Ken Bowen

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Ken Bowen is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Sociology and Political Science and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken Bowen has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Ken Bowen's work include Complex Systems and Decision Making (12 papers), Information Systems Theories and Implementation (5 papers) and Cognitive Science and Mapping (4 papers). Ken Bowen is often cited by papers focused on Complex Systems and Decision Making (12 papers), Information Systems Theories and Implementation (5 papers) and Cognitive Science and Mapping (4 papers). Ken Bowen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Mexico and Ireland. Ken Bowen's co-authors include Evert Gummesson, Sue Jones, David Sims, Colin Eden, Cathal M. Brugha, Paul Keys and D. J. White and has published in prestigious journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of the Operational Research Society and Omega.

In The Last Decade

Ken Bowen

29 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Qualitative Methods in Management Research.

1993 1.5k citations Ken Bowen, Evert Gummesson et al. 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						Papers	Cites
Ken Bowen United Kingdom	10	574	472	370	347	344	32	1.8k
Gerald I. Susman United States	16	527 0.9×	447 0.9×	490 1.3×	470 1.4×	490 1.4×	31	2.2k
Roger Hussey United Kingdom	11	542 0.9×	313 0.7×	339 0.9×	236 0.7×	314 0.9×	36	1.9k
Pamela S. Schindler United States	5	473 0.8×	418 0.9×	252 0.7×	204 0.6×	265 0.8×	10	1.7k
Shelby H. McIntyre United States	23	363 0.6×	324 0.7×	354 1.0×	367 1.1×	709 2.1×	56	2.6k
Roger Evered United States	8	911 1.6×	783 1.7×	551 1.5×	538 1.6×	587 1.7×	14	2.9k
Richard Leifer United States	19	1.1k 1.9×	351 0.7×	384 1.0×	438 1.3×	255 0.7×	35	2.1k
van de Ven Netherlands	6	1.0k 1.8×	556 1.2×	318 0.9×	423 1.2×	485 1.4×	10	2.6k
Peter H. Grinyer United Kingdom	24	973 1.7×	535 1.1×	399 1.1×	350 1.0×	206 0.6×	58	2.1k
James J. Hoffman United States	22	558 1.0×	575 1.2×	299 0.8×	176 0.5×	278 0.8×	76	1.8k
James Douglas Orton United States	7	908 1.6×	589 1.2×	410 1.1×	287 0.8×	396 1.2×	15	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Ken Bowen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ken Bowen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ken Bowen

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Brugha, Cathal M. & Ken Bowen. (2005). Decision Research Using Cognitive Structures. Systemic Practice and Action Research. 18(1). 67–88. 11 indexed citations

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Bowen, Ken. (2004). Viewpoint. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 55(5). 553–553. 5 indexed citations

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Bowen, Ken. (2003). Sixty years of Operational Research. European Journal of Operational Research. 153(3). 618–623. 9 indexed citations

4.

Bowen, Ken. (1998). Some Thoughts on Multimethodology. Systemic Practice and Action Research. 11(2). 169–177. 12 indexed citations

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Bowen, Ken. (1998). Answering the Right Question. OR Insight. 11(3). 17–21. 2 indexed citations

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Bowen, Ken. (1997). Total defence. OR Insight. 10(1). 2–7. 1 indexed citations

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Bowen, Ken. (1994). On Ethics. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 45(8). 965–965. 3 indexed citations

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Bowen, Ken, et al.. (1993). Qualitative Methods in Management Research.. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 44(7). 735–735. 1458 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bowen, Ken, et al.. (1993). Qualitative Methods in Management Research. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 44(7). 735–736. 66 indexed citations

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Bowen, Ken. (1991). Operational Research and Systems: The Systemic Nature of Operational Research. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 42(12). 1126–1127. 19 indexed citations

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Bowen, Ken, et al.. (1987). A research study of human decision-making in higher level military command and control. European Journal of Operational Research. 31(3). 284–291. 3 indexed citations

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Bowen, Ken. (1985). Aiding the management of defence. Omega. 13(2). 83–88. 1 indexed citations

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Bowen, Ken. (1985). Operational gaming: An international approach. European Journal of Operational Research. 20(3). 398–398. 2 indexed citations

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Bowen, Ken, Colin Eden, Sue Jones, & David Sims. (1984). Messing about in Problems. An Informal Structured Approach to Their Identification and Management. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 35(3). 269–269. 84 indexed citations

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Bowen, Ken. (1984). Games, theory and applications. European Journal of Operational Research. 18(3). 406–407. 27 indexed citations

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Bowen, Ken. (1983). An Experiment in Problem Formulation. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 34(8). 685–685. 1 indexed citations

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Bowen, Ken, et al.. (1981). The Information Content of Data in Defined Choice-Situations. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 32(2). 79–89. 3 indexed citations

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Bowen, Ken. (1981). Operational analysis and Indian defence. European Journal of Operational Research. 7(4). 404–405. 2 indexed citations

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Bowen, Ken. (1975). Purposeful Systems and Operational Research. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 26(1). 125–131. 2 indexed citations

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Bowen, Ken. (1973). The State of Research in OR. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 24(3). 467–469. 13 indexed citations

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