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Regional Development and Innovation

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Jorge Manuel Cespedes Morai
Universidad del Valle de Toluca
2
Secretaría Nacional de Planificación y Desarrollo.
Unknown
3
Enrique Torres Bernier
Universidad de Málaga
4
Alicia Tenza-Peral
Universidad de Zaragoza
5
Verónica Vázquez Vidal
Universidad Interamericana para el Desarrollo
6
Edilberto Javier Montenegro-Gracia
Universidad de Panamá
7
Ricardo Javier Aragón Gómez
University of Matanzas
8
Juan Fernando Mendoza Ledezma
Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción
9
Carlos Julián Ramírez-Gómez
University of Caldas
10
Héctor Eduardo Hernández-Núñez
University of Tolima

Rising Stars Papers

1
Evolución de la Industria del Turismo Sostenible en España
Ciencia y reflexión :|2024
104 cit.
2
Sustainable tourism and governance strategies in gentrification contexts: a bibliometric análisis
Gentrification|2024
30 cit.
3
Interactions between climate, shade canopy characteristics and cocoa production in Colombia
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems|2024
14 cit.
4
The adoption of sustainable practices in livestock production systems in tropical Andean Páramos
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems|2025
6 cit.
5
Tipología de jóvenes rurales emprendedores agropecuarios: un estudio de caso en Colombia
Revista CEA|2024
3 cit.
6
Gestión del conocimiento: estrategias para la adquisición, gestión y transferencia de conocimientos en las organizaciones
Publicaciones e Investigación|2024
2 cit.
7
La Contabilidad como Herramienta para la Gestión de las Finanzas Personales en Jóvenes
Conocimiento, investigación y educación.|2024
2 cit.
8
Explicando el emprendimiento rural exitoso desde un análisis multidimensional: un estudio de caso en Colombia
Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural|2025
2 cit.
9
Perfil socioemprendedor de jóvenes rurales y factores de permanencia territorial
Equidad y Desarrollo|2025
1 cit.
10
Agronomic performance of cocoa production type systems in Colombia
PLoS ONE|2025
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Jhon Guzmán-Manrique
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2
Rafael Alvarado
Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo
3
Francisco Rafael Martínez Martínez
University of Almería
4
Celsa Cosío-Ruiz
Unknown
5
Zoila Millet Ronquillo
Unknown
6
Rui Alexandre Castanho
WSB University
7
Francesca Blanc
LINKS Foundation
8
Danae Hernández Cortés
University of California, Santa Barbara
9
Raquel Amanda Villamizar-Gallardo
University of Pamplona
10
Ricardo Ortiz
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Analyze the environmental sustainability factors of China: The role of fossil fuel energy and renewable energy
Renewable Energy|2022
807 cit.
2
Environmental concerns in the United States: Can renewable energy, fossil fuel energy, and natural resources depletion help?
Gondwana Research|2023
225 cit.
3
Do natural resources, economic growth, human capital, and urbanization affect the ecological footprint? A modified dynamic ARDL and KRLS approach
Resources Policy|2022
147 cit.
4
Towards environmental sustainability in E−7 countries: Assessing the roles of natural resources, economic growth, country risk, and energy transition
Resources Policy|2023
107 cit.
5
Are abundant energy resources and Chinese business a solution to environmental prosperity in Africa?
Energy Policy|2022
99 cit.
6
The impact of environmental technology innovation and energy credit rebate on carbon emissions: A comparative analysis
Journal of International Development|2023
92 cit.
7
LSTM Recurrent Neural Network for Hand Gesture Recognition Using EMG Signals
Applied Sciences|2022
89 cit.
8
Sustainable green electricity, technological innovation, and ecological footprint: Does democratic accountability moderate the nexus?
Utilities Policy|2023
87 cit.
9
The impact of natural resources, economic growth, savings, and current account balance on financial sector development: Theory and empirical evidence
Resources Policy|2023
86 cit.
10
Impact of the informal economy on the ecological footprint: The role of urban concentration and globalization
Economic Analysis and Policy|2022
78 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Alain Rallet
Université Paris-Saclay
2
Sven‐Erik Jacobsen
Quality Research
3
Manuel Castells
University of Southern California
4
Judith Sutz
Universidad de la República
5
Hugh P. Possingham
The University of Queensland
6
Nik Theodore
University of Illinois Chicago
7
Peter M. Ward
Sejong Institute
8
Gui Lohmann
Edith Cowan University
9
Miguel Atienza
Universidad Católica del Norte
10
Isidro Soloaga
Ibero American University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Cities and the Geographies of “Actually Existing Neoliberalism”
Antipode|2002
2.8k cit.
2
The Internet Galaxy: Reflections on the Internet, Business, and Society
Academe|2002
1.9k cit.
3
Variegated neoliberalization: geographies, modalities, pathways
Global Networks|2009
1.8k cit.
4
Communication, Power and Counter-power in the Network Society
Unknown Journal|2007
1.5k cit.
5
Proximity and Localization
Regional Studies|2005
1.4k cit.
6
The New Public Sphere: Global Civil Society, Communication Networks, and Global Governance
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science|2008
1.2k cit.
7
The City and the Grassroots: A Cross-Cultural Theory of Urban Social Movements
The American Historical Review|1986
1k cit.
8
Mobile Communication and Society: A Global Perspective
Economic Geography|2008
1k cit.
9
Mobilizing policy: Models, methods, and mutations
Geoforum|2010
975 cit.
10
Zero tolerance ecology: improving ecological inference by modelling the source of zero observations
Ecology Letters|2005
926 cit.

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