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D-Index
46
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20284
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1193
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514

Dennis M. Patten 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 Dennis M. Patten sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 81 publications — 13th percentile

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

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

Dennis M. Patten 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 Dennis M. Patten sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Dennis M. Patten is affiliated with Illinois State University in the United States and specializes in the fields of Business, Management and Accounting. Their research spans several subfields, including Strategy and Management, Marketing, Sociology and Political Science, Accounting, and Economics and Econometrics.

The primary focus of their scholarly work involves topics such as Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Environmental Sustainability in Business, Climate Change Communication and Perception, Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, and the interplay between Energy, Environment, and Economic Growth.

Recent papers authored by Dennis M. Patten include:

  • Corporate climate change disclosure during the Trump administration: evidence from standalone CSR reports (2021), published in Accounting Forum
  • Measuring CSR Disclosure when Assessing Stock Market Effects (2021), published in Accounting and the Public Interest
  • Circular economy to the rescue? The U.S. corporate disclosure response to the plastic crisis (2023), published in Accounting Forum
  • Industry Norm, Legitimacy Threats, and Managerial Decision-Making: An Experimental Investigation of Environmental Capital Expenditure Projections (2021), published in Accounting and the Public Interest

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Patten include:

  • Wioleta Olczak
  • Carla Antonini
  • Annika Beelitz
  • Charles H. Cho
  • Giovanna Michelon

Patten's publications commonly appear in journals such as Accounting Forum and Accounting and the Public Interest, each featuring two of their papers. These venues reflect a concentration on accounting and public interest issues related to corporate responsibility and environmental topics.

Best Publications

  • The role of environmental disclosures as tools of legitimacy: A research note

    Charles H. Cho;Charles H. Cho;Dennis M. Patten

  • Intra-industry environmental disclosures in response to the Alaskan oil spill: A note on legitimacy theory

    Dennis M. Patten

  • The relation between environmental performance and environmental disclosure: a research note

    Dennis M. Patten

  • Exposure, legitimacy, and social disclosure

    Dennis M. Patten

  • Environmental disclosures, regulatory costs, and changes in firm value

    Walter G. Blacconiere;Dennis M. Patten

  • The language of US corporate environmental disclosure

    Charles H. Cho;Robin W. Roberts;Dennis M. Patten

  • Securing organizational legitimacy

    Markus J. Milne;Dennis M. Patten

  • Do actions speak louder than words? An empirical investigation of corporate environmental reputation

    Charles H. Cho;Ronald P. Guidry;Amy M. Hageman;Dennis M. Patten

  • Corporate Charitable Contributions: A Corporate Social Performance or Legitimacy Strategy?

    Jennifer C. Chen;Dennis M. Patten;Robin W. Roberts

  • CSR disclosure: the more things change…?

    Charles H. Cho;Giovanna Michelon;Dennis M. Patten;Robin W. Roberts

  • The Normativity and Legitimacy of CSR Disclosure: Evidence from France

    Jean-Noël Chauvey;Sophie Giordano-Spring;Charles H. Cho;Dennis M. Patten

  • Corporate disclosure of environmental capital expenditures: A test of alternative theories

    Charles H. Cho;Martin Freedman;Dennis M. Patten

  • Market reactions to the first‐time issuance of corporate sustainability reports: Evidence that quality matters

    Ronald P. Guidry;Dennis M. Patten

  • Impression Management in Sustainability Reports: An Empirical Investigation of the Use of Graphs

    Charles H. Cho;Giovanna Michelon;Dennis M. Patten

  • Corporate Political Strategy:An Examination of the Relation between Political Expenditures, Environmental Performance, and Environmental Disclosure

    Charles H. Cho;Dennis M. Patten;Robin W. Roberts

  • Media exposure, public policy pressure, and environmental disclosure: an examination of the impact of tri data availability

    Dennis M. Patten

  • Evidence on the pernicious effect of financial report environmental disclosure

    Martin Freedman;Dennis M Patten

  • CSR report assurance in the USA: an empirical investigation of determinants and effects

    Charles H. Cho;Giovanna Michelon;Dennis M. Patten;Robin W. Roberts

  • Does stakeholder pressure influence corporate GHG emissions reporting? Empirical evidence from Europe

    Andrea Liesen;Andreas G. Hoepner;Dennis M. Patten;Frank Figge

  • Corporate responses to political costs: an examination of the relation between environmental disclosure and earnings management

    Dennis M. Patten;Greg Trompeter

  • LEGITIMACY AND THE INTERNET: AN EXAMINATION OF CORPORATE WEB PAGE ENVIRONMENTAL DISCLOSURES

    Dennis M. Patten;William Crampton

  • INTRA-INDUSTRY ENVIRONMENTAL DISCLOSURES IN RESPONSE TO THE ALASKAN OIL SPILL: A NOTE ON...

    Dennis M. Patten

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles H. Cho
Charles H. Cho York University
Robin W. Roberts
Robin W. Roberts University of Central Florida
Frank Figge
Frank Figge ESCP Europe, France
Manuel Castelo Branco
Manuel Castelo Branco University of Porto
Markus J. Milne
Markus J. Milne University of Canterbury

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