Ralph L. Keeney

21.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
164 papers, 12.1k citations indexed

About

Ralph L. Keeney is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Economics and Econometrics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralph L. Keeney has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 12.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 38 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 33 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Ralph L. Keeney's work include Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (30 papers), Multi-Criteria Decision Making (27 papers) and Risk Perception and Management (25 papers). Ralph L. Keeney is often cited by papers focused on Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (30 papers), Multi-Criteria Decision Making (27 papers) and Risk Perception and Management (25 papers). Ralph L. Keeney collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Canada. Ralph L. Keeney's co-authors include Howard Raiffa, Detlof von Winterfeldt, Alistair Smith, Robin Gregory, John S. Hammond, Timothy L. McDaniels, John Kidd, Peter C. Fishburn, Craig W. Kirkwood and Kurt A. Carlson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Journal of the American Statistical Association.

In The Last Decade

Ralph L. Keeney

159 papers receiving 10.8k citations

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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.

Value-Focused Thinking: A Path to Creative Decisionmaking

1992 1.3k citations Ralph L. Keeney profile →
Decisions with Multiple Objectives: Preferences and Value Tradeoffs.

1977 1.2k citations Ralph L. Keeney et al. profile →
The Value of Internet Commerce to the Customer

1999 594 citations Ralph L. Keeney profile →
Improving Risk Communication

1986 558 citations Ralph L. Keeney, Detlof von Winterfeldt Risk Analysis profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ralph L. Keeney United States	51	3.9k	2.7k	1.9k	1.4k	1.3k	164	12.1k
Detlof von Winterfeldt United States	34	2.0k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	2.8k 1.4×	876 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	106	9.9k
Howard Raiffa United States	34	4.1k 1.1×	3.1k 1.2×	2.1k 1.1×	2.6k 1.9×	1.5k 1.2×	70	13.9k
M. Granger Morgan United States	54	1.2k 0.3×	2.6k 1.0×	3.6k 1.9×	549 0.4×	481 0.4×	250	14.1k
John D. Sterman United States	59	10.2k 2.6×	2.6k 1.0×	2.3k 1.2×	2.4k 1.8×	486 0.4×	138	22.8k
Ward Edwards United States	39	3.1k 0.8×	2.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	1.9k 1.4×	3.1k 2.5×	91	10.7k
David V. Budescu United States	54	2.9k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	2.6k 1.3×	1.5k 1.1×	3.5k 2.8×	201	11.6k
Robert L. Winkler United States	55	5.6k 1.4×	2.6k 1.0×	641 0.3×	2.3k 1.7×	2.0k 1.6×	190	13.4k
Robert Fildes United Kingdom	51	6.1k 1.6×	5.4k 2.0×	1.0k 0.5×	1.7k 1.3×	593 0.5×	214	17.5k
George Wright United Kingdom	41	2.2k 0.6×	877 0.3×	2.5k 1.3×	634 0.5×	836 0.7×	144	7.9k
Sarah Lichtenstein United States	38	2.3k 0.6×	3.5k 1.3×	5.1k 2.6×	1.2k 0.9×	5.3k 4.2×	68	15.5k

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All Works

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Keeney, Ralph L., Robin Gregory, & Paul Slovic. (2025). Proactively Planning for Possible Future Crises. Decision Analysis. 22(4). 273–283.

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Siebert, Johannes Ulrich & Ralph L. Keeney. (2020). Entscheidungen: Probleme oder Chancen?. WiSt - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium. 49(6). 4–9. 1 indexed citations

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Keeney, Ralph L.. (2016). Remembering Howard Raiffa. Decision Analysis. 13(3). 213–218. 1 indexed citations

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Siebert, Johannes Ulrich & Ralph L. Keeney. (2015). Creating More and Better Alternatives for Decisions Using Objectives. Operations Research. 63(5). 1144–1158. 57 indexed citations

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Keeney, Ralph L. & Detlof von Winterfeldt. (2011). A Value Model for Evaluating Homeland Security Decisions. Risk Analysis. 31(9). 1470–1487. 57 indexed citations

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Carlson, Kurt A., Chris Janiszewski, Ralph L. Keeney, et al.. (2008). A theoretical framework for goal-based choice and for prescriptive analysis. Marketing Letters. 19(3-4). 241–254. 28 indexed citations

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Keeney, Ralph L.. (1999). Developing a Foundation for Strategy at Seagate Software. INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics. 29(6). 4–15. 18 indexed citations

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Keeney, Ralph L.. (1996). Value-focused thinking: Identifying decision opportunities and creating alternatives. European Journal of Operational Research. 92(3). 537–549. 319 indexed citations

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Keeney, Ralph L.. (1995). Understanding Life‐Threatening Risks. Risk Analysis. 15(6). 627–637. 36 indexed citations

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Keeney, Ralph L.. (1994). Mortality risks induced by the costs of regulations. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty. 8(1). 95–110. 21 indexed citations

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Keeney, Ralph L. & Detlof von Winterfeldt. (1991). A Prescriptive Risk Framework for Individual Health and Safety Decisions. Risk Analysis. 11(3). 523–533. 10 indexed citations

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Keeney, Ralph L. & Detlof von Winterfeldt. (1987). Operational procedures to evaluate decisions with multiple objectives: Final report. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 2 indexed citations

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Keeney, Ralph L. & Detlof von Winterfeldt. (1986). Improving Risk Communication. Risk Analysis. 6(4). 417–424. 558 indexed citations breakdown →

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Keeney, Ralph L., et al.. (1985). Analyzing Radionuclide Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants. INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics. 15(5). 12–24. 3 indexed citations

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Keeney, Ralph L.. (1979). Evaluation of Proposed Storage Sites. Operations Research. 27(1). 48–64. 30 indexed citations

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Buehring, W.A., W.K. Foell, & Ralph L. Keeney. (1978). Examining energy/environment policy using decision analysis. 12 indexed citations

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Keeney, Ralph L. & Gordon A. Robilliard. (1977). Assessing and evaluating environmental impacts at proposed nuclear power plant sites. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 4(2). 153–166. 20 indexed citations

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Keeney, Ralph L., et al.. (1976). Setting goals in a professional service firm. Long Range Planning. 9(3). 54–59. 1 indexed citations

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Buehring, W.A., W.K. Foell, & Ralph L. Keeney. (1976). Energy/Environment Management: Application of Decision Analysis. IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis). 3 indexed citations

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Keeney, Ralph L., et al.. (1971). A Rational Approach to Governmental Decision Concerning Air Pollution. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 3(1). 1 indexed citations

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