Derk Loorbach: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Derk Loorbach's h-index is 68 (124 i10-index, 31,276+ total citations across 274+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of June 2026. Derk Loorbach is affiliated with Professor, DRIFT, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Derk Loorbach is a researcher affiliated with Professor, DRIFT, Erasmus University Rotterdam, specializing in transitions, sustainability, governance. Their work has been cited 31,276 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in Germany.
Derk Loorbach's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 274 indexed publications. Of these, 4 are original research articles — the rest are literature highlights, conference abstracts or theses.
- H-Index
- 68
- i10-Index
- 124
- Total Citations
- 31,276
- Citing Countries
- 7
As of June 2026.
Derk Loorbach has an h-index of 68 and 31,276 total citations across 274 publications, with research cited by institutions in 7 countries.
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Transition management for sustainable development: a prescriptive, complexity‐based governance framework
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About Derk Loorbach's research
Derk Loorbach is a researcher in transitions, sustainability and governance at Professor, DRIFT, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Their work has been cited 31,276 times across 274 publications (h-index 68), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Transition management for sustainable development: a prescriptive, complexity‐based governance framework” (2010), has accumulated 3,069 citations. Other influential works include “Transition management: new mode of governance for sustainable development” (2007) with 2,257 citations and “Sustainability transitions research: transforming science and practice for societal change” (2017) with 2,109 citations.
Citations of Derk Loorbach's research come primarily from Germany, Ghana and Netherlands, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
