2026 Charles J. Fombrun: Business and Management Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Business and Management	50	955	890	410	374	85	43406

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

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Business and Management

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890

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374

43406

Overview

Charles J. Fombrun is affiliated with The RepTrak Company in the United States. Their research work is presented through academic publications focused on corporate citizenship and reputational risk.

Their most recent paper is titled Opportunity platforms and safety nets: Corporate citizenship and reputational risk, published in 2024 in the SSRN Electronic Journal.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Charles J. Fombrun include:

Naomi A. Gardberg
Michael L. Barnett

The majority of their publications are featured in the SSRN Electronic Journal.

Best Publications

What's in a Name? Reputation Building and Corporate Strategy

Charles Fombrun;Mark Shanley

8288
Citations
Reputation: Realizing Value from the Corporate Image

Charles J. Fombrun

4012
Citations
Strategic Human Resource Management

Charles J. Fombrun;Noel M. Tichy;Mary Anne Devanna

3695
Citations
THE REPUTATIONAL LANDSCAPE

Charles Fombrun;Cees van Riel

2293
Citations
The Reputation QuotientSM: A multi-stakeholder measure of corporate reputation

Charles J Fombrun;Naomi A Gardberg;Joy M Sever

2280
Citations
Social Network Analysis For Organizations

Noel M. Tichy;Michael L. Tushman;Charles Fombrun

2054
Citations
Fame & fortune : how successful companies build winning reputations

Charles J Fombrun;C. B. M Van Riel

1892
Citations
Opportunity Platforms and Safety Nets: Corporate Citizenship and Reputational Risk

Charles J. Fombrun;Naomi A. Gardberg;Michael L. Barnett

1810
Citations
Essentials of Corporate Communication : Implementing Practices for Effective Reputation Management

Cees B.M. Van Riel;Charles J. Fombrun

1498
Citations
Collective Strategy: Social Ecology of Organizational Environments.

W. Graham Astley;Charles J. Fombrun

1368
Citations
Corporate Citizenship: Creating Intangible Assets Across Institutional Environments

Naomi A. Gardberg;Charles J. Fombrun

1205
Citations
Constructing competitive advantage: The role of firm-constituent interactions

Violina P. Rindova;Charles J. Fombrun

1031
Citations
Macrocultures: Determinants and Consequences

Eric Abrahamson;Charles J. Fombrun

764
Citations
A World of Reputation Research, Analysis and Thinking — Building Corporate Reputation Through CSR Initiatives: Evolving Standards

Charles J Fombrun

651
Citations
RepTrak™ Pulse: Conceptualizing and Validating a Short-Form Measure of Corporate Reputation

Leonard J Ponzi;Charles J Fombrun;Naomi A Gardberg

616
Citations
Strategies for Network Research in Organizations

Charles J. Fombrun

597
Citations
Business Ethics: Corporate Responses to Scandal

Charles Fombrun;Christopher Foss

567
Citations
The Global Reputation Quotient Project: First Steps Towards a Cross-Nationally Valid Measure of Corporate Reputation

N A Gardberg;C J Fombrun

453
Citations
Human resources management: A strategic perspective

Mary Anne Devanna;Charles Fombrun;Noel Tichy

428
Citations
Corporate Reputations as Economic Assets

Charles J. Fombrun

424
Citations
Collective Strategy: Social Ecolog of Organizational Environments

W. Graham Astley;Charles J. Fombrun

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Violina P. Rindova University of California, Irvine

Michael L. Barnett Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Michael L. Tushman Harvard University

Majken Schultz Copenhagen Business School

Dennis A. Gioia Pennsylvania State University

Mary Jo Hatch University of Virginia

Hayagreeva Rao Stanford University

Edward J. Zajac Northwestern University

External Links

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