Arun Kanda

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Arun Kanda is a scholar working on Management Information Systems, Strategy and Management and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Arun Kanda has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Management Information Systems, 25 papers in Strategy and Management and 11 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Arun Kanda's work include Quality and Supply Management (26 papers), Sustainable Supply Chain Management (15 papers) and Supply Chain and Inventory Management (14 papers). Arun Kanda is often cited by papers focused on Quality and Supply Management (26 papers), Sustainable Supply Chain Management (15 papers) and Supply Chain and Inventory Management (14 papers). Arun Kanda collaborates with scholars based in India, Canada and Nepal. Arun Kanda's co-authors include S.G. Deshmukh, Jitesh J. Thakkar, Arshinder Kaur, Bikram K. Bahinipati, Prem Vrat, Akhilesh Barve, Ravi Shankar, Murari Lal Mittal, A. Noorul Haq and Suresh Garg and has published in prestigious journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics and International Journal of Operations & Production Management.

In The Last Decade

Arun Kanda

42 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Supply chain coordination: Perspectives, empirical studie... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Supply chain coordination: Perspectives, empirical studies and research directions
    2008 613 citations Arun Kanda, S.G. Deshmukh et al. International Journal of Production Economics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Arun Kanda India 21 1.4k 1.3k 318 281 219 43 2.1k
Milind Kumar Sharma India 27 1.5k 1.1× 1.4k 1.1× 508 1.6× 220 0.8× 218 1.0× 60 2.4k
Suresh Garg India 24 1.2k 0.8× 1.4k 1.0× 356 1.1× 352 1.3× 238 1.1× 76 2.2k
Per Hilletofth Sweden 25 1.1k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 337 1.1× 227 0.8× 195 0.9× 150 2.1k
R. Anthony Inman United States 22 1.4k 1.0× 1.5k 1.1× 294 0.9× 280 1.0× 428 2.0× 39 2.2k
Sha’ri Mohd Yusof Malaysia 20 1.4k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 399 1.3× 226 0.8× 152 0.7× 83 2.1k
Rhonda R. Lummus United States 13 1.4k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 265 0.8× 215 0.8× 133 0.6× 19 1.9k
Ramaswami Sridharan Australia 13 1.3k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 257 0.8× 150 0.5× 218 1.0× 18 2.0k
Jukka Hallikas Finland 26 1.4k 1.0× 2.0k 1.5× 226 0.7× 277 1.0× 385 1.8× 78 3.0k
Gunjan Soni India 27 1.1k 0.8× 1.5k 1.1× 233 0.7× 353 1.3× 234 1.1× 128 2.4k
Chaitali Patel United Kingdom 6 2.3k 1.7× 1.8k 1.4× 584 1.8× 258 0.9× 203 0.9× 6 3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Arun Kanda

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kaur, Arshinder, Arun Kanda, & S.G. Deshmukh. (2011). A Review on Supply Chain Coordination: Coordination Mechanisms, Managing Uncertainty and Research Directions. eSpace (Curtin University). 39–82. 133 indexed citations
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Thakkar, Jitesh J., Arun Kanda, & S.G. Deshmukh. (2011). Mapping of supply chain learning: a framework for SMEs. The Learning Organization. 18(4). 313–332. 25 indexed citations
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Deshmukh, S.G., et al.. (2010). Flexibility and Sustainability of Supply Chains: Are They Together?. Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management. 11(1-2). 25–37. 13 indexed citations
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Thakkar, Jitesh J., Arun Kanda, & S.G. Deshmukh. (2009). Supply chain performance measurement framework for small and medium scale enterprises. Benchmarking An International Journal. 16(5). 702–723. 127 indexed citations
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Mittal, Murari Lal & Arun Kanda. (2009). Scheduling of multiple projects with resource transfers. International Journal of Mathematics in Operational Research. 1(3). 303–303. 12 indexed citations
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Bahinipati, Bikram K., Arun Kanda, & S.G. Deshmukh. (2009). Coordinated supply management: review, insights, and limitations. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications. 12(6). 407–422. 19 indexed citations
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Thakkar, Jitesh J., Arun Kanda, & S.G. Deshmukh. (2009). Supply chain management for SMEs: a research introduction. Management Research News. 32(10). 970–993. 41 indexed citations
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Kanda, Arun, et al.. (2009). A coordination theoretic model for three level supply chains using contracts. Sadhana. 34(5). 767–798. 13 indexed citations
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Barve, Akhilesh, Arun Kanda, & Ravi Shankar. (2008). The role of human factors in agile supply chains. European J of Industrial Engineering. 3(1). 2–2. 16 indexed citations
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Thakkar, Jitesh J., Arun Kanda, & S.G. Deshmukh. (2008). A conceptual role interaction model for supply chain management in SMEs. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. 15(1). 74–95. 28 indexed citations
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Kanda, Arun & S.G. Deshmukh. (2008). Project and Production Management. 1 indexed citations
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Kanda, Arun, et al.. (2008). Supply chain coordination: Perspectives, empirical studies and research directions. International Journal of Production Economics. 115(2). 316–335. 613 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kanda, Arun, et al.. (2008). A framework for evaluation of coordination by contracts: A case of two-level supply chains. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 56(4). 1177–1191. 63 indexed citations
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Kanda, Arun, et al.. (2007). Coordination in supply chains: an evaluation using fuzzy logic. Production Planning & Control. 18(5). 420–435. 37 indexed citations
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Barve, Akhilesh, Arun Kanda, & Ravi Shankar. (2007). Analysis of interaction among the barriers of Third Party Logistics. International Journal of Agile Systems and Management. 2(1). 109–109. 34 indexed citations
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Kanda, Arun, et al.. (2007). Supply chain coordination issues: an SAP‐LAP framework. Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics. 19(3). 240–264. 77 indexed citations
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Thakkar, Jitesh J., S.G. Deshmukh, & Arun Kanda. (2006). Implementing Six Sigma in service sector using AHP and Alderfer's motivational model - a case of educational services. International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage. 2(4). 353–353. 4 indexed citations
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Kaur, Arshinder, Arun Kanda, & S.G. Deshmukh. (2006). A graph theoretic approach for supply chain coordination. International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management. 2(4). 321–321. 52 indexed citations
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Garg, Suresh, Prem Vrat, & Arun Kanda. (2001). Equipment flexibility vs. inventory: A simulation study of manufacturing systems. International Journal of Production Economics. 70(2). 125–143. 20 indexed citations
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Kanda, Arun, et al.. (1984). A network flow procedure for project crashing with penalty nodes. European Journal of Operational Research. 16(2). 174–182. 10 indexed citations

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