999 0
2000 2
2001 0
2002 0
2003 1
2004 4
2005 3
2006 3
2007 5
2008 3
2009 1
2010 9
2011 4
2012 7
2013 1
2014 1
2015 4
2016 5
2017 3
2018 3
2019 3
2020 10
2021 2
2022 7
2023 2
2024 11
2025 1
Total 99
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Karin Bäckstrand publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Karin Bäckstrand sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
20 40 60 80
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 36–40 to 333+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 97. Most scientists, 97, have 333+ publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 81–85 publications, is where this scientist sits. 36–40 publications: 10 scientists 41–45 publications: 11 scientists 46–50 publications: 25 scientists 51–55 publications: 27 scientists 56–60 publications: 44 scientists 61–65 publications: 52 scientists 66–70 publications: 62 scientists 71–75 publications: 62 scientists 76–80 publications: 79 scientists 81–85 publications: 71 scientists 86–90 publications: 82 scientists 91–95 publications: 65 scientists 96–100 publications: 85 scientists 101–105 publications: 76 scientists 106–110 publications: 66 scientists 111–115 publications: 78 scientists 116–120 publications: 67 scientists 121–125 publications: 73 scientists 126–130 publications: 73 scientists 131–135 publications: 64 scientists 136–140 publications: 45 scientists 141–145 publications: 53 scientists 146–150 publications: 44 scientists 151–155 publications: 45 scientists 156–160 publications: 33 scientists 161–165 publications: 32 scientists 166–170 publications: 28 scientists 171–175 publications: 31 scientists 176–180 publications: 29 scientists 181–185 publications: 27 scientists 186–190 publications: 36 scientists 191–195 publications: 27 scientists 196–200 publications: 24 scientists 201–205 publications: 16 scientists 206–210 publications: 16 scientists 211–215 publications: 19 scientists 216–220 publications: 16 scientists 221–225 publications: 17 scientists 226–230 publications: 18 scientists 231–235 publications: 23 scientists 236–240 publications: 17 scientists 241–245 publications: 13 scientists 246–250 publications: 17 scientists 251–255 publications: 9 scientists 256–260 publications: 13 scientists 261–265 publications: 8 scientists 266–270 publications: 12 scientists 271–275 publications: 8 scientists 276–280 publications: 10 scientists 281–285 publications: 13 scientists 286–290 publications: 13 scientists 291–295 publications: 5 scientists 296–300 publications: 6 scientists 301–305 publications: 11 scientists 306–310 publications: 9 scientists 311–315 publications: 6 scientists 316–320 publications: 4 scientists 321–325 publications: 4 scientists 326–330 publications: 2 scientists 331–332 publications: 5 scientists 333+ publications: 97 scientists
36–40 publications 333+

This scientist: 81 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

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Number of Political Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 2,033 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
36–40 10
41–45 11
46–50 25
51–55 27
56–60 44
61–65 52
66–70 62
71–75 62
76–80 79
81–85 71 81
86–90 82
91–95 65
96–100 85
101–105 76
106–110 66
111–115 78
116–120 67
121–125 73
126–130 73
131–135 64
136–140 45
141–145 53
146–150 44
151–155 45
156–160 33
161–165 32
166–170 28
171–175 31
176–180 29
181–185 27
186–190 36
191–195 27
196–200 24
201–205 16
206–210 16
211–215 19
216–220 16
221–225 17
226–230 18
231–235 23
236–240 17
241–245 13
246–250 17
251–255 9
256–260 13
261–265 8
266–270 12
271–275 8
276–280 10
281–285 13
286–290 13
291–295 5
296–300 6
301–305 11
306–310 9
311–315 6
316–320 4
321–325 4
326–330 2
331–332 5
333+ 97
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Karin Bäckstrand D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Karin Bäckstrand sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 43 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 20 to 62+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 100. Most scientists, 100, have 62+ D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 36 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 20 D-Index: 76 scientists 21 D-Index: 79 scientists 22 D-Index: 84 scientists 23 D-Index: 68 scientists 24 D-Index: 88 scientists 25 D-Index: 82 scientists 26 D-Index: 76 scientists 27 D-Index: 75 scientists 28 D-Index: 99 scientists 29 D-Index: 96 scientists 30 D-Index: 96 scientists 31 D-Index: 81 scientists 32 D-Index: 86 scientists 33 D-Index: 81 scientists 34 D-Index: 84 scientists 35 D-Index: 72 scientists 36 D-Index: 58 scientists 37 D-Index: 53 scientists 38 D-Index: 48 scientists 39 D-Index: 40 scientists 40 D-Index: 40 scientists 41 D-Index: 32 scientists 42 D-Index: 26 scientists 43 D-Index: 25 scientists 44 D-Index: 33 scientists 45 D-Index: 33 scientists 46 D-Index: 17 scientists 47 D-Index: 21 scientists 48 D-Index: 22 scientists 49 D-Index: 18 scientists 50 D-Index: 19 scientists 51 D-Index: 19 scientists 52 D-Index: 15 scientists 53 D-Index: 14 scientists 54 D-Index: 10 scientists 55 D-Index: 13 scientists 56 D-Index: 9 scientists 57 D-Index: 11 scientists 58 D-Index: 12 scientists 59 D-Index: 10 scientists 60 D-Index: 5 scientists 61 D-Index: 7 scientists 62+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

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Number of Political Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 2,033 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
20 76
21 79
22 84
23 68
24 88
25 82
26 76
27 75
28 99
29 96
30 96
31 81
32 86
33 81
34 84
35 72
36 58 36
37 53
38 48
39 40
40 40
41 32
42 26
43 25
44 33
45 33
46 17
47 21
48 22
49 18
50 19
51 19
52 15
53 14
54 10
55 13
56 9
57 11
58 12
59 10
60 5
61 7
62+ 100
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Political Science in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Karin Bäckstrand is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden and primarily works within the social sciences, with significant contributions to business, management and accounting, as well as environmental science. Their research spans multiple subfields including strategy and management, economics and econometrics, sociology and political science, global and planetary change, and development.

The scientist's academic output includes papers published in prominent venues such as Earth System Governance, International Environmental Agreements Politics Law and Economics, Global Environmental Politics, the Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, and the Annual Review of Environment and Resources.

Recent publications by Karin Bäckstrand highlight a focus on governance and democracy in environmental contexts. These include:

  • From collaboration to contestation? Perceptions of legitimacy and effectiveness in post-Paris climate governance (2021, Earth System Governance)
  • Between environmental and ecological democracy: theory and practice at the democracy-environment nexus (2020, Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning)
  • Democratising sustainability transformations: Assessing the transformative potential of democratic practices in environmental governance (2022, Earth System Governance)
  • Enhancing the achievement of the SDGs: lessons learned at the half-way point of the 2030 Agenda (2023, International Environmental Agreements Politics Law and Economics)
  • Multistakeholder Partnerships for Sustainable Development: Promises and Pitfalls (2024, Annual Review of Environment and Resources)

Bäckstrand has frequently collaborated with other scholars, notably Naghmeh Nasiritousi and Oscar Widerberg, each with 10 joint works, as well as Faradj Koliev, Jens Marquardt, and Jakob Skovgaard, each contributing to five coauthored publications.

The researcher has contributed to book publications, including a title under Cambridge University Press titled International Public Administrations in Environmental Governance (2024).

Their main research topics cover:

  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • International Development and Aid
  • Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
  • Human Rights and Development
  • Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
  • Public Procurement and Policy

Best Publications

  • Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships for Sustainable Development: Rethinking Legitimacy, Accountability and Effectiveness

    Karin Bäckstrand

  • Civic Science for Sustainability: Reframing the Role of Experts, Policy-Makers and Citizens in Environmental Governance

    Karin Bäckstrand

  • Planting Trees to Mitigate Climate Change: Contested Discourses of Ecological Modernization, Green Governmentality and Civic Environmentalism

    Karin Bäckstrand;Eva Lövbrand

  • Navigating the Anthropocene: Improving Earth System Governance

    F. Biermann;F. Biermann;K. Abbott;S. Andresen;Karin Bäckstrand

  • Accountability of Networked Climate Governance: The Rise of Transnational Climate Partnerships •

    Karin Bäckstrand

  • Democratising Global Governance? Stakeholder Democracy after the World Summit on Sustainable Development

    Karin Bäckstrand

  • Governing climate change transnationally: Assessing the evidence from a database of sixty initiatives

    Harriet Bulkeley;Liliana Andonova;Karin Bäckstrand;Michele Betsill

  • The EU's role in climate change negotiations: from leader to ‘leadiator’

    Karin Bäckstrand;Ole Elgström

  • Non-state actors in global climate governance: from Copenhagen to Paris and beyond

    Karin Bäckstrand;Jonathan W. Kuyper;Björn-Ola Linnér;Eva Lövbrand

  • Transforming governance and institutions for global sustainability: key insights from the Earth System Governance Project

    Frank Biermann;Frank Biermann;Kenneth Abbott;Steinar Andresen;Karin Bäckstrand

  • Environmental Politics and Deliberative Democracy: Examining the Promise of New Modes of Governance

    Karin Bäckstrand;Jamil Khan;Annica Kronsell;Eva Lövbrand

  • Environmental Politics and Deliberative Democracy

    Karin Bäckstrand;Jamil Kahn;Annica Kronsell;Eva Lövbrand

  • Climate governance beyond 2012. Competing discourses of green governmentality, ecological modernization and civic environmentalism

    Eva Lövbrand;Karin Bäckstrand

  • The Road to Paris: Contending Climate Governance Discourses in the Post-Copenhagen Era

    Karin Bäckstrand;Eva Lövbrand

  • Scientisation vs. Civic Expertise in Environmental Governance. Ecofeminist, Ecomodernist and Postmodernist Responses

    Karin Bäckstrand

  • The democratic legitimacy of orchestration: the UNFCCC, non-state actors, and transnational climate governance

    Karin Bäckstrand;Jonathan William Kuyper

  • The Promise of New Modes of Environmental Governance

    Karin Bäckstrand;Jamil Khan;Annica Kronsell;Eva Lovbrand

  • The politics and policy of carbon capture and storage: Framing an emergent technology

    Karin Bäckstrand;James Meadowcroft;Michael Oppenheimer

  • Rethinking the Green State. Environmental governance towards climate and sustainability transitions

    Annica Kronsell;Karin Bäckstrand

  • Not seeing the forest for the trees? The environmental effectiveness of forest certification in Sweden

    Peter Schlyter;Ingrid Stjernquist;Karin Bäckstrand

  • Old Wine in New Bottles? The Legitimation and Delegitimation of UN Public–Private Partnerships for Sustainable Development from the Johannesburg Summit to the Rio+20 Summit

    Karin Bäckstrand;Mikael Kylsäter

  • Research Handbook on Climate Governance

    Karin Bäckstrand;Eva Lövbrand

Frequent Co-Authors

Eva Lövbrand
Eva Lövbrand Linköping University
Philipp Pattberg
Philipp Pattberg Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Diana Liverman
Diana Liverman University of Arizona
Michele M. Betsill
Michele M. Betsill University of Copenhagen
Frank Biermann
Frank Biermann Utrecht University
Peter Newell
Peter Newell University of Sussex
Joyeeta Gupta
Joyeeta Gupta University of Amsterdam
Harriet Bulkeley
Harriet Bulkeley Durham University
Carl Folke
Carl Folke Stockholm University
Heike Schroeder
Heike Schroeder University of East Anglia

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