W. Richard Scott

W. Richard Scott publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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W. Richard Scott 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 W. Richard Scott sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Organizations: Rational, Natural, and Open Systems

  Unknown

  5495
  Citations

• The Adolescence of Institutional Theory.

  W. Richard Scott

  5056
  Citations

• Organizational Environments: Ritual and Rationality

  John W. Meyer;W. Richard Scott

  3740
  Citations

• Organizations: Rational, Natural and Open Systems

  Unknown

  3402
  Citations

• Organizations and Organizing: Rational, Natural and Open Systems Perspectives

  W. Richard Scott;Gerald F. Davis

  3381
  Citations

• Institutions and Organizations: Ideas and Interests

  W. Richard Scott

  3322
  Citations

• Institutions and Organizations: Ideas, Interests, and Identities

  W. Richard Scott

  2607
  Citations

• INSTITUTIONAL THEORY AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE: INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL RESEARCH FORUM

  M. Tina Dacin;Jerry Goodstein;W. Richard Scott

  2555
  Citations

• Institutions and Organizations.

  M. Tina Dacin;W. Richard Scott

  2474
  Citations

• Institutional Environments and Organizations: Structural Complexity and Individualism

  W. Richard Scott;John W. Meyer;John Boli

  1999
  Citations

• A Multidimensional Model of Organizational Legitimacy: Hospital Survival in Changing Institutional Environments

  Martin Ruef;W. Richard Scott

  1918
  Citations

• Approaching adulthood: the maturing of institutional theory

  W. Richard Scott

  1461
  Citations

• Formal Organizations: A Comparative Approach

  Peter Michael Blau;W. Richard Scott

  1251
  Citations

• Lords of the Dance: Professionals as Institutional Agents

  W. Richard Scott

  996
  Citations

• Organizations: Rational, Natural, and Open Systems.

  Janice M. Beyer;W. Richard Scott

  726
  Citations

• Organizations and Movements

  Doug McAdam;W. Richard Scott

  656
  Citations

• The Organizational Life Cycle

  W Richard Scott

  614
  Citations

• Institutions and Organizations.

  Peter V. Marsden;W. Richard Scott

  533
  Citations

• The new institutionalism in sociology

  Mary C. Brinton;Victor Nee

  509
  Citations

• Organizational Environments: Ritual and Rationality

  Henry Levin;John W. Meyer;W. Richard Scott

  103
  Citations