Table 1. Highly co-cited documents.

Top three co-cited documents among seven assigned communities for the ≥3 network in Fig. 2A. Communities containing fewer than three documents are omitted.

Community	Reference to co-cited document	Times cited	Degree
0	P. M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization (Doubleday and Company, 1990).	62	90
	J. W. Forrester, Industrial Dynamics (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961).	29	46
	J. D. Sterman, Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World (Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 2000).	28	17
1	P. Checkland, Systems Thinking, Systems Practice (Wiley, 1981).	59	111
	R. L. Ackoff, Creating the Corporate Future: Plan or be Planned for (Wiley, 1981).	18	47
	P. Checkland, J. Scholes, Soft Systems Methodology in Action (Wiley, 1990).	25	42
2	W. Ulrich, Critical Heuristics of Social Planning: A New Approach to Practical Philosophy (P. Haupt, 1983).	23	84
	C. W. Churchman, The Systems Approach (Delacorte Press, 1968).	18	65
	C. W. Churchman, The Design of Inquiring Systems: Basic Concepts of Systems and Organization (Basic Books, 1971).	15	49
3	O. Ben Zvi Assaraf, N. Orion, Development of system thinking skills in the context of earth system education. J. Res. Sci. Teach. 42 (5), 518–560 (2005).	9	23
	M. J. Jacobson, U. Wilensky, Complex systems in education: Scientific and educational importance and implications for the learning sciences. J. Learn. Sci. 15 (1), 11–34 (2006).	8	21
	M. Frank, Engineering systems thinking and systems thinking. J. Syst. Eng. 3 (3), 163–168 (2000).	8	21
4	M. C. Jackson, Systems Methodology for the Management Sciences (Plenum Press, 1991).	24	83
	R. L. Flood, M. C. Jackson, Creative Problem Solving: Total Systems Intervention (Wiley, 1991a).	24	69
	R. L. Flood, M. C. Jackson, Critical Systems Thinking: Directed Readings (J. Wiley, 1991b).	14	50
5	L. von Bertalanffy, General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications (George Braziller, 1968).	26	34
	M. Mulej, R. Espejo, M. C. Jackson, S. Kajzer, J. Mingers, P. Mlakar, N. Mulej, V. Potočan, M. Rebernik, A. Rosicky, B. S. Umpleby, D. Uršič, R. Vallee, Dialektična in druge mehkosistemske teorije: (podlage za celovitost in uspeh managementa) (Ekonomsko-poslovna fakulteta, 2000).	4	10
	M. Davidson, Uncommon Sense: The Life and Thought of Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901–1972), Father of General Systems Theory (Tarcher, 1976).	4	9
6	S. J. Leischow, A. Best, W. M. Trochim, P. I. Clark, R. S. Gallagher, S. E. Marcus, E. Matthews, Systems thinking to improve the public’s health. Am. J. Prev. Med. 35 (2), S196–S203 (2008).	7	5
	J. B. Homer, G. B. Hirsch, System dynamics modeling for public health: Background and opportunities. Am. J. Public Health 96 (3), 452–458 (2006).	4	5
	W. M. Trochim, D. A. Cabrera, B. Milstein, R. S. Gallagher, S. J. Leischow, Practical challenges of systems thinking and modeling in public health. Am. J. Public Health 96 (3), 538–546 (2006).	5	4