Carolin Decker

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Carolin Decker is a scholar working on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Strategy and Management and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Carolin Decker has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, 9 papers in Strategy and Management and 8 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Carolin Decker's work include Family Business Performance and Succession (8 papers), Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (7 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (7 papers). Carolin Decker is often cited by papers focused on Family Business Performance and Succession (8 papers), Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (7 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (7 papers). Carolin Decker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Carolin Decker's co-authors include Roy Parker, Thomas Mellewigt, Knut Lange, Andreas Hack, Thomas Ehrmann, Jonas Soluk, Matthias Meier, Andreas Walmsley, Elke Schüßler and John R. Cashman and has published in prestigious journals such as Biochemical Journal, Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology and Transplantation.

In The Last Decade

Carolin Decker

31 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

P-Bodies and Stress Granules: Possible Roles in the Contr... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300 400 500
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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. P-Bodies and Stress Granules: Possible Roles in the Control of Translation and mRNA Degradation
    2012 591 citations Carolin Decker et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Carolin Decker Germany 15 538 190 182 158 141 35 1.1k
Chen‐Ju Lin Taiwan 23 603 1.1× 256 1.3× 345 1.9× 30 0.2× 123 0.9× 89 1.8k
Véronique Bouchard Canada 15 449 0.8× 190 1.0× 109 0.6× 80 0.5× 294 2.1× 29 1.2k
Guoquan Chen China 23 518 1.0× 362 1.9× 252 1.4× 47 0.3× 89 0.6× 90 1.6k
David W. Lehman United States 17 256 0.5× 368 1.9× 218 1.2× 77 0.5× 60 0.4× 29 1.4k
Fred A. Jacobs United States 19 234 0.4× 121 0.6× 184 1.0× 173 1.1× 27 0.2× 46 1.0k
Zhi Lin China 21 532 1.0× 37 0.2× 270 1.5× 48 0.3× 68 0.5× 80 1.5k
David Hollingworth United States 23 966 1.8× 122 0.6× 245 1.3× 17 0.1× 64 0.5× 32 1.5k
Myles L. Mace United States 17 503 0.9× 292 1.5× 373 2.0× 1.1k 6.7× 71 0.5× 27 2.2k
Adam J. Fein United States 9 346 0.6× 104 0.5× 273 1.5× 59 0.4× 38 0.3× 14 910

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carolin Decker

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carolin Decker

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Carolin Decker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Carolin Decker based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Carolin Decker. Carolin Decker is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Pakseresht, Ashkan, et al.. (2025). Towards a sustainable and circular blue bioeconomy: A scoping review. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 216. 124157–124157. 3 indexed citations
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Decker, Carolin, Knut Lange, & Andreas Walmsley. (2024). How does entrepreneurship education affect employability? Insights from UK higher education. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research. 30(5). 1249–1269. 11 indexed citations
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Decker, Carolin, et al.. (2023). Burning the candle at both ends: how to balance potential profitability and brand protection when licensing brands. European Journal of Marketing. 57(9). 2407–2431.
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Decker, Carolin, et al.. (2022). Globalization from Below: Labor Inequality in the German Shipbuilding Industry, 1960–2000. Enterprise & Society. 24(4). 1093–1118. 1 indexed citations
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Decker, Carolin, Knut Lange, Spinder Dhaliwal, & Andreas Walmsley. (2020). Exploring Entrepreneurship Education Effectiveness at British Universities – An Application of the World Café Method. Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy. 5(1). 113–136. 14 indexed citations
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Decker, Carolin, et al.. (2016). Consumer perceptions of co-branding alliances: Organizational dissimilarity signals and brand fit. Journal of Brand Management. 23(6). 648–665. 40 indexed citations
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Decker, Carolin, et al.. (2016). What do we Know About Succession in Family Businesses. 1 indexed citations
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Decker, Carolin. (2016). Stakeholders' Impact on Turnaround Performance: The Case of German Savings Banks. Journal of Small Business Management. 56(4). 534–554. 23 indexed citations
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Decker, Carolin, et al.. (2016). Coordinating family entrepreneurship: when money seeks opportunity. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing. 8(1). 46–46. 3 indexed citations
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Mellewigt, Thomas & Carolin Decker. (2013). Costs of partner search and selection in strategic alliances. Journal of Business Economics. 84(1). 71–97. 17 indexed citations
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Mellewigt, Thomas, et al.. (2012). What drives contract design in alliances? Taking stock and how to proceed. Journal of Business Economics. 82(7-8). 839–864. 42 indexed citations
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Ehrmann, Thomas, Thomas Mellewigt, & Carolin Decker. (2011). The impact of control mechanisms of franchisee and employee-manager satisfaction: does one type of control fit all?. Journal of Retailing. 87. 1 indexed citations
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Decker, Carolin, et al.. (2011). How to motivate people to put their money where their mouth is: What makes employees participate in electronic prediction markets?. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 78(6). 1002–1015. 2 indexed citations
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Mellewigt, Thomas, Thomas Ehrmann, & Carolin Decker. (2011). How Does the Franchisor's Choice of Different Control Mechanisms Affect Franchisees’ and Employee-Managers’ Satisfaction?. Journal of Retailing. 87(3). 320–331. 49 indexed citations
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Decker, Carolin, Rudi K. F. Bresser, & Thomas Mellewigt. (2010). Strategic or status quo-preserving business exit. Refubium (Universitätsbibliothek der Freien Universität Berlin). 1 indexed citations
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Decker, Carolin & Thomas Mellewigt. (2007). The Drivers and Implications of Business Divestiture. edoc Publication server (Humboldt University of Berlin). 1 indexed citations
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Decker, Carolin, et al.. (2001). The novel IMPDH inhibitor VX-497 prolongs skin graft survival and improves graft versus host disease in mice.. PubMed. 27(3). 89–95. 5 indexed citations
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Gummert, Jan, M.J. Barten, Carolin Decker, et al.. (1999). The IMPDH inhibitor VX-497 is the first rationally synthesized immunosuppressant to prolong allograft survival. Transplantation. 67(7). S62–S62. 2 indexed citations
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Gummert, Jan, et al.. (1999). VX-497 inhibits IMPDH and is the first rationally synthesized immunosuppressant to prolong allograft survival. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 18(1). 72–72. 2 indexed citations
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Decker, Carolin, Daniel R. Doerge, & John R. Cashman. (1992). Metabolism of benzimidazoline-2-thiones by rat hepatic microsomes and hog liver flavin-containing monooxygenase. Chemical Research in Toxicology. 5(5). 726–733. 16 indexed citations

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