| The circular economy in Europe: Critical perspectives on policies and imaginaries Z Kovacic, R Strand, T Völker Taylor & Francis, 2020 | 167 | 2020 |
| Indicator development as a site of collective imagination? The case of European Commission policies on the circular economy T Völker, Z Kovacic, R Strand Culture and Organization 26 (2), 103-120, 2020 | 98 | 2020 |
| An innovative accounting framework for the food-energy-water nexus: Application of the MuSIASEM approach to three case studies M Giampietro, RJ Aspinall, SGF Bukkens, JJC Benalcazar, FD Maurin, ... | 97 | 2013 |
| Conceptualising slum in an urban African context S Smit, JK Musango, Z Kovacic, AC Brent Cities 62, 107-119, 2017 | 85 | 2017 |
| Mediating household energy transitions through co-design in urban Kenya, Uganda and South Africa A Ambole, JK Musango, K Buyana, M Ogot, C Anditi, B Mwau, Z Kovacic, ... Energy Research & Social Science 55, 208-217, 2019 | 79 | 2019 |
| Beyond “beyond GDP indicators:” The need for reflexivity in science for governance Z Kovacic, M Giampietro Ecological complexity 21, 53-61, 2015 | 66 | 2015 |
| Probing uncertainty levels of electrification in informal urban settlements: A case from South Africa Z Kovacic, S Smit, JK Musango, AC Brent, M Giampietro Habitat International 56, 212-221, 2016 | 62 | 2016 |
| Complexity, uncertainty and ambiguity: Implications for European Union energy governance Z Kovacic, LJ Di Felice Energy Research & Social Science 53, 159-169, 2019 | 59 | 2019 |
| Food, energy or biomaterials? Policy coherence across agro-food and bioeconomy policy domains in the EU A Muscat, EM de Olde, Z Kovacic, IJM de Boer, R Ripoll-Bosch Environmental science & policy 123, 21-30, 2021 | 48 | 2021 |
| The complexity of food systems: Defining relevant attributes and indicators for the evaluation of food supply chains in Spain G Gamboa, Z Kovacic, M Di Masso, S Mingorría, T Gomiero, ... Sustainability 8 (6), 515, 2016 | 46 | 2016 |
| The role of metrics in the governance of the water-energy-food nexus within the European Commission T Voelker, K Blackstock, Z Kovacic, J Sindt, R Strand, K Waylen Journal of Rural Studies 92, 473-481, 2022 | 42 | 2022 |
| Urban metabolism of the informal city: Probing and measuring the ‘unmeasurable’to monitor Sustainable Development Goal 11 indicators JK Musango, P Currie, S Smit, Z Kovacic Ecological Indicators 119, 106746, 2020 | 42 | 2020 |
| Between theory and quantification: An integrated analysis of metabolic patterns of informal urban settlements Z Kovacic, M Giampietro Energy Policy 100, 377-386, 2017 | 42 | 2017 |
| Interrogating differences: A comparative analysis of Africa’s informal settlements Z Kovacic, JK Musango, LA Ambole, K Buyana, S Smit, C Anditi, B Mwau, ... World Development 122, 614-627, 2019 | 40 | 2019 |
| The unresolved controversy over nuclear power: A new approach from complexity theory F Diaz-Maurin, Z Kovacic Global environmental change 31, 207-216, 2015 | 33 | 2015 |
| The lose-lose predicament of deforestation through subsistence farming: Unpacking agricultural expansion in the Ecuadorian Amazon Z Kovacic, OV Salazar Journal of Rural Studies 51, 105-114, 2017 | 32 | 2017 |
| Conceptualizing numbers at the science–policy interface Z Kovacic Science, Technology, & Human Values 43 (6), 1039-1065, 2018 | 30 | 2018 |
| Investigating science for governance through the lenses of complexity Z Kovacic Futures 91, 80-83, 2017 | 29 | 2017 |
| Finance, energy and the decoupling: an empirical study Z Kovacic, M Spanò, SL Piano, AH Sorman Journal of Evolutionary Economics 28, 565-590, 2018 | 28 | 2018 |
| Mapping degrees of complexity, complicatedness, and emergent complexity TFH Allen, P Austin, M Giampietro, Z Kovacic, E Ramly, J Tainter Ecological complexity 35, 39-44, 2018 | 25 | 2018 |
