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2026

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Business and Management

D-Index
78
Citations
111487
World Ranking
170
National Ranking
84

R. Edward Freeman 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 R. Edward Freeman sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 398 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

R. Edward Freeman 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 R. Edward Freeman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award

Overview

R. Edward Freeman is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, as well as Decision Sciences. Their research largely spans subfields such as Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Information Systems and Management, Strategy and Management, Economics and Econometrics, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The main topics of Freeman's work include Management and Organizational Studies, Ethics in Business and Education, Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Management Theory and Practice, Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment, Environmental Sustainability in Business, and Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

Freeman's recent papers include the following:

  • Stakeholder Theory and the Resource-Based View of the Firm, 2021, Journal of Management
  • The Relationship between Stakeholder Theory and Corporate Social Responsibility: Differences, Similarities, and Implications for Social Issues in Management, 2021, Journal of Management Studies
  • Integrating stakeholder theory and sustainability accounting: A conceptual synthesis, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Moving beyond "the" business case: How to make corporate sustainability work, 2023, Business Strategy and the Environment
  • Toward a Theory of Marginalized Stakeholder-Centric Entrepreneurship, 2023, Business Ethics Quarterly

Freeman frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Bidhan L. Parmar, Jenny Mead, Jeanne Liedtka, Oliver Laasch, and Andrew C. Wicks.

Their work has appeared repeatedly in prominent publication venues, notably:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Management Studies
  • Business Ethics Quarterly
  • Business Ethics the Environment & Responsibility
  • Journal of Business Ethics

Freeman has also authored books published by established presses. These include titles such as The Power of And: Responsible Business Without Trade-Offs (2020, European Organization for Nuclear Research) and Defeating Dengue (2024, Columbia University Press).

Best Publications

  • Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach

    R. Edward Freeman;R. Edward Freeman

  • Stakeholder Theory: The State of the Art

    Bidhan L. Parmar;R. Edward Freeman;Jeffrey S. Harrison;Andrew C. Wicks

  • Stockholders and Stakeholders: A New Perspective on Corporate Governance:

    R. Edward Freeman;David L. Reed

  • The Politics of Stakeholder Theory: Some Future Directions

    R. Edward Freeman

  • Stakeholder Theory and The Corporate Objective Revisited

    R. Edward Freeman;Andrew C. Wicks;Bidhan Parmar

  • Stakeholder Theory: Stakeholder theory: some future possibilities

    R. Edward Freeman;Jeffrey S. Harrison;Andrew C. Wicks;Bidhan L. Parmar

  • What Stakeholder Theory is Not

    Robert A. Phillips;R. Edward Freeman;Andrew C. Wicks

  • Managing for Stakeholders: Survival, Reputation, and Success

    R. Edward Freeman;Jeffrey S. Harrison;Andrew C. Wicks

  • STAKEHOLDERS, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND PERFORMANCE: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES

    Jeffrey S. Harrison;R. Edward Freeman

  • Divergent Stakeholder Theory

    R. Edward Freeman

  • Corporate governance: A stakeholder interpretation

    R. Edward Freeman;William M. Evan

  • A Stakeholder Theory of the Modern Corporation

    R. Edward Freeman

  • Stakeholder Theory: A Libertarian Defense

    R. Edward Freeman;Robert A. Phillips

  • The Stakeholder Approach Revisited

    R. Edward Freeman

  • Corporate Strategy and the Search for Ethics

    R. Edward Freeman;Daniel R. Jr. Gilbert

  • Applying Stakeholder Theory in Sustainability Management Links, Similarities, Dissimilarities, and a Conceptual Framework

    Jacob Hörisch;R. Edward Freeman;Stefan Schaltegger

  • A Stakeholder Approach to Strategic Management

    R. Edward Freeman;John McVea

  • Organization Studies and the New Pragmatism: Positivism, Anti-Positivism, and the Search for Ethics

    Andrew C. Wicks;R. Edward Freeman

  • A New Approach to CSR: Company Stakeholder Responsibility

    R. Edward Freeman;S. Ramakrishna Velamuri

  • A Feminist Reinterpretation of The Stakeholder Concept

    Andrew C. Wicks;Daniel R. Gilbert;R. Edward Freeman

  • Stakeholder Theory: The State of the Art

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Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew C. Wicks
Andrew C. Wicks University of Virginia
Jeffrey S. Harrison
Jeffrey S. Harrison University of Richmond
Patricia H. Werhane
Patricia H. Werhane University of Virginia
Ming-Jer Chen
Ming-Jer Chen University of Virginia
Thomas Donaldson
Thomas Donaldson University of Pennsylvania
Jacob Hörisch
Jacob Hörisch Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Roy Suddaby
Roy Suddaby University of Victoria
Stefan Schaltegger
Stefan Schaltegger Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Ronald K. Mitchell
Ronald K. Mitchell Texas Tech University
Michael C. Jensen
Michael C. Jensen Harvard University

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