2026 William H. Starbuck: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	46	3497	3220	1684	1525	170	16672

William H. Starbuck 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 William H. Starbuck sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 170 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William H. Starbuck 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 William H. Starbuck sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

Fellow of the British Academy of Management
Fellow of the British Academy of Management
Fellow of the British Academy of Management
Fellow of the British Academy of Management

Overview

William H. Starbuck is affiliated with the University of Oregon in the United States. The research focuses primarily on topics related to scientometrics and bibliometrics research, management and organizational studies, meta-analysis and systematic reviews, scientific computing and data management, accounting education and careers, advanced radiotherapy techniques, and radiation therapy and dosimetry.

William H. Starbuck has contributed to several recent papers, including:

"Oh Grandmother, what big teeth you have!" Incentives to spur scientific research at business schools have been treacherous, 2024, Scandinavian Journal of Management
How replication studies can improve doctoral student education, 2023, Journal of Management Scientific Reports
Biologically Equivalent Dose Comparison Between Magnetic Resonance-Guided Adaptive and Computed Tomography-Guided Internal Target Volume-Based Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Liver Tumors, 2023, Cureus
How Muriel's Tea Stained Management Research Through Statistical Significance Tests, 2024, Journal of Management Inquiry
PP20.14 SCRIPTING AUTOPLANNING APPROACH FOR EARLY-STAGE PROSTATE CANCERVMAT PLANNING UNDER RTOG 415 RECOMMENDATIONS IN MONACO, 2024, Physica Medica

Frequent co-authors of William H. Starbuck include:

Andreas Schwab
David Krackhardt
Gerard P. Hodgkinson
Herman Aguinis
Peter Bamberger

Publication venues where William H. Starbuck has frequently appeared include:

Academy of Management Proceedings
Journal of Management Scientific Reports
Scandinavian Journal of Management
Cureus
Journal of Management Inquiry

The main subfields of study in William H. Starbuck's research are:

Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Information Systems and Management
Accounting
Radiation

William H. Starbuck has been recognized as a Fellow of the British Academy of Management.

Best Publications

LEARNING BY KNOWLEDGE‐INTENSIVE FIRMS*

William H. Starbuck

2667
Citations
Camping on Seesaws: Prescriptions for a Self-Designing Organization

Bo L. T. Hedberg;Paul C. Bystrom;William H. Starbuck

1488
Citations
To avoid organizational crises, unlearn

Paul C. Nystrom;William H. Starbuck

1479
Citations
ORGANIZATIONS AS ACTION GENERATORS

William H. Starbuck

1125
Citations
Executives’ Perceptual Filters: What They Notice and How They Make Sense

William H. Starbuck;William H. Starbuck;Frances J. Milliken

809
Citations
CHALLENGER: FINE-TUNING THE ODDS UNTIL SOMETHING BREAKS

William H. Starbuck;Frances J. Milliken

733
Citations
How Much Better Are the Most-Prestigious Journals? The Statistics of Academic Publication

William H. Starbuck

525
Citations
Learning from failures: Why it May Not Happen

Philippe Baumard;William H. Starbuck

509
Citations
Studying the Accuracy of Managers' Perceptions: A Research Odyssey

John M. Mezias;William H. Starbuck

417
Citations
CONGEALING OIL: INVENTING IDEOLOGIES TO JUSTIFY ACTING IDEOLOGIES OUT

William H. Starbuck

356
Citations
Organization at the limit : lessons from the Columbia disaster

William H. Starbuck;Moshe Farjoun

354
Citations
The production of knowledge : the challenge of social science research

William H. Starbuck

344
Citations
KEEPING A BUTTERFLY AND AN ELEPHANT IN A HOUSE OF CARDS: THE ELEMENTS OF EXCEPTIONAL SUCCESS*

William H. Starbuck

339
Citations
Camping on Seesaws: Prescriptions for a Self-Designing Organization

Bo L. T. Hedberg;Paul C. Nystrom;William H. Starbuck;William H. Starbuck

328
Citations
Unlearning ineffective or obsolete technologies

William H. Starbuck

308
Citations
Opening Pandora's box: studying the accuracy of managers' perceptions

William H. Starbuck;John M. Mezias

307
Citations
Responding to Crises

William H. Starbuck;William H. Starbuck;Arent Greve;Bo Hedberg

268
Citations
Learning to Design Organizations and Learning from Designing Them

Roger L. M. Dunbar;William H. Starbuck

229
Citations
Turning Lemons into Lemonade Where Is the Value in Peer Reviews

William H. Starbuck

219
Citations
The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Decision Making

Gerard P. Hodgkinson;William H. Starbuck

184
Citations
Level of aspiration.

William H. Starbuck

89
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Cary L. Cooper University of Manchester

Michael L. Barnett Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Herman Aguinis George Washington University

Frances J. Milliken New York University

Stewart Clegg University of Sydney

Yehuda Baruch University of Southampton

Violina P. Rindova University of California, Irvine

Gerard P. Hodgkinson University of Manchester

Alison M. Konrad University of Western Ontario

Dean Tjosvold Lingnan University

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