Nachiappan Subramanian

11.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
139 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Nachiappan Subramanian is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Management Information Systems and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Nachiappan Subramanian has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Strategy and Management, 57 papers in Management Information Systems and 32 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Nachiappan Subramanian's work include Sustainable Supply Chain Management (72 papers), Quality and Supply Management (36 papers) and Environmental Sustainability in Business (24 papers). Nachiappan Subramanian is often cited by papers focused on Sustainable Supply Chain Management (72 papers), Quality and Supply Management (36 papers) and Environmental Sustainability in Business (24 papers). Nachiappan Subramanian collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. Nachiappan Subramanian's co-authors include Angappa Gunasekaran, Ramakrishnan Ramanathan, Angappa Gunasekaran, Shams Rahman, Muhammad D. Abdulrahman, Samuel Roscoe, Charbel J. C. Jabbour, Prithwiraj Nath, Manoj Dora and Usha Ramanathan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, European Journal of Operational Research and Journal of Business Research.

In The Last Decade

Nachiappan Subramanian

133 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Green human resource management and the enablers of green organisational culture: Enhancing a firm's environmental performance for sustainable development

2019 643 citations Samuel Roscoe, Nachiappan Subramanian et al. Business Strategy and the Environment profile →
A review of applications of Analytic Hierarchy Process in operations management

2012 464 citations Nachiappan Subramanian, Ramakrishnan Ramanathan International Journal of Production Economics profile →
Food supply chain in the era of Industry 4.0: blockchain technology implementation opportunities and impediments from the perspective of people, process, performance, and technology

2020 265 citations Yaşanur Kayıkçı, Nachiappan Subramanian et al. Production Planning & Control profile →
Blockchain technology’s impact on supply chain integration and sustainable supply chain performance: evidence from the automotive industry

2021 173 citations Angappa Gunasekaran, Nachiappan Subramanian et al. profile →
Digital capabilities to manage agri-food supply chain uncertainties and build supply chain resilience during compounding geopolitical disruptions

2024 65 citations Nachiappan Subramanian et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nachiappan Subramanian United Kingdom	48	4.9k	2.5k	2.0k	1.2k	814	139	8.1k
Benjamin T. Hazen United States	47	4.9k 1.0×	3.4k 1.4×	2.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	941 1.2×	106	8.5k
Surajit Bag India	44	4.6k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	1.7k 0.9×	2.2k 1.8×	621 0.8×	176	8.0k
Angappa Gunasekaran United States	29	4.4k 0.9×	2.7k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	944 0.8×	564 0.7×	37	6.3k
Hing Kai Chan United Kingdom	54	4.9k 1.0×	2.6k 1.0×	2.8k 1.4×	1.6k 1.3×	1.3k 1.6×	227	10.0k
Rakesh D. Raut India	54	4.6k 0.9×	2.5k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	869 1.1×	256	8.7k
Sanjoy Kumar Paul Australia	50	5.2k 1.1×	2.8k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	988 0.8×	742 0.9×	237	8.5k
Rajesh Kumar Singh India	41	3.3k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	592 0.7×	153	7.4k
Sameer Kumar United States	43	4.2k 0.9×	3.2k 1.3×	882 0.4×	910 0.7×	1.0k 1.3×	271	7.7k
Behnam Fahimnia Australia	40	4.4k 0.9×	2.5k 1.0×	946 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	916 1.1×	74	7.3k
Kim Hua Tan United Kingdom	51	4.5k 0.9×	2.9k 1.2×	2.2k 1.1×	988 0.8×	1.0k 1.2×	224	9.0k

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Subramanian, Nachiappan, et al.. (2025). Geopolitical rivalry over strategically important industries: understanding the effects on global supply chain design. Production Planning & Control. 1–23.

Goswami, Mohit, Gopal Kumar, Nachiappan Subramanian, Yash Daultani, & M. Ramkumar. (2024). Redesigning product line for integrated manufacturer-supplier ecosystem in a centralized supply chain: Case of an industrial consumer product. International Journal of Production Economics. 269. 109150–109150. 4 indexed citations

Son, Byung‐Gak, J. M. Ries, Nachiappan Subramanian, & Seongtae Kim. (2024). Bridging the innovation gap: Why organizational climate matters for leveraging innovation from supply networks. Journal of Supply Chain Management. 60(2). 39–63. 3 indexed citations

Subramanian, Nachiappan, et al.. (2024). Machine Learning Algorithms for Pricing End-of-Life Remanufactured Laptops. Information Systems Frontiers.

Subramanian, Nachiappan, et al.. (2021). Performance analysis of clustering methods for balanced multi-robot task allocations. International Journal of Production Research. 60(14). 4576–4591. 12 indexed citations

Huq, Fahian Anisul, Kulwant S. Pawar, & Nachiappan Subramanian. (2020). Disturbances to the supply chains of high-value manufacturing firms: comparison of the perceptions of product managers and supply chain managers. International Journal of Production Research. 59(13). 3916–3934. 24 indexed citations

Subramanian, Nachiappan, Atanu Chaudhuri, & Yaşanur Kayıkçı. (2020). Blockchain and Supply Chain Logistics: Evolutionary Case Studies. VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet). 8 indexed citations

Roscoe, Samuel, et al.. (2019). Green human resource management and the enablers of green organisational culture: Enhancing a firm's environmental performance for sustainable development. Business Strategy and the Environment. 28(5). 737–749. 643 indexed citations breakdown →

Laing, Timothy, Arvind Upadhyay, Sushil Mohan, & Nachiappan Subramanian. (2019). Environmental improvement initiatives in the coal mining industry: maximisation of the triple bottom line. Production Planning & Control. 30(5-6). 426–436. 35 indexed citations

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Subramanian, Nachiappan, et al.. (2019). Role of traditional Chinese philosophies and new product development under circular economy in private manufacturing enterprise performance. International Journal of Production Research. 57(23). 7219–7234. 27 indexed citations

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Gunasekaran, A., Nachiappan Subramanian, & Shams Rahman. (2017). Benchmarking and best practices in supply chain management. The International Journal of Logistics Management. 1 indexed citations

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Subramanian, Nachiappan & Muhammad D. Abdulrahman. (2017). Logistics and cloud computing service providers’ cooperation: a resilience perspective. Production Planning & Control. 28(11-12). 919–928. 41 indexed citations

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Yusuf, Yahaya, et al.. (2017). Returnable transport packaging in developing countries: drivers, barriers and business performance. Production Planning & Control. 28(6-8). 629–658. 36 indexed citations

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Ponnambalam, S. G., et al.. (2017). Implementation of lean manufacturing and lean audit system in an auto parts manufacturing industry – an industrial case study. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing. 31(6). 579–594. 36 indexed citations

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Wu, Lin, Nachiappan Subramanian, Muhammad D. Abdulrahman, Chang Liu, & Kulwant S. Pawar. (2016). Short-term versus long-term benefits: Balanced sustainability framework and research propositions. Sustainable Production and Consumption. 11. 18–30. 34 indexed citations

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Jawahar, N., et al.. (2014). Influence of eco-innovation on Indian manufacturing sector sustainable performance. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology. 21(3). 198–209. 62 indexed citations

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Ramanathan, Usha, Angappa Gunasekaran, & Nachiappan Subramanian. (2011). Supply chain collaboration performance metrics: a conceptual framework. Benchmarking An International Journal. 18(6). 856–872. 91 indexed citations

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Jayaram, Jayanth, K C Tan, & Nachiappan Subramanian. (2009). Examining the interrelationships between supply chain integration scope and supply chain management efforts. International Journal of Production Research. 48(22). 6837–6857. 68 indexed citations

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Subramanian, Nachiappan & Ramakrishnan Ramanathan. (2008). Robust decision making using data envelopment analytic hierarchy process. International Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 269–275. 6 indexed citations

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Gunasekaran, Angappa, et al.. (2007). Development of efficient combinatorial auction mechanism for airport slot allocation. International Journal of Services and Operations Management. 3(4). 427–427. 1 indexed citations

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