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Michael W. Toffel

Michael W. Toffel

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
41
Citations
14720
World Ranking
4879
National Ranking
2316

Michael W. Toffel 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 Michael W. Toffel sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 183 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael W. Toffel 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 Michael W. Toffel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael W. Toffel is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with particular attention to Strategy and Management, Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, and Management of Technology and Innovation.

Their scholarly work covers several main topics including Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Regulation and Compliance Studies, Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, Global trade, sustainability, and social impact, Occupational Health and Safety Research, Taxation and Compliance Studies, and Corporate Finance and Governance.

Michael W. Toffel has authored publications in various notable venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Strategic Management Journal
  • Industrial and Labor Relations Review
  • American Economic Journal Applied Economics

Their recent papers include:

  • "Shareholder activism and firms' voluntary disclosure of climate change risks" (2021, Strategic Management Journal)
  • "Improving Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains: The Role of Institutional Environments and Monitoring Program Design" (2020, Industrial and Labor Relations Review)
  • "Improving Regulatory Effectiveness through Better Targeting: Evidence from OSHA" (2023, American Economic Journal Applied Economics)
  • "Do safety management system standards indicate safer operations? Evidence from the OHSAS 18001 occupational health and safety standard" (2023, Safety Science)
  • "Diffusing Environmental Management Practices within the Firm: The Role of Information Provision" (2022, Sustainability)

Michael W. Toffel frequently collaborates with several co-authors. These include:

  • Jodi L. Short
  • Kala Viswanathan
  • Matthew S. Johnson
  • Ashley Palmarozzo
  • Yanhua Bird

Best Publications

  • Stakeholders and Environmental Management Practices: An Institutional Framework

    Magali Delmas;Michael W. Toffel

  • How Well Do Social Ratings Actually Measure Corporate Social Responsibility

    Aaron K. Chatterji;David I. Levine;Michael W. Toffel

  • Organizational Responses to Environmental Demands: Opening the Black Box

    Magali A. Delmas;Michael W. Toffel

  • Responding to Public and Private Politics: Corporate Disclosure of Climate Change Strategies

    Erin Marie Reid;Michael W. Toffel

  • Scrutiny, Norms, and Selective Disclosure: A Global Study of Greenwashing

    Christopher Marquis;Michael Wayne Toffel;Yanhua Zhou

  • How firms respond to being rated

    Aaron K. Chatterji;Michael W. Toffel

  • Shareholder activism and firms' voluntary disclosure of climate change risks

    Caroline Flammer;Michael W. Toffel;Kala Viswanathan

  • Framing the elusive concept of sustainability: A sustainability hierarchy

    Julian D. Marshall;Michael W. Toffel

  • Making Self-Regulation More Than Merely Symbolic: The Critical Role of the Legal Environment:

    Jodi L. Short;Michael W. Toffel

  • Quality Management and Job Quality: How the ISO 9001 Standard for Quality Management Systems Affects Employees and Employers

    David I. Levine;Michael W. Toffel

  • Strategic Management of Product Recovery

    Michael W. Toffel

  • Engaging Supply Chains in Climate Change

    Chonnikarn Fern Jira;Michael W. Toffel

  • How firms respond to mandatory information disclosure

    Anil R. Doshi;Glen W. S. Dowell;Michael W. Toffel

  • Monitoring Global Supply Chains

    Jodi Short;Michael Wayne Toffel;Andrea Read Hugill

  • Randomized Government Safety Inspections Reduce Worker Injuries with No Detectable Job Loss

    David I. Levine;Michael W. Toffel;Matthew S. Johnson

  • Customer-Driven Misconduct: How Competition Corrupts Business Practices

    Victor Manuel Bennett;Lamar Pierce;Jason A. Snyder;Michael Wayne Toffel

  • The growing strategic importance of end-of-life product management

    M.W. Toffel

  • Environmental Implications of Wireless Technologies: News Delivery and Business Meetings

    Michael W. Toffel;Arpad Horvath

  • Codes in Context: How States, Markets, and Civil Society Shape Adherence to Global Labor Standards

    Michael Wayne Toffel;Jodi L. Short;Melissa Ouellet

  • Scrutiny, Norms, and Selective Disclosure: A Global Study of Greenwashing

    Christopher Marquis;Christopher Marquis;Michael W. Toffel;Yanhua Z Bird

  • Quality Management and Job Quality: How the ISO 9001 Standard forQuality Management Systems Affects Employees and Employers

    David I. Levine;Michael W. Toffel

  • How Well do Social Ratings Actually Measure Corporate Social Responsibility? - eScholarship

    Aaron K Chatterji;David I. Levine;Michael W. Toffel

Frequent Co-Authors

Aaron K. Chatterji
Aaron K. Chatterji Duke University
Magali A. Delmas
Magali A. Delmas University of California, Los Angeles
David I. Levine
David I. Levine University of California, Berkeley
David Vogel
David Vogel University of California, Berkeley
Julia Adler-Milstein
Julia Adler-Milstein University of California, San Francisco
Sara J. Singer
Sara J. Singer Stanford University
Andrew King
Andrew King Boston University
Michael J. Lenox
Michael J. Lenox University of Virginia
Thomas P. Lyon
Thomas P. Lyon University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Rodolphe Durand
Rodolphe Durand Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Paris

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