James M. Tien

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

James M. Tien is a scholar working on Management Information Systems, Management Science and Operations Research and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, James M. Tien has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Management Information Systems, 14 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 13 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in James M. Tien's work include Service and Product Innovation (11 papers), Big Data and Business Intelligence (8 papers) and Product Development and Customization (6 papers). James M. Tien is often cited by papers focused on Service and Product Innovation (11 papers), Big Data and Business Intelligence (8 papers) and Product Development and Customization (6 papers). James M. Tien collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Russia. James M. Tien's co-authors include Daniel Berg, Pascal J. Goldschmidt‐Clermont, Mo Jamshidi, Keith W. Hipel, Chelsea C. White, Jiazhen Huo, Yongrui Duan, Guiping Li, Ali Yaşar and Gene R. Simons and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Operations Research and Public Administration Review.

In The Last Decade

James M. Tien

67 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Internet of Things, Real-Time Decision Making, and Artifi... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150 200 250
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. Internet of Things, Real-Time Decision Making, and Artificial Intelligence
    2017 298 citations James M. Tien Annals of Data Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James M. Tien United States 20 323 302 289 247 227 79 1.5k
Timon C. Du Hong Kong 22 207 0.6× 340 1.1× 273 0.9× 177 0.7× 167 0.7× 57 1.5k
Varghese S. Jacob United States 26 425 1.3× 384 1.3× 230 0.8× 411 1.7× 309 1.4× 81 1.7k
Kwei Tang United States 26 305 0.9× 446 1.5× 429 1.5× 184 0.7× 230 1.0× 89 1.8k
Qiang Su China 22 376 1.2× 196 0.6× 308 1.1× 204 0.8× 81 0.4× 61 1.6k
Chun‐Che Huang Taiwan 19 202 0.6× 280 0.9× 449 1.6× 254 1.0× 118 0.5× 61 1.6k
Nikolaos Matsatsinis Greece 22 433 1.3× 189 0.6× 189 0.7× 397 1.6× 118 0.5× 94 1.5k
Mohammad Fathian Iran 23 162 0.5× 234 0.8× 204 0.7× 556 2.3× 157 0.7× 126 1.8k
Mohammad Jafar Tarokh Iran 18 577 1.8× 374 1.2× 139 0.5× 177 0.7× 186 0.8× 103 1.6k
Christian Janiesch Germany 17 156 0.5× 536 1.8× 224 0.8× 383 1.6× 129 0.6× 105 1.6k
Sohail S. Chaudhry United States 23 476 1.5× 579 1.9× 484 1.7× 151 0.6× 328 1.4× 87 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by James M. Tien

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Fields of papers citing papers by James M. Tien

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James M. Tien

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of James M. Tien. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of James M. Tien 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 James M. Tien. James M. Tien is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shi, Yong, Jianping Li, Gang Kou, James M. Tien, & Daniel Berg. (2025). Merging Artificial Intelligence and Business Applications: Preface for ITQM 2025. Procedia Computer Science. 266. 1–8. 1 indexed citations
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Filip, Florin Gheorghe, Yong Shi, Paul Pocatilu, et al.. (2024). Frontiers of Artificial Intelligent and Quantitative Management: Preface for ITQM 2024. Procedia Computer Science. 242. 1–8. 2 indexed citations
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Tien, James M.. (2017). Internet of Things, Real-Time Decision Making, and Artificial Intelligence. Annals of Data Science. 4(2). 149–178. 298 indexed citations breakdown →
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Huang, Zifang, Mei‐Ling Shyu, James M. Tien, Michael M. Vigoda, & David J. Birnbach. (2012). Prediction of Uterine Contractions Using Knowledge-Assisted Sequential Pattern Analysis. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 60(5). 1290–1297. 11 indexed citations
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Tien, James M.. (2012). The next industrial revolution: Integrated services and goods. Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering. 21(3). 257–296. 61 indexed citations
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Tien, James M.. (2012). Towards the next industrial revolution. 13–14. 2 indexed citations
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Duan, Yongrui, Guiping Li, James M. Tien, & Jiazhen Huo. (2011). Inventory models for perishable items with inventory level dependent demand rate. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 36(10). 5015–5028. 47 indexed citations
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Hipel, Keith W., Mo Jamshidi, James M. Tien, & Chelsea C. White. (2007). The Future of Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Application Domains and Research Methods. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part C (Applications and Reviews). 37(5). 726–743. 68 indexed citations
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Tien, James M., et al.. (2007). Progressive Random Sampling With Stratification. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part C (Applications and Reviews). 37(6). 1223–1230. 4 indexed citations
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Tien, James M. & Daniel Berg. (2007). A calculus for services innovation. Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering. 16(2). 129–165. 12 indexed citations
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Tien, James M. & Daniel Berg. (2006). On services research and education. Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering. 15(3). 257–283. 23 indexed citations
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Tien, James M.. (2005). Viewing urban disruptions from a decision informatics perspective. Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering. 14(3). 257–288. 10 indexed citations
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Tien, James M. & Daniel Berg. (2003). A case for service systems engineering. Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering. 12(1). 13–38. 148 indexed citations
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Tien, James M.. (1997). Toward A Systematic Evaluation of Large-Scale Information Systems: A Framework and Application. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 48.
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Tien, James M., et al.. (1997). A knowledge-base generating hierarchical fuzzy-neural controller. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks. 8(6). 1531–1541. 16 indexed citations
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Tien, James M. & Daniel Berg. (1995). Systems engineering in the growing service economy. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics. 25(5). 721–726. 30 indexed citations
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Sullo, Pasquale, et al.. (1992). An Alternative Approach to Modeling Recidivism Using Quantile Residual Life Functions. Operations Research. 40(3). 485–504. 6 indexed citations
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Tien, James M., et al.. (1990). Towards an operations-oriented approach to information systems design in public organizations. 16(2). 137–146. 4 indexed citations
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Tien, James M., et al.. (1984). A quasihierarchical location-allocation model for primary health care planning. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics. SMC-14(3). 373–380. 22 indexed citations
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Tien, James M., et al.. (1979). Technology transfer of computer-based applications in law enforcement. The Journal of Technology Transfer. 4(1). 63–76. 3 indexed citations

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