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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 62 Citations 18,819 145 World Ranking 755 National Ranking 138

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Social science
  • Law
  • Social psychology

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Renewable energy, NIMBY, Opposition, Place attachment and Wind power. The concepts of his Renewable energy study are interwoven with issues in Economic growth, Public economics, Process and Diversity. Patrick Devine-Wright has researched NIMBY in several fields, including Political economy and Public engagement.

His Opposition study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Offshore wind power, Empirical research, Social psychology and The Symbolic. His Place attachment research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Procedural justice, Social science, Place identity and Environmental ethics. The study incorporates disciplines such as Social acceptance, Public value and Contradiction in addition to Wind power.

His most cited work include:

  • Beyond NIMBYism: towards an integrated framework for understanding public perceptions of wind energy (838 citations)
  • Psychological benefits of greenspace increase with biodiversity (805 citations)
  • Rethinking NIMBYism: The role of place attachment and place identity in explaining place‐protective action (761 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Patrick Devine-Wright spends much of his time researching Social psychology, Renewable energy, Place attachment, Public relations and Environmental planning. His Renewable energy research includes elements of Wind power, Environmental economics, NIMBY and Environmental resource management. His NIMBY research incorporates themes from Empirical research and Public engagement.

Patrick Devine-Wright interconnects Epistemology, Environmental ethics, Opposition and Place identity in the investigation of issues within Place attachment. His research integrates issues of Focus group and Political economy in his study of Opposition. His work carried out in the field of Public relations brings together such families of science as Perception and Social engagement.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Social psychology (14.94%)
  • Renewable energy (14.94%)
  • Place attachment (13.64%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Environmental planning (11.04%)
  • Political economy (6.49%)
  • Politics (7.79%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Patrick Devine-Wright mainly focuses on Environmental planning, Political economy, Politics, Energy infrastructure and Place attachment. Patrick Devine-Wright usually deals with Environmental planning and limits it to topics linked to Offshore wind power and Renewable energy. His Political economy study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Environmental impact of the energy industry, The Imaginary, Opposition and Populism.

In his work, Procedural justice is strongly intertwined with Focus group, which is a subfield of Opposition. The various areas that Patrick Devine-Wright examines in his Place attachment study include Mobilities and Gender studies, Precarity. His NIMBY study combines topics in areas such as Social acceptance, Wind power, Environmental economics and Public economics.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Place Attachment : Advances in Theory, Methods and Applications (101 citations)
  • A conceptual framework for understanding the social acceptance of energy infrastructure: Insights from energy storage (91 citations)
  • Positive energies? An empirical study of community energy participation and attitudes to renewable energy (48 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Social science
  • Law
  • Social psychology

Patrick Devine-Wright mainly investigates Identity, Sustainability, Place attachment, Social acceptance and Renewable energy. Patrick Devine-Wright combines subjects such as Empathy, Environmental ethics and Argument with his study of Identity. The various areas that Patrick Devine-Wright examines in his Sustainability study include Abundance, Biodiversity, Urban ecosystem and Environmental planning.

Patrick Devine-Wright performs integrative study on Place attachment and Sketch. His Social acceptance study combines topics in areas such as NIMBY, Wind power, Empirical research and Public economics. The concepts of his Renewable energy study are interwoven with issues in Quantitative research and Management science.

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Best Publications

Psychological benefits of greenspace increase with biodiversity

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(2007)

1582 Citations

Beyond NIMBYism: towards an integrated framework for understanding public perceptions of wind energy

Patrick Devine-Wright.
Wind Energy (2005)

1407 Citations

Rethinking NIMBYism: The role of place attachment and place identity in explaining place‐protective action

Patrick Devine-Wright.
Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology (2009)

1306 Citations

Community renewable energy: What should it mean?

Gordon Walker;Patrick Devine-Wright.
Energy Policy (2008)

846 Citations

Disruption to place attachment and the protection of restorative environments: A wind energy case study

Patrick Devine-Wright;Yuko Howes.
Journal of Environmental Psychology (2010)

842 Citations

Trust and community: Exploring the meanings, contexts and dynamics of community renewable energy

Gordon Walker;Patrick Devine-Wright;Sue Hunter;Sue Hunter;Helen High;Helen High.
Energy Policy (2010)

673 Citations

Psychological research and global climate change

Susan Clayton;Patrick Devine-Wright;Paul C. Stern;Lorraine Whitmarsh.
(2015)

437 Citations

Harnessing Community Energies: explaining and evaluating community-based localism in renewable energy policy in the UK.

Gordon Walker;Sue Hunter;Patrick Devine-Wright;Bob Evans.
Global Environmental Politics (2007)

426 Citations

Social acceptance of low carbon energy and associated infrastructures: A critical discussion

Susana Batel;Susana Batel;Patrick Devine-Wright;Torvald Tangeland.
Energy Policy (2013)

371 Citations

Place attachment and public acceptance of renewable energy: A tidal energy case study

Patrick Devine-Wright.
Journal of Environmental Psychology (2011)

362 Citations

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