John H. Blackstone

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

John H. Blackstone is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Management Science and Operations Research and Management Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, John H. Blackstone has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 12 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 11 papers in Management Information Systems. Recurrent topics in John H. Blackstone's work include Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (14 papers), Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization (10 papers) and Operations Management Techniques (8 papers). John H. Blackstone is often cited by papers focused on Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (14 papers), Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization (10 papers) and Operations Management Techniques (8 papers). John H. Blackstone collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. John H. Blackstone's co-authors include Don T. Phillips, Gary L. Hogg, Stanley C. Gardiner, James F. Cox, Kevin Watson, Timothy D. Fry, Ronald D. Armstrong, Lorraine R. Gardiner, N.J. Balu and Patrick R. Philipoom and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems and Journal of Operations Management.

In The Last Decade

John H. Blackstone

26 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

A state-of-the-art survey of dispatching rules for manufacturing job shop operations

1982 742 citations John H. Blackstone, Don T. Phillips et al. International Journal of Production Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John H. Blackstone United States	15	1.1k	480	349	147	140	31	1.6k
Kenneth N. McKay Canada	15	929 0.9×	281 0.6×	298 0.9×	106 0.7×	69 0.5×	38	1.3k
Franz Josef Radermacher Germany	12	533 0.5×	477 1.0×	102 0.3×	149 1.0×	60 0.4×	46	900
George Vairaktarakis United States	22	1.2k 1.2×	262 0.5×	363 1.0×	300 2.0×	149 1.1×	49	1.7k
Erdal Erel Türkiye	24	1.7k 1.6×	551 1.1×	218 0.6×	49 0.3×	111 0.8×	36	2.1k
V. Sridharan United States	22	735 0.7×	222 0.5×	866 2.5×	99 0.7×	326 2.3×	65	1.4k
Huan Neng Chiu Taiwan	14	352 0.3×	259 0.5×	322 0.9×	40 0.3×	195 1.4×	22	774
Alf Kimms Germany	15	844 0.8×	250 0.5×	526 1.5×	51 0.3×	87 0.6×	31	1.0k
Horácio Hideki Yanasse Brazil	17	1.0k 1.0×	126 0.3×	421 1.2×	118 0.8×	98 0.7×	63	1.3k
Peter Lendermann Singapore	14	371 0.3×	295 0.6×	233 0.7×	61 0.4×	56 0.4×	54	680
George J. Kyparisis United States	18	846 0.8×	158 0.3×	189 0.5×	322 2.2×	83 0.6×	51	1.1k

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Blackstone, John H.. (2010). Theory of Constraints. Scholarpedia. 5(5). 10451–10451. 2 indexed citations

Watson, Kevin, et al.. (2008). The shape of protective capacity in unbalanced production systems with unplanned machine downtime. Production Planning & Control. 19(5). 486–494. 11 indexed citations

Watson, Kevin, John H. Blackstone, & Stanley C. Gardiner. (2006). The evolution of a management philosophy: The theory of constraints. Journal of Operations Management. 25(2). 387–402. 209 indexed citations

Blackstone, John H.. (2004). On the shape of protective capacity in a simple line. International Journal of Production Research. 42(3). 629–637. 4 indexed citations

Blackstone, John H., Lorraine R. Gardiner, & Stanley C. Gardiner. (1997). A framework for the systemic control of organizations. International Journal of Production Research. 35(3). 597–609. 16 indexed citations

Gardiner, Stanley C. & John H. Blackstone. (1995). Setups and effective capacity: the impact of lot sizing techniques in an MRP environment. Production Planning & Control. 6(1). 26–38. 7 indexed citations

Gardiner, Stanley C., John H. Blackstone, & Lorraine R. Gardiner. (1993). Drum‐Buffer‐Rope and Buffer Management: Impact onProduction Management Study and Practices. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 13(6). 68–78. 20 indexed citations

Gardiner, Stanley C. & John H. Blackstone. (1991). The “Theory of Constraints” and the Make‐or‐Buy Decision. 27(3). 38–43. 15 indexed citations

Blackstone, John H., et al.. (1991). Simulating a JIT/kanban production system using GEMS. SIMULATION. 57(4). 262–269. 4 indexed citations

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Fry, Timothy D. & John H. Blackstone. (1988). Planning for idle time: A rationale for underutilization of capacity. International Journal of Production Research. 26(12). 1853–1859. 14 indexed citations

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Fry, Timothy D., Patrick R. Philipoom, & John H. Blackstone. (1988). A simulation study of processing time dispatching rules. Journal of Operations Management. 7(3-4). 77–92. 20 indexed citations

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Fry, Timothy D., Ronald D. Armstrong, & John H. Blackstone. (1987). Minimizing Weighted Absolute Deviation in Single Machine Scheduling. IIE Transactions. 19(4). 445–450. 86 indexed citations

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Blackstone, John H. & James F. Cox. (1985). Inventory Management Techniques. Journal of Small Business Management. 23. 27. 7 indexed citations

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Blackstone, John H., et al.. (1985). A note on using the lot‐sizing index for comparing discrete lot‐sizing techniques. Journal of Operations Management. 5(4). 461–464. 1 indexed citations

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Mitra, Amitava, et al.. (1983). A re-examination of lot sizing procedures for requirements planning systems: some modified rules. International Journal of Production Research. 21(4). 471–478. 8 indexed citations

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Blackstone, John H., Don T. Phillips, & Gary L. Hogg. (1982). A state-of-the-art survey of dispatching rules for manufacturing job shop operations. International Journal of Production Research. 20(1). 27–45. 742 indexed citations breakdown →

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Blackstone, John H., Gary L. Hogg, & A.D. Patton. (1982). A Simulation Model for Assessment of Large-Scale Power System Reliability. IIE Transactions. 14(1). 60–69.

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Blackstone, John H., Gary L. Hogg, & Don T. Phillips. (1981). A Two-list method for synchronization of event driven simulation. Annual Simulation Symposium. 95–101. 3 indexed citations

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Blackstone, John H., Gary L. Hogg, & Don T. Phillips. (1981). A two-list synchronization procedure for discrete event simulation. Communications of the ACM. 24(12). 825–829. 21 indexed citations

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Blackstone, John H., et al.. (1964). Alabama urban homemakers and milk products.

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