2026 Maarten Hajer: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	50	2667	2438	105	100	124	24822

Maarten Hajer 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 Maarten Hajer sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 124 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Maarten Hajer 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 Maarten Hajer sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Maarten Hajer is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research focus spans multiple fields primarily within Social Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant portion of their work engaging subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Education, and Economics and Econometrics.

The scientist's work concentrates on topics related to sustainability and climate governance, encompassing areas like Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, Climate Change Communication and Perception, Climate Change Policy and Economics, Environmental Education and Sustainability, Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy, Social and Cultural Dynamics, and Management and Organizational Studies.

Maarten Hajer has published in a variety of academic venues, with frequent publications in Futures, SSRN Electronic Journal, European Journal of Social Theory, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, and Energy Research & Social Science. These platforms reflect Hajer's interdisciplinary approach and involvement in frontier discussions on environmental and social transformations.

Several recent papers illustrate Hajer's research interests and thematic focus. They include:

"Techniques of futuring: On how imagined futures become socially performative," 2021, European Journal of Social Theory
"Anticipating futures through models: the rise of Integrated Assessment Modelling in the climate science-policy interface since 1970," 2020, Global Environmental Change
"Solar geoengineering: The case for an international non-use agreement," 2022, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change
"Futures literacy and the diversity of the future," 2021, Futures
"A new urban narrative for sustainable development," 2022, Nature Sustainability

Hajer has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, highlighting ongoing research partnerships. These frequent co-authors include Jesse Hoffman, Jeroen Oomen, Peter Pelzer, Lisette van Beek, and Detlef P. van Vuuren.

Best Publications

The argumentative turn in policy analysis and planning

Frank Fischer;John Forester;Maarten A. Hajer;Robert Hoppe

3294
Citations
Deliberative policy analysis : understanding governance in the network society

Maarten A. Hajer;Hendrik Wagenaar

2337
Citations
A decade of discourse analysis of environmental politics: Achievements, challenges, perspectives

Maarten Hajer;Wytske Versteeg

1711
Citations
Discourse Coalitions and the Institutionalization of Practice: The Case of Acid Rain in Great Britain

Maarten A. Hajer

1569
Citations
Policy without polity? Policy analysis and the institutional void

Maarten Hajer

1481
Citations
Authoritative Governance: Policy Making in the Age of Mediatization

Maarten A Hajer

879
Citations
Doing Discourse Analysis: Coalitions, Practices, Meaning

M.A. Hajer

724
Citations
Coalitions, Practices, and Meaning in Environmental Politics: From Acid Rain to BSE

Maarten A. Hajer

608
Citations
Beyond Cockpit-ism: Four Insights to Enhance the Transformative Potential of the Sustainable Development Goals

Maarten Hajer;Måns Nilsson;Kate Raworth;Peter Bakker

590
Citations
In search of new public domain : analysis and strategy

Maarten A. Hajer;Arnold Reijndorp

573
Citations
Setting the Stage: A Dramaturgy of Policy Deliberation

Maarten A. Hajer

434
Citations
Spatial Planning in the Network Society-Rethinking the Principles of Planning in the Netherlands

Maarten Hajer;Wil Zonneveld

411
Citations
Techniques of futuring: On how imagined futures become socially performative:

Jeroen Oomen;Jesse Hoffman;Maarten A. Hajer

324
Citations
Ordering through Discourse

Maarten Hajer;David Laws

322
Citations
discourse analysis and the study of policy making

Maarten Hajer

302
Citations
A frame in the fields: Policy making and the re-invention of politics

Unknown

300
Citations
Performing Governance Through Networks

Maarten Hajer;Wytske Versteeg

250
Citations
Rebuilding Ground Zero. The Politics of Performance

Maarten A. Hajer

242
Citations
Ecological modernisation as cultural politics

Maarten A. Hajer

236
Citations
Anticipating futures through models: the rise of Integrated Assessment Modelling in the climate science-policy interface since 1970

Lisette van Beek;Maarten Hajer;Peter Pelzer;Detlef van Vuuren;Detlef van Vuuren

235
Citations
2050—An Energetic Odyssey: Understanding ‘Techniques of Futuring’ in the transition towards renewable energy

Maarten A. Hajer;Peter Pelzer

185
Citations
Democracy in the Risk Society? Learning from the New Politics of Mobility in Munich

Maarten Hajer;Sven Kesselring

181
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Detlef P. van Vuuren Utrecht University

Ulrich Beck Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

John Grin University of Amsterdam

Frank Fischer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Rob Raven Monash University

John Forester Cornell University

Måns Nilsson Stockholm Environment Institute

Frans Berkhout King's College London

Johan Rockström Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Les Levidow The Open University

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