Graham K. Rand

10.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
125 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Graham K. Rand is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Management Science and Operations Research and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Graham K. Rand has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 26 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 14 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Recurrent topics in Graham K. Rand's work include Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (16 papers), Urban and Freight Transport Logistics (13 papers) and Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization (12 papers). Graham K. Rand is often cited by papers focused on Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (16 papers), Urban and Freight Transport Logistics (13 papers) and Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization (12 papers). Graham K. Rand collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ghana and Greece. Graham K. Rand's co-authors include D. T. L. Jones, Edward A. Silver, Rein Peterson, Simon French, Saı̈d Salhi, Evangelos Tsoukatos, Richard Lamming, George O. Wesolowsky, Paul Stewart and S. Vajda and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, European Journal of Operational Research and Journal of Operations Management.

In The Last Decade

Graham K. Rand

110 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

Lean Thinking-Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your ... 1979 2026 1994 2010 1997 1979 1982 1983 400 800 1.2k
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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. Lean Thinking-Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation.
    1997 1.3k citations Graham K. Rand et al. Journal of the Operational Research Society profile →
  2. Decision Systems for Inventory Management and Production Planning
    1979 1.1k citations Graham K. Rand et al. Journal of the Operational Research Society profile →
  3. Sequencing and Scheduling: An Introduction to the Mathematics of the Job-Shop
    1982 702 citations Graham K. Rand et al. Journal of the Operational Research Society profile →
  4. Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences
    1983 658 citations Graham K. Rand Journal of the Operational Research Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Graham K. Rand United Kingdom 28 2.9k 2.6k 1.5k 1.4k 918 125 7.4k
H.C.W. Lau Hong Kong 41 1.8k 0.6× 1.9k 0.7× 1.8k 1.3× 1.2k 0.9× 258 0.3× 202 5.9k
Yang Liu China 50 2.6k 0.9× 1.0k 0.4× 2.0k 1.3× 822 0.6× 424 0.5× 303 7.6k
Vaidyanathan Jayaraman India 40 1.7k 0.6× 2.1k 0.8× 4.0k 2.8× 593 0.4× 939 1.0× 134 8.2k
James R. Evans United States 35 735 0.3× 2.0k 0.8× 1.6k 1.1× 945 0.7× 666 0.7× 175 5.4k
Patrick T. Harker United States 42 1.0k 0.4× 845 0.3× 766 0.5× 2.1k 1.5× 379 0.4× 104 7.9k
Mark Goh Singapore 58 2.2k 0.7× 3.3k 1.3× 4.4k 3.0× 2.5k 1.8× 884 1.0× 381 11.4k
Chandrasekharan Rajendran India 50 4.2k 1.4× 1.5k 0.6× 1.5k 1.0× 491 0.4× 1.7k 1.9× 198 8.1k
Zvi Drezner United States 48 4.3k 1.5× 1.8k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 4.8k 5.3× 331 9.9k
W.H. Ip Hong Kong 38 1.4k 0.5× 1.1k 0.4× 915 0.6× 837 0.6× 227 0.2× 353 6.0k
Edward A. Silver Canada 53 2.2k 0.8× 4.2k 1.6× 1.6k 1.1× 1.4k 1.0× 101 0.1× 234 10.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Albert, Laura A., Julia A. Bennell, Sally Brailsford, et al.. (2024). Commentary on Carroll & Esposito Amideo “Gender Equality: Opportunities and challenges for the OR community”. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 75(6). 1030–1042. 2 indexed citations
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Rand, Graham K.. (2023). From Operational Research Quarterly to Journal of the Operational Research Society : The early editors. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 75(1). 3–12. 1 indexed citations
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Rand, Graham K.. (2014). 50 years of the savings method for vehicle routing problems. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 2 indexed citations
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Rand, Graham K.. (2014). Alan Mercer (1931–2014) – A founding editor of EJOR. European Journal of Operational Research. 240(2). 305–306.
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Rand, Graham K.. (2011). Book Reviews. INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics. 41(3). 316–320.
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Chambers, Andrew & Graham K. Rand. (2010). The operational auditing handbook : auditing business and IT processes. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 6 indexed citations
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Chambers, Andrew & Graham K. Rand. (2010). The operational auditing handbook. 1 indexed citations
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Tsoukatos, Evangelos & Graham K. Rand. (2007). Cultural Influences on Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction: Evidence from Greek Insurance. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Tsoukatos, Evangelos & Graham K. Rand. (2006). Path Analysis of Perceived Service Quality, Satisfaction and Loyalty in Greek Insurance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Tsoukatos, Evangelos, et al.. (2004). Quality improvement in the Greek and Kenyan insurance industries. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 13 indexed citations
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Rand, Graham K.. (2001). Forty Years of IFORS. International Transactions in Operational Research. 8(6). 611–633. 7 indexed citations
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Rand, Graham K. & Richard Lamming. (1994). Beyond Partnership: Strategies for Innovation and Lean Supply.. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 45(2). 238–238. 238 indexed citations
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Rand, Graham K.. (1991). Production and Operations Management. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 42(3). 260–260. 12 indexed citations
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Rand, Graham K., et al.. (1989). Implementing Flexible Manufacturing Systems. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 40(6). 611–611.
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Salhi, Saı̈d & Graham K. Rand. (1987). Improvements to Vehicle Routing Heuristics. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 23 indexed citations
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Rand, Graham K., et al.. (1987). Surveys in Combinatorial Optimization.. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 38(9). 861–861. 14 indexed citations
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Rand, Graham K.. (1980). Operations Management — A Policy Framework. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 31(7). 669–669. 10 indexed citations
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Rand, Graham K., et al.. (1978). Operations Management: A Systems Approach Through Text and Cases. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 29(1). 91–91. 2 indexed citations
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Rand, Graham K.. (1977). Machine scheduling problems: Classification, complexity and computations. European Journal of Operational Research. 1(3). 206–206. 266 indexed citations
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Rand, Graham K.. (1974). A Manual Production Scheduling Algorithm. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 25(4). 541–551. 3 indexed citations

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