E. L. Trist

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
3 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

E. L. Trist is a scholar working on Management of Technology and Innovation, Artificial Intelligence and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, E. L. Trist has authored 3 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 1 paper in Management of Technology and Innovation, 1 paper in Artificial Intelligence and 1 paper in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in E. L. Trist's work include Organizational Management and Leadership (1 paper), Diverse Interdisciplinary Research Studies (1 paper) and Academic Research and Education Studies (1 paper). E. L. Trist is often cited by papers focused on Organizational Management and Leadership (1 paper), Diverse Interdisciplinary Research Studies (1 paper) and Academic Research and Education Studies (1 paper). E. L. Trist collaborates with scholars based in . E. L. Trist's co-authors include F. E. Emery and Richard O. Mason and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Human Relations.

In The Last Decade

E. L. Trist

3 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Causal Texture of Organizational Environments 1965 2026 1985 2005 1965 500 1000 1.5k
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 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. The Causal Texture of Organizational Environments
    1965 1.9k citations F. E. Emery, E. L. Trist Human Relations profile →

Peers

E. L. Trist
F. E. Emery
A. F. G. Hanken Netherlands
Peter H. Grinyer United Kingdom
Edward J. Conlon United States
William R. Dill United States
Caroline Turner
Richard J. Butler United Kingdom
Bo Hedberg Sweden
Richard N. Osborn United States
Fremont E. Kast United States
F. E. Emery
E. L. Trist
Citations per year, relative to E. L. Trist E. L. Trist (= 1×) peers F. E. Emery

Countries citing papers authored by E. L. Trist

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Fields of papers citing papers by E. L. Trist

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of E. L. Trist

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of E. L. Trist. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of E. L. Trist based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with E. L. Trist. E. L. Trist is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

3 of 3 papers shown
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Mason, Richard O., F. E. Emery, & E. L. Trist. (1977). Towards a Social Ecology: Contextual Appreciations of the Future in the Present.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 6(4). 494–494. 29 indexed citations
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Emery, F. E. & E. L. Trist. (1973). Towards a Social Ecology. 60 indexed citations
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Emery, F. E. & E. L. Trist. (1965). The Causal Texture of Organizational Environments. Human Relations. 18(1). 21–32. 1867 indexed citations breakdown →

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