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Business and Management
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Business and Management 122 13 11 7 6 241 162836
Psychology 125 202 177 126 108 251 163478

Bruce J. Avolio publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Bruce J. Avolio between 1978 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Bruce J. Avolio published across 48 years, from 1978 to 2025, averaging 5.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 25 publications in 2001. 5 of the 279 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1978 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 25. Peak 25 publications in 2001. 1978: 1 publication 1979: 2 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 2 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 0 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 2 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 5 publications 1988: 4 publications 1989: 3 publications 1990: 5 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 7 publications 1999: 8 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 25 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 11 publications 2004: 9 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 15 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 6 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 2 publications
1978 2025

279 publications in total across all disciplines

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Bruce J. Avolio: publications per year, 1978 to 2025
Year Publications
1978 1
1979 2
1980 0
1981 2
1982 1
1983 0
1984 1
1985 2
1986 1
1987 5
1988 4
1989 3
1990 5
1991 3
1992 2
1993 4
1994 5
1995 2
1996 4
1997 5
1998 7
1999 8
2000 3
2001 25
2002 4
2003 11
2004 9
2005 6
2006 9
2007 9
2008 15
2009 12
2010 10
2011 17
2012 12
2013 15
2014 9
2015 5
2016 5
2017 4
2018 4
2019 4
2020 4
2021 4
2022 5
2023 6
2024 3
2025 2
Total 279
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Bruce J. Avolio publications per year - data summary

  • Bruce J. Avolio, a Business and Management scholar from University of Washington, has 279 publications recorded across 48 years, from 1978 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1978 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2001, with 25 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1978, 1982, 1984 and 1986, with 1 publication each.
  • 2 of the 48 years in the span carry no publications at all (1980 and 1983).
  • The rate of publication averages 5.8 papers per year over the whole span, or 6.1 per year counting only the 46 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 20 publications, 7% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1978-1993: 36 publications (2.3 per year); 1994-2009: 134 publications (8.4 per year); 2010-2025: 109 publications (6.8 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Bruce J. Avolio publication distribution in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Business and Management in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bruce J. Avolio sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 82 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 35–39 to 436+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 122. Most scientists, 122, have 95–99 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 240–244 publications, is where this scientist sits. 35–39 publications: 2 scientists 40–44 publications: 2 scientists 45–49 publications: 5 scientists 50–54 publications: 20 scientists 55–59 publications: 39 scientists 60–64 publications: 66 scientists 65–69 publications: 52 scientists 70–74 publications: 80 scientists 75–79 publications: 83 scientists 80–84 publications: 116 scientists 85–89 publications: 94 scientists 90–94 publications: 111 scientists 95–99 publications: 122 scientists 100–104 publications: 104 scientists 105–109 publications: 113 scientists 110–114 publications: 96 scientists 115–119 publications: 97 scientists 120–124 publications: 112 scientists 125–129 publications: 93 scientists 130–134 publications: 79 scientists 135–139 publications: 69 scientists 140–144 publications: 80 scientists 145–149 publications: 81 scientists 150–154 publications: 85 scientists 155–159 publications: 50 scientists 160–164 publications: 74 scientists 165–169 publications: 61 scientists 170–174 publications: 40 scientists 175–179 publications: 44 scientists 180–184 publications: 47 scientists 185–189 publications: 59 scientists 190–194 publications: 35 scientists 195–199 publications: 37 scientists 200–204 publications: 49 scientists 205–209 publications: 48 scientists 210–214 publications: 34 scientists 215–219 publications: 31 scientists 220–224 publications: 37 scientists 225–229 publications: 34 scientists 230–234 publications: 25 scientists 235–239 publications: 28 scientists 240–244 publications: 34 scientists 245–249 publications: 28 scientists 250–254 publications: 23 scientists 255–259 publications: 22 scientists 260–264 publications: 11 scientists 265–269 publications: 16 scientists 270–274 publications: 23 scientists 275–279 publications: 12 scientists 280–284 publications: 16 scientists 285–289 publications: 10 scientists 290–294 publications: 12 scientists 295–299 publications: 12 scientists 300–304 publications: 8 scientists 305–309 publications: 13 scientists 310–314 publications: 13 scientists 315–319 publications: 6 scientists 320–324 publications: 10 scientists 325–329 publications: 9 scientists 330–334 publications: 7 scientists 335–339 publications: 10 scientists 340–344 publications: 10 scientists 345–349 publications: 7 scientists 350–354 publications: 4 scientists 355–359 publications: 10 scientists 360–364 publications: 3 scientists 365–369 publications: 7 scientists 370–374 publications: 2 scientists 375–379 publications: 8 scientists 380–384 publications: 4 scientists 385–389 publications: 5 scientists 390–394 publications: 5 scientists 395–399 publications: 2 scientists 400–404 publications: 2 scientists 405–409 publications: 4 scientists 410–414 publications: 3 scientists 415–419 publications: 2 scientists 420–424 publications: 5 scientists 425–429 publications: 3 scientists 430–434 publications: 1 scientist 435 publications: 1 scientist 436+ publications: 100 scientists
35–39 publications 436+

This scientist: 241 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more.

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Number of Business and Management scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,017 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
35–39 2
40–44 2
45–49 5
50–54 20
55–59 39
60–64 66
65–69 52
70–74 80
75–79 83
80–84 116
85–89 94
90–94 111
95–99 122
100–104 104
105–109 113
110–114 96
115–119 97
120–124 112
125–129 93
130–134 79
135–139 69
140–144 80
145–149 81
150–154 85
155–159 50
160–164 74
165–169 61
170–174 40
175–179 44
180–184 47
185–189 59
190–194 35
195–199 37
200–204 49
205–209 48
210–214 34
215–219 31
220–224 37
225–229 34
230–234 25
235–239 28
240–244 34 241
245–249 28
250–254 23
255–259 22
260–264 11
265–269 16
270–274 23
275–279 12
280–284 16
285–289 10
290–294 12
295–299 12
300–304 8
305–309 13
310–314 13
315–319 6
320–324 10
325–329 9
330–334 7
335–339 10
340–344 10
345–349 7
350–354 4
355–359 10
360–364 3
365–369 7
370–374 2
375–379 8
380–384 4
385–389 5
390–394 5
395–399 2
400–404 2
405–409 4
410–414 3
415–419 2
420–424 5
425–429 3
430–434 1
435 1
436+ 100
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Bruce J. Avolio publication distribution in Business and Management in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 3,017 Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 82 ranges running from 35–39 to 436+ publications.
  • Bruce J. Avolio, a Business and Management scholar from University of Washington, records 241 publications - the 84th percentile of the discipline.
  • 84% of ranked Business and Management scientists score the same or lower than Bruce J. Avolio, and about 16% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 135–139 publications range, and Bruce J. Avolio ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 95–99 publications, holding 122 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 52% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 135–139 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 436 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Bruce J. Avolio D-index placement in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bruce J. Avolio sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 60 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 89+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 171. Most scientists, 171, have 32 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 89+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 156 scientists 31 D-Index: 159 scientists 32 D-Index: 171 scientists 33 D-Index: 161 scientists 34 D-Index: 135 scientists 35 D-Index: 124 scientists 36 D-Index: 114 scientists 37 D-Index: 111 scientists 38 D-Index: 103 scientists 39 D-Index: 89 scientists 40 D-Index: 81 scientists 41 D-Index: 97 scientists 42 D-Index: 80 scientists 43 D-Index: 69 scientists 44 D-Index: 68 scientists 45 D-Index: 63 scientists 46 D-Index: 54 scientists 47 D-Index: 69 scientists 48 D-Index: 50 scientists 49 D-Index: 58 scientists 50 D-Index: 54 scientists 51 D-Index: 62 scientists 52 D-Index: 54 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 49 scientists 55 D-Index: 35 scientists 56 D-Index: 40 scientists 57 D-Index: 44 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 29 scientists 60 D-Index: 48 scientists 61 D-Index: 32 scientists 62 D-Index: 30 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 22 scientists 65 D-Index: 19 scientists 66 D-Index: 20 scientists 67 D-Index: 18 scientists 68 D-Index: 17 scientists 69 D-Index: 21 scientists 70 D-Index: 20 scientists 71 D-Index: 19 scientists 72 D-Index: 14 scientists 73 D-Index: 10 scientists 74 D-Index: 16 scientists 75 D-Index: 24 scientists 76 D-Index: 13 scientists 77 D-Index: 19 scientists 78 D-Index: 8 scientists 79 D-Index: 6 scientists 80 D-Index: 4 scientists 81 D-Index: 12 scientists 82 D-Index: 7 scientists 83 D-Index: 7 scientists 84 D-Index: 6 scientists 85 D-Index: 10 scientists 86 D-Index: 4 scientists 87 D-Index: 11 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89+ D-Index: 96 scientists
30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 122 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Business and Management scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,017 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 156
31 159
32 171
33 161
34 135
35 124
36 114
37 111
38 103
39 89
40 81
41 97
42 80
43 69
44 68
45 63
46 54
47 69
48 50
49 58
50 54
51 62
52 54
53 43
54 49
55 35
56 40
57 44
58 34
59 29
60 48
61 32
62 30
63 22
64 22
65 19
66 20
67 18
68 17
69 21
70 20
71 19
72 14
73 10
74 16
75 24
76 13
77 19
78 8
79 6
80 4
81 12
82 7
83 7
84 6
85 10
86 4
87 11
88 6
89+ 96 122
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Bruce J. Avolio D-index placement in Business and Management in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 3,017 Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 60 ranges running from 30 to 89+ D-Index.
  • Bruce J. Avolio, a Business and Management scholar from University of Washington, records 122 D-Index - the 100th percentile of the discipline.
  • 100% of ranked Business and Management scientists score the same or lower than Bruce J. Avolio, and about 0% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 42 D-Index range, and Bruce J. Avolio ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 32 D-Index, holding 171 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 57% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 44 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more, 96 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management

Overview

Bruce J. Avolio is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily focusing on Business, Management and Accounting, alongside Psychology. Their work frequently intersects subfields such as Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology, Accounting, Strategy and Management, and Clinical Psychology.

Their research addresses key topics including Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Emotional Intelligence and Performance, Cultural Differences and Values, Corporate Finance and Governance, Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, Management and Organizational Studies, and Personality Traits and Psychology.

Recent publications by Bruce J. Avolio and collaborators include:

  • "Behavioral Integrity: Examining the Effects of Trust Velocity and Psychological Contract Breach" (2020, Journal of Business Ethics)
  • "Do employees' views matter in corporate governance? The relationship between employee approval and CEO dismissal" (2022, Strategic Management Journal)
  • "Walking Our Evidence-Based Talk: The Case of Leadership Development in Business Schools" (2022, Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies)
  • "How leader and follower prototypical and antitypical attributes influence ratings of transformational leadership in an extreme context" (2020, Human Relations)
  • "Take a 'Selfie': Examining How Leaders Emerge From Leader Self-Awareness, Self-Leadership, and Self-Efficacy" (2021, Frontiers in Psychology)

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Strategic Management Journal
  • Journal of Business Ethics

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Sean T. Hannah, Fong T. Keng, Eva M. Bracht, Lisa Dragoni, and Yiming Huang.

Bruce J. Avolio has contributed to academic book publishing as well, with a publication titled Organizational Transformation (2020) released by Stanford University Press eBooks.

The scientist has been recognized with several distinctions including being named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2002 and holding the position of Dean of Fellow at the Academy of Management.

Best Publications

  • Improving Organizational Effectiveness through Transformational Leadership

    Bernard M. Bass;Bruce J. Avolio

  • Authentic leadership development: Getting to the root of positive forms of leadership

    Bruce J. Avolio;William L. Gardner

  • POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL: MEASUREMENT AND RELATIONSHIP WITH PERFORMANCE AND SATISFACTION

    Fred Luthans;Bruce J. Avolio;James B. Avey;Steven M. Norman

  • Re‐examining the components of transformational and transactional leadership using the Multifactor Leadership

    Bruce J. Avolio;Bernard M. Bass;Dong I. Jung

  • Predicting unit performance by assessing transformational and transactional leadership

    Bernard M. Bass;Bruce J. Avolio;Dong I. Jung;Yair Berson

  • Authentic Leadership: Development and Validation of a Theory-Based Measure†:

    Fred O. Walumbwa;Bruce J. Avolio;William L. Gardner;Tara S. Wernsing

  • Transformational Leadership And Organizational Culture

    Bernard M. Bass;Bruce J. Avolio

  • Psychological Capital: Developing the Human Competitive Edge

    Fred Luthans;Carolyn M. Youssef;Bruce J. Avolio

  • Leadership: Current Theories, Research, and Future Directions

    Bruce J. Avolio;Fred O. Walumbwa;Todd J. Weber

  • Transformational leadership, transactional leadership, locus of control, and support for innovation: key predictors of consolidated-business-unit performance

    Jane M. Howell;Bruce J. Avolio

  • Unlocking the mask: a look at the process by which authentic leaders impact follower attitudes and behaviors

    Bruce J. Avolio;William L. Gardner;Fred O. Walumbwa;Fred Luthans

  • “Can you see the real me?” A self-based model of authentic leader and follower development

    William L. Gardner;Bruce J. Avolio;Fred Luthans;Douglas R. May

  • Impact of Transformational Leadership on Follower Development and Performance: A Field Experiment

    Taly Dvir;Dov Eden;Bruce J. Avolio;Boas Shamir

  • Context and leadership: An examination of the nine-factor full-range leadership theory using the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire.

    John Antonakis;Bruce J Avolio;Nagaraj Sivasubramaniam

  • Full leadership development : building the vital forces in organizations

    Bruce J. Avolio

  • Transformational leadership and organizational commitment: mediating role of psychological empowerment and moderating role of structural distance

    Bruce J. Avolio;Weichun Zhu;William Koh;Puja Bhatia

  • Transformational leadership: A response to critiques.

    Bernard M. Bass;Bruce J. Avolio

  • Psychological capital development: toward a micro-intervention

    Fred Luthans;James B. Avey;Bruce J. Avolio;Steven M. Norman

  • The mediating role of psychological capital in the supportive organizational climate—employee performance relationship

    Fred Luthans;Steven M. Norman;Bruce J. Avolio;James B. Avey

  • Developing Transformational Leadership: 1992 and Beyond

    Bernard M. Bass;Bruce J. Avolio

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernard M. Bass
Bernard M. Bass Binghamton University
Fred Luthans
Fred Luthans University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Sean T. Hannah
Sean T. Hannah Wake Forest University
Fred O. Walumbwa
Fred O. Walumbwa Florida International University
John J. Sosik
John J. Sosik Pennsylvania State University
David A. Waldman
David A. Waldman Arizona State University
Francis J. Yammarino
Francis J. Yammarino Binghamton University
William L. Gardner
William L. Gardner Texas Tech University
Leanne E. Atwater
Leanne E. Atwater University of Houston
Steve W. J. Kozlowski
Steve W. J. Kozlowski University of South Florida

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