James R. Burns

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 942 citations indexed

About

James R. Burns is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Management Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, James R. Burns has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 942 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 16 papers in Management Information Systems and 11 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in James R. Burns's work include Complex Systems and Decision Making (16 papers), Business Process Modeling and Analysis (8 papers) and Simulation Techniques and Applications (6 papers). James R. Burns is often cited by papers focused on Complex Systems and Decision Making (16 papers), Business Process Modeling and Analysis (8 papers) and Simulation Techniques and Applications (6 papers). James R. Burns collaborates with scholars based in United States, Latvia and Australia. James R. Burns's co-authors include George W. Taylor, Vicky Ching Gu, Qing Cao, David Malone, Robert P. Minch, James J. Hoffman, Milton L. Smith, Patrick Patterson, Javier Calvo‐Amodio and K. Siri and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Management Science and Technological Forecasting and Social Change.

In The Last Decade

James R. Burns

47 papers receiving 890 citations

Hit Papers

The Energy Harvesting Eel: a small subsurface ocean/river... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 100 200 300 400 500
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. The Energy Harvesting Eel: a small subsurface ocean/river power generator
    2001 507 citations George W. Taylor, James R. Burns et al. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering 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 R. Burns United States 12 397 273 252 193 125 54 942
Miloš Madić Serbia 20 502 1.3× 177 0.6× 333 1.3× 222 1.2× 180 1.4× 98 1.1k
V. Selladurai India 19 390 1.0× 161 0.6× 76 0.3× 109 0.6× 132 1.1× 86 1.1k
A.M.M. Sharif Ullah Japan 18 355 0.9× 128 0.5× 132 0.5× 251 1.3× 63 0.5× 71 1.1k
Miroslav Radovanović Serbia 17 412 1.0× 151 0.6× 246 1.0× 90 0.5× 141 1.1× 71 775
A R Mileham United Kingdom 23 404 1.0× 183 0.7× 229 0.9× 116 0.6× 92 0.7× 101 1.6k
Paul Young Ireland 14 226 0.6× 144 0.5× 212 0.8× 140 0.7× 20 0.2× 59 810
Antonio Vizán Idoipe Spain 18 450 1.1× 216 0.8× 123 0.5× 46 0.2× 44 0.4× 62 916
Goran Šimunović Croatia 17 343 0.9× 80 0.3× 250 1.0× 133 0.7× 51 0.4× 64 749
Saeed Talebi Iran 16 220 0.6× 74 0.3× 75 0.3× 151 0.8× 103 0.8× 99 1.1k
Li Zhou China 18 212 0.5× 211 0.8× 303 1.2× 34 0.2× 31 0.2× 122 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by James R. Burns

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Fields of papers citing papers by James R. Burns

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James R. Burns

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of James R. Burns. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of James R. Burns 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 R. Burns. James R. Burns 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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Peterson, J.R., et al.. (2024). Running Cadence and the Influence on Frontal Plane Knee Deviations. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14(6). 2491–2498. 1 indexed citations
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Burns, James R., et al.. (2016). Performance metric optimization advocates CPFR in supply chains: A system dynamics model based study. Cogent Business & Management. 3(1). 1139440–1139440. 1 indexed citations
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Calvo‐Amodio, Javier, Patrick Patterson, Milton L. Smith, & James R. Burns. (2015). Application of Transition-Phase Management Model for an Electronic Health Record System Implementation: A Case Study. Engineering Management Journal. 27(3). 131–140. 3 indexed citations
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Burns, James R. & Stephen Smith. (2011). Growth, population dynamics and morphometrics of Pinna bicolor (Gmelin, 1791) in Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. Molluscan Research. 31(3). 2 indexed citations
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Cao, Qing, Vicky Ching Gu, & James R. Burns. (2009). Applications of real option analysis to vendor selection process in IT outsourcing. International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management. 4(2). 143–143. 2 indexed citations
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Burns, James R., et al.. (2006). Dynamics of change management in a technology project context. International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management. 1(2). 115–115. 1 indexed citations
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Taylor, George W., et al.. (2001). The Energy Harvesting Eel: a small subsurface ocean/river power generator. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. 26(4). 539–547. 507 indexed citations breakdown →
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Burns, James R., et al.. (2000). An Architecture for Organizational Decision Support Systems that Utilizes a Model Coordination Subsystem. Journal of Organizational and End User Computing. 12(3). 23–34. 1 indexed citations
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Burns, James R., et al.. (2000). An adaptive production control system utilizing agent technology. International Journal of Production Research. 38(4). 721–737. 33 indexed citations
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Burns, James R., et al.. (1997). Adaptive, Agile Approaches to Organizational Architecture Utilizing Agent Technology*. Decision Sciences. 28(3). 483–511. 9 indexed citations
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Wright, Henry A., et al.. (1992). An Expert System For Prescribed Burning of Rangelands. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona). 14(5). 286–292. 2 indexed citations
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Siri, K., et al.. (1991). A fault-tolerant parallel connected power system. Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference. 2. 156–161. 7 indexed citations
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Burns, James R., et al.. (1990). An implicit branch-and-bound algorithm for mixed-integer-linear programming. Computers & Operations Research. 17(5). 457–464. 7 indexed citations
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Minch, Robert P. & James R. Burns. (1987). Conceptual design of decision support systems utilizing management science models. IEEE Press eBooks. 377–385. 1 indexed citations
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Burns, James R., et al.. (1985). Management Science Models and the Microcomputer. 4 indexed citations
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Burns, James R., et al.. (1985). M-Labeled Digraphs: An Aid to the Use of Structural and Simulation Models. Management Science. 31(3). 343–357. 10 indexed citations
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Burns, James R., et al.. (1979). Causality: Its characterization in system dynamics and KSIM models of socioeconomic systems. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 14(4). 387–398. 12 indexed citations
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Burns, James R.. (1977). Converting Signed Digraphs to Forrester Schematics and Converting Forrester Schematics to Differential Equations. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics. 7(10). 695–707. 17 indexed citations
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Burns, James R. & David Malone. (1976). Comments on ``Optimizing Models of Social Systems''. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics. SMC-6(3). 207–208.
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Burns, James R.. (1975). Error Analysis of Nonlinear Simulations: Applications to World Dynamics. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics. SMC-5(3). 331–340. 8 indexed citations

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