Standout Papers

Customization or Conformi... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1997 2001 2004 2002 1994 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Customization or Conformity? An Institutional and Network Perspective on the Content and Consequences of TQM Adoption
    1997 1.1k citations James D. Westphal, Ranjay Gulati et al. Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
  2. Improving the Quality of Health Care in the United Kingdom and the United States: A Framework for Change
    2001 936 citations Ewan Ferlı́e, Stephen M. Shortell Milbank Quarterly profile →
  3. Crossing the quality chasm: implications for health services administration education.
    2004 765 citations Bernard J. Horak, Stephen M. Shortell et al. PubMed profile →
  4. Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder: The Impact of Organizational Identification, Identity, and Image on the Cooperative Behaviors of Physicians
    2002 675 citations Janet M. Dukerich, Brian Golden et al. Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
  5. The Performance of Intensive Care Units: Does Good Management Make a Difference?
    1994 577 citations Stephen M. Shortell, Jack E. Zimmerman et al. Medical Care profile →
  6. Assessing the impact of continuous quality improvement/total quality management: concept versus implementation.
    1995 541 citations Stephen M. Shortell, James M. Carman et al. PubMed profile →
  7. Assessing the Impact of Continuous Quality Improvement on Clinical Practice: What It Will Take to Accelerate Progress
    1998 514 citations Stephen M. Shortell, Charles L. Bennett et al. Milbank Quarterly profile →
  8. RESEARCH NOTES. PERCEPTUAL AND ARCHIVAL MEASURES OF MILES AND SNOW'S STRATEGIC TYPES: A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY.
    1990 512 citations Stephen M. Shortell, Edward J. Zajac Academy of Management Journal profile →

Immediate Impact

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Citing Papers

Shared Decision-Making and Cardiovascular Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
2023 Hit
Clinical course and risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a retrospective cohort study
2020 Hit
4 intermediate papers

Works of Stephen M. Shortell being referenced

The Performance of Intensive Care Units: Does Good Management Make a Difference?
1994 Hit
Value and cost of teaching hospitals
1993
and 6 more

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Stephen M. Shortell 11.5k 6.6k 3.3k 3.0k 2.4k 363 20.8k
Ashish K. Jha 9.8k 0.9× 6.5k 1.0× 2.5k 0.8× 5.3k 1.8× 356 0.1× 287 24.3k
David Blumenthal 5.7k 0.5× 4.1k 0.6× 1.8k 0.5× 4.0k 1.3× 423 0.2× 195 14.6k
Jeffrey Braithwaite 7.6k 0.7× 2.3k 0.3× 1.4k 0.4× 3.9k 1.3× 379 0.2× 670 17.3k
Bryan J. Weiner 7.5k 0.7× 1.8k 0.3× 929 0.3× 926 0.3× 532 0.2× 314 13.2k
Peter Groenewegen 6.1k 0.5× 3.2k 0.5× 1.0k 0.3× 749 0.2× 736 0.3× 460 17.5k
Donald M. Berwick 11.4k 1.0× 6.2k 0.9× 1.1k 0.3× 2.4k 0.8× 175 0.1× 224 22.1k
Avedis Donabedian 12.4k 1.1× 5.3k 0.8× 1.6k 0.5× 2.0k 0.7× 185 0.1× 114 20.9k
Benjamin F. Crabtree 8.9k 0.8× 2.4k 0.4× 1.3k 0.4× 874 0.3× 335 0.1× 263 17.0k
Huw Davies 4.9k 0.4× 1.6k 0.2× 1.1k 0.3× 1.4k 0.5× 501 0.2× 226 11.8k
Ewan Ferlı́e 4.1k 0.4× 1.4k 0.2× 2.8k 0.9× 1.4k 0.4× 1.4k 0.6× 189 10.7k

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