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64
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1110
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Timothy O'Riordan 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 Timothy O'Riordan sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 416 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Timothy O'Riordan 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 Timothy O'Riordan sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 64 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Timothy O'Riordan is affiliated with the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple topics primarily centered on sustainability, climate change, and environmental policy.

The scientist has contributed to several publication venues, with a notable presence in Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, where they have published 23 papers. Other frequent venues include Sustainability, Sustainability Science, Journal of the British Academy, and JAMA Ophthalmology.

Their recent papers include:

  • "Revisiting the Psychology of Denial Concerning Low-Carbon Behaviors: From Moral Disengagement to Generating Social Change" (2020, Sustainability)
  • "Investigating the Future Role of Higher Education in Creating Sustainability Transitions" (2020, Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development)
  • "War and the Politics of Energy and Climate Change" (2022, Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development)
  • "Economic Burden of Late-Stage Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Bulgaria, Germany, and the US" (2024, JAMA Ophthalmology)
  • "America's Zero Carbon Action Plan" (2021, Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development)

Frequent co-authors associated with Timothy O'Riordan include:

  • Myanna Lahsen
  • Filipe Duarte Santos
  • Miguel Rocha de Sousa
  • Jiesper Strandsbjerg Tristan Pedersen
  • Alan McGowan

Their work is interdisciplinary, covering various fields and subfields such as sociology and political science, global and planetary change, economics and econometrics, management, monitoring, policy and law, and ophthalmology. The numbers of publications in these subfields reflect the range and diversity of their research interests.

Key topics addressed in their research include:

  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions

Best Publications

  • Valuing Environmental Goods: An Assessment of the Contingent Valuation Method

    Timothy O'Riordan;Ronald G. Cummings;David S. Brookshire;William D. Schultze

  • Interpreting the precautionary principle

    Timothy O'Riordan;James Cameron

  • The psychology of denial concerning climate mitigation measures: evidence from Swiss focus groups

    S. Stoll-Kleemann;Tim O’Riordan;Carlo C. Jaeger

  • Transformative social innovation and (dis)empowerment

    Flor Avelino;Julia Wittmayer;Bonno Pel;Paul Weaver

  • A Quantitative Test of the Cultural Theory of Risk Perceptions: Comparison with the Psychometric Paradigm

    Claire Marris;Ian H. Langford;Timothy O'Riordan

  • Institutions, climate change and cultural theory: towards a common analytical framework

    Timothy O’Riordan;Andrew Jordan

  • A quantitative test of the cultural theory of risk perceptions

    Claire Marris;Ian H. Langford;Timothy O'Riordan

  • Environmental Science for Environmental Management

    Timothy O'Riordan

  • The importance of an integrating framework for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: the example of health and well-being

    Ana Raquel Nunes;Kelley Lee;Tim O'Riordan

  • The Precautionary Principle in Contemporary Environmental Politics

    Timothy O'Riordan;Andrew Jordan

  • Exploring the "psychometric paradigm": comparisons between aggregate and individual analyses.

    Claire Marris;Ian Langford;Thomas Saunderson;Timothy O'Riordan

  • Using surveys in public participation processes for risk decision-making: the case of the 2003 British GM Nation? Public Debate

    Nicholas Frank Pidgeon;Wouter Poortinga;Gene Rowe;Thomas Edward Horlick-Jones

  • The precautionary principle: protecting public health, the environment and the future of our children

    Marco Martuzzi;Joel A. Tickner;Joel Tickner;Timothy O’Riordan

  • A co-evolutionary approach to climate change impact assessment: part I. integrating socio-economic and climate change scenarios

    Irene Lorenzoni;Andrew Jordan;Mike Hulme;R. Kerry Turner

  • Biodiversity, Sustainability and Human Communities: Protecting beyond the protected

    Timothy O'Riordan;Susanne Stoll-Kleemann

  • The GM Debate: Risk, Politics and Public Engagement

    Thomas Edward Horlick-Jones;John Walls;Gene Rowe;Nicholas Frank Pidgeon

  • The Sustainability Challenges of Our Meat and Dairy Diets

    Susanne Stoll-Kleemann;Tim O'Riordan

  • Towards sustainable flood and coastal management: identifying drivers of, and obstacles to, managed realignment

    Laure Ledoux;Laure Ledoux;Sarah Cornell;Tim O’Riordan;Robert Harvey

  • From Participation to Partnership in Biodiversity Protection: Experience from Germany and South Africa

    Susanne Stoll-Kleemann;Timothy O'Riordan

  • Sustainability Indicators: Measuring the Immeasurable

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  • The roots of modern environmentalism: David Pepper, with John Perkins and Martyn Young Croom Helm, London, UK, 1984, 242 pp, £17.95

    Timothy O'Riordan

  • Beyond the limits: global collapse or a sustainable future?

    Timothy O'Riordan

  • Sustainable Development: Economics and Environment in the Third World@@@Sustaining Earth: Response to the Environmental Threat

    Timothy O'Riordan;David Pearce;Edward Barbier;Anil Markandya

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Jordan
Andrew Jordan University of East Anglia
Irene Lorenzoni
Irene Lorenzoni University of East Anglia
Ian H. Langford
Ian H. Langford University of East Anglia
Andrew A. Lovett
Andrew A. Lovett University of East Anglia
Paul M. Dolman
Paul M. Dolman University of East Anglia
Nicholas Frank Pidgeon
Nicholas Frank Pidgeon Cardiff University
R. Kerry Turner
R. Kerry Turner University of East Anglia
René Kemp
René Kemp Maastricht University
Susan L. Cutter
Susan L. Cutter University of South Carolina
Paul M. Weaver
Paul M. Weaver University of Limerick

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