William S. Laufer

85 total papers · 3.2k total citations
56 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

William S. Laufer is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Information Systems and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, William S. Laufer has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 14 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 14 papers in Information Systems and Management. Recurrent topics in William S. Laufer's work include Ethics in Business and Education (14 papers), Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (14 papers) and Regulation and Compliance Studies (13 papers). William S. Laufer is often cited by papers focused on Ethics in Business and Education (14 papers), Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (14 papers) and Regulation and Compliance Studies (13 papers). William S. Laufer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovenia and Mexico. William S. Laufer's co-authors include Freda Adler, Danielle E. Warren, Dorothy K. Kagehiro, Diana C. Robertson, Joseph P. Gaspar, Robert J. Bursik, Adrian Raine, Andrea L. Glenn, Gerhard O. W. Mueller and Kathy L. Young and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Journal of Business Ethics.

In The Last Decade

William S. Laufer

51 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Social Accountability and... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 250 500 750
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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Social Accountability and Corporate Greenwashing
    2003 890 citations William S. Laufer Journal of Business Ethics profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
William S. Laufer 727 566 502 319 290 56 1.8k
Marío Fernando 428 0.6× 589 1.0× 307 0.6× 410 1.3× 802 2.8× 78 2.2k
Florian Kohlbacher 496 0.7× 506 0.9× 596 1.2× 150 0.5× 222 0.8× 66 2.2k
Joseph G. P. Paolillo 367 0.5× 588 1.0× 321 0.6× 623 2.0× 428 1.5× 44 1.8k
Jo Ann Ho 745 1.0× 360 0.6× 726 1.4× 181 0.6× 385 1.3× 81 1.8k
Karen Paul 1.1k 1.6× 279 0.5× 710 1.4× 309 1.0× 674 2.3× 50 2.1k
Yeosun Yoon 692 1.0× 382 0.7× 727 1.4× 203 0.6× 245 0.8× 30 1.4k
Douglas West 478 0.7× 852 1.5× 759 1.5× 215 0.7× 398 1.4× 67 2.0k
Pablo Ruiz‐Palomino 479 0.7× 396 0.7× 257 0.5× 468 1.5× 1.0k 3.6× 99 2.0k
Lorenzo Lucianetti 753 1.0× 347 0.6× 214 0.4× 173 0.5× 833 2.9× 52 2.4k
Richard F. Beltramini 170 0.2× 539 1.0× 485 1.0× 438 1.4× 331 1.1× 51 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by William S. Laufer

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Fields of papers citing papers by William S. Laufer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William S. Laufer

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