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Joseph F. Porac 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 Joseph F. Porac sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 94 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joseph F. Porac 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 Joseph F. Porac sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 38 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management

Overview

Joseph F. Porac is affiliated with New York University in the United States and works primarily in the field of Business, Management and Accounting. Their research spans various subfields, including Strategy and Management, Sociology and Political Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, and Accounting.

The main topics covered by Joseph F. Porac's work are:

  • Business Strategy and Innovation
  • Management and Organizational Studies
  • Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • Digital Marketing and Social Media
  • Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
  • Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing

Joseph F. Porac has published in several venues, with a frequent presence in:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings (8 publications)
  • Strategic Management Journal (2 publications)

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Inventor CEO involvement and firm exploitative and exploratory innovation," 2024, Strategic Management Journal
  • "Rating systems and increased heterogeneity in firm performance: Evidence from the New York City Restaurant Industry, 1994-2013," 2023, Strategic Management Journal
  • "Understanding Clustering-Segregating-Reconnecting Dynamics at Multiple Levels and Contexts," 2022, Academy of Management Proceedings
  • "Innovation Processes Track: Endogenous Shaping of the Business Environment," 2022, Academy of Management Proceedings
  • "The Innovator's Rulebook for Breaking The Rules," 2022, Academy of Management Proceedings

Joseph F. Porac frequently collaborates with several scholars, including:

  • Gino Cattani
  • Felipe A. Csaszar
  • Jason Greenberg
  • Daniel B. Sands
  • Christina H. Fang

Among recognitions, Joseph F. Porac has received the title of Dean of Fellow from the Academy of Management.

Best Publications

  • COMPETITIVE GROUPS AS COGNITIVE COMMUNITIES: THE CASE OF SCOTTISH KNITWEAR MANUFACTURERS*

    Joseph F. Porac;Howard Thomas;Charles Baden-Fuller

  • Rivalry and the Industry Model of Scottish Knitwear Producers

    Joseph F. Porac;Howard Thomas;Fiona Wilson;Douglas Paton

  • Taxonomic Mental Models in Competitor Definition

    Joseph F. Porac;Howard Thomas

  • On the Importance of Self-Determination for Intrinsically-Motivated Behavior:

    Miron Zuckerman;Joseph Porac;Drew Lathin;Edward L. Deci

  • Cognition and Communication at Work

    Yrjö Engeström;David Middleton

  • Are more resources always better for growth? Resource stickiness in market and product expansion

    Yuri Mishina;Timothy G. Pollock;Joseph F. Porac

  • Sociocognitive Dynamics in a Product Market

    José Antonio Rosa;Joseph F. Porac;Jelena Runser-Spanjol;Michael S. Saxon

  • When Trying to Win Competition and Intrinsic Motivation

    Edward L. Deci;Gregory Betley;James Kahle;Linda Abrams

  • THE BURDEN OF CELEBRITY: THE IMPACT OF CEO CERTIFICATION CONTESTS ON CEO PAY AND PERFORMANCE

    James B. Wade;Joseph F. Porac;Timothy G. Pollock;Scott D. Graffin

  • Industry Categories and the Politics of the Comparable Firm in CEO Compensation

    Joseph F. Porac;James B. Wade;Timothy G. Pollock

  • Worth, words, and the justification of executive pay

    James B. Wade;Joseph F. Porac;Timothy G. Pollock

  • Falls from Grace and the Hazards of High Status The 2009 British MP Expense Scandal and Its Impact on Parliamentary Elites

    Scott D. Graffin;Jonathan Bundy;Joseph F. Porac;James B. Wade

  • Categories and competition

    Gino Cattani;Joseph F. Porac;Howard Thomas

  • Cognitive Categorization and Subjective Rivalry Among Retailers in a Small City

    Joseph F. Porac;Howard Thomas

  • The Impact of CEO Status Diffusion on the Economic Outcomes of Other Senior Managers

    Scott D. Graffin;James B. Wade;Joseph F. Porac;Robert C. McNamee

  • Constructing Deal Networks: Brokers as Network “Architects” in the U.S. IPO Market and Other Examples

    Timothy G. Pollock;Joseph F. Porac;James B. Wade

  • Human capital heterogeneity, collaborative relationships, and publication patterns in a multidisciplinary scientific alliance: a comparative case study of two scientific teams

    Joseph F Porac;James B Wade;Harald M Fischer;Joyce Brown

  • Cognition Within and Between Organizations: Five Key Questions

    James R. Meindl;Charles Stubbart;Joseph F. Porac

  • Effects of goal difficulty, goal-setting method, and expected external evaluation on intrinsic motivation.

    Christina E. Shalley;Greg R. Oldham;Joseph F. Porac

  • Interorganizational Cognition and Interpretation

    Joseph F. Porac;Marc J. Ventresca;Yuri Mishina

  • Managing Cognition and Strategy: Issues, Trends and Future Directions

    Howard Thomas;J.F. Porac

  • Socio-Cognitive Dynamics in a Product Market

    José Antonio Rosa;Joseph F. Porac;Jelena Spanjol;Michael S. Saxon

  • Are More Resources Always Better for Growth? Resource Stickiness in Market and Product Expansion

    Timothy Pollock;Joseph F. Porac;Yuri Mishina

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald R. Ferris
Gerald R. Ferris Florida State University
Geoffrey C. Bowker
Geoffrey C. Bowker University of California, Irvine
Caroline Haythornthwaite
Caroline Haythornthwaite Syracuse University
Nicholas C. Burbules
Nicholas C. Burbules University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Donald B. Fedor
Donald B. Fedor Georgia Institute of Technology
Bertram C. Bruce
Bertram C. Bruce University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Miron Zuckerman
Miron Zuckerman University of Rochester
Edward L. Deci
Edward L. Deci University of Rochester
Christina E. Shalley
Christina E. Shalley Georgia Institute of Technology
Greg R. Oldham
Greg R. Oldham Tulane University

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