2026 Fran Ackermann: 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	55	738	681	40	40	217	13388

Fran Ackermann 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 Fran Ackermann sits on this spectrum.

35 publications 436+

This scientist: 217 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Fran Ackermann 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 Fran Ackermann sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

Fellow of the British Academy of Management
Fellow of the British Academy of Management
Fellow of the British Academy of Management

Overview

Fran Ackermann is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia and contributes to research primarily in the fields of Decision Sciences and Business, Management and Accounting. Their work spans several subfields including Management Science and Operations Research, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Strategy and Management, Artificial Intelligence, and Ocean Engineering.

The main topics addressed in their research involve Complex Systems and Decision Making, Cognitive Science and Mapping, Construction Project Management and Performance, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies, Management and Organizational Studies, and Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies.

Recent publications by Fran Ackermann include:

Experiences of mixed method OR Practitioners: moving beyond a technical focus to insights relating to modelling teams, 2021, Journal of the Operational Research Society
Stakeholders in strategy-making, 2024, Journal of strategy and management

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ackermann are:

Euan S. Harvey
Carmen E. Elrick-Barr
Johanna S. Zimmerhackel
Georgie Hill
Julian Clifton

Studies have been published across a range of venues including:

Group Decision and Negotiation
Environmental Science & Policy
Journal of the Operational Research Society
Journal of strategy and management
Marine Policy

Among Ackermann's recent papers are works focused on stakeholder dynamics and social and economic values related to marine environments, illustrating an interdisciplinary application of decision sciences to environmental and marine studies. Titles include "Modelling Stakeholder Dynamics for Supporting Group Decision and Negotiation: Theory to Practice" (2021, Group Decision and Negotiation) and "Man-made structures in the marine environment: A review of stakeholders' social and economic values and perceptions" (2021, Environmental Science & Policy).

An award recognition includes being named a Fellow of the British Academy of Management.

Best Publications

Making Strategy: The Journey of Strategic Management

Colin Eden;Fran Ackermann

1991
Citations
The analysis of cause maps

Colin Eden;Fran Ackermann;Steve Cropper

938
Citations
Strategic management of stakeholders : theory and practice

Fran Ackermann;Colin Eden

871
Citations
Putting the Resource-Based View of Strategy and Distinctive Competencies to Work in Public Organizations

John M. Bryson;Fran Ackermann;Colin Eden

454
Citations
Cognitive mapping expert views for policy analysis in the public sector

Colin Eden;Fran Ackermann

421
Citations
Visible Thinking: Unlocking Causal Mapping for Practical Business Results

J.M. Bryson;F. Ackermann;C. Eden;C.B. Finn

416
Citations
SODA - The principles

Colin Eden;Fran Ackermann

362
Citations
Problem structuring methods ‘in the Dock’: Arguing the case for Soft OR

Fran Ackermann

295
Citations
Integrated Support from Problem Structuring through to Alternative Evaluation Using COPE and V·I·S·A

Valerie Belton;Fran Ackermann;Ian Shepherd

252
Citations
Managerial processes: business process that sustain performance

Umit Sezer Bititci;Fran Ackermann;Aylin Ates;John Davies

240
Citations
SODA - journey making and mapping in practice

F. Ackermann;C. Eden;J. Rosenhead;J. Mingers

225
Citations
The role of feedback dynamics in disruption and delay on the nature of disruption and delay (D&D) in major projects

Colin Eden;Terence Williams;Fran Ackermann;Susan Howick

221
Citations
Participants' perceptions on the role of facilitators using Group Decision Support Systems

Fran Ackermann

214
Citations
Modeling for Litigation: Mixing Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

Fran Ackermann;Colin Eden;Terry Williams

208
Citations
The effects of design changes and delays on project costs

Terence Williams;Colin Eden;Fran Ackermann;Andrew Tait

206
Citations
Getting Started with Cognitive Mapping

Fran Ackermann;Colin Eden;Steve Cropper

201
Citations
Analysing and comparing idiographic causal maps

Colin Eden;Fran Ackermann

184
Citations
Reasoning maps for decision aid: an integrated approach for problem-structuring and multi-criteria evaluation

Gilberto Montibeller;Valerie Belton;Fran Ackermann;Leonardo Ensslin

182
Citations
Understanding intuition: the case for two forms of intuition

Viktor Dörfler;Fran Ackermann

181
Citations
Where Next for Problem Structuring Methods

Colin Eden;Fran Ackermann

176
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Colin Eden University of Strathclyde

John M. Bryson University of Minnesota

Terry Williams University of Hull

Peter E.D. Love Curtin University

Umit Bititci Heriot-Watt University

George P. Richardson State University of New York

Jim Smith Bond University

Zahir Irani University of Bradford

Gert-Jan de Vreede Stevens Institute of Technology

Douglas R. Vogel Harbin Institute of Technology

External Links

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