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Clayton M. Christensen

Clayton M. Christensen

D-Index & Metrics

Business and Management

D-Index
64
Citations
74291
World Ranking
408
National Ranking
190

Clayton M. Christensen 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 Clayton M. Christensen sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 200 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Clayton M. Christensen 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 Clayton M. Christensen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Clayton M. Christensen was affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the fields of Engineering with a particular emphasis on Ocean Engineering. They contributed to several main topics of work, including Offshore Engineering and Technologies, Drilling and Well Engineering, and Oil and Gas Production Techniques.

Their publication record includes papers published in notable venues. Among these were contributions to Research-Technology Management and the IADC/SPE International Drilling Conference and Exhibition. Their recent papers included the following:

  • Managing Disruption, 2020, Research-Technology Management
  • Review of Design and Operation of the Integrated Riser Joints Used in Deepwater MPD Operations, 2024, IADC/SPE International Drilling Conference and Exhibition

Clayton M. Christensen worked collaboratively with various coauthors through their research career. Frequent collaborators included:

  • Jim Euchner
  • Nitin Kulkarni
  • Landon Hollman
  • Alexa Gonzalez Luis
  • Karen Dillon

Their contributions were primarily situated within engineering domains, reflecting a focus on practical and technical challenges related to offshore and drilling engineering technologies. The topics of their research reflected the evolving nature of oil and gas production techniques and underwater engineering.

Best Publications

  • The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail

    Clayton M. Christensen

  • CUSTOMER POWER, STRATEGIC INVESTMENT, AND THE FAILURE OF LEADING FIRMS

    Clayton M. Christensen;Joseph L. Bower

  • Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave

    Joseph L. Bower;Clayton M. Christensen

  • The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth

    Clayton M. Christensen;Michael E. Raynor

  • Reinventing Your Business Model

    Mark W. Johnson;Clayton M. Christensen;Henning Kagermann

  • Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation

    Robert A. Burgelman;Clayton M. Christensen;Steven C Wheelwright

  • Explaining the attacker's advantage: Technological paradigms, organizational dynamics, and the value network

    Clayton M. Christensen;Richard S. Rosenbloom

  • Meeting the Challenge of Disruptive Change

    Clayton M. Christensen;Michael Overdorf

  • Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns

    Clayton M. Christensen;Curtis W. Johnson;Michael B. Horn

  • The Great Leap: Driving Innovation From the Base of the Pyramid

    Stuart Hart;Clayton M. Christensen

  • The Ongoing Process of Building a Theory of Disruption

    Clayton M. Christensen

  • Strategies for survival in fast-changing industries

    Clayton M. Christensen;Fernando F. Suárez;James M. Utterback

  • What Is Disruptive Innovation

    Clayton M. Christensen;Michael E. Raynor;Rory McDonald

  • Disruptive innovation for social change.

    Clayton M. Christensen;Heiner Baumann;Rudy Ruggles;Thomas M. Sadtler

  • Seeing What's Next: Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change

    Clayton M. Christensen;Scott D.Anthony;Erik A.Roth

  • Will disruptive innovations cure health care

    Clayton M. Christensen;Richard M.J. Bohmer;John Kenagy

  • The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care

    Clayton M. Christensen;Jerome H. Grossman;Jason Hwang

  • The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business

    Clayton M. Christensen

  • Disruptive Innovation: An Intellectual History and Directions for Future Research

    Clayton M. Christensen;Rory McDonald;Elizabeth J. Altman;Jonathan E. Palmer

  • The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail

    Robert Birnbaum;Clayton M. Christensen;Michael E. Raynor

  • Disrupting Class: Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns.

    Clayton M. Christensen;Michael B. Horn;Curtis W. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Hal B. Gregersen
Hal B. Gregersen Brigham Young University
Jeffrey H. Dyer
Jeffrey H. Dyer Brigham Young University
Peter F. Drucker
Peter F. Drucker Claremont Graduate University
Stuart L. Hart
Stuart L. Hart University of Vermont
Jonathan G. Palmer
Jonathan G. Palmer University of New South Wales
Michael E. Porter
Michael E. Porter Harvard University
Robert S. Kaplan
Robert S. Kaplan Harvard University
Teresa M. Amabile
Teresa M. Amabile Harvard University
Chang Chieh Hang
Chang Chieh Hang National University of Singapore
David P. Norton
David P. Norton University of Florida

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