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D-Index
52
Citations
38891
World Ranking
842
National Ranking
364

Robert I. Sutton 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 Robert I. Sutton sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 81 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert I. Sutton 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 Robert I. Sutton sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robert I. Sutton is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with a notable emphasis on aerospace and ocean engineering as subfields of study.

The scientist's recent scholarly output includes a paper titled "Collaborative Unmanned Vehicles for Inspection, Maintenance, and Repairs of Offshore Wind Turbines," published in 2022 in the journal Drones. This work has been cited 44 times, reflecting engagement within the academic community.

Key research topics associated with Robert I. Sutton include:

  • Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
  • Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
  • UAV Applications and Optimization

The scientist's work appears in the venue Drones, with at least one publication recorded there.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Robert I. Sutton are:

  • Mohd Nordin
  • Sanjay Sharma
  • Asiya Khan
  • Mario Gianni
  • Sulakshan Rajendran

Robert I. Sutton's research contributions span applications in unmanned and autonomous vehicle technologies with relevance to offshore wind turbine operations, highlighting interdisciplinary connections between robotics, sensor technologies, and marine engineering.

Best Publications

  • Technology brokering and innovation in a product development firm.

    Andrew B. Hargadon;Robert I. Sutton

  • What Theory is Not

    Robert I. Sutton;Barry M. Staw

  • The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action

    Jeffrey Pfeffer;Robert I. Sutton

  • Expression of Emotion as Part of the Work Role

    Anat Rafaeli;Robert I. Sutton

  • Acquiring Organizational Legitimacy Through Illegitimate Actions: A Marriage of Institutional and Impression Management Theories

    Kimberly D. Elsbach;Robert I. Sutton

  • Crossroads---Organizational Performance as a Dependent Variable

    James G. March;Robert I. Sutton

  • Economics Language and Assumptions: How Theories can Become Self-Fulfilling

    Fabrizio Ferraro;Jeffrey Pfeffer;Robert I. Sutton

  • Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-based Management

    Jeffrey Pfeffer;Robert I. Sutton

  • Employee Positive Emotion and Favorable Outcomes at the Workplace

    Barry M. Staw;Robert I. Sutton;Lisa H. Pelled

  • Brainstorming groups in context: Effectiveness in a product design firm

    Robert I. Sutton;Andrew B. Hargadon

  • Switching Cognitive Gears: From Habits of Mind to Active Thinking

    Meryl Reis Louis;Robert I. Sutton

  • Evidence-based management.

    Jeffrey Pfeffer;Robert I Sutton

  • Maintaining Norms about Expressed Emotions: The Case of Bill Collectors

    Robert I. Sutton

  • The Stigma of Bankruptcy: Spoiled Organizational Image and Its Management

    Robert I. Sutton;Anita L. Callahan

  • Untangling the Relationship between Displayed Emotions and Organizational Sales: The Case of Convenience Stores

    Robert I. Sutton;Anat Rafaeli

  • Organizational Behavior: Linking Individuals and Groups to Organizational Contexts

    Richard T. Mowday;Robert I. Sutton

  • Isomorphism and external support in conflicting institutional environments: a study of drug abuse treatment units.

    Thomas D'Aunno;Robert I. Sutton;Richard H. Price

  • Functions of Parting CEremonies in Dying Organizations

    Stanley G. Harris;Robert I. Sutton

  • Building an innovation factory

    Andrew Hargadon;Robert I. Sutton

  • Emotional contrast strategies as means of social influence: Lessons from criminal interrogators and bill collectors.

    Anat Rafaeli;Robert I. Sutton

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey Pfeffer
Jeffrey Pfeffer Stanford University
Anat Rafaeli
Anat Rafaeli Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Thomas D'Aunno
Thomas D'Aunno New York University
Margaret A. Neale
Margaret A. Neale Stanford University
David A. Whetten
David A. Whetten Brigham Young University
Barry M. Staw
Barry M. Staw University of California, Berkeley
Kimberly D. Elsbach
Kimberly D. Elsbach University of California, Davis
Kim S. Cameron
Kim S. Cameron University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
James G. March
James G. March Stanford University

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