Topic · Chaos, Complexity, and Education
Most cited papers in Chaos, Complexity, and Education
What are the most cited papers in Chaos, Complexity, and Education?
The most cited paper in Chaos, Complexity, and Education is "Soft Systems Methodology in Action" (Thomas Gough, Peter B. Checkland, Jim Scholes, 1991), with 3,400 citations. Next come "Collaborating: Finding Common Ground for Multiparty Problems" (2,703) and "Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity" (2,510).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 223 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soft Systems Methodology in Action Thomas Gough, Peter B. Checkland, Jim Scholes · Journal of the Operational Research Society | Sep 1991 | 3,400 |
| 2 | Collaborating: Finding Common Ground for Multiparty Problems Robert Kramer, Barbara Gray · Academy of Management Review | Jul 1990 | 2,703 |
| 3 | Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity Roger F. Malina, John H. Holland · Leonardo | 1996 | 2,510 |
| 4 | Complexity Leadership Theory: Shifting leadership from the industrial age to the knowledge era Mary Uhl‐Bien, Russ Marion, Bill McKelvey · The Leadership Quarterly | 12 Jun 2007 | 2,309 |
| 5 | The Structure of Science Ernest Nagel, David Hawkins · American Journal of Physics | Oct 1961 | 2,235 |
| 6 | State-Space and Multivariable Theory H.H. Rosenbrock, Alistair G. J. MacFarlane · IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics | Apr 1972 | 2,179 |
| 7 | Developmental Evaluation: Applying Complexity Concepts to Enhance Innovation and Use Michael Quinn Patton | 14 Jun 2010 | 1,760 |
| 8 | Toward a psychology of dyadic organizing. George Bear Graen, Terri A. Scandura · Research in Organizational Behavior | 1987 | 1,521 |
| 9 | The search for synergy: a critical review from a response surface perspective. William R. Greco, Giangiacomo Bravo, J C Parsons · Pharmacological Reviews | Jun 1995 | 1,474 |
| 10 | Learning in and about complex systems John D. Sterman · System Dynamics Review | Jun 1994 | 1,280 |
| 11 | THE THEORY OF INFILTRATION J. R. Philip · Soil Science | Sep 1957 | 1,228 |
| 12 | Multidisciplinarity, interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity in health research, services, education and policy: 1. Definitions, objectives, and evidence of effectiveness. Bernard C. K. Choi, Anita W. P. Pak · PubMed | Dec 2006 | 1,219 |
| 13 | The new dynamics of strategy: Sense-making in a complex and complicated world Cynthia Kurtz, David J. Snowden · IBM Systems Journal | 2003 | 1,212 |
| 14 | Soft systems methodology: a thirty year retrospective Peter B. Checkland · Systems Research and Behavioral Science | Nov 2000 | 1,174 |
| 15 | The dominant logic: Retrospective and extension Richard A. Bettis, C. K. Prahalad · Strategic Management Journal | 1995 | 1,124 |
| 16 | From Being to Becoming: Time and Complexity in the Physical Sciences Ilya Prigogine, Erwin N. Hiebert · Physics Today | 1982 | 1,080 |
| 17 | The science of complexity: An alternative perspective for strategic change processes Ralph D. Stacey · Strategic Management Journal | 1995 | 1,042 |
| 18 | All models are wrong: reflections on becoming a systems scientist John D. Sterman · System Dynamics Review | Dec 2002 | 960 |
| 19 | The logic of paradox Graham Priest · Journal of Philosophical Logic | 1979 | 943 |
| 20 | The actor and the observer : Divergent perceptions of the causes of behavior EDWARD E. JONES, Richard E. Nisbett | 1972 | 941 |
| 21 | Paradox and Performance: Toward a Theory of Behavioral Complexity in Managerial Leadership Daniel R. Denison, Robert Hooijberg, Robert E. Quinn · Organization Science | Oct 1995 | 924 |
| 22 | A statistical measure of complexity R. López-Ruiz, H.L. Mancini, X. Calbet · Physics Letters A | Dec 1995 | 916 |
| 23 | The theory of evolution and dynamical systems Walter Fontana · Mathematical Biosciences | Sep 1989 | 907 |
| 24 | When complexity science meets implementation science: a theoretical and empirical analysis of systems change Jeffrey Braithwaite, Kate Churruca, Janet C. Long et al. · BMC Medicine | 27 Apr 2018 | 904 |
| 25 | Leadership skills for a changing world Michael D. Mumford, Stephen J. Zaccaro, Francis D. Harding et al. · The Leadership Quarterly | Mar 2000 | 892 |
| 26 | Increasing returns and the new world of business. William Arthur · PubMed | 6 Aug 1996 | 873 |
| 27 | Creative Problem Solving: Total Systems Intervention. Ann Rosemary Taket, Robert L. Flood, Michael C. Jackson · Journal of the Operational Research Society | Oct 1992 | 831 |
| 28 | Leadership in complex organizations Russ Marion, Mary Uhl‐Bien · The Leadership Quarterly | 2001 | 789 |
| 29 | Bathtub dynamics: initial results of a systems thinking inventory Linda Booth Sweeney, John D. Sterman · System Dynamics Review | Dec 2000 | 765 |
| 30 | Making Sense of Emergence Jaegwon Kim · Philosophical Studies | Aug 1999 | 741 |
| 31 | Soft Systems Methodology Peter B. Checkland, John Poulter | 2010 | 725 |
| 32 | The fine structure of the constructible hierarchy Ronald Björn Jensen · Annals of Mathematical Logic | Aug 1972 | 681 |
| 33 | Toward a contextual theory of leadership Richard N. Osborn, James G. Hunt, Lawrence R. Jauch · The Leadership Quarterly | 12 Nov 2002 | 660 |
| 34 | Chaos Theory and Organization R. A. Thiétart, Bernard Forgues · Organization Science | Feb 1995 | 606 |
| 35 | Organizations as complex adaptive systems: Implications of Complexity Theory for leadership research Marguerite Schneider, Mark John Somers · The Leadership Quarterly | 20 Jun 2006 | 600 |
| 36 | Executives ‘ Perceptual Filters: What They Notice and How They Make Sense Frances J Milliken | 27 Apr 2006 | 590 |
| 37 | The beauty of fractals: images of complex dynamical systems Heinz‐Otto Peitgen, Peter Hinnerk Richter · CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) | 1986 | 573 |
| 38 | The natural history of tuberculosis: the implications of age-dependent risks of disease and the role of reinfection Emilia Vynnycky, Paul Fine · Epidemiology and Infection | Oct 1997 | 570 |
| 39 | The re‐emergence of “emergence”: A venerable concept in search of a theory Peter A. Corning · Complexity | Jul 2002 | 570 |
| 40 | Reflections on the foundations of system dynamics George P. Richardson · System Dynamics Review | Jul 2011 | 512 |
| 41 | Social emergence societies as complex systems Sawyer, Robert Keith 1960- | 2005 | 511 |
| 42 | Learning the Innovation Journey: Order out of Chaos? Yu-Ting Cheng, Andrew H. Van de Ven · Organization Science | Dec 1996 | 499 |
| 43 | Complex Thinking, Complex Practice: The Case for a Narrative Approach to Organizational Complexity Haridimos Tsoukas, Mary Jo Hatch · Human Relations | Aug 2001 | 496 |
| 44 | Complexity leadership in bureaucratic forms of organizing: A meso model Mary Uhl‐Bien, Russ Marion · The Leadership Quarterly | 17 Jun 2009 | 495 |
| 45 | Complexity theories and organizational change Bernard Burnes · International Journal of Management Reviews | Jun 2005 | 488 |
| 46 | Strategy and structure Ian Morison · Elsevier eBooks | 1999 | 477 |
| 47 | On the Systems Engineering and Management of Systems of Systems and Federations of Systems Andrew P. Sage, Christopher D. Cuppan | Dec 2001 | 476 |
| 48 | Dynamics of Organizational Routines: A Generative Model Brian T. Pentland, Martha S. Feldman, Markus C. Becker et al. · Journal of Management Studies | 23 May 2012 | 473 |
| 49 | When teams do not function the way they ought to Gavriel Salomon, Tamar Globerson · International Journal of Educational Research | 1989 | 466 |
| 50 | Time and Chance David Z. Albert, Hans Christian von Baeyer · American Journal of Physics | Dec 2001 | 463 |
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