Germaine H. Saad

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Germaine H. Saad is a scholar working on Management Information Systems, Management Science and Operations Research and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Germaine H. Saad has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Management Information Systems, 6 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 4 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Germaine H. Saad's work include Supply Chain and Inventory Management (4 papers), Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (4 papers) and Quality and Supply Management (3 papers). Germaine H. Saad is often cited by papers focused on Supply Chain and Inventory Management (4 papers), Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (4 papers) and Quality and Supply Management (3 papers). Germaine H. Saad collaborates with scholars based in United States and Egypt. Germaine H. Saad's co-authors include Paul R. Kleindorfer and Samia Siha and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the Operational Research Society, International Journal of Production Research and International Journal of Operations & Production Management.

In The Last Decade

Germaine H. Saad

10 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Managing Disruption Risks in Supply Chains

2005 1.5k citations Paul R. Kleindorfer, Germaine H. Saad Production and Operations Management profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Germaine H. Saad United States	6	1.4k	1.1k	108	106	104	10	1.7k
Veli-Matti Virolainen Finland	12	847 0.6×	702 0.6×	116 1.1×	61 0.6×	53 0.5×	19	1.1k
James B. Rice United States	10	1.8k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	92 0.9×	120 1.1×	148 1.4×	15	2.1k
Ila Manuj United States	12	1.8k 1.3×	1.5k 1.3×	81 0.8×	125 1.2×	129 1.2×	30	2.2k
Jörn‐Henrik Thun Germany	13	1.0k 0.7×	845 0.7×	154 1.4×	41 0.4×	135 1.3×	20	1.4k
Hakan Yildiz United States	7	1.2k 0.9×	892 0.8×	83 0.8×	36 0.3×	80 0.8×	9	1.4k
Archie Lockamy United States	18	833 0.6×	978 0.9×	283 2.6×	85 0.8×	113 1.1×	36	1.5k
Kevin McCormack United States	18	1.3k 0.9×	1.7k 1.5×	318 2.9×	90 0.8×	187 1.8×	47	2.3k
Markus Biehl Canada	12	608 0.4×	576 0.5×	101 0.9×	65 0.6×	75 0.7×	20	1.1k
Amanda J. Schmitt United States	12	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	110 1.0×	148 1.4×	137 1.3×	18	1.6k
David Nowicki United States	16	578 0.4×	621 0.5×	164 1.5×	68 0.6×	87 0.8×	38	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Germaine H. Saad

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All Works

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Saad, Germaine H., et al.. (2016). Using Business Process and Operations Management Concepts to Improve Transparency and to Protect Stakeholder Interest. 2 indexed citations

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Siha, Samia & Germaine H. Saad. (2008). Business process improvement: empirical assessment and extensions. Business Process Management Journal. 14(6). 778–802. 86 indexed citations

3.

Kleindorfer, Paul R. & Germaine H. Saad. (2005). Managing Disruption Risks in Supply Chains. Production and Operations Management. 14(1). 53–68. 1477 indexed citations breakdown →

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Saad, Germaine H.. (2001). Strategic performance evaluation: descriptive and prescriptive analysis. Industrial Management & Data Systems. 101(8). 390–399. 41 indexed citations

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Saad, Germaine H. & Samia Siha. (2000). Managing quality: critical links and a contingency model. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 20(10). 1146–1164. 46 indexed citations

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Saad, Germaine H., et al.. (1991). Fitting organizational design to JIT. National Productivity Review. 11(1). 97–104. 3 indexed citations

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Saad, Germaine H.. (1990). Hierarchical Production-planning Systems: Extensions and Modifications. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 41(7). 609–624. 15 indexed citations

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Saad, Germaine H.. (1990). Hierarchical Production-planning Systems: Extensions and Modifications. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 41(7). 609–624. 1 indexed citations

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Saad, Germaine H.. (1982). An overview of production planning models: structural classification and empirical assessment. International Journal of Production Research. 20(1). 105–114. 47 indexed citations

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Saad, Germaine H.. (1980). Functional and hierarchical integration of multi-plant, multi-product production planning problems. University Microfilms eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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