Rafael Ramírez

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
60 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Rafael Ramírez is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael Ramírez has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Strategy and Management, 16 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 14 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Rafael Ramírez's work include Management and Organizational Studies (14 papers), Complex Systems and Decision Making (14 papers) and Innovation and Knowledge Management (12 papers). Rafael Ramírez is often cited by papers focused on Management and Organizational Studies (14 papers), Complex Systems and Decision Making (14 papers) and Innovation and Knowledge Management (12 papers). Rafael Ramírez collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Denmark. Rafael Ramírez's co-authors include Richard A. Normann, Angela Wilkinson, Cynthia Selin, Gareth Morgan, John W. Selsky, Arnoldo Matus Kramer, Simona Vezzoli, Flávio Carvalho de Vasconcelos, Thomas N. Gilmore and Jerome R. Ravetz and has published in prestigious journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Business Research and Technological Forecasting and Social Change.

In The Last Decade

Rafael Ramírez

56 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

From value chain to value constellation: designing intera... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 1999 400 800 1.2k
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. From value chain to value constellation: designing interactive strategy.
    1993 1.3k citations Richard A. Normann, Rafael Ramírez profile →
  2. Value co-production: intellectual origins and implications for practice and research
    1999 588 citations Rafael Ramírez profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rafael Ramírez United Kingdom 22 1.2k 1.1k 866 673 477 60 3.3k
Shahzad Ansari United Kingdom 20 1.3k 1.1× 397 0.4× 778 0.9× 561 0.8× 303 0.6× 43 2.7k
A.G.L. Romme Netherlands 36 1.6k 1.3× 433 0.4× 821 0.9× 685 1.0× 696 1.5× 163 4.4k
Marjolein C.J. Caniëls Netherlands 38 2.0k 1.7× 704 0.7× 965 1.1× 498 0.7× 400 0.8× 139 4.5k
Arun Kumaraswamy United States 19 2.2k 1.9× 411 0.4× 673 0.8× 546 0.8× 449 0.9× 38 3.7k
Sergio Barile Italy 26 560 0.5× 1.1k 1.0× 372 0.4× 478 0.7× 305 0.6× 112 2.0k
Clive Smallman United Kingdom 22 1.1k 0.9× 357 0.3× 760 0.9× 626 0.9× 354 0.7× 58 2.9k
Richard Adams United Kingdom 17 1.6k 1.3× 852 0.8× 320 0.4× 342 0.5× 245 0.5× 54 3.7k
Palie Smart United Kingdom 23 1.8k 1.5× 1.3k 1.2× 546 0.6× 404 0.6× 191 0.4× 46 3.7k
Mark Johnson United Kingdom 15 2.0k 1.7× 1.2k 1.1× 464 0.5× 827 1.2× 262 0.5× 83 5.1k
Norat Roig‐Tierno Spain 26 1.1k 0.9× 561 0.5× 321 0.4× 772 1.1× 201 0.4× 70 3.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rafael Ramírez

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafael Ramírez

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rafael Ramírez. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rafael Ramírez 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 Rafael Ramírez. Rafael Ramírez is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ramírez, Rafael, et al.. (2021). Getting the most from publicly available scenarios: 5 ways to avoid costly mistakes. California Management Review. 63(4). 4 indexed citations
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Ramírez, Rafael, Yasser Bhatti, & Efstathios Tapinos. (2019). Exploring how experience and learning curves decrease the time invested in scenario planning interventions. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 151. 119785–119785. 10 indexed citations
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Ramírez, Rafael, et al.. (2019). We need to talk (more wisely) about wisdom: A set of conversations about wisdom, science, and futures. Futures. 108. 72–80. 13 indexed citations
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Ramírez, Rafael, et al.. (2017). Using scenario planning to reshape strategy. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 58(4). 32 indexed citations
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Eidinow, Esther & Rafael Ramírez. (2016). The aesthetics of story-telling as a technology of the plausible. Futures. 84. 43–49. 14 indexed citations
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Ramírez, Rafael, et al.. (2016). Scenarios Research and Cognitive Reframing: Implications for Strategy as Practice. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Ramírez, Rafael, et al.. (2015). Efecto del CIDR posinseminación sobre la tasa de preñez en vacas de carne. 18(73). 62–68. 1 indexed citations
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Ramírez, Rafael, et al.. (2015). Scenarios as a scholarly methodology to produce “interesting research”. Futures. 71. 70–87. 141 indexed citations
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Selin, Cynthia, Lucy Kimbell, Rafael Ramírez, & Yasser Bhatti. (2015). Scenarios and design: Scoping the dialogue space. Futures. 74. 4–17. 37 indexed citations
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Ramírez, Rafael & Cynthia Selin. (2014). Plausibility and probability in scenario planning. foresight. 16(1). 54–74. 136 indexed citations
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Eidinow, Esther & Rafael Ramírez. (2012). “The Eye Of The Soul”: Phronesis And The Aesthetics Of Organizing. Digital WPI. 1(1). 26–43. 4 indexed citations
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Ramírez, Rafael, et al.. (2012). Scenarios and early warnings as dynamic capabilities to frame managerial attention. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 80(4). 825–838. 63 indexed citations
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Ramírez, Rafael, et al.. (2011). Uncertainty, turbulence and scenarios. Ekonomiaz Revista Vasca de Economía. 76(1). 92–103. 1 indexed citations
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Ramírez, Rafael, et al.. (2011). Incertidumbre, turbulencias y escenarios. Ekonomiaz Revista Vasca de Economía. 76(1). 92–103. 1 indexed citations
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Vasconcelos, Flávio Carvalho de & Rafael Ramírez. (2010). Complexity in business environments. Journal of Business Research. 64(3). 236–241. 64 indexed citations
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Villafáfila‐Robles, Roberto, et al.. (2007). On wind power integration into electrical power system: Spain vs. Denmark. Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal. 1(5). 751–758. 8 indexed citations
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Ramírez, Rafael. (2003). The aesthetics in and of metaphor. Revue internationale de Psychosociologie. Vol. IX(21). 123–132. 2 indexed citations
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Ramírez, Rafael, et al.. (1994). Byting Back: Policies To Support the Use of Technology in Education.. 3 indexed citations
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Normann, Richard A. & Rafael Ramírez. (1993). Richard Normann and Rafael Ramirez respond. Harvard business review. 71(5). 50–51. 2 indexed citations
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Ramírez, Rafael. (1983). Action Learning: A Strategic Approach for Organizations Facing Turbulent Conditions. Human Relations. 36(8). 725–742. 20 indexed citations

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