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94
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Robert A. Baron publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert A. Baron sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 207 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Robert A. Baron D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert A. Baron sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 94 D-Index — 93rd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Robert A. Baron is affiliated with Oklahoma State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within Business, Management and Accounting as well as Psychology. The main focus areas include Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Innovation and Socioeconomic Development, Emotional Intelligence and Performance, Optimism, Hope, and Well-being, Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies, Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics, and Employment and Welfare Studies.

Baron's work is published across several academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Applied Social Psychology
  • Journal of Small Business Management
  • Journal of Business Venturing
  • Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy
  • Possibility Studies & Society

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Baron include:

  • Richard Crisp
  • Nancy E. Adler
  • Bárbara Anderson
  • Lisa G. Aspinwall
  • Carlene Baum

Recent papers by Robert A. Baron explore psychological antecedents of entrepreneurial activity, the rationality behind entrepreneurship decisions, and the socioeconomic impacts of innovation. Selected recent works are:

  • "Entrepreneurial alertness: Exploring its psychological antecedents and effects on firm outcomes" (2021), published in Journal of Small Business Management
  • "Rationality in the entrepreneurship process: Is being rational actually rational? Introduction to the special issue" (2023), published in Journal of Business Venturing
  • "Helping the people innovation leaves behind: the potential benefits of entrepreneurship" (2021), published in Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy
  • "How entrepreneurs turn the possible into the real-and sometimes change the world" (2023), published in Possibility Studies & Society
  • "Issue Information" (2020), published in Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Baron's research contributions cover subfields such as Management of Technology and Innovation, Social Psychology, Business and International Management, Applied Psychology, and Safety Research. These areas reflect a blend of applied and theoretical approaches to understanding entrepreneurial behavior and innovation processes within various social and economic contexts.

Best Publications

  • Social Psychology: Understanding Human Interaction

    Robert A. Baron;Donn Erwin Byrne

  • Opportunity Recognition as Pattern Recognition: How Entrepreneurs “Connect the Dots” to Identify New Business Opportunities

    Robert A. Baron

  • The Role of Affect in the Entrepreneurial Process

    Robert A. Baron

  • Opportunity Recognition as the Detection of Meaningful Patterns: Evidence from Comparisons of Novice and Experienced Entrepreneurs

    Robert A. Baron;Michael D. Ensley

  • Cognitive mechanisms in entrepreneurship

    Robert A. Baron

  • The cognitive perspective: a valuable tool for answering entrepreneurship's basic “why” questions

    Robert A. Baron

  • Beyond social capital: the role of entrepreneurs' social competence in their financial success

    Robert A Baron;Gideon D Markman

  • Workplace violence and workplace aggression: Evidence on their relative frequency and potential causes

    Robert A. Baron;Joel H. Neuman

  • Social sources of information in opportunity recognition: Effects of mentors, industry networks, and professional forums

    Eren Ozgen;Robert A. Baron

  • Workplace Violence and Workplace Aggression: Evidence Concerning Specific Forms, Potential Causes, and Preferred Targets

    Joel H. Neuman;Robert A. Baron

  • Beyond social capital: How social skills can enhance entrepreneurs' success

    Robert A. Baron;Gideon D. Markman

  • Entrepreneurs' Optimism And New Venture Performance: A Social Cognitive Perspective

    Keith M. Hmieleski;Robert A. Baron

  • Virtual Customer Environments: Testing a Model of Voluntary Participation in Value Co‐creation Activities

    Satish Nambisan;Robert A. Baron

  • Person-entrepreneurship fit: why some people are more successful as entrepreneurs than others

    Gideon D. Markman;Robert A. Baron

  • Entrepreneurship: A Process Perspective

    Robert A. Baron;Scott Andrew Shane

  • Interactions in virtual customer environments: Implications for product support and customer relationship management

    Satish Nambisan;Robert A. Baron

  • Inventors and New Venture Formation: the Effects of General Self–Efficacy and Regretful Thinking:

    Gideon D. Markman;David B. Balkin;Robert A. Baron

  • The role of entrepreneurs in firm-level innovation: Joint effects of positive affect, creativity, and environmental dynamism

    Robert A. Baron;Jintong Tang

  • Behavioral and cognitive factors in entrepreneurship: entrepreneurs as the active element in new venture creation

    Robert A. Baron

  • Negative effects of destructive criticism: impact on conflict, self-efficacy, and task performance.

    Robert A. Baron

  • Entrepreneurship in Innovation Ecosystems: Entrepreneurs' Self‐Regulatory Processes and Their Implications for New Venture Success

    Satish Nambisan;Robert A. Baron

  • Environmentally Induced Positive Affect: Its Impact on Self-Efficacy, Task Performance, Negotiation, and Conflict1

    Robert A. Baron

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul B. Paulus
Paul B. Paulus The University of Texas at Arlington
Donn Byrne
Donn Byrne Purdue University West Lafayette
Dolf Zillmann
Dolf Zillmann University of Alabama

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