Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

4 papers in the last 7 days · category: Management · publisher: Elsevier BV · ISSN 2210-4224

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Key findings#

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions has a 2-year mean citedness of 6.88 and an h-index of 110 in OpenAlex, #24 of 46 tracked management journals by citedness.
In 2025 it published 106 papers, and its papers received 8,752 citations.
Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions published 10 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-02 to 2026-10-31), ranking #84 of 400 journals.
Leading institutions: Utrecht University (2), HafenCity University Hamburg (1) and University of Jordan (1).
Countries: Denmark (2), United States (2) and Hong Kong (2).
84% of the papers Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions published in 2023–2025 are open access in OpenAlex (hybrid 78%, bronze 0% and green 6%), #11 of 46 tracked management journals by open-access share.
From Oct 2023 to Sep 2026, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions published 332 papers (9 a month on average, by publication date in OpenAlex).
Its most frequent keywords over that period were “sustainability transitions” (143), “energy transition” (37) and “just transition” (20).

Citation metrics# Management journals →

20162025

Citation metrics (OpenAlex)
Metric	Value
2-year mean citedness	6.88
h-index	110
i10-index	772
Papers in OpenAlex	1,149
Citations in OpenAlex	61,115
Rank among tracked management journals	#24 of 46

Papers per year and the citations the journal's papers received that year (OpenAlex)
Year	Papers	Citations received
2026 (so far)	96	8,007
2025	106	8,752
2024	121	8,179
2023	91	7,643
2022	99	6,729
2021	108	5,955
2020	100	4,545
2019	69	3,297
2018	53	2,945
2017	48	1,783
2016	42	1,225

2-year mean citedness is OpenAlex's count of citations per paper a journal published in the two previous years, an open counterpart to the journal impact factor (which counts only Web of Science citations); the h-index and i10-index cover all its papers. The figures come from OpenAlex (CC0) and are read again monthly.

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The last 36 months#

Oct 23Sep 26

Papers by publication date, Oct 2023 to Sep 2026
Oct 23–Sep 24	Oct 24–Sep 25	Oct 25–Sep 26	36 months
111	107	114	332

Most frequent keywords, Oct 2023 to Sep 2026
#	Keyword	Papers
1	sustainability transitions	143
2	energy transition	37
3	just transition	20
4	decarbonization	15
5	policy mix	15
6	transition governance	12
7	circular economy	11
8	path dependence	11
9	socio-technical transitions	11
10	Finland	10

Open access# Management journals →

Papers per year by open-access status (OpenAlex)
Year	Papers	Open access	Diamond	Gold	Hybrid	Bronze	Green	Closed
2017	48	40%	0%	0%	15%	4%	21%	60%
2018	53	57%	0%	0%	23%	8%	26%	43%
2019	69	59%	0%	0%	32%	1%	26%	41%
2020	100	64%	0%	0%	41%	6%	17%	36%
2021	108	71%	0%	0%	49%	6%	17%	29%
2022	99	76%	0%	0%	65%	2%	9%	24%
2023	91	84%	0%	0%	76%	1%	7%	16%
2024	121	83%	0%	0%	79%	0%	3%	17%
2025	104	88%	0%	0%	80%	0%	8%	12%
2026 (so far)	95	88%	0%	0%	87%	1%	0%	12%

Open-access status as OpenAlex reports it for each paper (diamond: published in an open-access journal that charges authors no fee; gold: published in an open-access journal; hybrid: open under a licence in a subscription journal; bronze: free to read on the publisher's site without an open licence; green: only a free copy in a repository; closed: no free copy found). Papers count by publication year; the share is of the papers whose status is known.

Papers, newest first.
Date	Title	Journal	Authors	Affiliations
2026-10-29	Planning culture and Co-creation in green infrastructure transitions: Insights from seven green infrastructure projects	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	Jessica Kritz, Joerg Knieling, Mark Barnes-Ricketts et al.	Georgetown University; HafenCity University Hamburg; Zealand Institute of Business and Technology; …
2026-10-28	Advancing a just circular economy transition: A perspective from trust and responsibility in Hong Kong	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	Darren Man-wai Cheung, James Ho-chun Cheung, Daphne Ngar‐yin Mah et al.	Hong Kong Baptist University; Stanford University
2026-10-26	Orchestrating the green transition: a game-theoretic analysis of policy mixes for heterogeneous actors	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	Genbo Liu, Zhaopeng Chu, Chen Bian et al.	Northeastern University; Weifang University of Science and Technology
2026-10-26	Transition by timing: mileage-based user fees and the dynamics of heterogeneous electrification pathways	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	Itay Dabush, Chen Cohen	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2026-10-24	Exploring the micro-foundations of local green co-creation: challenging the myth of a Global North-Global South divide?	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	Daniela Cristofoli, Marta Micacchi, Benedetta Trivellato	Bocconi University; University of Milano-Bicocca
2026-10-10	Developing a resource-based analysis of technological innovation systems: The case of digital innovation in Dutch processing industries	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	Nikhil John, Joeri Hendrik Wesseling, Koen Frenken	Utrecht University; Delft University of Technology
2026-10-08	How directionality emerges through frame layering: An analysis of Swedish research and innovation policy on agri-food	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	Linus Thomson, Ksenia Onufrey, Ingrid Mignon	Uppsala University; Chalmers University of Technology
2026-10-06	Enhancing the social innovation ecosystem: university-led incubation pathways for rural sustainability	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	Jessica M. Williams, Wai Fung Lam, Winnie W.Y. Law	University of Hong Kong
2026-10-03	Entrepreneurial agency in mission oriented innovation policies	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	Steffen Korsgaard, Claus Thrane	University of Southern Denmark; Aarhus University
2026-10-03	Policy-as-practice: exploring the ‘hidden sides’ of policy-making in sustainability transitions	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	Sabine de Graaff, Silje Marie Svartefoss, Håkon Endresen Normann et al.	Utrecht University; University of Oslo; Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education

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Scholar4AI. (2026). Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/journals/environmental-innovation-and-societal-transitions

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