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Researcher · Stanford University · United States

Walter W. Powell

Walter W. Powell publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Strategy and Management, on topics such as Management and Organizational Studies, Innovation and Knowledge Management and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences.

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World rank
#44,698
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#17,198
of 1,627,098
Works
195
Citations
116k
Citations per work
594.8
h-index
58
i10-index 106Top 0.2% in Sociology and Political Science
Walter W. Powell

What does Walter W. Powell research?

Walter W. Powell's work is mostly in Business, Management and Accounting (36%), Social Sciences (16%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (6%).

Social Sciences: 119 works · 60.9% of their workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 69 works · 35.5% of their workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 27 works · 14.0% of their workStrategy and Management: 27 works · 13.7% of their workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 15 works · 7.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 30 works · 15.6% of their workSociology and Political Science: 30 works · 15.6% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 works · 5.7% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 works · 5.7% of their workDecision Sciences: 8 works · 4.1% of their workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 8 works · 4.1% of their workEverything else: 76 works · 39.1% of their workTHEIR WORKWalter W. Powell195works
Social Sciences61%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting6935.5%
    2. Social Sciences3015.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance115.7%
    4. Decision Sciences84.1%
  2. Everything else7639.1%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science16% of their works
  2. 2Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management14% of their works
  3. 3Strategy and Management14% of their works
  4. 4Management of Technology and Innovation8% of their works
  5. 5Economics and Econometrics6% of their works
  6. 6Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Walter W. Powell's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Social Capital, Institutional Theory, Institutional Entrepreneurship, Organizational Change, Strategic Alliances, Dynamic Capabilities, Knowledge Transfer and Innovation.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Social Capital693 topics
  2. Institutional Theory612 topics
  3. Institutional Entrepreneurship491 topic
  4. Organizational Change491 topic
  5. Strategic Alliances492 topics
  6. Dynamic Capabilities321 topic
  7. Knowledge Transfer321 topic
  8. Innovation312 topics
  9. Entrepreneurial Orientation201 topic
  10. Opportunity Recognition201 topic
  11. Bibliometric Analysis181 topic
  12. Research Evaluation181 topic
  13. Business Networks171 topic
  14. Coopetition171 topic
  15. Prosocial Behavior171 topic
  16. Volunteering171 topic
  17. Global Collaboration141 topic
  18. Health Biotechnology141 topic
  19. Collaborative Governance121 topic
  20. Public Management Reform121 topic

Where does Walter W. Powell work?

Walter W. Powell's main affiliation in the publication record is Stanford University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Walter W. Powell have?

OpenAlex counts 195 works and 115,993 citations for Walter W. Powell, an h-index of 58, ranking #44,698 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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