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Mats Alvesson

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Business and Management
Sweden
2026
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Social Sciences and Humanities
Sweden
2022

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Business and Management 100 45 43 1 1 330 69932

Mats Alvesson publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Mats Alvesson between 1982 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Mats Alvesson published across 44 years, from 1982 to 2025, averaging 10.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 38 publications in 2016. 28 of the 449 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1982 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 38. Peak 38 publications in 2016. 1982: 1 publication 1983: 3 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 3 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 11 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 6 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 7 publications 1993: 10 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 7 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 5 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 17 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 12 publications 2003: 21 publications 2004: 18 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 26 publications 2012: 23 publications 2013: 27 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 38 publications 2017: 19 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 19 publications 2022: 19 publications 2023: 6 publications 2024: 22 publications 2025: 6 publications
1982 2025

449 publications in total across all disciplines

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Mats Alvesson: publications per year, 1982 to 2025
Year Publications
1982 1
1983 3
1984 1
1985 3
1986 0
1987 11
1988 3
1989 6
1990 2
1991 3
1992 7
1993 10
1994 4
1995 7
1996 3
1997 1
1998 5
1999 2
2000 17
2001 5
2002 12
2003 21
2004 18
2005 5
2006 8
2007 8
2008 8
2009 14
2010 8
2011 26
2012 23
2013 27
2014 8
2015 9
2016 38
2017 19
2018 8
2019 11
2020 12
2021 19
2022 19
2023 6
2024 22
2025 6
Total 449
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Mats Alvesson 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 Mats Alvesson sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 82 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 35–39 to 436+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 122. Most scientists, 122, have 95–99 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 330–334 publications, is where this scientist sits. 35–39 publications: 2 scientists 40–44 publications: 2 scientists 45–49 publications: 5 scientists 50–54 publications: 20 scientists 55–59 publications: 39 scientists 60–64 publications: 66 scientists 65–69 publications: 52 scientists 70–74 publications: 80 scientists 75–79 publications: 83 scientists 80–84 publications: 116 scientists 85–89 publications: 94 scientists 90–94 publications: 111 scientists 95–99 publications: 122 scientists 100–104 publications: 104 scientists 105–109 publications: 113 scientists 110–114 publications: 96 scientists 115–119 publications: 97 scientists 120–124 publications: 112 scientists 125–129 publications: 93 scientists 130–134 publications: 79 scientists 135–139 publications: 69 scientists 140–144 publications: 80 scientists 145–149 publications: 81 scientists 150–154 publications: 85 scientists 155–159 publications: 50 scientists 160–164 publications: 74 scientists 165–169 publications: 61 scientists 170–174 publications: 40 scientists 175–179 publications: 44 scientists 180–184 publications: 47 scientists 185–189 publications: 59 scientists 190–194 publications: 35 scientists 195–199 publications: 37 scientists 200–204 publications: 49 scientists 205–209 publications: 48 scientists 210–214 publications: 34 scientists 215–219 publications: 31 scientists 220–224 publications: 37 scientists 225–229 publications: 34 scientists 230–234 publications: 25 scientists 235–239 publications: 28 scientists 240–244 publications: 34 scientists 245–249 publications: 28 scientists 250–254 publications: 23 scientists 255–259 publications: 22 scientists 260–264 publications: 11 scientists 265–269 publications: 16 scientists 270–274 publications: 23 scientists 275–279 publications: 12 scientists 280–284 publications: 16 scientists 285–289 publications: 10 scientists 290–294 publications: 12 scientists 295–299 publications: 12 scientists 300–304 publications: 8 scientists 305–309 publications: 13 scientists 310–314 publications: 13 scientists 315–319 publications: 6 scientists 320–324 publications: 10 scientists 325–329 publications: 9 scientists 330–334 publications: 7 scientists 335–339 publications: 10 scientists 340–344 publications: 10 scientists 345–349 publications: 7 scientists 350–354 publications: 4 scientists 355–359 publications: 10 scientists 360–364 publications: 3 scientists 365–369 publications: 7 scientists 370–374 publications: 2 scientists 375–379 publications: 8 scientists 380–384 publications: 4 scientists 385–389 publications: 5 scientists 390–394 publications: 5 scientists 395–399 publications: 2 scientists 400–404 publications: 2 scientists 405–409 publications: 4 scientists 410–414 publications: 3 scientists 415–419 publications: 2 scientists 420–424 publications: 5 scientists 425–429 publications: 3 scientists 430–434 publications: 1 scientist 435 publications: 1 scientist 436+ publications: 100 scientists
35–39 publications 436+

This scientist: 330 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Business and Management scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,017 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
35–39 2
40–44 2
45–49 5
50–54 20
55–59 39
60–64 66
65–69 52
70–74 80
75–79 83
80–84 116
85–89 94
90–94 111
95–99 122
100–104 104
105–109 113
110–114 96
115–119 97
120–124 112
125–129 93
130–134 79
135–139 69
140–144 80
145–149 81
150–154 85
155–159 50
160–164 74
165–169 61
170–174 40
175–179 44
180–184 47
185–189 59
190–194 35
195–199 37
200–204 49
205–209 48
210–214 34
215–219 31
220–224 37
225–229 34
230–234 25
235–239 28
240–244 34
245–249 28
250–254 23
255–259 22
260–264 11
265–269 16
270–274 23
275–279 12
280–284 16
285–289 10
290–294 12
295–299 12
300–304 8
305–309 13
310–314 13
315–319 6
320–324 10
325–329 9
330–334 7 330
335–339 10
340–344 10
345–349 7
350–354 4
355–359 10
360–364 3
365–369 7
370–374 2
375–379 8
380–384 4
385–389 5
390–394 5
395–399 2
400–404 2
405–409 4
410–414 3
415–419 2
420–424 5
425–429 3
430–434 1
435 1
436+ 100
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Mats Alvesson 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 Mats Alvesson sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 60 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 89+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 171. Most scientists, 171, have 32 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 89+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 156 scientists 31 D-Index: 159 scientists 32 D-Index: 171 scientists 33 D-Index: 161 scientists 34 D-Index: 135 scientists 35 D-Index: 124 scientists 36 D-Index: 114 scientists 37 D-Index: 111 scientists 38 D-Index: 103 scientists 39 D-Index: 89 scientists 40 D-Index: 81 scientists 41 D-Index: 97 scientists 42 D-Index: 80 scientists 43 D-Index: 69 scientists 44 D-Index: 68 scientists 45 D-Index: 63 scientists 46 D-Index: 54 scientists 47 D-Index: 69 scientists 48 D-Index: 50 scientists 49 D-Index: 58 scientists 50 D-Index: 54 scientists 51 D-Index: 62 scientists 52 D-Index: 54 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 49 scientists 55 D-Index: 35 scientists 56 D-Index: 40 scientists 57 D-Index: 44 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 29 scientists 60 D-Index: 48 scientists 61 D-Index: 32 scientists 62 D-Index: 30 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 22 scientists 65 D-Index: 19 scientists 66 D-Index: 20 scientists 67 D-Index: 18 scientists 68 D-Index: 17 scientists 69 D-Index: 21 scientists 70 D-Index: 20 scientists 71 D-Index: 19 scientists 72 D-Index: 14 scientists 73 D-Index: 10 scientists 74 D-Index: 16 scientists 75 D-Index: 24 scientists 76 D-Index: 13 scientists 77 D-Index: 19 scientists 78 D-Index: 8 scientists 79 D-Index: 6 scientists 80 D-Index: 4 scientists 81 D-Index: 12 scientists 82 D-Index: 7 scientists 83 D-Index: 7 scientists 84 D-Index: 6 scientists 85 D-Index: 10 scientists 86 D-Index: 4 scientists 87 D-Index: 11 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89+ D-Index: 96 scientists
30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 100 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Business and Management scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,017 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 156
31 159
32 171
33 161
34 135
35 124
36 114
37 111
38 103
39 89
40 81
41 97
42 80
43 69
44 68
45 63
46 54
47 69
48 50
49 58
50 54
51 62
52 54
53 43
54 49
55 35
56 40
57 44
58 34
59 29
60 48
61 32
62 30
63 22
64 22
65 19
66 20
67 18
68 17
69 21
70 20
71 19
72 14
73 10
74 16
75 24
76 13
77 19
78 8
79 6
80 4
81 12
82 7
83 7
84 6
85 10
86 4
87 11
88 6
89+ 96 100
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Business and Management in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Business and Management in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Business and Management in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Mats Alvesson is an academic affiliated with Lund University in Sweden, specializing in Business, Management and Accounting. Their research activity covers a broad spectrum within organizational and management studies, documenting a particular concentration in subfields such as Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science, Strategy and Management, Information Systems and Management, and General Health Professions.

The central themes in Mats Alvesson's work involve Management and Organizational Studies, Management Theory and Practice, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Ethics in Business and Education, Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies, Innovation and Knowledge Management, and Critical Realism in Sociology.

Alvesson has contributed to several notable academic journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Journal of Management Studies
  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Organization Studies
  • The Leadership Quarterly
  • Human Relations

Recent papers by Mats Alvesson include:

  • "The Problematizing Review: A Counterpoint to Elsbach and Van Knippenberg's Argument for Integrative Reviews", 2020, Journal of Management Studies
  • "Upbeat leadership: A recipe for - or against - "successful" leadership studies", 2020, The Leadership Quarterly
  • "Pre-understanding: An interpretation-enhancer and horizon-expander in research", 2021, Organization Studies

Their published books include:

  • The Triumph of Emptiness, 2022, Oxford University Press
  • The Art of Less, 2025, Bloomsbury Publishing plc

Mats Alvesson collaborates frequently with several scholars, including:

  • Katja Einola
  • Jörgen Sandberg
  • André Spicer
  • Anna Essén
  • Stefan Sveningsson

Best Publications

  • Understanding organizational culture

    Mats Alvesson

  • Identity regulation as organizational control: Producing the appropriate individual

    Mats Alvesson;Hugh Willmott

  • Doing critical management research

    Mats Alvesson

  • Varieties of Discourse: On the Study of Organizations through Discourse Analysis

    Mats Alvesson;Dan Kärreman

  • Managing Managerial Identities Organizational Fragmentation, Discourse and Identity Struggle

    Stefan Sveningsson;Mats Alvesson

  • Managing managerial identities: Organizational fragmentation, discourse and identity struggle

    Stefan Sveningsson;Mats Alvesson

  • Beyond Neopositivists, Romantics, and Localists: A Reflexive Approach to Interviews in Organizational Research

    Mats Alvesson

  • Understanding gender and organizations

    Mats Alvesson;Yvonne Due Billing

  • Knowledge work and knowledge-intensive firms

    Mats Alvesson

  • Constructing mystery: Empirical matters in theory development

    Mats Alvesson;Dan Kärreman

  • Identity matters: Reflections on the construction of identity scholarship in organization studies

    Mats Alvesson;Karen Lee Ashcraft;Robyn Thomas

  • Knowledge Work: Ambiguity, Image and Identity

    Mats Alvesson

  • Critical Management Studies

    Mats Alvesson;Hugh Willmott

  • On the Idea of Emancipation in Management and Organization Studies

    Mats Alvesson;Hugh Willmott

  • Taking the Linguistic Turn in Organizational Research: Challenges, Responses, Consequences

    Mats Alvesson;Dan Kärreman

  • Social identity and the problem of loyalty in knowledge-intensive companies

    Mats Alvesson

  • Changing Organizational Culture: Cultural Change Work in Progress

    Mats Alvesson;Stefan Sveningsson

  • Corporate Culture and Organizational Symbolism: An Overview

    Mats Alvesson;Per-Olof Berg

  • Management of knowledge-intensive companies

    Mats Alvesson

  • Ways of constructing research questions: gap-spotting or problematization?

    Jörgen Sandberg;Mats Alvesson

  • Organization: From Substance to Image?

    Mats Alvesson

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugh Willmott
Hugh Willmott City, University of London
André Spicer
André Spicer City, University of London
Maxine Robertson
Maxine Robertson Queen Mary University of London
Karen Lee Ashcraft
Karen Lee Ashcraft University of Colorado Boulder
Ian I. Mitroff
Ian I. Mitroff University of California, Berkeley
Harrison M. Trice
Harrison M. Trice Cornell University
Andrew Sturdy
Andrew Sturdy University of Bristol
Yiannis Gabriel
Yiannis Gabriel University of Bath
Cynthia Hardy
Cynthia Hardy University of Melbourne
William L. Gardner
William L. Gardner Texas Tech University

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