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Most cited papers in Management Science and Operations Research

What are the most cited papers in Management Science and Operations Research?

The most cited paper in Management Science and Operations Research is "Using thematic analysis in psychology" (Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, 2006), with 193,920 citations. Next come "Controlling the False Discovery Rate: A Practical and Powerful Approach to Multiple Testing" (112,351) and "Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives" (108,782).

Showing 50 of 97 papers. Every paper with more than 8,620 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 Using thematic analysis in psychology Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke · Qualitative Research in Psychology Open access 2006 193,920
2 Controlling the False Discovery Rate: A Practical and Powerful Approach to Multiple Testing Yoav Benjamini, Yosef Hochberg · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology) 1995 112,351
3 Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives Li‐tze Hu, Peter M. Bentler · Structural Equation Modeling A Multidisciplinary Journal 1999 108,782
4 Adam: A Method for Stochastic Optimization Diederik P. Kingma, Jimmy Lei Ba · arXiv (Cornell University) PreprintOpen access 22 Dec 2014 84,625
5 Common method biases in behavioral research: A critical review of the literature and recommended remedies. Philip M. Podsakoff, SCOTT B. MACKENZIE, Jeong Yeon Lee et al. · Journal of Applied Psychology 2003 80,679
6 Evaluating Structural Equation Models with Unobservable Variables and Measurement Error Claes Fornell, David F. Larcker · Journal of Marketing Research Feb 1981 71,613
7 Coefficient Alpha and the Internal Structure of Tests Lee J. Cronbach · Psychometrika Open access Sep 1951 44,025
8 A Coefficient of Agreement for Nominal Scales Jacob Cohen · Educational and Psychological Measurement Apr 1960 42,415
9 Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach. James C. Anderson, David W. Gerbing · Psychological Bulletin May 1988 40,395
10 Case Study Research: Design and Methods Harris Chaiklin · The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease Feb 1991 39,932
11 Regression Models and Life-Tables D. R. Cox · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology) 1972 39,869
12 A new criterion for assessing discriminant validity in variance-based structural equation modeling Jörg Henseler, Christian M. Ringle, Marko Sarstedt · Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science Open access 21 Aug 2014 37,002
13 Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling Rex B. Kline 27 May 1998 36,227
14 Absorptive Capacity: A New Perspective on Learning and Innovation Wesley M. Cohen, Daniel A. Levinthal · Administrative Science Quarterly Mar 1990 35,497
15 A Guideline of Selecting and Reporting Intraclass Correlation Coefficients for Reliability Research Terry K. K. Koo, Mae Y. Li · Journal of Chiropractic Medicine Open access Apr 2016 29,409
16 Measuring the efficiency of decision making units A. Charnes, William White Cooper, Edwardo L. Rhodes · European Journal of Operational Research Open access Nov 1978 29,033
17 Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases Amos Tversky, Daniel J. Kahneman · Science 27 Sep 1974 28,737
18 Regression Models and Life-Tables David R. Cox · Springer series in statistics Book chapter 1992 26,650
19 Alternative Ways of Assessing Model Fit Michael W. Browne, Robert A. Cudeck · Sociological Methods & Research Nov 1992 25,414
20 The REDCap consortium: Building an international community of software platform partners Paul A. Harris, Robert J. Taylor, Brenda L. Minor et al. · Journal of Biomedical Informatics Open access 9 May 2019 25,189
21 Comparative fit indexes in structural models. Peter M. Bentler · Psychological Bulletin 1990 24,151
22 Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research Priscilla M Robinson · Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Open access Aug 2007 23,544
23 Building Theories from Case Study Research Kathleen M. Eisenhardt · Academy of Management Review Open access Oct 1989 23,256
24 Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches Sarah Lewis · Health Promotion Practice 2 Apr 2015 22,287
25 Exploration and Exploitation in Organizational Learning James G. March · Organization Science Feb 1991 21,902
26 A Decision-Theoretic Generalization of On-Line Learning and an Application to Boosting Yoav Freund, Robert E. Schapire · Journal of Computer and System Sciences Open access Aug 1997 20,713
27 Interrater reliability: the kappa statistic Marry L. McHugh · Biochemia Medica Open access 2012 19,382
28 Reflecting on reflexive thematic analysis Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke · Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health Open access 13 Jun 2019 19,256
29 The Structure and Function of Complex Networks Michael E. Newman · SIAM Review Open access 2003 18,932
30 Structural equation modeling with AMOS: basic concepts, applications, and programming Barbara M. Byrne Nov 2000 18,093
31 A Dynamic Theory of Organizational Knowledge Creation Ikujiro Nonaka · Organization Science Feb 1994 17,764
32 A 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey John E. Ware, Mark R. Kosinski, Susan Keller · Medical Care Mar 1996 17,385
33 jModelTest 2: more models, new heuristics and parallel computing Diego Darriba, Guillermo L. Taboada, Ramón Doallo et al. · Nature Methods Open access 30 Jul 2012 17,284
34 Centrality in social networks conceptual clarification Linton C. Freeman · Social Networks 1978 17,222
35 Self-Reports in Organizational Research: Problems and Prospects Philip M. Podsakoff, Dennis W. Organ · Journal of Management Dec 1986 17,177
36 Theory of games and economic behavior Stephan Ramon Garcia, Steven J. Miller · American Mathematical Society eBooks Book chapterOpen access 12 Jun 2019 16,891
37 Some Models for Estimating Technical and Scale Inefficiencies in Data Envelopment Analysis Rajiv D. Banker, A. Charnes, William White Cooper · Management Science Sep 1984 16,797
38 Theory Building From Cases: Opportunities And Challenges Kathleen M. Eisenhardt, Melissa E. Graebner · Academy of Management Journal Feb 2007 16,535
39 Intuitionistic fuzzy sets Krassimir Todorov Atanassov · Fuzzy Sets and Systems Open access Aug 1986 16,433
40 Evaluating Goodness-of-Fit Indexes for Testing Measurement Invariance Gordon W. Cheung, Roger B. Rensvold · Structural Equation Modeling A Multidisciplinary Journal Apr 2002 16,242
41 Advances in prospect theory: Cumulative representation of uncertainty Amos Tversky, Daniel J. Kahneman · Journal of Risk and Uncertainty Oct 1992 15,858
42 On the Evaluation of Structural Equation Models Richard P. Bagozzi, Youjae Yi · Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science 1988 15,746
43 Consumer Acceptance and Use of Information Technology: Extending the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology1 Viswanath Venkatesh, James Y.L. Thong, Xu · MIS Quarterly Mar 2012 15,587
44 Sources of Method Bias in Social Science Research and Recommendations on How to Control It Philip M. Podsakoff, SCOTT B. MACKENZIE, Nathan Philip Podsakoff · Annual Review of Psychology Review Mar 2011 15,513
45 The Analytic Hierarchy Process Thomas L. Saaty, Kevin P. Kearns · Elsevier eBooks Book chapter 1985 15,416
46 No free lunch theorems for optimization David H. Wolpert, William G. Macready · IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Apr 1997 14,318
47 Simultaneous Inference in General Parametric Models Torsten Hothorn, Frank Bretz, Peter H. Westfall · Biometrical Journal Open access 15 May 2008 14,308
48 Social Research Methods Kevin M. G. Taylor, Sarah Nettleton, Geoffrey Harding Book chapter 16 Feb 2010 14,194
49 Thematic Analysis Lorelli S. Nowell, Jill M. Norris, Deborah White et al. · International Journal of Qualitative Methods Open access 2 Oct 2017 13,867
50 Experimental and quasi-experimental designs for generalized causal inference William R. Shadish, Thomas D. Cook, Donald T. Campbell 2002 13,406

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