| The population ecology of organizations MT Hannan, J Freeman American journal of sociology 82 (5), 929-964, 1977 | 14681 | 1977 |
| Structural inertia and organizational change MT Hannan, J Freeman American sociological review, 149-164, 1984 | 12245 | 1984 |
| Organizational ecology MT Hannan Harvard University, 1989 | 8913 | 1989 |
| The liability of newness: Age dependence in organizational death rates J Freeman, GR Carroll, MT Hannan American sociological review, 692-710, 1983 | 2880 | 1983 |
| Niche width and the dynamics of organizational populations J Freeman, MT Hannan American journal of Sociology 88 (6), 1116-1145, 1983 | 980 | 1983 |
| The ecology of organizational founding: American labor unions, 1836-1985 MT Hannan, J Freeman American Journal of Sociology 92 (4), 910-943, 1987 | 645 | 1987 |
| Organizational proliferation and density dependent selection: Organizational evolution in the semiconductor industry JW Brittain, JH Freeman Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California, 1980 | 637 | 1980 |
| Models of innovation: Startups and mature corporations J Freeman, JS Engel California management review 50 (1), 94-119, 2007 | 607 | 2007 |
| Strategic alliances in commercial biotechnology SR Barley, J Freeman, RC Hybels Networks and organizations 10 (2), 2311-2347, 1992 | 523 | 1992 |
| Where do organizational forms come from? MT Hannan, J Freeman Sociological forum 1 (1), 50-72, 1986 | 438 | 1986 |
| The ecology of organizational mortality: American labor unions, 1836-1985 MT Hannan, J Freeman American Journal of sociology 94 (1), 25-52, 1988 | 436 | 1988 |
| Growth and decline processes in organizations J Freeman, MT Hannan American sociological review, 215-228, 1975 | 425 | 1975 |
| Environments and organizations MW Meyer (No Title), 1978 | 414 | 1978 |
| Organizational life-cycles and natural-selection processes J Freeman Research in organizational behavior 4, 1-32, 1982 | 357 | 1982 |
| Community ecology and the sociology of organizations JH Freeman, PG Audia Annu. Rev. Sociol. 32 (1), 145-169, 2006 | 348 | 2006 |
| Too much of a good thing? Product proliferation and organizational failure WP Barnett, J Freeman Organization Science 12 (5), 539-558, 2001 | 339 | 2001 |
| Profitability, transactional alignment, and organizational mortality in the US trucking industry BS Silverman, JA Nickerson, J Freeman Strategic management journal 18 (S1), 31-52, 1997 | 336 | 1997 |
| Obstacles to comparative studies MT Hannan, J Freeman New perspectives on organizational effectiveness, 106-131, 1977 | 307 | 1977 |
| Entrepreneurs as organizational products: Semiconductor firms and venture capital firms J Freeman Advances in the study of entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic growth 1 …, 1986 | 256 | 1986 |
| Organizational foundings in community context: Instruments manufacturers and their interrelationship with other organizations PG Audia, JH Freeman, PD Reynolds Administrative Science Quarterly 51 (3), 381-419, 2006 | 213 | 2006 |
