2026 George Serafeim: 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	60	522	487	231	212	245	28449

Overview

George Serafeim is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of business, management, accounting, economics, and finance, with a particular interest in corporate social responsibility, corporate finance and governance, and sustainable finance.

Serafeim has contributed extensively to several fields of study, including:

Business, Management and Accounting
Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Their work further delves into several subfields such as:

Strategy and Management
Economics and Econometrics
Accounting
Finance
Marketing

Key topics in Serafeim's research encompass:

Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
Corporate Finance and Governance
Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
Climate Change Policy and Economics
Sustainable Finance and Green Bonds
Environmental Sustainability in Business
Financial Markets and Investment Strategies

Serafeim's recent papers demonstrate engagement with sustainability and financial markets. These include:

Stock Price Reactions to ESG News: The Role of ESG Ratings and Disagreement, 2022, Review of Accounting Studies
The Pricing and Ownership of US Green Bonds, 2022, Annual Review of Financial Economics
Material Sustainability Information and Stock Price Informativeness, 2020, Journal of Business Ethics
Why is Corporate Virtue in the Eye of The Beholder? The Case of ESG Ratings, 2021, The Accounting Review
Stock Price Reactions to ESG News: The Role of ESG Ratings and Disagreement, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequently, Serafeim collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

Alexander Cheema-Fox
Katie Trinh
Bridget Realmuto LaPerla
Aaron Yoon
Katie Panella

Serafeim's work is published in multiple academic venues, with a substantial number of publications in:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Financial Analysts Journal
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance
Management Science
Review of Accounting Studies

Best Publications

Corporate social responsibility and access to finance

Beiting Cheng;Ioannis Ioannou;George Serafeim

4438
Citations
The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Processes and Performance

Robert G. Eccles;Ioannis Ioannou;George Serafeim

3384
Citations
What drives corporate social performance? The role of nation-level institutions

Unknown

1477
Citations
Why and How Investors Use ESG Information: Evidence from a Global Survey

Unknown

1471
Citations
Corporate Sustainability: First Evidence on Materiality

Unknown

1321
Citations
The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations: Analysts' Perceptions and Shifting Institutional Logics

Ioannis Ioannou;George Serafeim

1024
Citations
Corporate Sustainability: First Evidence on Materiality

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1007
Citations
The performance frontier: innovating for a sustainable strategy.

Robert G Eccles;George Serafeim

654
Citations
Market Interest in Nonfinancial Information

Robert G. Eccles;George Serafeim;Michael P. Krzus

650
Citations
Why is Corporate Virtue in the Eye of The Beholder? The Case of ESG Ratings

Dane M. Christensen;George Serafeim;Anywhere Sikochi

603
Citations
Stock price reactions to ESG news: the role of ESG ratings and disagreement

Unknown

575
Citations
Four Things No One Will Tell You About ESG Data

Unknown

548
Citations
Does Mandatory IFRS Adoption Improve the Information Environment?*

Unknown

542
Citations
Market reaction to and valuation of IFRS reconciliation adjustments: first evidence from the UK

Joanne Horton;George Serafeim

509
Citations
The Consequences of Mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting

Ioannis Ioannou;George Serafeim

499
Citations
Market Reaction to Mandatory Nonfinancial Disclosure

Unknown

464
Citations
Why and How Investors Use ESG Information: Evidence from a Global Survey

Unknown

445
Citations
The Need for Sector‐Specific Materiality and Sustainability Reporting Standards

Robert G. Eccles;Michael P. Krzus;Jean Rogers;George Serafeim

420
Citations
Speaking of the short-term: disclosure horizon and managerial myopia

Francois Brochet;Maria Loumioti;George Serafeim

417
Citations
The Consequences of Mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting: Evidence from Four Countries

Ioannis Ioannou;George Serafeim

409
Citations
The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Processes and Performance

Robert G. Eccles;Ioannis Ioannou;George Serafeim

407
Citations
Corporate Purpose and Financial Performance

Claudine Madras Gartenberg;Andrea Prat;George Serafeim

399
Citations
Financing the Response to Climate Change: The Pricing and Ownership of U.S. Green Bonds

Malcolm Baker;Daniel Bergstresser;George Serafeim;Jeffrey Wurgler

342
Citations
How to Become a Sustainable Company

Robert G. Eccles;Kathleen Miller Perkins;George Serafeim

330
Citations
Financing the Response to Climate Change: The Pricing and Ownership of U.S. Green Bonds

Malcolm Baker;Malcolm Baker;Daniel Bergstresser;George Serafeim;Jeffrey Wurgler;Jeffrey Wurgler

319
Citations
Material Sustainability Information and Stock Price Informativeness

Jyothika Grewal;Clarissa Hauptmann;George Serafeim

214
Citations
The Impact of a Corporate Culture of Sustainability on Corporate Behavior and Performance

Robert G. Eccles;Ioannis Ioannou;George Serafeim

195
Citations
Information Risk and Fair Values: An Examination of Equity Betas

Edward J. Riedl;George Serafeim

69
Citations
The Performance Frontier: Innovating for a Sustainable Strategy: Interaction.

Robert G. Eccles;George Serafeim;Deepak Seth;Calvin Chu Yee Ming

53
Citations
Corporate Social Responsibility and Access to Finance

Ioannis Ioannou;George Serafeim;Beiting Cheng

18
Citations
Article Type: Original Article DOES MANDATORY IFRS ADOPTION IMPROVE THE INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT?

Joanne Horton;George Serafeim;Ioanna Serafeim

12
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul M. Healy Harvard University

Rebecca Henderson Harvard University

Jeffrey Wurgler New York University

Malcolm P. Baker Harvard University

Amy C. Edmondson Harvard University

Colin Mayer University of Oxford

Leonid Kogan MIT

Andrea Prat Columbia University

Robert S. Kaplan Harvard University

Ronald A. Cohen University of Florida

External Links

Personal website of George Serafeim Google Scholar page

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