John E. Bell

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

About

John E. Bell is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Building and Construction and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, John E. Bell has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Strategy and Management, 13 papers in Building and Construction and 13 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in John E. Bell's work include Urban and Freight Transport Logistics (11 papers), Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (10 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (10 papers). John E. Bell is often cited by papers focused on Urban and Freight Transport Logistics (11 papers), Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (10 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (10 papers). John E. Bell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and United Kingdom. John E. Bell's co-authors include Patrick R. McMullen, Diane A. Mollenkopf, Vincent E. Castillo, William J. Rose, Stanley E. Griffis, Chad W. Autry, Joonhwan In, Alexandre Rodrigues, Theodore P. Stank and Hannah J. Stolze and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, European Journal of Operational Research and Journal of Business Ethics.

In The Last Decade

John E. Bell

45 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Ant colony optimization techniques for the vehicle routin... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 100 200 300 400
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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. Ant colony optimization techniques for the vehicle routing problem
    2004 479 citations John E. Bell et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John E. Bell United States 19 601 507 385 353 302 48 1.7k
Qiuhong Zhao China 24 862 1.4× 647 1.3× 325 0.8× 532 1.5× 318 1.1× 100 2.2k
Marc Reimann Austria 22 977 1.6× 680 1.3× 314 0.8× 327 0.9× 384 1.3× 58 1.9k
Maozeng Xu China 25 983 1.6× 634 1.3× 703 1.8× 282 0.8× 404 1.3× 59 2.1k
‬Hadi Ghaderi Australia 20 440 0.7× 579 1.1× 300 0.8× 361 1.0× 179 0.6× 59 1.7k
Naoufel Cheikhrouhou Switzerland 24 551 0.9× 720 1.4× 170 0.4× 486 1.4× 161 0.5× 105 1.9k
Roberto Pinto Italy 26 1.1k 1.8× 581 1.1× 392 1.0× 452 1.3× 162 0.5× 97 2.4k
Jorge Pinho de Sousa Portugal 25 784 1.3× 310 0.6× 267 0.7× 250 0.7× 196 0.6× 88 2.0k
Wen‐Chyuan Chiang United States 29 1.5k 2.6× 225 0.4× 421 1.1× 379 1.1× 446 1.5× 55 2.6k
Riccardo Mangiaracina Italy 22 453 0.8× 596 1.2× 718 1.9× 435 1.2× 355 1.2× 53 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John E. Bell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John E. Bell

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bell, John E., et al.. (2025). Raw Material Supply Risks: Examining Extraction and Geopolitical Conflict. Transportation Journal. 64(2).
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Goldsby, Thomas J., et al.. (2023). A Modernized Framework for Transportation Decision-Making in a Hyper-Integrated Global Supply Chain Environment. Transportation Journal. 62(1). 16–42. 5 indexed citations
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Douglas, Matthew A., et al.. (2021). Journeys, Not Destinations: Theorizing a Process View of Supply Chain Integrity. Journal of Business Ethics. 181(1). 195–220. 12 indexed citations
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Castillo, Vincent E., John E. Bell, Diane A. Mollenkopf, & Theodore P. Stank. (2021). Hybrid last mile delivery fleets with crowdsourcing: A systems view of managing the cost‐service trade‐off. Journal of Business Logistics. 43(1). 36–61. 28 indexed citations
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Castillo, Vincent E., John E. Bell, William J. Rose, & Alexandre Rodrigues. (2017). Crowdsourcing Last Mile Delivery: Strategic Implications and Future Research Directions. Journal of Business Logistics. 39(1). 7–25. 166 indexed citations
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Stank, Theodore P., Daniel Pellathy, Joonhwan In, Diane A. Mollenkopf, & John E. Bell. (2017). New Frontiers in Logistics Research: Theorizing at the Middle Range. Journal of Business Logistics. 38(1). 6–17. 139 indexed citations
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Yoon, Taekwan, Christopher Cherry, Megan S. Ryerson, & John E. Bell. (2016). Migrating Towards Using Electric Vehicle on Campus-Proposed Method for Fleet Optimization. Transportation Research Board 95th Annual MeetingTransportation Research Board. 1 indexed citations
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Matopoulos, Aristides, John E. Bell, & Emel Aktaş. (2016). The use of modelling in purchasing/supply management research. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. 22(4). 262–265. 7 indexed citations
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Esmark, Carol L., Stephanie Noble, & John E. Bell. (2016). Open versus selective customer loyalty programmes. European Journal of Marketing. 50(5/6). 770–795. 13 indexed citations
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In, Joonhwan & John E. Bell. (2015). Alternative Fuel Infrastructure and Customer Location Impacts on Fleet Mix and Vehicle Routing. Transportation Journal. 54(4). 409–437. 4 indexed citations
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Bell, John E., Chad W. Autry, & Stanley E. Griffis. (2015). Supply Chain Interdiction as a Competitive Weapon. Transportation Journal. 54(1). 89–103. 4 indexed citations
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Bell, John E., Diane A. Mollenkopf, & Hannah J. Stolze. (2013). Natural resource scarcity and the closed‐loop supply chain: a resource‐advantage view. International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management. 43(5/6). 351–379. 89 indexed citations
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Griffis, Stanley E., et al.. (2012). The effects of triangle inequality on the vehicle routing problem. European Journal of Operational Research. 224(1). 1–7. 26 indexed citations
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Griffis, Stanley E., John E. Bell, & David J. Closs. (2012). Metaheuristics in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Journal of Business Logistics. 33(2). 90–106. 63 indexed citations
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Bell, John E., Chad W. Autry, Diane A. Mollenkopf, & LaDonna M. Thornton. (2012). A Natural Resource Scarcity Typology: Theoretical Foundations and Strategic Implications for Supply Chain Management. Journal of Business Logistics. 33(2). 158–166. 75 indexed citations
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Skipper, Joseph B., et al.. (2010). Forward positioning and consolidation of strategic inventories. Human Biology. 21(1). 27–41. 2 indexed citations
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Bell, John E., et al.. (2008). A location analysis approach for military maintenance scheduling with geographically dispersed service areas. Omega. 37(4). 838–852. 17 indexed citations
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Dawson, Michael, John E. Bell, & Jeffery D. Weir. (2007). A Hybrid Location Method for Missile Security Team Positioning. Journal of business and management.. 13(1). 5–19. 11 indexed citations
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Bell, John E. & Lawrence A. Rowe. (2003). An exploratory study of ad hoc query languages to databases. 7. 606–613. 5 indexed citations

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