John Kidd

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

John Kidd is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Strategy and Management and Management Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, John Kidd has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 9 papers in Strategy and Management and 8 papers in Management Information Systems. Recurrent topics in John Kidd's work include Innovation and Knowledge Management (8 papers), Complex Systems and Decision Making (7 papers) and Construction Project Management and Performance (6 papers). John Kidd is often cited by papers focused on Innovation and Knowledge Management (8 papers), Complex Systems and Decision Making (7 papers) and Construction Project Management and Performance (6 papers). John Kidd collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and United States. John Kidd's co-authors include Ralph L. Keeney, Howard Raiffa, Milan Zelený, James L. Cochrane, Frank‐Jürgen Richter, Krishnan Namboodiri, H. M. Blalock, John S. Edwards, Xue Li and James Morgan and has published in prestigious journals such as Management Science, Journal of the Operational Research Society and International Journal of Production Research.

In The Last Decade

John Kidd

62 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Decisions with Multiple Objectives—Preferences and Value ... 1977 2026 1993 2009 1977 400 800 1.2k
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. Decisions with Multiple Objectives—Preferences and Value Tradeoffs
    1977 1.4k citations John Kidd Journal of the Operational Research Society 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 Kidd United Kingdom 19 1.1k 539 463 455 366 64 3.4k
Rami Zwick United States 21 2.0k 1.8× 484 0.9× 648 1.4× 1.1k 2.3× 241 0.7× 62 5.0k
John R. Doyle United Kingdom 27 1.9k 1.7× 993 1.8× 253 0.5× 120 0.3× 304 0.8× 98 3.8k
Milan Zelený United States 31 2.1k 1.9× 537 1.0× 341 0.7× 491 1.1× 483 1.3× 127 5.2k
Ahti Salo Finland 36 2.2k 2.0× 790 1.5× 256 0.6× 503 1.1× 531 1.5× 149 4.4k
C. West Churchman United States 19 1.5k 1.3× 252 0.5× 770 1.7× 472 1.0× 449 1.2× 93 3.7k
James S. Dyer United States 31 2.7k 2.4× 1.3k 2.4× 306 0.7× 691 1.5× 566 1.5× 134 6.0k
Paul Goodwin United Kingdom 39 2.7k 2.4× 789 1.5× 549 1.2× 662 1.5× 329 0.9× 134 5.1k
William Remus United States 22 922 0.8× 277 0.5× 279 0.6× 467 1.0× 111 0.3× 65 2.2k
Kenneth R. MacCrimmon Canada 19 525 0.5× 434 0.8× 354 0.8× 91 0.2× 375 1.0× 24 2.3k
Alexis Tsoukiàs France 24 1.5k 1.3× 345 0.6× 219 0.5× 858 1.9× 204 0.6× 97 3.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Kidd

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Kidd

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

All Works

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Kidd, John. (2013). The ‘law of requisite variety’ may assist climate change negotiations: a review of the Kyoto and Durban meetings. Knowledge Management Research & Practice. 12(1). 62–73. 2 indexed citations
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Kidd, John & Frank‐Jürgen Richter. (2005). Infrastructure and productivity in Asia : political, financial, physical and intellectual underpinnings. Palgrave Macmillan eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Kidd, John, et al.. (2005). From pre‐Medieval to post‐Modern times. Management Decision. 43(9). 1249–1261. 7 indexed citations
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Kidd, John & Frank‐Jürgen Richter. (2003). Corruption and Governance in Asia. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 18 indexed citations
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Edwards, John S. & John Kidd. (2003). Knowledge managementsans frontières. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 54(2). 130–139. 25 indexed citations
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Kidd, John, Frank‐Jürgen Richter, & Xue Li. (2003). Learning and trust in supply chain management. Management Decision. 41(7). 603–612. 30 indexed citations
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Kidd, John. (2001). Discovering inter‐cultural perceptual differences in MNEs. Journal of Managerial Psychology. 16(2). 106–126. 10 indexed citations
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Kidd, John, et al.. (2000). Management Integration through Software Applications. Journal of Global Information Management. 8(4). 5–14. 6 indexed citations
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Kidd, John & Janny Leung. (2000). A note with respect to Gregory and Lau's paper ‘Logical soft systems modelling for information source analysis – the case of Hong Kong Telecom’. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 51(5). 642–642. 2 indexed citations
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Kidd, John & Makoto Kanda. (2000). Implementation of strategic plans: a comparison of British and Japanese production managers. International Business Review. 9(5). 641–655. 2 indexed citations
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Kidd, John, et al.. (1995). Toyota Production System.. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 46(5). 669–669. 22 indexed citations
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Kidd, John. (1995). Subcontractors, JIT and kanbans: a brief review of springmanufacturing in Japan and South Korea. Integrated Manufacturing Systems. 6(6). 15–22. 4 indexed citations
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Kidd, John. (1991). Do today's projects need powerful network planning tools?. International Journal of Production Research. 29(10). 1969–1978. 11 indexed citations
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Kidd, John. (1989). Project analysis today—The end users' disquiet?. Omega. 17(2). 103–111. 5 indexed citations
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Kidd, John. (1986). Creative Modelling with Lotus 1-2-3. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 37(3). 323–323. 2 indexed citations
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Kidd, John. (1982). Management Teams — Why They Succeed or Fail. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 33(4). 392–393. 54 indexed citations
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Kidd, John. (1976). Applied Multivariate Analysis and Experimental Designs. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 27(2). 522–523. 89 indexed citations
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Kidd, John. (1970). The utilization of subjective probabilities in production planning. Acta Psychologica. 34. 338–347. 103 indexed citations
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Kidd, John & James Morgan. (1969). A Predictive Information System for Management. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 20(2). 149–170. 20 indexed citations

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