| Exploring the governance and politics of transformations towards sustainability J Patterson, K Schulz, J Vervoort, S Van Der Hel, O Widerberg, C Adler, ... Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 24, 1-16, 2017 | 850 | 2017 |
| Ten essentials for action-oriented and second order energy transitions, transformations and climate change research I Fazey, N Schäpke, G Caniglia, J Patterson, J Hultman, B Van Mierlo, ... Energy Research & Social Science 40, 54-70, 2018 | 540 | 2018 |
| Implementing the “Sustainable Development Goals”: towards addressing three key governance challenges—collective action, trade-offs, and accountability KJ Bowen, NA Cradock-Henry, F Koch, J Patterson, T Häyhä, J Vogt, ... Current opinion in environmental sustainability 26, 90-96, 2017 | 496 | 2017 |
| Transforming knowledge systems for life on Earth: Visions of future systems and how to get there I Fazey, N Schäpke, G Caniglia, A Hodgson, I Kendrick, C Lyon, G Page, ... Energy research & social science 70, 101724, 2020 | 285 | 2020 |
| New directions in earth system governance research S Burch, A Gupta, CYA Inoue, A Kalfagianni, Å Persson, AK Gerlak, A Ishii, ... Earth system governance 1, 100006, 2019 | 230 | 2019 |
| Political feasibility of 1.5 C societal transformations: the role of social justice JJ Patterson, T Thaler, M Hoffmann, S Hughes, A Oels, E Chu, A Mert, ... Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 31, 1-9, 2018 | 205 | 2018 |
| Analysing institutional change in environmental governance: Exploring the concept of ‘institutional work’ R Beunen, JJ Patterson Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 62 (1), 12-29, 2019 | 204 | 2019 |
| Understanding enabling capacities for managing the ‘wicked problem’of nonpoint source water pollution in catchments: A conceptual framework JJ Patterson, C Smith, J Bellamy Journal of environmental management 128, 441-452, 2013 | 199 | 2013 |
| Learning in urban climate governance: concepts, key issues and challenges M Wolfram, J Van der Heijden, S Juhola, J Patterson Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning 21 (1), 1-15, 2019 | 114 | 2019 |
| Institutional innovation in urban governance: The case of climate change adaptation JJ Patterson, D Huitema Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 62 (3), 374-398, 2019 | 95 | 2019 |
| Governing for resilience: the role of institutional work R Beunen, J Patterson, K Van Assche Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 28, 10-16, 2017 | 94 | 2017 |
| Rethinking water governance: Moving beyond water-centric perspectives in a connected and changing world RC de Loë, JJ Patterson Natural Resources Journal 57 (1), 75-100, 2017 | 89 | 2017 |
| Developing industrial water reuse synergies in Port Melbourne: cost effectiveness, barriers and opportunities D Giurco, A Bossilkov, J Patterson, A Kazaglis Journal of Cleaner Production 19 (8), 867-876, 2011 | 88 | 2011 |
| advancing the role of cities in climate governance–promise, limits, politics J Van der Heijden, J Patterson, S Juhola, M Wolfram Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 62 (3), 365-373, 2019 | 77 | 2019 |
| The political effects of emergency frames in sustainability J Patterson, C Wyborn, L Westman, MC Brisbois, M Milkoreit, D Jayaram Nature Sustainability 4 (10), 841-850, 2021 | 73 | 2021 |
| 'Transformations towards sustainability': Emerging approaches, critical reflections, and a research agenda J Patterson, K Schulz, J Vervoort, C Adler, M Hurlbert, S van der Hel, ... Earth Systems Governance Project, 2015 | 72 | 2015 |
| Continuing pollution from the Rum Jungle U–Cu project: A critical evaluation of environmental monitoring and rehabilitation GM Mudd, J Patterson Environmental Pollution 158 (5), 1252-1260, 2010 | 54 | 2010 |
| More than planning: Diversity and drivers of institutional adaptation under climate change in 96 major cities JJ Patterson Global Environmental Change 68, 102279, 2021 | 48 | 2021 |
| Tapping fresh currents: Fostering early-career researchers in transdisciplinary water governance research JJ Patterson, A Lukasiewicz, PJ Wallis, N Rubenstein, B Coffey, ... Water Alternatives 6 (2), 293-312, 2013 | 45 | 2013 |
| The dilemmas of citizen inclusion in urban planning and governance to enable a 1.5 C climate change scenario E Chu, T Schenk, J Patterson Urban Planning 3 (2), 128-140, 2018 | 40 | 2018 |
