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6340
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3045

David L. Cooperrider publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David L. Cooperrider sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 99 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

David L. Cooperrider D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David L. Cooperrider sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 36 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

David L. Cooperrider is affiliated with Case Western Reserve University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Business, Management, and Accounting, with an emphasis on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Additional areas of study include Education, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Management of Technology and Innovation, and Philosophy.

The main topics covered in their research involve Appreciative Inquiry and Organizational Change, Education and Critical Thinking Development, Psychological and Educational Research Studies, Education, Leadership, and Health Research, Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development, and Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • AI Practitioner
  • The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
  • Sustainability
  • Business and Society Review
  • Academy of Management Proceedings

Recent papers authored by David L. Cooperrider include:

  • Appreciative Inquiry in a Pandemic: An Improbable Pairing, 2020, The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
  • Strengths-based Megacommunities and the Appreciative Inquiry's Complete Convention: Creating Wholepower, Willpower and Waypower for Our World's Earthshot Moment, 2022, AI Practitioner
  • Positive Institutions, 2022, AI Practitioner

Cooperrider has collaborated frequently with multiple co-authors, among them:

  • Lindsey N. Godwin
  • Ronald Fry
  • Chris Laszlo
  • Ron Fry
  • Pamela S. Robinson

Best Publications

  • Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Revolution in Change

    David L. Cooperrider;Diana Kaplin Whitney

  • Appreciative inquiry handbook : the first in a series of AI workbooks for leaders of change

    David L. Cooperrider;Jacqueline M. Stavros;Diana Whitney;Ronald Fly

  • A Positive Revolution in Change: Appreciative Inquiry

    David L. Cooperrider;Diana Whitney

  • Positive Image, Positive Action: The Affirmative Basis of Organizing

    David L. Cooperrider

  • A contemporary commentary on appreciative inquiry in organizational life

    David L. Cooperrider

  • Appreciative Inquiry: The Power of the Unconditional Positive Question

    Frank J. Barrett;James D. Ludema;David L. Cooperrider

  • Appreciative Inquiry: Rethinking Human Organization Toward a Positive Theory of Change

    David L. Cooperrider;Jr. Sorensen Peter F.;Diana Whitney

  • Generative Metaphor Intervention: A New Approach for Working with Systems Divided by Conflict and Caught in Defensive Perception:

    Frank J. Barrett;David L. Cooperrider

  • Appreciative Inquiry Handbook: For Leaders of Change

    David L. Cooperrider;Diana Kaplin Whitney;Jacqueline M. Stavros

  • Appreciative management and leadership : the power of positive thought and action in organizations

    Suresh Srivastva;David L. Cooperrider

  • Appreciative inquiry : toward a methodology for understanding and enhancing organizational innovation

    David Loy Cooperrider

  • Appreciative inquiry handbook: For leaders of change, 2nd ed.

    David L. Cooperrider;Diana Whitney;Jacqueline M. Stavros

  • Appreciative inquiry : an emerging direction for organization development

    David L. Cooperrider

  • Organizational Wisdom and Executive Courage

    Suresh Srivastva;David L. Cooperrider

  • Positive Organization Development: Innovation-inspired Change in an Economy and Ecology of Strengths

    David L. Cooperrider;Lindsey N. Godwin

  • The Appreciative Inquiry Summit: An Emerging Methodology for Whole System Positive Change

    Diana Whitney;David L. Cooperrider

  • The appreciative inquiry summit: Overview and applications

    Diana Whitney;David L. Cooperrider

  • The Appreciative Organization

    H. Anderson;D. Cooperrider;Kenneth J. Gergen;M. Gergen

  • Strategic Inquiry ! Appreciative Intent: Inspiration to SOAR A New Framework for Strategic Planning

    Jacqueline Stavros;David Cooperrider;D. Lynn Kelley

  • Appreciable Worlds, Inspired Inquiry

    Danielle P. Zandee;David L. Cooperrider

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth J. Gergen
Kenneth J. Gergen Swarthmore College
Richard J. Boland
Richard J. Boland Case Western Reserve University

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