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D-Index
91
Citations
163683
World Ranking
167
National Ranking
80

Karl E. Weick 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 Karl E. Weick sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 270 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Karl E. Weick 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 Karl E. Weick sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 261 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
  • Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management

Overview

Karl E. Weick is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Business, Management and Accounting, as well as Social Sciences.

The main fields of study include:

  • Business, Management and Accounting
  • Social Sciences

Their subfields of study cover:

  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Visual Arts and Performing Arts
  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Education

Karl E. Weick's work addresses topics such as:

  • Management and Organizational Studies
  • Management Theory and Practice
  • Psychology of Social Influence
  • Complex Systems and Decision Making
  • Visual Culture and Art Theory
  • Artistic and Creative Research
  • Educational Practices and Policies

Recent papers by Karl E. Weick include:

  • Sensemaking, Organizing, and Surpassing: A Handoff (2020), Journal of Management Studies
  • Arrested Sensemaking: Typified Suppositions Sink the El Faro (2022), Organization Theory
  • Mann Gulch Revisited: Improvisation as a Surface of Apprehension (2024), Academy of Management Discoveries
  • Thomas B. Lawrence and Nelson Phillips: Constructing Organizational Life: How Social-Symbolic Work Shapes Selves, Organizations, and Institutions (2020), Administrative Science Quarterly
  • Martha S. Feldman, Brian T. Pentland, Luciana D'Adderio, Katharina Dittrich, Claus Rerup, and David Seidl, eds. Cambridge Handbook of Routine Dynamics (2022), Administrative Science Quarterly

The primary venues in which Karl E. Weick publishes are:

  • Administrative Science Quarterly
  • Journal of Management Studies
  • Organization Theory
  • Academy of Management Discoveries

Karl E. Weick has received recognition such as being named a Dean of Fellow by the Academy of Management.

Best Publications

  • Sensemaking in organizations

    Karl E. Weick

  • The social psychology of organizing

    Karl E. Weick

  • Organizing and the Process of Sensemaking

    Karl E. Weick;Kathleen M. Sutcliffe;David Obstfeld

  • Educational Organizations as Loosely Coupled systems

    Karl E. Weick

  • Toward a Model of Organizations as Interpretation Systems

    Richard L. Daft;Karl E. Weick

  • Collective mind in organizations: Heedful interrelating on flight decks.

    Karl E. Weick;Karlene H. Roberts

  • The Collapse of Sensemaking in Organizations: The Mann Gulch Disaster

    Karl E. Weick

  • Managing the unexpected : resilient performance in an age of uncertainty

    Karl E. Weick;Kathleen M. Sutcliffe

  • Loosely Coupled Systems: A Reconceptualization

    J. Douglas Orton;Karl E. Weick

  • ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT

    Karl E. Weick;Robert E. Quinn

  • Organizing for high reliability: Processes of collective mindfulness.

    Karl E. Weick;Kathleen M. Sutcliffe;David Obstfeld

  • Swift trust and temporary groups.

    Debra Meyerson;Karl E. Weick;Roderick M. Kramer

  • Making Sense of the Organization

    Karl E. Weick

  • Managing the unexpected: Assuring high performance in an age of complexity.

    Karl E. Weick;Kathleen M. Sutcliffe

  • ENACTED SENSEMAKING IN CRISIS SITUATIONS[1]

    Karl E. Weick

  • Theory Construction as Disciplined Imagination

    Karl E. Weick

  • Organizational Culture as a Source of High Reliability

    Karl E. Weick

  • What Theory Is Not, Theorizing Is

    Karl E. Weick

  • The Vulnerable System: An Analysis of the Tenerife Air Disaster

    Karl E. Weick

  • Managerial behavior, performance, and effectiveness

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  • Managing the unexpected: resilient performance in an age of uncertainty, second edition

    Karl Weick;Kathleen Sutcliffe

Frequent Co-Authors

Roderick M. Kramer
Roderick M. Kramer Stanford University
Geoffrey M. Maruyama
Geoffrey M. Maruyama University of Minnesota
Susan J. Ashford
Susan J. Ashford University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Robert E. Quinn
Robert E. Quinn University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Frances Westley
Frances Westley University of Waterloo

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