Chunguang Bai

9.7k total citations · 8 hit papers
115 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Chunguang Bai is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Management Information Systems and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Chunguang Bai has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Strategy and Management, 32 papers in Management Information Systems and 26 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Chunguang Bai's work include Sustainable Supply Chain Management (71 papers), Multi-Criteria Decision Making (25 papers) and Environmental Sustainability in Business (18 papers). Chunguang Bai is often cited by papers focused on Sustainable Supply Chain Management (71 papers), Multi-Criteria Decision Making (25 papers) and Environmental Sustainability in Business (18 papers). Chunguang Bai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Finland. Chunguang Bai's co-authors include Joseph Sarkis, Guido Orzes, Matthew Quayson, Patrick Dallasega, Simonov Kusi‐Sarpong, Ahmet Şatır, Qingyun Zhu, Yijie Dou, Dileep G. Dhavale and Hadi Badri Ahmadi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of The Electrochemical Society and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Chunguang Bai

108 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

Industry 4.0 technologies ass... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2020 2009 2020 2010 2013 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 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. Industry 4.0 technologies assessment: A sustainability perspective
    2020 853 citations Chunguang Bai, Joseph Sarkis et al. International Journal of Production Economics profile →
  2. Integrating sustainability into supplier selection with grey system and rough set methodologies
    2009 673 citations Chunguang Bai, Joseph Sarkis International Journal of Production Economics profile →
  3. A supply chain transparency and sustainability technology appraisal model for blockchain technology
    2020 442 citations Chunguang Bai, Joseph Sarkis International Journal of Production Research profile →
  4. Green supplier development: analytical evaluation using rough set theory
    2010 401 citations Chunguang Bai, Joseph Sarkis Journal of Cleaner Production profile →
  5. A grey-based DEMATEL model for evaluating business process management critical success factors
    2013 358 citations Chunguang Bai, Joseph Sarkis International Journal of Production Economics profile →
  6. COVID-19 pandemic digitization lessons for sustainable development of micro-and small- enterprises
    2021 234 citations Chunguang Bai, Matthew Quayson et al. profile →
  7. Blockchain technology and supply chains: The paradox of the atheoretical research discourse
    2022 107 citations Qingyun Zhu, Chunguang Bai et al. profile →
  8. Analysis of Blockchain's enablers for improving sustainable supply chain transparency in Africa cocoa industry
    2022 106 citations Chunguang Bai, Matthew Quayson et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chunguang Bai China 41 4.4k 1.9k 1.4k 1.4k 1.1k 115 7.0k
Rakesh D. Raut India 54 4.6k 1.0× 2.5k 1.3× 1.6k 1.1× 869 0.6× 1.6k 1.4× 256 8.7k
Nachiappan Subramanian United Kingdom 48 4.9k 1.1× 2.5k 1.3× 2.0k 1.4× 814 0.6× 1.2k 1.1× 139 8.1k
Benjamin T. Hazen United States 47 4.9k 1.1× 3.4k 1.8× 2.3k 1.6× 941 0.7× 1.2k 1.1× 106 8.5k
Yiğit Kazançoğlu Türkiye 44 3.6k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 557 0.4× 1.3k 1.1× 192 6.2k
Kim Hua Tan United Kingdom 51 4.5k 1.0× 2.9k 1.5× 2.2k 1.6× 1.0k 0.7× 988 0.9× 224 9.0k
Rajesh Kumar Singh India 41 3.3k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 1.4k 1.0× 592 0.4× 1.3k 1.2× 153 7.4k
Surajit Bag India 44 4.6k 1.0× 2.6k 1.4× 1.7k 1.2× 621 0.4× 2.2k 2.0× 176 8.0k
Sanjoy Kumar Paul Australia 50 5.2k 1.2× 2.8k 1.5× 1.1k 0.8× 742 0.5× 988 0.9× 237 8.5k
Simonov Kusi‐Sarpong United Kingdom 31 3.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 1.3k 0.9× 704 0.5× 871 0.8× 58 4.7k
Hing Kai Chan United Kingdom 54 4.9k 1.1× 2.6k 1.4× 2.8k 2.0× 1.3k 0.9× 1.6k 1.5× 227 10.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chunguang Bai

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All Works

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Bai, Chunguang, et al.. (2025). How do circular economy and blockchain technology adoption relate to firm financial performance?. International Journal of Production Economics. 285. 109655–109655. 5 indexed citations
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Ma, Xiaoyü & Chunguang Bai. (2025). Sustainable development of PV projects based on a text-analytic decision-making framework. International Journal of Production Economics. 285. 109610–109610.
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Sarkis, Joseph, et al.. (2025). Transport, logistics, and emergent technology within the circular economy. Journal of Cleaner Production. 539. 147155–147155.
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Zhang, Sen, Weihao Hu, Xilin Cao, et al.. (2024). A two-stage robust low-carbon operation strategy for interconnected distributed energy systems considering source-load uncertainty. Applied Energy. 368. 123457–123457. 14 indexed citations
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Shi, Baofeng, Chunguang Bai, & Yizhe Dong. (2024). A big data analytics method for assessing creditworthiness of SMEs: fuzzy equifinality relationships analysis. Annals of Operations Research. 350(2). 879–909. 5 indexed citations
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Bai, Chunguang, Qingyun Zhu, & Joseph Sarkis. (2024). Do blockchain capabilities help overcome supply and operational risks: Insights from firm market returns during COVID-19. Omega. 126. 103049–103049. 12 indexed citations
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Jia, Qing, et al.. (2024). Investigation on the Passive Behavior of Ti-9Mn Alloy in 3.5 wt% NaCl Solution. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 171(5). 53503–53503. 3 indexed citations
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Bai, Chunguang, et al.. (2024). Competitive strategy and circular economy practice implementation toward corporate sustainability performance. Business Strategy and the Environment. 33(6). 5284–5302. 12 indexed citations
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Bai, Chunguang, et al.. (2024). Environmental and social performance relationships to firm efficiency: Evidence from the semiconductor industry. International Journal of Production Economics. 278. 109410–109410. 6 indexed citations
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Bai, Chunguang, et al.. (2023). Evaluating the barriers and drivers of adopting circular economy for improving sustainability in the mining industry. Resources Policy. 86. 104168–104168. 24 indexed citations
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Zhang, Sen, Weihao Hu, Jialin Du, et al.. (2023). Low-carbon optimal operation of distributed energy systems in the context of electricity supply restriction and carbon tax policy: A fully decentralized energy dispatch strategy. Journal of Cleaner Production. 396. 136511–136511. 61 indexed citations
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Kusi‐Sarpong, Simonov, Yu Gong, Steve Brown, et al.. (2023). Multi-tier sustainable supply chains management for global sustainability. International Journal of Production Research. 61(14). 4592–4602. 7 indexed citations
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Quayson, Matthew, Chunguang Bai, & Joseph Sarkis. (2020). Technology for Social Good Foundations: A Perspective From the Smallholder Farmer in Sustainable Supply Chains. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 68(3). 894–898. 72 indexed citations
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Bai, Chunguang, Joseph Sarkis, Fengfu Yin, & Yijie Dou. (2019). Sustainable supply chain flexibility and its relationship to circular economy-target performance. International Journal of Production Research. 58(19). 5893–5910. 119 indexed citations
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Wen, Zhi, Huchang Liao, Chunguang Bai, et al.. (2019). Cold Chain Logistics Management of Medicine with an Integrated Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Method. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(23). 4843–4843. 65 indexed citations
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Bai, Chunguang & Joseph Sarkis. (2019). The Water, Energy, Food, and Sustainability Nexus Decision Environment: A Multistakeholder Transdisciplinary Approach. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 69(3). 656–670. 32 indexed citations
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Bai, Chunguang & Joseph Sarkis. (2018). Integrating and extending data and decision tools for sustainable third-party reverse logistics provider selection. Computers & Operations Research. 110. 188–207. 87 indexed citations
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Kusi‐Sarpong, Simonov, Chunguang Bai, Joseph Sarkis, & Xuping Wang. (2014). Green supply chain practices evaluation in the mining industry using a joint rough sets and fuzzy TOPSIS methodology. Resources Policy. 46. 86–100. 115 indexed citations

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