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D-Index
41
Citations
23646
World Ranking
1522
National Ranking
642

Rob Cross 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 Rob Cross sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 89 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rob Cross 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 Rob Cross sits on this spectrum.

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: 41 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rob Cross is affiliated with Babson College in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, and Decision Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Management Science and Operations Research, Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their research addresses a variety of topics, notably Complex Systems and Decision Making, Collaboration in Agile Enterprises, Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management, and Cognitive Science and Mapping.

Rob Cross has published at least two notable papers recently. One is titled No Team is an Island: How Leaders Shape Networked Ecosystems for Team Success (2021) published in California Management Review. The other paper is HOW SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE THRIVE IN A HYPER-CONNECTED WORLD (2021), published in Leader to Leader.

Frequent co-authors with whom Rob Cross has collaborated include:

  • Inga Carboni
  • Amy C. Edmondson

Their publications appear frequently in venues such as:

  • California Management Review
  • Leader to Leader

Best Publications

  • The Strength of Weak Ties You Can Trust: The Mediating Role of Trust in Effective Knowledge Transfer

    Daniel Z. Levin;Rob Cross

  • A Relational View of Information Seeking and Learning in Social Networks

    Stephen P. Borgatti;Rob Cross

  • The Hidden Power of Social Networks: Understanding How Work Really Gets Done in Organizations

    Robert L. Cross;Andrew Parker

  • Making Invisible Work Visible: Using Social Network Analysis to Support Strategic Collaboration:

    Rob Cross;Stephen P. Borgatti;Andrew Parker

  • Tie and Network Correlates of Individual Performance in Knowledge-Intensive Work

    Rob Cross;Jonathon N. Cummings

  • Knowing What We Know: Supporting Knowledge Creation and Sharing in Social Networks

    Rob Cross;Andrew Parker;Laurence Prusak;Stephen P. Borgatti

  • Nurturing interpersonal trust in knowledge-sharing networks

    Lisa C. Abrams;Rob Cross;Eric Lesser;Daniel Z. Levin

  • More Than an Answer: Information Relationships for Actionable Knowledge

    Rob Cross;Lee Sproull

  • The people who make organizations go--or stop.

    Rob Cross;Laurence Prusak

  • Structural properties of work groups and their consequences for performance

    Jonathon N. Cummings;Rob Cross

  • Beyond answers: dimensions of the advice network

    Rob Cross;Stephen P Borgatti;Andrew Parker

  • Perceived trustworthiness of knowledge sources: the moderating impact of relationship length.

    Daniel Z. Levin;Ellen M. Whitener;Rob Cross

  • Using Social Network Analysis to Improve Communities of Practice

    Rob Cross;Tim Laseter;Andrew Parker;Guillermo Velasquez

  • Six Myths About Informal Networks -- and How to Overcome Them

    Rob Cross;Nitin Nohria;Andrew Parker

  • Information seeking in social context: structural influences and receipt of information benefits

    R. Cross;R.E. Rice;A. Parker

  • A practical guide to social networks.

    Rob Cross;Jeanne Liedtka;Leigh Weiss

  • Trust and knowledge sharing: A critical combination

    Daniel Z. Levin;Rob Cross;Lisa C. Abrams;Eric L. Lesser

  • Networks in the knowledge economy

    Robert L. Cross;Andrew Parker;Lisa Sasson

  • What Creates Energy in Organizations

    Rob Cross;Wayne Baker;Andrew Parker

  • THE STRENGTH OF WEAK TIES YOU CAN TRUST: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF TRUST IN EFFECTIVE KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER.

    Daniel Z. Levin;Rob Cross;Lisa C. Abrams

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen P. Borgatti
Stephen P. Borgatti University of Kentucky
Thomas H. Davenport
Thomas H. Davenport Babson College
Gretchen M. Spreitzer
Gretchen M. Spreitzer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Lee Sproull
Lee Sproull New York University
Ronald E. Rice
Ronald E. Rice University of California, Santa Barbara
Linda Klebe Treviño
Linda Klebe Treviño Pennsylvania State University
Nitin Nohria
Nitin Nohria Harvard University
Brooks C. Holtom
Brooks C. Holtom Georgetown University

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