2026 Mikko T. Siponen: Business and Management Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	53	4722	4590	2193	2116	167	15695
Business and Management	51	923	860	400	365	145	15205

Research.com Recognitions

2024 - Research.com Business and Management in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Mikko T. Siponen is affiliated with the University of Alabama in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Computer Science and Social Sciences, with a significant focus on Information Systems as a subfield. Other notable subfields include Sociology and Political Science, Management Information Systems, Management Science and Operations Research, and Social Psychology.

Their work concentrates on several main topics, including Information and Cyber Security, Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour, Complex Systems and Decision Making, Information Systems Theories and Implementation, Spam and Phishing Detection, and Digital Marketing and Social Media.

Frequent publication venues for Mikko T. Siponen include:

Computers & Security
Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
SSRN Electronic Journal
ACM SIGMIS Database the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems
Internet Research

Recent papers by Siponen feature research published between 2020 and 2022 and cover various aspects of cybersecurity and consumer behavior. Some examples include:

Information security risk assessments following cybersecurity breaches: The mediating role of top management attention to cybersecurity (2022), Computers & Security
Consumption behavior of eco-friendly products and applications of ICT innovation (2020), Journal of Cleaner Production
Protection Motivation Theory in Information Systems Security Research (2021), ACM SIGMIS Database the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems
Toward a stage theory of the development of employees' information security behavior (2020), Computers & Security
Examining the side effects of organizational Internet monitoring on employees (2020), Internet Research

Among their frequent co-authors are Sihua Chen, Wael Soliman, Tuula Klaavuniemi, Gabriella Laatikainen, and Wei He.

Best Publications

New directions on agile methods: a comparative analysis

Pekka Abrahamsson;Juhani Warsta;Mikko T. Siponen;Jussi Ronkainen

1096
Citations
Neutralization: new insights into the problem of employee systems security policy violations

Mikko Siponen;Anthony Vance

1066
Citations
A conceptual foundation for organizational information security awareness

Mikko T. Siponen

992
Citations
Motivating IS security compliance: Insights from Habit and Protection Motivation Theory

Anthony Vance;Mikko Siponen;Seppo Pahnila

961
Citations
Improving employees' compliance through information systems security training: an action research study

Petri Puhakainen;Mikko Siponen

916
Citations
Employees' adherence to information security policies: An exploratory field study

Mikko Siponen;M. Adam Mahmood;Seppo Pahnila

698
Citations
Employees' Behavior towards IS Security Policy Compliance

S. Pahnila;M. Siponen;A. Mahmood

666
Citations
An enhanced fear appeal rhetorical framework: leveraging threats to the human asset through sanctioning rhetoric

Allen C. Johnston;Merrill Warkentin;Mikko Siponen

569
Citations
Toward a Unified Model of Information Security Policy Compliance

Gregory D. Moody;Mikko T. Siponen;Seppo Pahnila

463
Citations
Why Do Adults Engage in Cyberbullying on Social Media? An Integration of Online Disinhibition and Deindividuation Effects with the Social Structure and Social Learning Model

Paul Benjamin Lowry;Jun Zhang;Chuang Wang;Mikko T. Siponen

446
Citations
Information security management standards: Problems and solutions

Mikko Siponen;Robert Willison

444
Citations
What levels of moral reasoning and values explain adherence to information security rules?: an empirical study

Liisa Myyry;Mikko T. Siponen;Seppo Pahnila;Tero Vartiainen

400
Citations
Compliance with Information Security Policies: An Empirical Investigation

M. Siponen;S. Pahnila;M.A. Mahmood

385
Citations
A review of information security issues and respective research contributions

Mikko T. Siponen;Harri Oinas-Kukkonen

379
Citations
An information security meta‐policy for emergent organizations

Richard Baskerville;Mikko Siponen

307
Citations
Five Dimensions of Information Security Awareness

Mikko T. Siponen

300
Citations
Using the theory of interpersonal behavior to explain non-work-related personal use of the Internet at work

Gregory D. Moody;Mikko Siponen

274
Citations
Employees’ Adherence to Information Security Policies: An Empirical Study

Mikko T. Siponen;Seppo Pahnila;M. Adam Mahmood

232
Citations
An analysis of the traditional IS security approaches: implications for research and practice

Mikko T. Siponen

199
Citations
Six Design Theories for IS Security Policies and Guidelines

Mikko T. Siponen

192
Citations
Information Security Management Standards: Problems and Solutions.

Mikko T. Siponen

8
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard L. Baskerville Georgia State University

Suprateek Sarker University of Virginia

Paul Benjamin Lowry Virginia Tech

Pekka Abrahamsson Tampere University

Merrill Warkentin Mississippi State University

Gurpreet Dhillon University of Nebraska at Omaha

Detmar W. Straub Temple University

Alan R. Dennis Indiana University

H. Raghav Rao The University of Texas at San Antonio

External Links

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