John Ramsay

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

John Ramsay is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Management Information Systems and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, John Ramsay has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Strategy and Management, 10 papers in Management Information Systems and 4 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in John Ramsay's work include Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management (8 papers), Quality and Supply Management (7 papers) and Innovation and Knowledge Management (6 papers). John Ramsay is often cited by papers focused on Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management (8 papers), Quality and Supply Management (7 papers) and Innovation and Knowledge Management (6 papers). John Ramsay collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. John Ramsay's co-authors include David Williamson, Gary Lynch‐Wood, Beverly Wagner, Steve New, Simon Croom, Alistair Brandon‐Jones, Nigel Caldwell, Paul Downward and John Finch and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, International Journal of Operations & Production Management and Supply Chain Management An International Journal.

In The Last Decade

John Ramsay

26 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Drivers of Environmental Behaviour in Manufacturing SMEs ... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 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. Drivers of Environmental Behaviour in Manufacturing SMEs and the Implications for CSR
    2006 552 citations John Ramsay 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 Ramsay United Kingdom 17 908 508 475 232 98 28 1.3k
William P. Gallé United States 10 1.2k 1.3× 753 1.5× 427 0.9× 182 0.8× 152 1.6× 19 1.6k
Asta Salmi Finland 21 1.2k 1.3× 340 0.7× 345 0.7× 326 1.4× 105 1.1× 54 1.6k
Ely Laureano Paiva Brazil 18 788 0.9× 379 0.7× 377 0.8× 96 0.4× 88 0.9× 72 1.1k
Wendy van der Valk Netherlands 22 699 0.8× 331 0.7× 675 1.4× 415 1.8× 170 1.7× 52 1.3k
Hesan A. Quazi Singapore 14 753 0.8× 246 0.5× 592 1.2× 300 1.3× 136 1.4× 18 1.3k
Katri Kauppi Finland 18 929 1.0× 390 0.8× 461 1.0× 90 0.4× 87 0.9× 35 1.3k
Anne Parmigiani United States 12 1.0k 1.1× 245 0.5× 325 0.7× 295 1.3× 154 1.6× 21 1.4k
Mingu Kang China 20 758 0.8× 240 0.5× 541 1.1× 222 1.0× 79 0.8× 55 1.2k
Gunter Lay Germany 13 576 0.6× 497 1.0× 261 0.5× 307 1.3× 61 0.6× 43 1.2k
Robert E. Krapfel United States 15 641 0.7× 406 0.8× 445 0.9× 626 2.7× 127 1.3× 24 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by John Ramsay

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Ramsay

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Ramsay

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Ramsay. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Ramsay 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 Ramsay. John Ramsay 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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Wagner, Beverly, et al.. (2018). Opportunism in buyer–supplier exchange: a critical examination of the concept and its implications for theory and practice. Production Planning & Control. 29(12). 992–1009. 18 indexed citations
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Ramsay, John, et al.. (2013). Purchase offering quality. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 33(10). 1260–1282. 13 indexed citations
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Brandon‐Jones, Alistair, John Ramsay, & Beverly Wagner. (2010). Trading interactions: supplier empathy, consensus and bias. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 30(5). 453–487. 19 indexed citations
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Ramsay, John & Beverly Wagner. (2009). Organisational Supplying Behaviour: Understanding supplier needs, wants and preferences. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. 15(2). 127–138. 87 indexed citations
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Ramsay, John. (2008). Purchasing theory and practice: an agenda for change. European Business Review. 20(6). 567–569. 7 indexed citations
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Ramsay, John. (2007). The dangers of methodological extremism. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. 13(3). 202–203. 2 indexed citations
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Ramsay, John. (2007). . Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. 13(1). 84–85. 3 indexed citations
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Ramsay, John. (2004). Trope Control: The Costs and Benefits of Metaphor Unreliability in the Description of Empirical Phenomena. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Ramsay, John & Nigel Caldwell. (2004). If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail: the risks of casual trope usage in purchasing discourse. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. 10(2). 79–87. 8 indexed citations
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Ramsay, John. (2004). Serendipity and the realpolitik of negotiations in supply chains. Supply Chain Management An International Journal. 9(3). 219–229. 45 indexed citations
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Downward, Paul, John Finch, & John Ramsay. (2003). Seeking a role for empirical analysis in critical realist explanation. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 2 indexed citations
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Ramsay, John. (2001). The Resource Based Perspective, Rents, and Purchasing's Contribution to Sustainable Competitive Advantage. Journal of Supply Chain Management. 37(2). 38–47. 98 indexed citations
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Ramsay, John. (2001). Purchasing's strategic irrelevance. 7(4). 257–263. 63 indexed citations
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Ramsay, John. (1998). Problems with empiricism and the philosophy of science: Implications for purchasing research. 4(2-3). 163–173. 17 indexed citations
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New, Steve & John Ramsay. (1997). A critical appraisal of aspects of the lean chain approach. 3(2). 93–102. 35 indexed citations
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Ramsay, John. (1996). The Case Against Purchasing Partnerships. 32(3). 13–19. 55 indexed citations
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Ramsay, John. (1996). Power measurement. 2(2-3). 129–143. 39 indexed citations
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Ramsay, John. (1994). Purchasing power. 1(3). 125–138. 54 indexed citations
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Ramsay, John, et al.. (1990). Sourcing/Contracting Strategy Selection. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 10(8). 19–28. 42 indexed citations
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Ramsay, John. (1990). The Myth of the Cooperative Single Source. Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management. 26(1). 2–5. 34 indexed citations

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