Helen Walker

8.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
77 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Helen Walker is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Management Information Systems and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Helen Walker has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Strategy and Management, 31 papers in Management Information Systems and 16 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Helen Walker's work include Sustainable Supply Chain Management (33 papers), Public Procurement and Policy (30 papers) and Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management (21 papers). Helen Walker is often cited by papers focused on Sustainable Supply Chain Management (33 papers), Public Procurement and Policy (30 papers) and Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management (21 papers). Helen Walker collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ireland. Helen Walker's co-authors include Stephen Brammer, Anne Touboulic, Darian McBain, Christine Harland, Neil Jones, Daniel Chicksand, Christine Harland, Lutz Preuss, Louise Knight and Richard Lamming and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production and Journal of Business Ethics.

In The Last Decade

Helen Walker

76 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Drivers and barriers to environmental supply chain management practices: Lessons from the public and private sectors

2008 1.0k citations Helen Walker et al. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management profile →
Risk in supply networks

2003 608 citations Christine Harland, Helen Walker et al. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management profile →
Theories in sustainable supply chain management: a structured literature review

2015 519 citations Anne Touboulic, Helen Walker profile →
Sustainable procurement in the public sector: an international comparative study

2011 490 citations Helen Walker et al. International Journal of Operations & Production Management profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Helen Walker United Kingdom	33	5.3k	2.1k	2.0k	667	654	77	6.4k
Mark Pagell Ireland	40	5.9k 1.1×	3.4k 1.6×	2.4k 1.2×	493 0.7×	608 0.9×	111	7.8k
Zhaohui Wu United States	22	3.9k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	453 0.7×	293 0.4×	45	4.7k
Richard Lamming United Kingdom	35	4.1k 0.8×	2.9k 1.4×	1.4k 0.7×	332 0.5×	585 0.9×	84	5.5k
Chee Yew Wong United Kingdom	31	3.6k 0.7×	2.4k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	386 0.6×	320 0.5×	84	4.9k
Stephan Vachon Canada	24	5.5k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	3.6k 1.8×	979 1.5×	388 0.6×	35	6.6k
Cory Searcy Canada	45	5.9k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	3.3k 1.6×	876 1.3×	638 1.0×	113	8.0k
Angappa Gunasekaran United States	29	4.4k 0.8×	2.7k 1.3×	1.7k 0.8×	428 0.6×	564 0.9×	37	6.3k
Christina W.Y. Wong Hong Kong	44	4.8k 0.9×	2.5k 1.2×	2.6k 1.3×	449 0.7×	385 0.6×	131	7.1k
Antony Paulraj United States	31	6.3k 1.2×	4.4k 2.1×	2.2k 1.1×	338 0.5×	607 0.9×	80	8.1k
Constantin Blome United Kingdom	42	6.8k 1.3×	4.1k 2.0×	2.1k 1.0×	438 0.7×	491 0.8×	98	8.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Helen Walker

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Fields of papers citing papers by Helen Walker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helen Walker

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lotfi, Maryam & Helen Walker. (2024). See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil? Barriers to modern slavery risk management in supply chains: an empirical investigation. Production Planning & Control. 36(8). 1044–1059. 4 indexed citations

Marshall, Donna, et al.. (2021). Supplier satisfaction with public sector competitive tendering processes. Journal of Public Procurement. 21(2). 183–205. 17 indexed citations

Lotfi, Maryam, et al.. (2021). Supply Chains’ Failure in Workers’ Rights with Regards to the SDG Compass: A Doughnut Theory Perspective. Sustainability. 13(22). 12526–12526. 6 indexed citations

Moretto, Antonella, Pier Paolo Patrucco, Helen Walker, & Stefano Ronchi. (2020). Procurement organisation in project-based setting: a multiple case study of engineer-to-order companies. Production Planning & Control. 33(9-10). 847–862. 8 indexed citations

Meehan, Joanne, Anne Touboulic, & Helen Walker. (2016). Time to get real: The case for critical action research in purchasing and supply management. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. 22(4). 255–257. 18 indexed citations

Touboulic, Anne & Helen Walker. (2015). Love me, love me not: A nuanced view on collaboration in sustainable supply chains. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. 21(3). 178–191. 168 indexed citations

Lu, Haiyan, et al.. (2015). Informal relationships in supply chains: A systematic review of literature. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 1 indexed citations

Rehme, Jakob, et al.. (2014). Outsourcing decisions – the case of parallel production. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 34(8). 974–1002. 35 indexed citations

Chicksand, Daniel, Glyn Watson, Helen Walker, Zoe Radnor, & Robert B. Johnston. (2012). Theoretical perspectives in purchasing and supply chain management. University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham). 164 indexed citations

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Schotanus, Fredo, Elmer Bakker, Helen Walker, & Michael Eßig. (2011). Development of Purchasing Groups during Their Life Cycle: From Infancy to Maturity. Public Administration Review. 71(2). 265–275. 27 indexed citations

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Walker, Helen, et al.. (2009). Introduction to the special issue of JPSM drawn from the competitive papers of the 17th annual IPSERA conference 9–12 March 2008: Building practice and research collaboration. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. 15(1). 1–2. 1 indexed citations

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Walker, Helen. (2009). Sustainable procurement: a literature review. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff. 3 indexed citations

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Walker, Helen, Richard G. Derwent, R. Donovan, & J. Baker. (2008). Photochemical trajectory modelling of ozone during the summer PUMA campaign in the UK West Midlands. The Science of The Total Environment. 407(6). 2012–2023. 9 indexed citations

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Walker, Helen, et al.. (2007). Cooperative purchasing in the public sector. University of Twente Research Information. 4 indexed citations

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Passant, Neil, et al.. (2006). Greenhouse gas inventories for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: 1990 to 2004. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 45 indexed citations

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Harland, Christine, Guy Callender, Louise Knight, et al.. (2006). Public Procurement as a Lever of Government Reform: International Research Evidence. University of Twente Research Information. 3 indexed citations

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Harland, Christine, et al.. (2003). Risk in supply networks. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. 9(2). 51–62. 608 indexed citations breakdown →

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Knight, Louise, et al.. (2001). Competence requirements for managing supply in interorganizational networks. Journal of Public Procurement. 5(2). 210–234. 16 indexed citations

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Walker, Helen, et al.. (1992). Risk management for health records--a practical approach.. PubMed. 33(3). 4–6. 4 indexed citations

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Rodriguez, Daniel J., et al.. (1985). User's guide to the MATHEW/ADPIC models. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 25(4). 698–702. 11 indexed citations

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