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Steen Thomsen publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Steen Thomsen sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 221 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

Steen Thomsen D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Steen Thomsen sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 76 scientists 21 D-Index: 79 scientists 22 D-Index: 84 scientists 23 D-Index: 68 scientists 24 D-Index: 88 scientists 25 D-Index: 82 scientists 26 D-Index: 76 scientists 27 D-Index: 75 scientists 28 D-Index: 99 scientists 29 D-Index: 96 scientists 30 D-Index: 96 scientists 31 D-Index: 81 scientists 32 D-Index: 86 scientists 33 D-Index: 81 scientists 34 D-Index: 84 scientists 35 D-Index: 72 scientists 36 D-Index: 58 scientists 37 D-Index: 53 scientists 38 D-Index: 48 scientists 39 D-Index: 40 scientists 40 D-Index: 40 scientists 41 D-Index: 32 scientists 42 D-Index: 26 scientists 43 D-Index: 25 scientists 44 D-Index: 33 scientists 45 D-Index: 33 scientists 46 D-Index: 17 scientists 47 D-Index: 21 scientists 48 D-Index: 22 scientists 49 D-Index: 18 scientists 50 D-Index: 19 scientists 51 D-Index: 19 scientists 52 D-Index: 15 scientists 53 D-Index: 14 scientists 54 D-Index: 10 scientists 55 D-Index: 13 scientists 56 D-Index: 9 scientists 57 D-Index: 11 scientists 58 D-Index: 12 scientists 59 D-Index: 10 scientists 60 D-Index: 5 scientists 61 D-Index: 7 scientists 62+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

Overview

Steen Thomsen is affiliated with Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, with significant contributions to subfields including Accounting, Strategy and Management, Economics and Econometrics, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, notably Corporate Finance and Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Family Business Performance and Succession, Financial Reporting and Valuation Research, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Environmental Sustainability in Business, and Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance.

Frequent publication venues for their research include the SSRN Electronic Journal, where they have contributed to ten papers, as well as the Academy of Management Proceedings, Corporate Governance An International Review, Business Strategy and the Environment, and The Journal of Legal Analysis.

Steen Thomsen has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including Martin J. Conyon, Sirimon Treepongkaruna, Hans Kleven, Juyeong Jeong, and Nikolaos Kavadis.

The following recent papers illustrate the scope and topics addressed by Steen Thomsen and their collaborators:

  • Sustainable corporate governance: A review of research on long-term corporate ownership and sustainability (2022, Corporate Governance An International Review)
  • Lockdowns and COVID-19 Deaths in Scandinavia (2020, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • Greenwashing, carbon emission, and ESG (2024, Business Strategy and the Environment)
  • The Governance of Foundation-Owned Firms (2020, The Journal of Legal Analysis)
  • Enterprise Foundations: Law, Taxation, Governance, and Performance (2022, Annals of Corporate Governance)

Best Publications

  • Ownership structure and economic performance in the largest european companies

    Steen Thomsen;Torben Pedersen

  • THE IMPACT OF CORPORATE REPUTATION ON PERFORMANCE: SOME DANISH EVIDENCE

    Caspar Rose;Steen Thomsen

  • Blockholder ownership: Effects on firm value in market and control based governance systems

    Steen Thomsen;Torben Pedersen;Hans Kurt Kvist

  • European Patterns of Corporate Ownership: A Twelve-Country Study

    Torben Pedersen;Steen Thomsen

  • Ownership Structure and Value of the Largest European Firms: The Importance of Owner Identity

    Torben Pedersen;Steen Thomsen

  • On the internationalization of corporate boards - The case of Nordic firms

    Lars Oxelheim;Lars Oxelheim;Lars Oxelheim;Aleksandra Gregorič;Trond Randøy;Steen Thomsen

  • The research frontier in corporate governance

    Thomas Ahrens;Igor Filatotchev;Steen Thomsen

  • Corporate Governance: Mechanisms and Systems

    Steen Thomsen;Martin Conyon

  • Corporate values and corporate governance

    Steen Thomsen

  • Foreign Ownership and Long-term Survival

    Dorte Kronborg;Steen Thomsen

  • Economic and Systemic Explanations of Ownership Concentration among Europe's Largest Companies

    Torben Pedersen;Steen Thomsen

  • Corporate Governance in Scandinavia: Comparing Networks and Formal Institutions

    Evis Sinani;Anna Stafsudd;Steen Thomsen;Christofer Edling

  • Industry and ownership structure

    Steen Thomsen;Torben Pedersen

  • Resistance to Change in the Corporate Elite: Female Directors’ Appointments onto Nordic Boards

    Aleksandra Gregorič;Lars Christer Oxelheim;Lars Christer Oxelheim;Lars Christer Oxelheim;Trond Randøy;Steen Thomsen

  • Foundation Ownership and Financial Performance: Do Companies Need Owners?

    Steen Thomsen;Caspar Rose

  • From Global Firms to Global Boards

    Lars Oxelheim;Aleksandra Gregoric;Trond Randoy;Steen Thomsen

  • Nationality and Ownership Structures: The 100 Largest Companies in Six European Nations

    Steen Thomsen;Torben Pedersen

  • An Introduction to Corporate Governance: Mechanisms and Systems

    Steen Thomsen

  • Corporate governance as a determinant of corporate values

    Steen Thomsen

  • The Convergence of Corporate Governance Systems to European and Anglo-American Standards

    Steen Thomsen

  • Nordic Corporate Board Diversity

    Lars Oxelheim;Trond Randøy;Steen Thomsen

  • Industrial Foundations as Long‐term Owners

    Steen Thomsen;Thomas Poulsen;Christa Winther Børsting;Johan Moritz Kuhn

  • Corporate Ownership by Industrial Foundations

    Steen Thomsen

  • The Nordic Corporate Governance Model

    Steen Thomsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Trond Randøy
Trond Randøy University of Agder
Torben Pedersen
Torben Pedersen Copenhagen Business School
Martin J. Conyon
Martin J. Conyon Bentley University
Henry Hansmann
Henry Hansmann Yale University
Flemming Besenbacher
Flemming Besenbacher Aarhus University
Pontus Braunerhjelm
Pontus Braunerhjelm Royal Institute of Technology
Gordon Walker
Gordon Walker Lancaster University
Igor Filatotchev
Igor Filatotchev King's College London
Sea Jin Chang
Sea Jin Chang National University of Singapore
Bruce Kogut
Bruce Kogut Columbia University

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