2026 Wanda J. Orlikowski: Business and Management Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	65	2379	2305	1184	1140	150	72767
Business and Management	71	276	258	126	116	187	84842

Research.com Recognitions

Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management

Overview

Wanda J. Orlikowski is affiliated with MIT in the United States and focuses on research primarily within the social sciences. Their scholarly work spans several subfields including sociology and political science, communication, strategy and management, urban studies, and marketing.

The main topics of Orlikowski's research include information systems theories and implementation, innovation, technology and society, nonprofit sector and volunteering, public relations and crisis communication, knowledge management and sharing, cultural industries and urban development, and innovation and knowledge management.

Orlikowski has published multiple papers in various academic venues. Recent papers include:

The Digital Undertow: How the Corollary Effects of Digital Transformation Affect Industry Standards (2021) - Information Systems Research
Liminal innovation in practice: Understanding the reconfiguration of digital work in crisis (2021) - Information and Organization
The Digital Undertow and Institutional Displacement: A Sociomaterial Approach (2023) - Organization Theory

Other papers in the recent dataset, though authored by co-authors, are:

Crowd-Based Accountability: Examining How Social Media Commentary Reconfigures Organizational Accountability (2021) - Organization Science
Scale matters: doing practice-based studies of contemporary digital phenomena (2021) - Apollo (University of Cambridge)

Orlikowski frequently collaborates with several co-authors including Susan Scott, Arvind Karunakaran, Michael Barrett, Alan Zhang, and S. M. Scott.

Their work appears most often in the following publication venues:

Academy of Management Proceedings
Information and Organization
Information Systems Research
Organization Science
Organization Theory

Orlikowski has been recognized as a Dean of Fellow by the Academy of Management, an honor indicating a distinguished status among peers in their field.

Best Publications

The duality of technology: rethinking the concept of technology in organizations

Wanda Janina Orlikowski

7107
Citations
Studying Information Technology in Organizations: Research Approaches and Assumptions

Wanda J. Orlikowski;Jack J. Baroudi

6943
Citations
Using Technology and Constituting Structures: A Practice Lens for Studying Technology in Organizations

Wanda J. Orlikowski

6595
Citations
Learning from notes: organizational issues in groupware implementation

Wanda J. Orlikowski

4463
Citations
Knowing in Practice: Enacting a Collective Capability in Distributed Organizing

Wanda J. Orlikowski

4445
Citations
Research Commentary: Desperately Seeking the IT in IT Research--A Call to Theorizing the IT Artifact

Wanda J. Orlikowski;C. Suzanne Iacono

4005
Citations
Sociomaterial Practices: Exploring Technology at Work

Wanda J. Orlikowski

3883
Citations
Improvising Organizational Transformation Over Time: A Situated Change Perspective

Wanda J. Orlikowski

3112
Citations
10 Sociomateriality: Challenging the Separation of Technology, Work and Organization

Wanda J. Orlikowski;Susan V. Scott

2598
Citations
Technological frames: making sense of information technology in organizations

Wanda J. Orlikowski;Debra C. Gash

2594
Citations
CASE tools as organizational change: investigating incremental and radical changes in systems development

Wanda J. Orlikowski

2368
Citations
Theorizing Practice and Practicing Theory

Martha S. Feldman;Wanda J. Orlikowski

2277
Citations
Genres of Organizational Communication: A Structurational Approach to Studying Communication and Media

Joanne Yates;Wanda J. Orlikowski

2207
Citations
Information Technology and the Structuring of Organizations

Wanda J. Orlikowski;Daniel Robey

2083
Citations
Learning from Notes: organizational issues in groupware implementation

Wanda J. Orlikowski

2006
Citations
Learning from notes: organizational issues in groupware implementation

Wanda J. Orlikowski

2000
Citations
Genre Repertoire: The Structuring of Communicative Practices in Organizations

Wanda J. Orlikowski;JoAnne Yates

1993
Citations
Technology and institutions: what can research on information technology and research on organizations learn from each other?

Wanda J. Orlikowski;Stephen R. Barley

1751
Citations
Windows of Opportunity: Temporal Patterns of Technological Adaptation in Organizations

Marcie J. Tyre;Wanda J. Orlikowski

1453
Citations
The sociomateriality of organisational life: considering technology in management research

Wanda J. Orlikowski

1348
Citations
It's About Time: Temporal Structuring in Organizations

Wanda J. Orlikowski;JoAnne Yates

1272
Citations
The autonomy paradox: : The implications of mobile email devices for knowledge professionals

Melissa Mazmanian;Wanda J. Orlikowski;JoAnne Yates

1189
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

JoAnne Yates MIT

Michael Barrett University of Cambridge

Peter M. Senge MIT

Geoff Walsham University of Cambridge

Richard J. Boland Case Western Reserve University

Loizos Heracleous University of Warwick

Stephen R. Barley Stanford University

Jody Hoffer Gittell Brandeis University

Soon Ang Nanyang Technological University

Davide Nicolini University of Warwick

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