Bernadette M. Ruf

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Bernadette M. Ruf is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Accounting and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernadette M. Ruf has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Strategy and Management, 7 papers in Accounting and 3 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Bernadette M. Ruf's work include Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (7 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (5 papers) and Environmental Sustainability in Business (3 papers). Bernadette M. Ruf is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (7 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (5 papers) and Environmental Sustainability in Business (3 papers). Bernadette M. Ruf collaborates with scholars based in United States. Bernadette M. Ruf's co-authors include Karen Paul, Krishnamurty Muralidhar, Robert M. Brown, Jay J. Janney, Steven Hornik, Swarn Chatterjee, Nandita Das, Samuel L. Tiras, Uma Velury and Gregory D. Kane and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Management, Journal of Business Ethics and Journal of Business Finance & Accounting.

In The Last Decade

Bernadette M. Ruf

17 papers receiving 905 citations

Hit Papers

An Empirical Investigatio... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 200 400 600
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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 threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship Between Change in Corporate Social Performance and Financial Performance: A Stakeholder Theory Perspective
    2001 696 citations Bernadette M. Ruf, Krishnamurty Muralidhar et al. Journal of Business Ethics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bernadette M. Ruf United States 10 820 543 322 107 107 17 1.0k
Peter A. Stanwick United States 10 716 0.9× 539 1.0× 234 0.7× 117 1.1× 74 0.7× 39 890
Sarah D. Stanwick United States 10 716 0.9× 543 1.0× 226 0.7× 114 1.1× 71 0.7× 35 876
Heather R. Dixon‐Fowler United States 9 878 1.1× 697 1.3× 284 0.9× 167 1.6× 66 0.6× 11 1.2k
Matthias S. Fifka Germany 14 971 1.2× 591 1.1× 274 0.9× 105 1.0× 121 1.1× 29 1.2k
Giacomo Boesso Italy 13 808 1.0× 439 0.8× 375 1.2× 127 1.2× 80 0.7× 30 1.1k
Lori Holder‐Webb United States 15 757 0.9× 373 0.7× 563 1.7× 106 1.0× 188 1.8× 28 1.1k
Daniel Reimsbach Germany 13 739 0.9× 450 0.8× 346 1.1× 68 0.6× 61 0.6× 23 998
Lance Moir United Kingdom 8 635 0.8× 337 0.6× 196 0.6× 172 1.6× 129 1.2× 12 898
Jijun Gao Canada 8 994 1.2× 647 1.2× 271 0.8× 243 2.3× 107 1.0× 10 1.2k
Supriti Mishra India 9 697 0.8× 466 0.9× 321 1.0× 113 1.1× 56 0.5× 15 909

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All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Ruf, Bernadette M., et al.. (2019). Investments in ESG-Rated Mutual Funds: Is Good Better than Great?. ˜The œjournal of wealth management. 22(1). 56–61. 6 indexed citations
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Ruf, Bernadette M., et al.. (2019). Student Preference for Spreadsheet-Based Learning. Accounting and Finance Research. 8(3). 16–16. 2 indexed citations
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Das, Nandita, et al.. (2018). ESG Ratings and the Performance of Socially Responsible Mutual Funds: A Panel Study. 17(1). 49–57. 16 indexed citations
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Das, Nandita, et al.. (2018). Fund Characteristics and Performances of Socially Responsible Mutual Funds: Do ESG Ratings Play a Role?. Journal of Accounting and Finance. 18(6). 9 indexed citations
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Kane, Gregory D., Uma Velury, & Bernadette M. Ruf. (2005). Employee Relations and the Likelihood of Occurrence of Corporate Financial Distress. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting. 32(5-6). 1083–1105. 11 indexed citations
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Ruf, Bernadette M., et al.. (2001). Robea M brown, Jay J Janney, Karen Paul. An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship between Change in Corporate Social Performance and Financial Performance: A Stakeholder Theory Perspective. Journal of Business Ethics. 32(2). 10 indexed citations
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Ruf, Bernadette M., Krishnamurty Muralidhar, Robert M. Brown, Jay J. Janney, & Karen Paul. (2001). An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship Between Change in Corporate Social Performance and Financial Performance: A Stakeholder Theory Perspective. Journal of Business Ethics. 32(2). 143–156. 696 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tiras, Samuel L., Bernadette M. Ruf, & Robert M. Brown. (1999). The Relation Between Stakeholders' Implicit Claims and Firm Value. SSRN Electronic Journal. 12 indexed citations
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Hornik, Steven & Bernadette M. Ruf. (1998). Expert Systems Usage and Knowledge Acquisition: An Empirical Assessment of Analogical Reasoning in the Evaluation of Internal Controls. SSRN Electronic Journal. 17 indexed citations
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Ruf, Bernadette M., Krishnamurty Muralidhar, & Karen Paul. (1998). The Development of a Systematic, Aggregate Measure of Corporate Social Performance. Journal of Management. 24(1). 119–133. 139 indexed citations
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Ruf, Bernadette M.. (1998). The development of a systematic, aggregate measure of corporate social performance. Journal of Management. 24(1). 119–133. 35 indexed citations
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Ruf, Bernadette M. & Steven Hornik. (1997). Expert systems usage and knowledge acquisition: An empirical assessment of analogical reasoning in the evaluation of internal controls. Journal of Information Systems. 11(2). 57–74. 22 indexed citations
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Ruf, Bernadette M., Krishnamurty Muralidhar, Robert M. Brown, & Karen Paul. (1996). An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship Between Corporate Social Performance and Financial Performance. Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society. 7. 581–591. 2 indexed citations
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Muralidhar, Krishnamurty, Karen Paul, & Bernadette M. Ruf. (1996). Corporate Social Monitoring. Business and Professional Ethics Journal. 15(2). 51–67. 4 indexed citations
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Ruf, Bernadette M., Robert M. Brown, & Helen J. Crawford. (1994). Computer-Assisted Versus Traditional Instruction: Differential Moderating Influences Of Math, Verbal And Visual-Spatial Abilities On Learning. The British Accounting Review. 26(2). 197–210. 4 indexed citations
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Ruf, Bernadette M., et al.. (1993). EIGHT DIMENSIONS OF CORPORATE SOCIAL PERFORMANCE: DETERMINATION OF RELATIVE IMPORTANCE USING THE ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS.. Academy of Management Proceedings. 1993(1). 326–330. 24 indexed citations
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Ruf, Bernadette M. & Leonard H. Chusmir. (1991). Dimensions of Success and Motivation Needs Among Managers. The Journal of Psychology. 125(6). 631–640. 4 indexed citations

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