Martin Ruef

8.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
60 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Martin Ruef is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin Ruef has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 17 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 17 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Recurrent topics in Martin Ruef's work include Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (14 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (13 papers) and Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (9 papers). Martin Ruef is often cited by papers focused on Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (14 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (13 papers) and Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (9 papers). Martin Ruef collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Switzerland. Martin Ruef's co-authors include Howard E. Aldrich, W. Richard Scott, Nancy M. Carter, Seok‐Woo Kwon, Kelly L. Patterson, Colleen Heflin, Hongwei Xu, Ben Fletcher, Paul C. Godfrey and Michael Rowlinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Strategic Management Journal.

In The Last Decade

Martin Ruef

58 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Organizations Evolving

2006 1.1k citations Howard E. Aldrich, Martin Ruef profile →
A Multidimensional Model of Organizational Legitimacy: Hospital Survival in Changing Institutional Environments

1998 800 citations Martin Ruef et al. Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
The Structure of Founding Teams: Homophily, Strong Ties, and Isolation among U.S. Entrepreneurs

2003 774 citations Martin Ruef, Howard E. Aldrich et al. American Sociological Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Martin Ruef United States	24	1.9k	1.6k	1.5k	1.5k	1.1k	60	5.1k
Tom Elfring Netherlands	22	2.6k 1.4×	1.6k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	877 0.6×	986 0.9×	63	4.7k
Jesper B. Sørensen United States	18	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	652 0.4×	1.0k 0.9×	31	4.6k
Ha Hoang France	11	2.5k 1.4×	1.2k 0.7×	2.4k 1.5×	799 0.5×	1.8k 1.6×	14	5.4k
Christine M. Beckman United States	23	1.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	2.2k 1.4×	821 0.6×	2.0k 1.8×	34	5.1k
Sheila M. Puffer United States	33	841 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	1.9k 1.2×	899 0.6×	1.3k 1.2×	124	4.8k
Patricia Thornton United States	19	1.5k 0.8×	3.1k 1.9×	1.9k 1.2×	2.0k 1.4×	940 0.8×	64	7.3k
William P. Barnett United States	26	907 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	2.5k 1.6×	945 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	45	5.3k
Charlene Zietsma Canada	24	1.1k 0.6×	1.9k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	461 0.4×	54	4.2k
P. Devereaux Jennings Canada	32	3.2k 1.7×	3.0k 1.9×	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	89	6.1k
Nancy M. Carter United States	28	3.5k 1.9×	2.4k 1.5×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.7k 1.5×	43	6.3k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Ruef, Martin. (2025). The unpeculiar institution: Patterson’s global perspective on enslavement. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 49(3). 644–651.

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Ruef, Martin, et al.. (2024). Learning from Outliers and Anomalies. Academy of Management Perspectives. 3 indexed citations

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Wezel, Filippo Carlo & Martin Ruef. (2024). Cracking the Deck: National origins and promotions in the Dutch East India Company, 1700–1796. Organization Studies. 45(7). 1039–1061.

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Ruef, Martin, et al.. (2023). Micro-Segregation and the Jewish Ghetto: A Comparison of Ethnic Communities in Germany. European Journal of Sociology. 64(1). 61–96. 1 indexed citations

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Ruef, Martin, et al.. (2023). What can outliers teach us about entrepreneurial success?. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. 30(6). 1088–1108. 6 indexed citations

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Aldrich, Howard E. & Martin Ruef. (2020). Scholars Should Study Everyday Entrepreneurs, Not Gazelles. 4 indexed citations

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Kwon, Seok‐Woo & Martin Ruef. (2017). The imprint of labor markets on entrepreneurial performance. Journal of Business Venturing. 32(6). 611–626. 18 indexed citations

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Ruef, Martin. (2017). Ecological and rational choice models of endogenous change. Rationality and Society. 29(1). 55–62. 1 indexed citations

9.

Ruef, Martin. (2014). Between Slavery and Capitalism. Princeton University Press eBooks. 14 indexed citations

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Ruef, Martin. (2014). Between Slavery and Capitalism: The Legacy of Emancipation in the American South. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 3 indexed citations

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Ruef, Martin. (2014). Between Slavery and Capitalism. Princeton University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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Kwon, Seok‐Woo, Colleen Heflin, & Martin Ruef. (2013). Community Social Capital and Entrepreneurship. American Sociological Review. 78(6). 980–1008. 196 indexed citations

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Ruef, Martin, et al.. (2012). The Classification of Organizational Forms: Theory and application to the field of higher education. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2012(1). 13908–13908. 7 indexed citations

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Ruef, Martin, et al.. (2009). Agrarian Origins of Management Ideology: The Roman and Antebellum Cases. Organization Studies. 30(6). 589–607. 23 indexed citations

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Ruef, Martin. (2005). Social Movements and Organization Theory. Administrative Science Quarterly. 50(4). 651–652. 38 indexed citations

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Ruef, Martin. (2003). A Sociological Perspective on Strategic Organization. Strategic Organization. 1(2). 241–251. 21 indexed citations

17.

Aldrich, Howard E., Nancy M. Carter, & Martin Ruef. (2002). With Very Little Help from Their Friends: Gender and Relational Composition of Startup Teams. Frontiers of entrepreneurship research. 156–169. 13 indexed citations

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Ruef, Martin. (2002). A structural event approach to the analysis of group composition. Social Networks. 24(2). 135–160. 26 indexed citations

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Ruef, Martin. (1999). Social Ontology and the Dynamics of Organizational Forms: Creating Market Actors in the Healthcare Field, 1966-1994. Social Forces. 77(4). 1403–1432. 41 indexed citations

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Ruef, Martin. (1997). Prolegomenon to the relation between social theory and method*. Journal of Mathematical Sociology. 22(3). 303–332. 2 indexed citations

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