Ray Reagans

11.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
32 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Ray Reagans is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Strategy and Management and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ray Reagans has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Strategy and Management and 9 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ray Reagans's work include Social Capital and Networks (10 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (8 papers) and Knowledge Management and Sharing (7 papers). Ray Reagans is often cited by papers focused on Social Capital and Networks (10 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (8 papers) and Knowledge Management and Sharing (7 papers). Ray Reagans collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Canada. Ray Reagans's co-authors include Bill McEvily, Ezra W. Zuckerman, Linda Argote, Marco Tortoriello, J. Stuart Bunderson, Francis J. Flynn, Emily T. Amanatullah, Daniel R. Ames, Nicole M. Stephens and Evan P. Apfelbaum and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Administrative Science Quarterly and Management Science.

In The Last Decade

Ray Reagans

32 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Network Structure and Knowledge Transfer: The Effects of Cohesion and Range

2003 2.5k citations Ray Reagans, Bill McEvily Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
Managing Knowledge in Organizations: An Integrative Framework and Review of Emerging Themes

2003 1.4k citations Linda Argote, Bill McEvily et al. Management Science profile →
Networks, Diversity, and Productivity: The Social Capital of Corporate R&D Teams

2001 1.2k citations Ray Reagans, Ezra W. Zuckerman Organization Science profile →
Individual Experience and Experience Working Together: Predicting Learning Rates from Knowing Who Knows What and Knowing How to Work Together

2005 587 citations Ray Reagans, Linda Argote et al. Management Science profile →
Bridging the Knowledge Gap: The Influence of Strong Ties, Network Cohesion, and Network Range on the Transfer of Knowledge Between Organizational Units

2011 388 citations Marco Tortoriello, Ray Reagans et al. Organization Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ray Reagans United States	18	3.5k	2.4k	2.2k	1.5k	1.2k	32	8.2k
Rob Cross United States	27	2.5k 0.7×	3.0k 1.3×	2.4k 1.1×	1.7k 1.1×	788 0.7×	51	7.9k
Paul Ingram United States	35	4.2k 1.2×	1.7k 0.7×	2.1k 1.0×	2.0k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	71	8.7k
Morten T. Hansen Denmark	21	6.9k 1.9×	4.2k 1.8×	2.0k 0.9×	2.0k 1.3×	1.8k 1.5×	47	12.0k
Martín Kilduff United States	46	2.4k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	3.7k 1.7×	3.3k 2.2×	889 0.8×	102	10.0k
Bill McEvily United States	25	6.8k 1.9×	2.8k 1.2×	2.9k 1.4×	3.2k 2.1×	2.0k 1.7×	36	13.2k
Emmanuel Lazega France	27	2.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	3.4k 1.6×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	110	8.7k
Seok‐Woo Kwon United States	13	2.7k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	3.8k 1.8×	2.6k 1.7×	2.0k 1.7×	20	9.1k
Samer Faraj Canada	38	2.4k 0.7×	5.8k 2.5×	4.9k 2.3×	1.5k 1.0×	764 0.7×	98	12.5k
Anne‐Wil Harzing Australia	51	4.0k 1.1×	3.2k 1.3×	1.7k 0.8×	2.7k 1.8×	694 0.6×	116	11.4k
Lee Sproull United States	40	2.1k 0.6×	4.0k 1.7×	3.3k 1.5×	1.3k 0.9×	603 0.5×	72	10.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ray Reagans

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Reagans, Ray, et al.. (2023). Shared language in the team network-performance association: Reconciling conflicting views of the network centralization effect on team performance. Knowledge@UChicago (University of Chicago). 2(3). 1 indexed citations

Reagans, Ray. (2022). Mutual learning in networks: Building theory by piecing together puzzling facts. Research in Organizational Behavior. 42. 100175–100175. 4 indexed citations

Burt, Ronald S. & Ray Reagans. (2022). Team talk: Learning, jargon, and structure versus the pulse of the network. Social Networks. 70. 375–392. 8 indexed citations

Burt, Ronald S., et al.. (2020). Network brokerage and the perception of leadership. Social Networks. 65. 33–50. 29 indexed citations

Apfelbaum, Evan P., Nicole M. Stephens, & Ray Reagans. (2016). Beyond one-size-fits-all: Tailoring diversity approaches to the representation of social groups.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 111(4). 547–566. 106 indexed citations

Reagans, Ray, Param Vir Singh, & Ramayya Krishnan. (2015). Forgotten Third Parties: Analyzing the Contingent Association Between Unshared Third Parties, Knowledge Overlap, and Knowledge Transfer Relationships with Outsiders. Organization Science. 26(5). 1400–1414. 27 indexed citations

Reagans, Ray, et al.. (2012). Commitment, Learning, and Alliance Performance: A Formal Analysis Using an Agent-Based Network Formation Model. Journal of Mathematical Sociology. 37(1). 1–23. 11 indexed citations

Fuchs, Erica R.H., et al.. (2011). Economic Downturns, Technology Trajectories and the Careers of Scientists. SMARTech Repository (Georgia Institute of Technology). 2 indexed citations

Tortoriello, Marco, Ray Reagans, & Bill McEvily. (2011). Bridging the Knowledge Gap: The Influence of Strong Ties, Network Cohesion, and Network Range on the Transfer of Knowledge Between Organizational Units. Organization Science. 23(4). 1024–1039. 388 indexed citations breakdown →

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Flynn, Francis J., et al.. (2010). Do you two know each other? Transitivity, homophily, and the need for (network) closure.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 99(5). 855–869. 52 indexed citations

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Bunderson, J. Stuart & Ray Reagans. (2010). Power, Status, and Learning in Organizations. Organization Science. 22(5). 1182–1194. 251 indexed citations

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Reagans, Ray & Ezra W. Zuckerman. (2008). Why Knowledge Does Not Equal Power: The Network Redundancy Trade-Off. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Reagans, Ray & Ezra W. Zuckerman. (2008). All in the family: reply to Burt, Podolny, and van de Rijt, Ban, and Sarkar. Industrial and Corporate Change. 17(5). 979–999. 13 indexed citations

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Todorova, Gergana, Linda Argote, & Ray Reagans. (2008). WORKING ALONE OR TOGETHER? INDIVIDUAL MOTIVATION, GROUP IDENTIFICATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TMS.. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2008(1). 1–6. 8 indexed citations

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Roberts, Peter W. & Ray Reagans. (2007). Critical Exposure and Price-Quality Relationships for New World Wines in the U.S. Market. Journal of Wine Economics. 2(1). 84–97. 50 indexed citations

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Flynn, Francis J., Ray Reagans, Emily T. Amanatullah, & Daniel R. Ames. (2006). Helping one's way to the top: Self-monitors achieve status by helping others and knowing who helps whom.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 91(6). 1123–1137. 396 indexed citations

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Reagans, Ray, Ezra W. Zuckerman, & Bill McEvily. (2004). How to Make the Team: Social Networks vs. Demography as Criteria for Designing Effective Teams. Administrative Science Quarterly. 49(1). 101–133. 486 indexed citations

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Argote, Linda, Bill McEvily, & Ray Reagans. (2003). Managing Knowledge in Organizations: An Integrative Framework and Review of Emerging Themes. Management Science. 49(4). 571–582. 1440 indexed citations breakdown →

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Reagans, Ray, Linda Argote, & Bill McEvily. (2003). Introduction to the Special Issue on Managing Knowledge in Organizations: Creating, Retaining, and Transferring Knowledge.: Creating, Retaining, and Transferring Knowledge.. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 49(4). 5. 4 indexed citations

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Reagans, Ray. (1998). Differences in social difference: examining third party effects on relational stability. Social Networks. 20(2). 143–157. 12 indexed citations

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