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Silvia Gherardi

Silvia Gherardi

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 51 2497 2276 23 21 169 22878

Silvia Gherardi publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Silvia Gherardi between 1984 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Silvia Gherardi published across 42 years, from 1984 to 2025, averaging 5.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 18 publications in 2023. 15 of the 219 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1984 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 18. Peak 18 publications in 2023. 1984: 1 publication 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 1 publication 1998: 5 publications 1999: 8 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 11 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 2 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 18 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 6 publications
1984 2025

219 publications in total across all disciplines

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Silvia Gherardi: publications per year, 1984 to 2025
Year Publications
1984 1
1985 0
1986 0
1987 2
1988 1
1989 1
1990 1
1991 0
1992 1
1993 0
1994 2
1995 3
1996 1
1997 1
1998 5
1999 8
2000 5
2001 5
2002 2
2003 6
2004 7
2005 11
2006 4
2007 4
2008 5
2009 6
2010 6
2011 4
2012 15
2013 7
2014 12
2015 12
2016 8
2017 8
2018 6
2019 12
2020 2
2021 5
2022 7
2023 18
2024 9
2025 6
Total 219
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Silvia Gherardi publications per year - data summary

  • Silvia Gherardi, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from University of Trento, has 219 publications recorded across 42 years, from 1984 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1984 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2023, with 18 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 4 of the 42 years in the span carry no publications at all (1985, 1986, 1991 and 1993).
  • The rate of publication averages 5.2 papers per year over the whole span, or 5.8 per year counting only the 38 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 45 publications, 21% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1984-1997: 14 publications (1.0 per year); 1998-2011: 78 publications (5.6 per year); 2012-2025: 127 publications (9.1 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Silvia Gherardi publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Silvia Gherardi sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 164–173 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 169 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391 169
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Silvia Gherardi publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 7,777 Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 54 ranges running from 44–53 to 570+ publications.
  • Silvia Gherardi, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from University of Trento, records 169 publications - the 51st percentile of the discipline.
  • 51% of ranked Social Sciences and Humanities scientists score the same or lower than Silvia Gherardi, and about 49% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 164–173 publications range, and Silvia Gherardi falls inside that same range.
  • The most crowded range is 114–123 publications, holding 474 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 57% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 174–183 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 570 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Silvia Gherardi D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Silvia Gherardi sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 51 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166 51
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Silvia Gherardi D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 7,777 Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 71 ranges running from 30 to 100+ D-Index.
  • Silvia Gherardi, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from University of Trento, records 51 D-Index - the 68th percentile of the discipline.
  • 68% of ranked Social Sciences and Humanities scientists score the same or lower than Silvia Gherardi, and about 32% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 45 D-Index range, and Silvia Gherardi ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 42 D-Index, holding 313 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 47 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more, 97 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Overview

Silvia Gherardi is affiliated with the University of Trento in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Business, Management and Accounting, with a particular focus on several subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Cultural Studies, Management of Technology and Innovation, and Geography, Planning and Development.

Their work addresses a variety of topics within management and organizational studies, digital economy and work transformation, information systems theories and implementation, posthumanist ethics and activism, geographies of human-animal interactions, participatory visual research methods, and entrepreneurship studies and influences.

Recent notable papers authored by Silvia Gherardi include:

  • Responsible Management-as-Practice: Mobilizing a Posthumanist Approach (2021), Journal of Business Ethics
  • COVID-19 as a breakdown in the texture of social practices (2020), Gender Work and Organization
  • The fluid affective space of organizational practices (2023), Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management An International Journal
  • A multi-voiced account of family entrepreneuring research: expanding the agenda of family entrepreneurship (2023), International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research
  • Unpacking researchers' embodied sensemaking: A diffractive reading-writing of Mann Gulch disaster (2023), Scandinavian Journal of Management

Silvia Gherardi's collaborations involve frequent coauthors such as Michela Cozza, Marta Β. Calás, Saija Katila, Susan Meriläinen, and Alice Wickström, with multiple joint works reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

The venues where Silvia Gherardi has published most frequently include:

  • Gender Work and Organization
  • Management Learning
  • Journal of Business Ethics
  • Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management An International Journal
  • International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research

In addition to journal publications, Silvia Gherardi has contributed to book literature, including the publication titled Organization Studies and Posthumanism Towards a More-than-Human World (2024) released by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

Best Publications

  • Organizational Knowledge: The Texture of Workplace Learning

    Silvia Gherardi;Davide Nicolini

  • Toward a Social Understanding of How People Learn in Organizations: The Notion of Situated Curriculum

    Silvia Gherardi;Davide Nicolini;Francesca Odella

  • Practice-Based Theorizing on Learning and Knowing in Organizations:

    Silvia Gherardi

  • Gender, symbolism and organizational cultures

    Silvia Gherardi

  • Knowing in organizations : a practice-based approach

    Davide Nicolini;Silvia Gherardi;Dvora Yanow

  • Doing Gender, Doing Entrepreneurship: An Ethnographic Account of Intertwined Practices

    Attila Bruni;Silvia Gherardi;Barbara Poggio

  • Entrepreneur‐mentality, gender and the study of women entrepreneurs

    Attila Bruni;Silvia Gherardi;Barbara Poggio

  • To Transfer is to Transform: The Circulation of Safety Knowledge

    Silvia Gherardi;Davide Nicolini

  • How to Conduct a Practice-based Study: Problems and Methods

    Silvia Gherardi

  • Through the practice lens: Where is the bandwagon of practice-based studies heading?

    Gessica Corradi;Silvia Gherardi;Luca Verzelloni

  • The Gender We Think, The Gender We Do in Our Everyday Organizational Lives

    Silvia Gherardi

  • From Organizational Learning to Practice-Based Knowing

    Silvia Gherardi

  • Learning In A Constellation of Interconnected Practices: Canon or Dissonance?

    Silvia Gherardi;Davide Nicolini

  • Organizational Learning: Diverging Communities of Practice?

    Mark Easterby-Smith;Robin Snell;Silvia Gherardi

  • The Organizational Learning of Safety in Communities of Practice

    Silvia Gherardi;Davide Nicolini

  • Introduction: The Critical Power of the `Practice Lens':

    Silvia Gherardi

  • Gender and Entrepreneurship: An Ethnographic Approach

    Attila Bruni;Silvia Gherardi;Barbara Poggio

  • Learning as Problem-Driven or Learning in the Face of Mystery?:

    Silvia Gherardi

  • Creating and recreating gender order in organizations

    Silvia Gherardi;Barbara Poggio

  • Learning the Trade: A Culture of Safety in Practice:

    Silvia Gherardi;Davide Nicolini

Frequent Co-Authors

Davide Nicolini
Davide Nicolini University of Warwick
Dvora Yanow
Dvora Yanow Wageningen University & Research
Stephen Richard Billett
Stephen Richard Billett Griffith University
Yiannis Gabriel
Yiannis Gabriel University of Bath
Andrew D. Brown
Andrew D. Brown University of Bath
Mark Easterby-Smith
Mark Easterby-Smith Lancaster University
Nancy Harding
Nancy Harding University of Bath

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