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Paul Stephen Benneworth

Paul Stephen Benneworth

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
44
Citations
12064
World Ranking
4039
National Ranking
31

Paul Stephen Benneworth 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 Paul Stephen Benneworth sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 460 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paul Stephen Benneworth 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 Paul Stephen Benneworth 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: 44 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Paul Stephen Benneworth was affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway. Their research focused primarily on social sciences, business, management, and accounting, with a notable involvement in economics, econometrics, and finance. Their scholarly work encompassed significant subfields such as management of technology and innovation, education, political science and international relations, statistics, probability and uncertainty, and economics and econometrics.

The main topics covered by their research included:

  • University-Industry-Government Innovation Models
  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • Scientometrics and Bibliometrics Research
  • Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Higher Education Governance and Development
  • Community Development and Social Impact
  • Service-Learning and Community Engagement

Paul Stephen Benneworth contributed several papers to various academic journals. Recent papers included:

  • Living labs: Challenging and changing the smart city power relations?, 2022, Technological Forecasting and Social Change
  • Why do universities have little systemic impact with social innovation? An institutional logics perspective, 2020, Growth and Change
  • Changing conceptualization of innovation in the European Union and its impact on universities: Critical junctures and evolving institutional demands, 2023, Research Evaluation
  • The conflict of impact for early career researchers planning for a future in the academy, 2023, Research Evaluation
  • An openness framework for ex ante evaluation of societal impact of research, 2022, Research Evaluation

Paul published books as well, including the title Entrepreneurial Universities in Regional Innovation in 2021, through UiS Scholarly Publishing Services eBooks.

Their frequent co-authors were:

  • Rıdvan Çınar
  • Julia Olmos-Peñuela
  • Liliana Fonseca
  • Lisa Nieth
  • Maria Salomaa

Publication venues regularly featuring their work included:

  • Research Evaluation
  • Technological Forecasting and Social Change
  • Growth and Change
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development

Best Publications

  • Toward a spatial perspective on sustainability transitions

    Lars Coenen;Paul Stephen Benneworth;B. Truffer;B. Truffer

  • Who matters to universities? A stakeholder perspective on humanities, arts and social sciences valorisation

    Paul Benneworth;Ben W. Jongbloed

  • Understanding the Regional Contribution of Higher Education Institutions

    Peter Arbo;Paul Benneworth

  • "University spin-off policies and economic development in less successful regions: learning from two decades of policy practice"

    Paul Benneworth;David Charles

  • Understanding the Regional Contribution of Higher Education Institutions: A Literature Review. OECD Education Working Papers, No. 9.

    Peter Arbo;Paul Benneworth

  • The New Economic Geography of Old Industrial Regions: Universities as Global — Local Pipelines

    Paul Benneworth;Gert-Jan Hospers

  • The Rise of the University’s Third Mission

    A.H. Zomer;Paul Stephen Benneworth

  • Universities' contributions to social innovation: reflections in theory & practice

    Paul Stephen Benneworth;Jorge Cunha

  • Building localized interactions between universities and cities through university spatial development

    Paul Stephen Benneworth;David Charles;Ali Madanipour

  • Where Is the Value Added in the Cluster Approach? Hermeneutic Theorising, Economic Geography and Clusters as a Multiperspectival Approach:

    Paul Benneworth;Nick Henry

  • Is the entrepreneurial university also regionally engaged?: Analysing the influence of university's structural configuration on third mission performance

    Mabel Sánchez-Barrioluengo;Paul Benneworth

  • Strategic agency and institutional change: investigating the role of universities in regional innovation systems (RISs)

    Paul Stephen Benneworth;Romulo Pinheiro;James Karlsen

  • In what sense ‘regional development?’: entrepreneurship, underdevelopment and strong tradition in the periphery

    Paul Benneworth

  • Performance-based funding and performance agreements in fourteen higher education systems

    Harry F. de Boer;Benjamin W.A. Jongbloed;Paul Stephen Benneworth;Leon Cremonini

  • Exploring the Multiple Roles of Lund University in Strengthening Scania's Regional Innovation System: Towards Institutional Learning?

    Paul Benneworth;Lars Coenen;Jerker Moodysson;Björn Asheim

  • University engagement with socially excluded communities

    Paul Stephen Benneworth

  • Urban competitiveness in the knowledge economy: Universities as new planning animateurs

    Paul Benneworth;Gert-Jan Hospers

  • Introducing the dilemma of societal alignment for inclusive and responsible research and innovation

    Barbara Ribeiro;Lars Bengtsson;Paul Benneworth;Susanne Bührer

  • From productive interactions to impact pathways: Understanding the key dimensions in developing SSH research societal impact

    Reetta Muhonen;Paul Benneworth;Paul Benneworth;Julia Olmos-Peñuela;Julia Olmos-Peñuela

  • Confusing clusters?: Making sense of the cluster approach in theory and practice

    Paul Benneworth;Mike Danson;Phil Raines;Geoffrey Whittam

  • Welcome to the experience economy

    Paul Stephen Benneworth

  • Towards a spatial perspective on sustainability transitions

    Lars Coenen;Paul Benneworth;Bernhard Truffer

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald F. Westerheijden
Donald F. Westerheijden University of Twente
Lars Coenen
Lars Coenen University of Melbourne
Nicholas A. Phelps
Nicholas A. Phelps University of Melbourne
Einar Rasmussen
Einar Rasmussen Nord University
Bernhard Truffer
Bernhard Truffer Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
John Tomaney
John Tomaney University College London
Lars Bengtsson
Lars Bengtsson Lund University
Björn Asheim
Björn Asheim University of Stavanger
Philip Shapira
Philip Shapira University of Manchester
Helen Lawton Smith
Helen Lawton Smith Birkbeck, University of London

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