2026 Robert W. Scapens: Business and Management Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Business and Management	53	804	747	119	105	195	20306
Economics and Finance	53	1160	1031	130	117	181	20263

Research.com Recognitions

2024 - Research.com Business and Management in United Kingdom Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Business and Management in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Robert W. Scapens is affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with specific focus areas in Management Information Systems, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Strategy and Management, Marketing, and Anthropology.

The key topics explored in their work include Accounting and Organizational Management, Management and Organizational Studies, Management, Economics, and Public Policy, Global and Cross-Cultural Management, Public-Private Partnership Projects, Public Procurement and Policy, and Community Development and Social Impact.

Their recent publications demonstrate engagement with diverse themes and contexts. Notable papers include:

Towards fluid role identity of management accountants: A case study of a Finnish bank (2024, The British Accounting Review)
Forming mixed-type inter-organisational relationships in Sub-Saharan Africa: The role of institutional logics, social identities and institutionally embedded agency (2020, Critical Perspectives on Accounting)
Personal Reflections on the Relevance of Accounting Research (2022, Journal of Pragmatic Constructivism)
Digital platforms, surveillance and processes of demoralization (2023, Journal of Information Technology)
Governance and Renegotiation in Public-Private Partnerships During Crises: An Examination of the Resulting Tensions in a Private Partner Consortium (2025, Public Administration)

Frequent coauthors contributing to collaborative research with Robert W. Scapens include:

Antti Rautiainen
Marko Järvenpää
Tommi Auvinen
Pasi Sajasalo
Gabriela Cecylia Rozenfeld

Their work has appeared in several academic venues, reflecting a range of interests across accounting and management disciplines. Common publication outlets include:

The British Accounting Review
Critical Perspectives on Accounting
Journal of Pragmatic Constructivism
Journal of Information Technology
Public Administration

Best Publications

Conceptualizing management accounting change: an institutional framework☆

John Burns;Robert W. Scapens

2497
Citations
Research Methods and Methodology in Finance and Accounting

Bob Ryan;Robert William Scapens;Michael Theobald

2017
Citations
Accounting systems and systems of accountability — understanding accounting practices in their organisational contexts

John Roberts;Robert Scapens

1576
Citations
Researching management accounting practice: The role of case study methods

Robert W. Scapens

1389
Citations
Never mind the gap: towards an institutional perspective on management accounting practice

Robert W. Scapens

880
Citations
ERP systems and management accounting change: opportunities or impacts? A research note

Robert W. Scapens;Mostafa Jazayeri

854
Citations
Understanding management accounting practices: A personal journey

Robert W. Scapens;Robert W. Scapens

766
Citations
Doing case study research

Robert W. Scapens

749
Citations
STRUCTURATION THEORY IN MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING.

Norman B. Macintosh;Robert W. Scapens

702
Citations
Accounting and control: a case study of resistance to accounting change

Robert W. Scapens;John Roberts

527
Citations
Stability and change: an institutionalist study of management accounting change

A.K. Siti‐Nabiha;Robert W. Scapens

455
Citations
Methodological themes : Theories and case studies of organizational accounting practices: limitation or liberation?

Christopher Humphrey;Robert W. Scapens

408
Citations
Institutional theories and management accounting change: Contributions, issues and paths for development

João A. Ribeiro;Robert W. Scapens

399
Citations
Accountability and Accountable Management in the UK Public Sector

Christopher Humphrey;Peter Miller;Robert W. Scapens

396
Citations
Trust for accounting and accounting for trust

Cristiano Busco;Angelo Riccaboni;Robert W. Scapens;Robert W. Scapens

353
Citations
Corporatisation and accounting change: the role of accounting and accountants in a Malaysian public utility

Abu Kasim Nor-Aziah;Robert W. Scapens;Robert W. Scapens

339
Citations
Management Accounting: A Review of Contemporary Developments

Robert William Scapens

323
Citations
Issues in Management Accounting

Trevor Hopper;Deryl Northcott;Robert William Scapens

321
Citations
Performance Management in Universities: Effects of the Transition to More Quantitative Measurement Systems

Henk J. ter Bogt;Robert W. Scapens

300
Citations
Accounting as Discipline

John Roberts;Robert W. Scapens

295
Citations
ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS AND SYSTEMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY--UNDERSTANDING ACCOUNTING PRACTICES IN THEIR...

Robert Scapens;John Roberts

64
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher Humphrey University of Manchester

John Roberts Rice University

Mahmoud Ezzamel IE University

Deryl Northcott Auckland University of Technology

Julian R. Jones Imperial College London

David J. Cooper University of Alberta

Peter Miller London School of Economics and Political Science

Trevor Hopper University of Sussex

Sven Modell University of Manchester

External Links

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